Karaoke Plays

Tabbed by: Gunnar Matzen
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tuning: standard

Intro 0:00-0:12
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------6----------------------------6------------------------------------| 
A|---6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4----6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4------------------| 
E|-0-----------0---0---0---0---00-----------0---0---0---0---0----------------| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------6----------------------------6------------------------------------| 
D|---6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4----6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4------------------| 
A|-0-----------0---0---0---0---00-----------0---0---0---0---0----------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Verse 0:12-0:38

   "You write a list of things to do"            "To occupy your time that.."
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------|----------------------"slide----------| 
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4----between--------| 
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X----each-----------| 
A|-777777777777679\44444444\22222222--|--11-9--12-11--4--2----cord"----------| 
E|-000000000000000-00000000-00000000--|--------------------------------------| 

   "But in my mind it's never final"         "And when you sleep I try not.."     
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4-------------------| 
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X-------------------| 
A|-777777777777777\44444444-----------|--11-9--12-11--4--2-------------------| 
E|-000000000000000-00000000-----------|--------------------------------------| 

Pre Chorus 0:38-0:55

   "Oh, I waited up for you"   "But you didn't come back home"
   "Oh, I waited up for you"   "Couldn't you come back home?"
   A                         Bm
e|-5-5--55555-555---------|-2-2--22222-222-----------------------------------| 
B|-5-5--55555-555---------|-3-3--33333-333--7-7-777-8\-----------------------| 
G|-6-6--66666-666---------|-4-4--44444-444------------7-7-777\6-6-6-666-7/2-2| 
D|-7-7--77777-777---------|-4-4--44444-444-----------------------------------| 
A|-7-7--77777-777---------|-2-2--22222-222-----------------------------------| 
E|-5-5--55555-555---------|-x-x--xxxxx-xxx-----------------------------------| 

e|--------|  
B|--------|  
G|-2-222--|  
D|--------|  
A|--------|  
E|--------|  

Chorus 0:55-1:17

                 "If someone gets run down"       "Karaoke plays..."
                 "..somewhere in the background"  "But there is no explanation
                 "What makes a grown man cry"     "Karaoke plays!"
                 "If someone gets run down"
    Fmajor                                   Am
e|-x-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|  
B|-1-------------------------------------|---1-------------------------------|  
G|-2--fast-------------------------------|---2--fast-------------------------|  
D|-3--strumming--------------------------|---2--strumming--------------------|  
A|-3-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|  
E|-1-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  

2nd Verse 1:17-1:31

  the first 14 seconds are the same as in the 1st Verse
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------|----------------------"slide----------| 
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4----between--------| 
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X----each-----------| 
A|-777777777777679\44444444\22222222--|--11-9--12-11--4--2----cord"----------| 
E|-000000000000000-00000000-00000000--|--------------------------------------| 

   1:31-1:56

   "We never did want the dawn..."       "Decided from the sheets in which.."
   "U know I changed my ways forever"*   "The North Sea crashes through.."**
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14---slightly-----------------| 
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X----palm-muted---------------| 
A|-777777777777777\44444444-----------|--11-9--12----------------------------| 
E|-000000000000000-00000000-----------|--------------------------------------| 

e|--------|     e|----------------------|     
B|--------|     B|----------------------|     
G|--13~~~-|     G|--13-11-14-13--6--4---|     
D|--X-----|     D|--X--X--X--X---X--X---|     
A|--11----|     A|--11-9--12-11--4--2---|     
E|--------|     E|----------------------|     

Pre Chorus 1:56-2:14

Chorus 2:14-2:39

               "If someone gets run down"       "Karaoke plays..."
               "..somewhere in the background"* "But there is no explanation"
               "What makes a grown man cry"     "Karaoke plays!"
               "If someone gets run down"
    Fmajor                                   Am
e|-x-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|  
B|-1-------------------------------------|---1-------------------------------|  
G|-2--fast-------------------------------|---2--fast-------------------------|  
D|-3--strumming--------------------------|---2--strumming--------------------|  
A|-3-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|  
E|-1-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  


   *( here I'm switching to a C instead an Am, I thought it gives this
      section a little bit more punch:-)
 *  C 
e|--3-----|  
B|--5-----|  
G|--5-----|  
D|--5-----|  
A|--3-----|  
E|--------|  


Bridge 2:39-3:23

    "I came home, there were radio waves"  "I heard voices through the..."
   Guitar 1 + Guitar 2(Intro Riff)                    "I came home, you were 
e|---------0-------0-----0---------0-------0-----0-|----------0-------0-----0|  
B|----5/7-9-9-2/4-4-4/5-5-----9\7-5-5-5\4-4-4\2-2--|---14\12-9-9-9\7-7-7\5-5-|  
G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|  
D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|  
A|-------------------------------------------------|-0-----------------------|  
E|--0-----------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|  

  ..nowhere to be found" etc.
e|-----------0-------0-----0|                     
B|----14\12-9-9-9\7-7-7\5-5-|                     
G|--------------------------|                     
D|--------------------------|                     
A|--0-----------------------|                     
E|--------------------------|                     

   play bridge 2 times
   and then this:
e|-------------------------------------5-5-777-8~~-|  
B|-------------------------------------------------|  
G|-6-6-7-6-6-666-4-4-444--6-6-7-6-6-666------------|  
D|-------------------------------------------------|  
A|-------------------------------------------------|  
E|-------------------------------------------------|  

Chorus 3:23-3:53

  Chorus is the same as above but let Am ring till 3:53, then play slightly:
E|-----------------|  
B|-----------------|  
G|--9~-------6--4~-|  
D|--9~-------6--4~-|  
A|--7~-6-7-9-4--2~-|  
E|-----------------|  

End

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Thanks


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note