Karaoke Plays - Maximo Park
Intro 0:00-0:12
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 6 6 |
| A | 6h7p6 9 6 6 4 4 6h7p6 9 6 6 4 4 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 6 6 |
| D | 6h7p6 9 6 6 4 4 6h7p6 9 6 6 4 4 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
Verse 0:12-0:38
"You write a list of things to do" "To occupy your time that.."
| e | | |
| B | | "slide |
| G | | 13 11 14 13 6 4 between |
| D | | X X X X X X each |
| A | 777777777777679\44444444\22222222 | 11 9 12 11 4 2 cord" |
| E | 000000000000000 00000000 00000000 | |
"But in my mind it's never final" "And when you sleep I try not.."
| e | | |
| B | | |
| G | | 13 11 14 13 6 4 |
| D | | X X X X X X |
| A | 777777777777777\44444444 | 11 9 12 11 4 2 |
| E | 000000000000000 00000000 | |
Pre Chorus 0:38-0:55
"Oh, I waited up for you" "But you didn't come back home"
"Oh, I waited up for you" "Couldn't you come back home?"
A Bm
| e | 5 5 55555 555 | 2 2 22222 222 |
| B | 5 5 55555 555 | 3 3 33333 333 7 7 777 8\ |
| G | 6 6 66666 666 | 4 4 44444 444 7 7 777\6 6 6 666 7/2 2 |
| D | 7 7 77777 777 | 4 4 44444 444 |
| A | 7 7 77777 777 | 2 2 22222 222 |
| E | 5 5 55555 555 | x x xxxxx xxx |
Chorus 0:55-1:17
"If someone gets run down" "Karaoke plays..."
"..somewhere in the background" "But there is no explanation
"What makes a grown man cry" "Karaoke plays!"
"If someone gets run down"
Fmajor Am
| e | x | 0 |
| B | 1 | 1 |
| G | 2 fast | 2 fast |
| D | 3 strumming | 2 strumming |
| A | 3 | 0 |
| E | 1 | |
2nd Verse 1:17-1:31
the first 14 seconds are the same as in the 1st Verse
| e | | |
| B | | "slide |
| G | | 13 11 14 13 6 4 between |
| D | | X X X X X X each |
| A | 777777777777679\44444444\22222222 | 11 9 12 11 4 2 cord" |
| E | 000000000000000 00000000 00000000 | |
1:31-1:56
"We never did want the dawn..." "Decided from the sheets in which.."
"U know I changed my ways forever"* "The North Sea crashes through.."**
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | 13 11 14 slightly |
| D | | X X X palm muted |
| A | 777777777777777\44444444 | 11 9 12 |
| E | 000000000000000 00000000 | |
* **
| e | | e | |
| B | | B | |
| G | 13~~~ | G | 13 11 14 13 6 4 |
| D | X | D | X X X X X X |
| A | 11 | A | 11 9 12 11 4 2 |
| E | | E | |
Pre Chorus 1:56-2:14
Chorus 2:14-2:39
"If someone gets run down" "Karaoke plays..."
"..somewhere in the background"* "But there is no explanation"
"What makes a grown man cry" "Karaoke plays!"
"If someone gets run down"
Fmajor Am
| e | x | 0 |
| B | 1 | 1 |
| G | 2 fast | 2 fast |
| D | 3 strumming | 2 strumming |
| A | 3 | 0 |
| E | 1 | |
*( here I'm switching to a C instead an Am, I thought it gives this
section a little bit more punch:-)
* C
Bridge 2:39-3:23
"I came home, there were radio waves" "I heard voices through the..."
Guitar 1 + Guitar 2(Intro Riff) "I came home, you were
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| B | 5/7 9 9 2/4 4 4/5 5 9\7 5 5 5\4 4 4\2 2 | 14\12 9 9 9\7 7 7\5 5 |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | | 0 |
| E | 0 0 | |
..nowhere to be found" etc.
| e | 0 0 0 |
| B | 14\12 9 9 9\7 7 7\5 5 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0 |
| E | |
play bridge 2 times
and then this:
| e | 5 5 777 8~~ |
| B | |
| G | 6 6 7 6 6 666 4 4 444 6 6 7 6 6 666 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Chorus 3:23-3:53
Chorus is the same as above but let Am ring till 3:53, then play slightly:
3:53-4:07
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9~ 6 4~ |
| D | 9~ 6 4~ |
| A | 7~ 6 7 9 4 2~ |
| E | |
End
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Thanks
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note