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A Certain Trigger
by Maxïmo Park
Standard tuning Intro (starts with drums, then guitars enter, then bass) |----------------|x2 |----------------| |----------------| |-5—--3---9---5--| Verse |-----------------|x2 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7---5/---9---7--| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |-55555555/101010-9-99-| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7---5/---9---7--| Chorus |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------7-5-----------------------------7-5-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----------------5-5-5-5-5-----5---------------| |-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-7-| Ending1 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-7-5---------5------7-5---------5-| |-----7-5-3h5---0--------7-5-3h5---| Verse |-----------------|x2 |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7---5/---9---7--| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |-55555555/101010-9-99-| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7---5/---9---7--| Chorus |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------7-5-----------------------------7-5-----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-----5-----------------5-5-5-5-5-----5---------------| |-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-7-| Ending2 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7-5---------5------7-5---------5-7----7-5---------5------7-5---------5-7-| |-----7-5-3h5---0--------7-5-3h5------------7-5-3h5---0--------7-5-3h5-----| 2-Apply some pressure Standard tuning Guitar intro Bridge |--------------| |--------------| |------------5-| |-7—-7-5h7p5---| Verse |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7-77-101010-999-| Pre-Chorus |-----------------| |-----------------| |----4—-2-777-666-| |-2---------------| Break Bridge |--------------| |--------------| |------------5-| |-7—-7-5h7p5---| Verse |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7-77-101010-999-| Pre-Chorus |-----------------| |-----------------| |----4—-2-777-666-| |-2---------------| Verse2 |------------------|x4|----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------------| |-777-101010-121212| |-12-1212--12-1212--12121212-| Chorus |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------5555555555555555------------------7777777777777777-| |-7777777777777777------------------5555555555555555------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------5555777555555777-----------------7777777777777777-| |-77771010107777771010------------------555577755555577------------------| Verse2 |------------------|x4|----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------------| |-777-101010-121212| |-12-1212--12-1212--12121212-| Chorus2 |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------5555777555555777-----------------7777777777777777-| |-77771010107777771010------------------555577755555577------------------| Verse |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7-77-101010-999-| Bridge |--------------| |--------------| |------------5-| |-7—-7-5h7p5---| 3 Graffiti Tuning: standard Intro |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x7 Verse |----------7-9-9|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| |------7-9------|-------|----------------|-------|----------------|-------| |---------------|5-4-3-2|2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2|7-5-4--|----------------|-------| |-0--0----------|-------|----------------|-----5-|5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5|5-4-2-0| Verse cont |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-| x5 Chorus "I'll do graffiti if you sing to me in french..." |----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9--9--9| x2 |----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7| |----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|--4-------6----| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|5---7-5-7------| Verse Verse contx4 Bridge |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9| x2 |-----------|---------|-11----9-9-9------------| |-----9-7-6-|----9-7-6|----11-------11-11-11-11| |7--7-------|7-7------|------------------------| |-----------|---------|------------------------| x2 4 Postcard of a painting Verse |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-| Chorus (x2) |----------------------------| |-----7----------------------| |-9-9---9--7-7-7--5-5-5------| |------------------------7-7-| Repeat the above, then Bridge |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-—5-5--5-5--5-----------------4-| |--------------------6-6-6--6-6--6-6---| Verse Chorus 5 Going Missing Verse |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-0-7-0-5555555555555555------------------------| |------------------------0-5-0-3333333333333333-| Pre Chorus |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-33333333222222225555555555555555-| |----------------------------------| Chorus |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5555---------------5555----------------5555--------------5555------------| |------555555555555-------5555555555555-------333333333333------7755555555-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Break Verse Pre Chorus Chorus x2 Bridge |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |-55555555----1010101010101010-| |------------------------------| PM________ ________________ Play this a few times before this, which leads on to the chorus |----------| |----------| |-55555555-| |----------| Chorus x2 Chorus2/Outro |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5555---------------5555--------------/1210-------------------------------| |------555555555555-------5555555555555-----1210754333333333333-7755555555-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 6 I want you to stay Intro |----------------------------| |-------------------------33-| |---3------------------------| |-1—-11-—1111—-1-11-—1111----| Verse |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------| |---3---------------------|----7-------7-------7-------7---| |-1—-11-—1111—-1-11-—1111-|-5-5--5—-5-5--5—-5-5--5—-5-5—-5-| Intro