The Dodos – Fables
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Open G Tuning – D G D G B D
D – Down Stroke
U – Up Stroke
Intro/Main Riff:
D D U D U D D D U D U D
D|—–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-|
B|—–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-|
G|-0—0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–|
D|-0—0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–|
G|-0—0-0-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0–|
D|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2—–2-2-2-2-2–| x4
Verse:
“We spoke today to a jury…”
D D U D U D D D U D U D D D U D U D D D U D U D
D|—–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-|
B|—–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-0–0-0-0-0—-|
G|-0—0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–|
D|-0—0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0-0–|
G|-0—0-0-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0—–0-0-0-0-0–|
D|-0h2-0-0-0-0-0—–4-4-4-4-4—–2-2-2-2-2—–2-2-2-2-2–| x4
Bridge:
“Remember when you were my accomplice…”
D|–0——–0——|
B|–0——–0——|
G|–0——–0——|
D|-12–X32—9–X32-|
G|–X——–X——|
D|-10——–9——|
Chorus:
“I don’t want to go in the fire..”
D|—–0-0-0-0—-0————–0——–0——0—–|
B|—–0-0-0-0—-0————–0——–0——0—–|
G|-0—0-0-0-0-0–0–(same ——0——–0——0—–|
D|-0—5-5-5-5-5–5—pattern)–12——–9——7—–|
G|-0—x-x-x-x-x—————–x——–x——x—–|
D|-0h2-5-5-5-5-5—————-10——–9——7—–| x3
Main Riff
Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Outro (mostly variations of the main riff)
Solo:
D|—————————————————————————-|
B|—————————15———-15—13—15——–15———15—-|
G|—-16–14–16–12–16–11—————————-16———14———|
D|-0-0—0—0—0–0—0—0—0–12-12—-12—12—12—12—12—-12—12-|
G|—————————————————————————-|
D|—————————————————————————-|X2