Biography:
Tokyo Police Club are an indie rock band from Newmarket, ON, Canada. The band consists of Dave Monks (vocals, bass), Josh Hook (guitar, percussion), Graham Wright (keyboards, guitar, vocals) & Greg Alsop (drums, percussion).
In 2005, Tokyo Police Club started by accident one day in the ordinary suburb of Newmarket when Greg, Josh, Dave, and Graham decided that they missed playing music together, their previous band having broken up several months before.
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Tabbed By: Mike
Standard Tuning
I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.
Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way
(this just sounds best to me):
A C#m Abm B E Eb/B
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
B|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|
G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------|
D|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E|--5-------4---7---0----------|
A C#m
You've been famous since your birth
Abm
And a silent one it was,
B
Till they told me it's a girl
A
And everybody gasped
C#m
I know how to raise you right
Abm
Teach you how to read
B
Do math, share toys spell names and alphabet
A C#m Abm B
And how to be polite
A C#m
You've been famous since your birth
Abm
And a silent one it was,
B
Till they told me it's a girl
A
And everybody said
C#m
You and your atlas know it all
Abm
Let the corners curl
B
Cause if you go by night
E
You'll hit the coast for sure
------------------------------------------
...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
------------------------------------------
Chorus
E Eb/B Abm
It's a ruse, it's a laugh
B
Experts, they'd agree
B
Listen to the math
E Eb/B Abm
Australopithecine
B
Rekindle your heart
B
These hospital machines
A C#m Abm B
Are state of the art
e-----7---------7---------7---------7-------|
B-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---8-----8---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
Then:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------| x4
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
A C#m
I've put down my middle name
Abm
In the back of her book
B
And signed it just in case
A
Our walk was over love
C#m
Cause I've got one more up my sleeve
Abm
Bring it out tonight
B
Cause if I am the joke
E
Then you're the punchline
------------------
-Into Chorus
------------------
Then:
A C#m Abm B x2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11/13-13-8-88------------------| x7
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
and on the last time:
| End on: (on the same beat as the B chord below)
e|--------------------------------|------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------|
G|--16-16-16-16--1614-14-14-1414-|-13--------|
D|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A|--14-14-14-14--1412-12-12-1212-|-11--------|
E|--------------------------------|------------|
End on:
B
But it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
E
I need a second opinion
Not a second to waste
Standard Tuning
I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.
Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way
(this just sounds best to me):
A C#m Abm B E Eb/B
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
B|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|
G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------|
D|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E|--5-------4---7---0----------|
A C#m
You've been famous since your birth
Abm
And a silent one it was,
B
Till they told me it's a girl
A
And everybody gasped
C#m
I know how to raise you right
Abm
Teach you how to read
B
Do math, share toys spell names and alphabet
A C#m Abm B
And how to be polite
A C#m
You've been famous since your birth
Abm
And a silent one it was,
B
Till they told me it's a girl
A
And everybody said
C#m
You and your atlas know it all
Abm
Let the corners curl
B
Cause if you go by night
E
You'll hit the coast for sure
------------------------------------------
...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
------------------------------------------
Chorus
E Eb/B Abm
It's a ruse, it's a laugh
B
Experts, they'd agree
B
Listen to the math
E Eb/B Abm
Australopithecine
B
Rekindle your heart
B
These hospital machines
A C#m Abm B
Are state of the art
e-----7---------7---------7---------7-------|
B-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---8-----8---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
Then:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------| x4
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
A C#m
I've put down my middle name
Abm
In the back of her book
B
And signed it just in case
A
Our walk was over love
C#m
Cause I've got one more up my sleeve
Abm
Bring it out tonight
B
Cause if I am the joke
E
Then you're the punchline
------------------
-Into Chorus
------------------
Then:
A C#m Abm B x2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11/13-13-8-88------------------| x7
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
and on the last time:
| End on: (on the same beat as the B chord below)
e|--------------------------------|------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------|
G|--16-16-16-16--1614-14-14-1414-|-13--------|
D|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A|--14-14-14-14--1412-12-12-1212-|-11--------|
E|--------------------------------|------------|
End on:
B
But it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
E
I need a second opinion
Not a second to waste
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