Balaclava Tab by Arctic Monkeys
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Verse 1
(B minor) Running off over next door's garden Be
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(A major) fore the hour is (G major) done It's
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(B minor) more a question of feeling Than it
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(A major) is a question of (G major) fun The
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(B minor) confidence is the balaclava I'm
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(A major) sure you'll baffle 'em (G major) good Will the
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(B minor) ending reek of salty cheeks And
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(A major) runny makeup a (G major) lone Or will
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(B minor) blood run down the face Of a
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(A major) boy bewildered and (G major) scorned? Or you'll
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(B minor) find yourself in a skirmish Where you
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(A major) wish you'd never been (G major) born You
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(B minor) tie yourself to the tracks And there
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(A major) isn't no going (G major) back And it's
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(B minor) wrong, wrong, wrong But we’ll
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A|-2--2-2-2-5--5-5-5-7--7--7-7-9--9-9-9--|
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(A major) do it anyway 'cause we (G major) love a bit of trouble
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Interlude 1
(B minor) (F sharp major)
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(B minor) (G major) (F sharp major)
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(B minor) (F sharp major)
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(B minor) (G major) (F sharp major) Are you
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Verse 2
pulling her from a burning building
Or (A major) throwing her to the (G major) sharks?
Can (B minor) only hope that the ending
is a (A major) pleasurable as the (G major) start
The (B minor) confidence is the balaclava
I'm (A major) sure you baffle 'em (G major) straight
And it’s (B minor) wrong, wrong, wrong
She can
(A major) hardly wait That's
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Bridge 1
(B minor) right,
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he won't let her out his (B minor/A) sight
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Now the shaggers per (G minoraj7) form And the daggers are
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(F sharp major) drawn Who's the crooks in this
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(B minor) crime? That's
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(B minor) right,
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he won't let her out his (B minor/A) sight
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D|---------4-------5---5---5---5----|---------4------------------------|
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Now the shaggers per (G minoraj7) form And the daggers are
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D|---------4-------5---5---5---5----|---------4------------------------|
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(F sharp major) drawn Who's the crooks is this
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Interlude 2
(B minor) Crime?
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(F sharp major) (B minor)
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(G major) (F sharp major)
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(B minor) (F sharp major)
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(B minor) (G major) (F sharp major)
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Interlude 3
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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Chorus 1
(B minor) right,
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(A major) he won't let (G major) her out his (B minor) sight (A major) (G major)
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D|-(7)(7)--------------(5)(5)(5)(7)---------|
A|-0--0--0-0-4--4--4-4-------------5-5-5-5--|
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That's (B minor) right,
(A major) he won't (G major) let her out his (B minor) sight (A major) (G major)
That's (B minor) right,
(A major) he won't (G major) let her out his (B minor) sight
(A major) Well, you'll be (G major) able to (B minor) boast
Of the day of the (A major) most
Flawless (G major) heist of all (B minor) time (A major) (G major)
Interlude 4
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major) You
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Verse 3
(B minor) knew that it'd be trouble Right be
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(A major) fore the very first (G major) kiss
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(B minor) Quiet, unassuming But you
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(A major) heard that they were the (G major) naughtiest She
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(B minor) pleaded with you to take it off But
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(A major) you resisted and (G major) fought But
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(B minor) sorry, sweetheart I'd much rather
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Keep on the balaclava
Outro 1
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor) (A major) (G major)
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(B minor)
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