Black Treacle chords by
Arctic Monkeys

2011Rock1.5K views

Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Lately I've been seeing things
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Gb Gb 
 
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Ab Ab 
 
Belly button piercings in the sky at night
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When we're side by side
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And I don't mean to rain
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Gb Gb 
 
on anybody's cabriolet
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One of those games
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you're gonna lose
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But you wanna play it just in

Interlude 1

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(case)

Chorus 1
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Now it's getting dark
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and the sky looks sticky
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Ab Ab 
 
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More like black treacle than tar
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Black treacle
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Eb Eb 
 
Somebody told the stars
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you're not coming out tonight
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And so they found a place to hide

Interlude 2

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Fm

Bbm

Gb

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Verse 2
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Does it help you stay up late?
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Gb Gb 
 
Does it help you concentrate?
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Does it tune you in
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when you chew your chin?
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Am I ruining your fun?
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And you talk the talk alright
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Gb Gb 
 
But do you walk the walk or catch the train?
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You wanted it, you got it
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But you don't want it now
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Chorus 2
Gb Gb 
 
Now it's getting dark
Ab Ab 
 
Db Db 
 
and the sky looks sticky
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Db Db 
 
More like black treacle than tar
Gb Gb 
 
Black treacle
Ab Ab 
 
Db Db 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Somebody told the stars
Gbm Gbm 
 
Db Db 
 
you're not coming out tonight
Gbm Gbm 
 
And so they found a place to hide

Interlude 3

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Fm

Bbm

Gb

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Bridge 1
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And now I'm out of place
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and I'm not getting any wiser
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I feel like the Sundance Kid
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behind a synthesizer
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And I tried last night
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Ab Ab 
 
to pack away your laugh
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Gbm Gbm 
 
Like a key under the mat
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Ab Ab 
 
But it never seems to be there

Outro 1
when you want
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Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
(it)
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Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Black treacle
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Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Black treacle
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Fm Fm 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Gb Gb 
 
Black treacle
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