Arctic Monkeys - View From The Afternoon Chords & Tabs

Arctic Monkeys

View From Afternoon


Tabbed by
Dave Mullen & Rick Raff


Guitar 1 - Lead - Alex
Guitar 2 - Rhythm - Jamie

(I am just gonna tab each part once and then it will be easy enough to figure out,
such as *intro* / *verse* / *break* / *Chorus* / *bridge* / *outro*)


*Intro*

Guitar 1 & 2

   A       D#
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------8------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--x24--8--x6 (you will understand by listening to the rhythm)-| x 3
A|-7-------6------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5--------------------------------------------------------------|


*Verse*


(these are the chords and where they are played)

Guitar 2
                                 "Set" "You"  "Up"
    A   G   C   E   A   E          C     D     E
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7----------3-----5-----7---------------|
E|--5---3-----------5------------------------------------------|


                                "Tain" "ment" "but"
    A   G   C   E   A   E          C     D     E
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7----------3-----5-----7---------------|
E|--5---3-----------5------------------------------------------|


  "Tonight Ther'll be some love"
    A   G   C   E   A   E          C     D     E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9----------5-----7-----9----------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9----------5-----7-----9----------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7----------3-----5-----7----------------|
E|--5---3-----------5-------------------------------------------|
                                 |-^-----^-----^----------------|

                                (guitar 1 plays this
                                 bit simultaneously)


"Tonight there'll be a ruckus yeah,
                Regardless of what's gone before"
    A   G   C   E   A   E   B   E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9-------9-------------------------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9---9---9-------------------------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7---9---7-------------------------------|
E|--5---3-----------5-------7-----------------------------------|


Guitar 2

    A   G   C   E   A   E   B   E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9-------9-------------------------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9---9---9-------- x 2 ------------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7---9---7-------------------------------|
E|--5---3-----------5-------7-----------------------------------|

(guitar 1 Plays nothing for the 2 loops of the above, then....)


Guitar 2

    A   G   C   E   A   E          C     D     E
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9----------5-----7-----9---------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7----------3-----5-----7---------------|
E|--5---3-----------5------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1

(this bit is played with a cool rhythm, listen to track to get hang of it)

             "fancy dress"
    A                              ^     ^     ^
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14--14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------|
G|--14--14-14--14--14-14-----------5-----7-----9---------------|
D|--14--14-14--14--14-14-----------5-----7-----9---------------|
A|--12--12-12--12--12-12-----------3-----5-----7---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2

    A   G   C   E   A   E   B   E
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5---9-------9-------9------------------------------|
D|--7---5---5---9---7---9---9---9------------------------------|
A|--7---5---3---7---7---7---9---7------------------------------|
E|--5---3-----------5-------7----------------------------------|

Guitar 1

    A
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14--14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------|
G|--14--14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------|
D|--14--14-14--14--14-14---------------------------------------|
A|--12--12-12--12--12-12---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


*Break*

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arctic_monkeys/view_from_the_afternoon_tab.html ]
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------12--10---------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0--------------12-----------------------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------12--10h12-15---------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0---------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------14-14-10-------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0---------------12----------------------|


Guitar 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7---5-5-5---2-------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------7~--5~--3~~---------------------|
E|--5-5-5---3-3-3---0-0-0---------------------------------------|


*Chorus*

"And she won't be surprised"

Guitar 2

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7-9-7---------------7-9-7~---------------------------|
D|--7--10--------10-----7--10------------------ x 4 ------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

   F
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----- 1 ------|
A|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

   D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------- 2 ------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

   F
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----- 3 ------|
A|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

   D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------- 4 ------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|


"And you should bear that in mind tonight"

Guitar 1 & 2

(both do same as guitar 1 above but a muted chords between each strum)

Eg.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-10-x--10-x--10-|
D|-10-x--10-x--10-| (Listen to the track to understand fully)
A|-8--x--8--x--8--|
E|----------------|


*Bridge*

(This is the part where it goes quiet and both guitars share a chord each)


Guitar 2

    A     C     A     B
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------5-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-----5-----7-----9-----------------------------------------|
A|--7-----3-----7-----9-----------------------------------------|
E|--5-----------5-----7-----------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

       G     E     E     E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------9-----9-----9--------------------------------------|
D|-----5-----9-----9-----9--------------------------------------|
A|-----5-----7-----7-----7--------------------------------------|
E|-----3--------------------------------------------------------|


*Outro*

( Same as intro )


Final chord is


e|--4~--
B|--6~--
G|--5~--
D|--6~--
A|--4~--
E|------


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