A Thing Called Luv Chords & Tabs
this is my first tab and i hope you like it.
send judgements to mns.newell@btopenworld.com
Notation:
x - scrub (put mute the strings with your fretting hand and strum or pick)
~ - vibrato
bu - bend up
bd - bend down
gbu - gradual bend up (bend up slowly)
gbd - gradual bend down (bend down slowly)
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide
^ - quater tone bend/blues curl (only bend the note slightly)
(17) - bend to the pitch of this note (If it is repeated after a bend then pick it)
*17* - indicates what pitch the note is returned to, do
not pick these notes
/17 - pinch harmonic
[17] - ghost note (is hardly audible)
D - strum/pick what is written above down
U - strum/pick what is written above up
PM... - Palm mute what is written above
co - cut off (stop the note dead/don't let it ring)
0:00================================================================================
Intro and verse 1:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----x-2-4-4---x-4-4------4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
D-4---x-2-4-4---x-4-4-2-2--4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
A-4---x-0-2-2---x-2-2-2-2--2-2--0-0---0-2-4-----------------------------------------
E-2-------------------0-0-----------4~------0-Repeat 4x-----------------------------
D D D D U D D U D U D U D U
On the fourth time round do this:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----x-2-4-4---x-4-4------4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
D-4---x-2-4-4---x-4-4-2-2--4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
A-4---x-0-2-2---x-2-2-2-2--2-2--0-0---0---------------------------------------------
E-2-------------------0-0-----------4~--4-2-0---------------------------------------
0:30================================================================================
Bridge to first chorus:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-Repeat 3x------------------------------------------
PM...................
On the third time round do this:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1------------2---3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-2-x-3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-0-x-1----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2----------------------------------------------------------------------
PM. PM......build up...............
0:44================================================================================
Chorus 1:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------2-----------4-6-4-----------------------------------------------------------
D-2-----2-----4-----4-6-4-----------------------------------------------------------
A-2-----0-----4---0-2-4-2-----------------------------------------------------------
E-0-2-4---4-0-2-4---------Repeat 3x-------------------------------------------------
D D D D U D U D D D D D
0:56=================================================================================
Bridge to solo 1:
These are the right chords but play whatever rhythm you think you can hear here.
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-6-6-6--4-6-7--7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
E-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
D D D U D U U D U D U D
0:59================================================================================
Solo 1:
The backing guitar to this solo is the same as the verse.
E---------------------------16bu(17)bd*16*------------------------------------------
B-17------17----17------------------------17-----------------------15gbu(17)~-------
G-16bu(18)--(18)--(18)bd16-------------------16--13bu(14)bd*13*---------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------14-------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:11================================================================================
Verse 2:
The bass plays the first half of the parts in these verses the guitar only plays the
following:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------2--4-4--2-2-----------4-------------------------------------
A-----------------------2--2-2--0-0---0-2-4---4-------------------------------------
E-----------------------0-----------4~------0-2-Repeat 2x---------------------------
On the second time do the following:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------2--4-4--2-2-------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------2--2-2--0-0---0---------------------------------------------
E-----------------------0-----------4~--4-2-0---------------------------------------
1:22================================================================================
Bridge to second chorus:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-Repeat 3x------------------------------------------
PM...................
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_darkness/a_thing_called_luv_tab.html ]
On the third time round do this:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1------------2---3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-2-x-3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-0-x-1----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2----------------------------------------------------------------------
PM. PM......build up...............
1:37================================================================================
Chorus 2:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------2-----------4-6-4-----------------------------------------------------------
D-2-----2-----4-----4-6-4-----------------------------------------------------------
A-2-----0-----4---0-2-4-2-----------------------------------------------------------
E-0-2-4---4-0-2-4---------Repeat 3x-------------------------------------------------
1:48================================================================================
Bridge to solo 2:
These are the right chords but play whatever rhythm you think you can hear here.
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-6-6-6--4-6-7--7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
E-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
1:51================================================================================
Solo 2:
The backing guitar to this solo is also the same as the verse.
E--------------------------7---7----------------------------------------------------
B-s5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7bu(9)-(9)-(9)bd*7*-5-7--5-4-2-0-------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------1-2-4-4--4--------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------
B---------------------------------5--------------2----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------4-1--1-2-4-4------------------------------------
D-s6--6~-6-4s2---2h4-4~-4s6s4-2-2---------------------------------------------------
A--------------4--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------9-----------9-----------------------------
B-10--------10---------10---------9---------9-9---------9---------------------------
G-12bu(14)--12bu(14)co-12bu(14)co-11bu(13)----11bu(13)------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-9----9----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12p9-12p9-------------9-9-9--9---9---------9---9-9----------9----9---------------
G-----------11p9-11p9----9-9-11-9---9---------9---9-9---9-9--9-9h11-9---------------
D---------------------11----------11-11-----------------9-11-9----------------------
A-----------------------------------------s11--11----11-----------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-9---9---9---9----9-10-12-12-14~---------------------------------------------------
G-9-----9---9---9--9-9--11-11-13~---------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2:22================================================================================
Bridge to middle 8:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-Repeat 3x------------------------------------------
PM...................
On the third time round do this:
E-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-1------------2---3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
D-2---4----4-4-2-x-3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------
A-2-x-4----4-4-0-x-1----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------
E-0-x-2----2-2----------------------------------------------------------------------
PM. PM......build up...............
2:37================================================================================
Middle 8:
You can hear a bit in the background which is probably played on keyboard on the CD
but can be played similarly like this on guitar:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------9--x--9-9-7-------------------------------------------------------------
G----9--9---9--x--9-9-8-------------------------------------------------------------
D----9--9---9--x--9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------------
A-x-11-11---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-x-------0-------------Repeat 3x---------------------------------------------------
2:48================================================================================
Bridge to solo 3:
These are the right chords but play whatever rhythm you think you can hear here.
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-6-6-6--4-6-7--7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
E-4-4-4--2-4-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------
^Bend at beginning of solo 3 starts here
2:51================================================================================
Solo 3:
The backing guitar to this solo is also the same as the chorus.
E-12------------------------------------12------------------------------------------
B-15bu(17)gbd*15*gbu(17)------------------15p12--12---------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------15--15s14p12-14bu(16)co-12-----------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------12^----------/12^----------12^------------------------------------------
D-14p12-14-----14p12-14-------14p12-14-----14p12---------9-5------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------14-13-12-----7p5-7------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This part can be played picked or with pulls, to play with picks just replace all
the pulls with a picked open string.
E-4p0-0-5p0-0-7p0-0-9p0-0-7p0-9p0-11p0-9p0-11p0-12p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-16p0-17p0-0-----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-16p0-0-19p0-0-16p0-17p0-[19p0]-22bu(24)~~-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3:07================================================================================
The guitarist playing the solo then joins in with the guitarist playing the backing
part (same as chorus) 4 more times. The player who was playing the backing rhythm
then hangs an E Major chord after the last time round while the lead player plays
the outro.
3:23=================================================================================
Outro:
After the first note after the bend do not use the pick again until the harmonic as
it is all legato.
E-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--
B-15bu(17)co-12h15p12s11h14p11s10h13p10s9h12p9s8h11p8s6s5-/5~~~~----------------0--
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1--
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------Both finish on-0--
peace dudes...............
mike newell
