Standard (EADGBE)
You may want to work out strumming and timing for yourself especially in the bridge and solo
where it gets a bit different. It's overall a pretty simple song from the new album.
Guitar 1 (Alex Turner)
Intro
Verse 1
I thought I saw you in the battleship
but it was only a look-a-like
She was nothing but a vision trick
Under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast
( )
When i asked her if i could call her your name
Verse 1 [cont] (Same pattern)
I thought I saw you in the rusty hook
Huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look
And kissed who ever was sitting there
She was close, and she held me very tightly
'Til I asked awfully politely, please
Can I call you her name.
(To transition into the chorus play this; A F#m A F#m E, listen out for the strumming)
Chorus
And I elongated my lift home,
Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself
A D E (Come in with A at the end of the chorus and play these chords like in the verse)
Verse 2
Same Pattern)
I thought I saw you in the parrots beak,
Messing with the smoke alarm,
It was too loud for me to hear her speak,
And she had a broken arm,
It was close, so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in letra-set
No, you can't call me her name
Bridge
Tell me where's your hiding place
I'm worried I'll forget your face
And I've asked everyone
( optional here)
I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along
Chorus
And I elongated my lift home,
Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself
Solo
A D Bm x2 (Play this like you would in the verse)
Verse 3
I saw your sister in the cornerstone
On the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own
I thought she might understand
She was close, well you couldn't get much closer
She said i'm really not supposed to but yes,
You can call me anything you want.
Fade out.