This Picture Placebo
Tabbed by PureDenizen
Email - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning : Standard
Key Signature: C# Major
Time Signature: 4/4 (common time)
Dynamics: Mezzo-Piano
This song is quite easy, and can be played by people who've been playing guitar only a
while and feel confident playing power chords efficiently.
The song is made up of 4 power chords, C#, F#, A# and F major to be played on the A
The bass plays triplets of each of these notes on the verses, however on the chorus
of each are played.
Song Structure :
Intro,
Verse,
Verse,
Chorus,
Verse,
Chorus,
Middle 8 (Bridge),
Chorus.
Intro, Bass plays 2 bars of the note C# on the A string.
G|----------| D|----------| A|---4-4-4--| E|----------|
Verse's
[C#] [maj]
E|----------| (Follow the triplets the bass is playing) B|----------| G|-----6----| D|-----6----| A|-4--------| E|----------|
I hold an image of the ashtray girl....
[F] [maj]
E|----------| B|----------| G|-----10---| D|-----10---| A|-8--------| E|----------|
As the cigarette burns on my chest....
Towards the end of the verses there is a chord change to A#, when Brian sings :
[A#] [maj]
E|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|------8----| A|------8----| E|-6---------|
"And late at night,Whilst on all fours....
Then..
[F] [maj]
E|----------| B|----------| G|-----10---| D|-----10---| A|-8--------| E|----------|
"She used to watch me kiss the floor..."
[F#] [Maj]
E|----------| B|----------| G|-----11---| D|-----11---| A|-9--------| E|----------|
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
[C#] [Maj]
E|----------| B|----------| G|-----6----| D|-----6----| A|-4--------| E|----------|
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
For every verse, you then go into the Chorus, which is a repetition of F# major and C# major.
Chorus
[F#] [Maj] [F#] [Maj]
E|----------| E|--------| B|----------| B|--------| G|-----11---| OR can be played G|--------| D|-----11---| D|-----4--| A|-9--------| A|-----4--| E|----------| E|--2-----|
"sometimes its fadedddddd"...
[C#] [maj]
E|----------| B|----------| G|-----6----| D|-----6----| A|--4-------| E|----------|
"Disintegratedddddd"....
Go straight back into verse with triplets of C# maj.
Middle 8 (Bridge)
[F] [maj]
E|----------|--------| B|----------|--------| G|-----10---|--------| D|-----10---|----8---| A|-8--------|----8---| E|----------|--6-----| And so on for rest of middle 8.
"hang onnnn"
Go straight into last chorus, end on F major and let the chord ring out.
Feedback on this tab would be very much appreciated, email to - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk.
This is my first guitar tab also, cheers =).
PureDenizen
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