Verse Pre Chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6-6---6—--6-6---6----6-6---6—--6-6---6---4-4---4---4-4---4---4-4---4---| -------------------| -------------------| -------------------| --4-4---4—-8-8-8-8-| Chorus |----------------------------| |---------33----8----555-3---| |---3---------66-8--------5--| |-11-1---------------------3-| Bridge |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-1111111111111111-444444444444444444-| Intro Verse Bridge2 |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-66666666666666666666666666666666-| Intro Verse Pre Chorus Bridge (1) Outro |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-6666666666666666-4444444444444444-| Intro x2 |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-22-222-22-222-22-222-22-222-| |-----------------------------| Verse |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-22-222-22-222-55-555-77-777-9999-44-77-2222-------| |---------------------------------------------22-55-| Intro x1 Verse x1 Pre- Chorus |---------------------------66-555-----| |--------------------/66-888------66-8-| |--------------------------------------| |-5555555555555552—2/------------------| Chorus |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |5555------------------------5555---------------------| |----777777777777444444444444----777777777777-7-2-4-5-| Pre Verse x4 |----------| |----------| |----------| |-44444444-| Intro x1 Verse x1 Bridge |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222-| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------| |----------| |-22222555-| |----------| Play this a few times then, |------------|---------------x3| |------------|-----------------| |-4522222222-|-444343252222222-| |------------|-----------------| Intro Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Outro |---------| |---------| |---------| |-7-2-4-5-| Intro |--------------998-8886-|x2 |---997-7776-77---------| |-77--------------------| |-----------------------| Verse |-------------------9998-888-----------| |----9-999-6669-999----------999-7-777-| |-777----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |----------666------9998-888-----------| |-666---------9-999----------999-7-777-| |----9-999-----------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-------------------9998-888-----------| |----9-999-6669-999----------999-7-777-| |-777----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |----------666------9998-888---------| |-666---------9-999----------9-7-9-6-| |----9-999---------------------------| |------------------------------------| Pre chorus |------------------------------|x2 |------------------------------| |-776644—-44—-44---------------| |-------77—-77-—44-55-55-55-55-| |----------------| |----------------| |---77-1010-1212-| |-79-------------| Chorus |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-99999999444444447777777777777777-| |----------------------------------| Bridge |-----------------------------------------------------------------------x2| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-4-5-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-6-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Outro |----------666------9998-888-----------| |-666---------9-999----------999-7-777-| |----9-999-----------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |----------666------9998-888---------| |-666---------9-999----------9-7-9-6-| |----9-999---------------------------| |------------------------------------| Verse |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |-55555555222333-| Pre chorus |------------| |------------| |------------| |-3333-22/55-| Chorus |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-555235-555555235-| Verse |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-55-55-55-------------------------55-55-55---| |------------55-55-55---55-55-55--------------| Pre chorus |-------| |-------| |-3-2-1-| |-------| Chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------66--------------883333333333333333-| |-555555555555558833333333333333-—66666666666666-------------------| Bridge |--------------------------------------------| |------------------99999999/1111111111111111-| |--------------------------------------------| |-55555555555555555--------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------9h11-111111-| |--------------------------------------| |-3h5-555-3h5-555-3h5-555--------------| End chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------66--------------883333333333333321-| |-555555555555558833333333333333-—66666666666666-------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse |-------------------| |-------------------| |-22277777766777777-| |-------------------| Pre chorus |-----------x2|------------------| |-------------|------------------| |-2-5-7-4-7-5-|-5555555555555555-| |-------------|------------------| Chorus |----------------------| |----------------------| |--7---2---47---555555-| |-5---2----------------| Bridge |--------9999-----| |------------7777-| |-2227777---------| |-----------------| Verse |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-88810888108881088810-1113111311131113-| Pre chorus |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-888108881088810888101010101010101010101010101010-| Chorus |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |---7----7----3---3-----5----5----7----7---| |-5---55----1---11----3---33----5---55---3-| Intro |----------------------| |----------------------| |-6-5-3333333333333333-| |----------------------| Verse |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-66666666--------3333333333336-5-| |---------66666666----------------| Chorus |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |-0333-0333-0333-78-| Bridge |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6—--4---3------6—--4---3333333333333333-66666666444444443333333333333333-| --------------------------| --------------------------| --------------------------| --66666666444444443-------| Intro till end
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