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'An Ant'
CARDIACS
'The Special Garage Concerts Vol II' LP
[Intro] 
'A' note drone into 
  Bend Up
E--15------
B--16^-----
G--15^-----
D----------
A----------
E----------
[Verse] 
riff throughout:
EA5--------------------F#5------------------
B-------------------------------------- 
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------  x4
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------4----4-----4----
E----------------0-0h2---2----0h2------
They A5sit on hills and they F#5build
A5You can eat me dunked in F#5choccy
An A5itch                           F#5I'm considered
A5To be nasty creepy crawlyF#5  
[Bridge]
(Strum dead 
 strings 
 on fret 2)        Bb5
                   Crawl, crawl, crawl crawl
E-x--x--x--x---x-----------------------------------------
B-x--x--x--x---x----[PM--------------------------------]-
G-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
D-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
A--------------------1--1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
E--------------------------------------------------------
[Chorus]
GA nip, Cevery Fnow and GthenC  F  
It's enGough to drive you Cround the Ffucking bEbendAb  Db  
They got Eblegs and Abthey DbcrawEblAb  Db  
  EbI crawlAb  Db  Eb  Ab  Db  
Post-chorus sheet of noise bit:
Not so certain about this. From the video it seems Kavus is rapidly moving this shape, 
starting from either fret 0 or fret 3, right up the neck to fret 12 whilst tremolo picking:
xxxx
||||o| 
|||||o
||||||
(then back into verse, repeat whole structure once)
Lyrics of second pass:
You can squeeze me between your fingers, you can watch me crawl
I crawl, I'm considered to be nasty creepy crawly
A NIP (nip nip), crawl. Fucking shit, on the fucking chips!
Oh god! Philip
(Sheet of noise bit and then)
[Coda] 
EbBreed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread
E

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An Ant

by Cardiacs

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F#5

'An Ant'

CARDIACS

'The Special Garage Concerts Vol II' LP

[Intro]

'A' note drone into

Bend Up

E--15------

B--16^-----

G--15^-----

D----------

A----------

E----------

[Verse]

riff throughout:

A5 F#5

E--------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------

G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------ x4

D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------

A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------4----4-----4----

E----------------0-0h2---2----0h2------

A5 F#5

They sit on hills and they build

A5 F#5

You can eat me dunked in choccy

A5 F#5

An itch I'm considered

A5 F#5

To be nasty creepy crawly

[Bridge]

(Strum dead

strings

on fret 2) Bb5

Crawl, crawl, crawl crawl

E-x--x--x--x---x-----------------------------------------

B-x--x--x--x---x----[PM--------------------------------]-

G-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

D-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

A--------------------1--1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--

E--------------------------------------------------------

[Chorus]

G C F G C F

A nip, every now and then

G C F Eb Ab Db

It's enough to drive you round the fucking bend

Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db

They got legs and they crawl

Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db

I crawl

Post-chorus sheet of noise bit:

Not so certain about this. From the video it seems Kavus is rapidly moving this shape,

starting from either fret 0 or fret 3, right up the neck to fret 12 whilst tremolo picking:

xxxx

||||o|

|||||o

||||||

(then back into verse, repeat whole structure once)

Lyrics of second pass:

You can squeeze me between your fingers, you can watch me crawl

I crawl, I'm considered to be nasty creepy crawly

A NIP (nip nip), crawl. Fucking shit, on the fucking chips!

Oh god! Philip

(Sheet of noise bit and then)

[Coda]

Breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread

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