A Whole Child Ago Chords & Tabs
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A WHOLE CHILD AGO
As recorded by Biffy Clyro
(From the 2007 Album PUZZLE)
Words by Simon Neil
Music by Biffy Clyro
Transcribed by GuitarHero_JP
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Simon Neil'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Extra Guitar'
Intro
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------|
|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2--|
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||--2-2-----2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2---||
||------------------|-0-0-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Verse
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||--2-2-----2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2---||
||------------------|-0-0-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2------o||
||------2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-2-2-----2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2---||
||--4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-----------------|-0-0---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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| Gtr II
| E E E E H E E E E H
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-----------|-----------------|-------------------||
||--7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-----------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----||
|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-||
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-4-4-4-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-2-2-2-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|
|-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7----9-9-9----11-11-|-11------13-13-13-----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5----7-7-7-----9--9-|--9------11-11-11-----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||--2-2-----2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----2-2-----2-2---||
||------------------|-0-0-------------|-4-4-------------|-4-4---------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Verse
Pre-Chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/a_whole_child_ago_tab_ver_4.html ]
Chorus 2
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-7--7-7-7---7--7-7--7----|--7--7-7--7-----7-7-7-7---||
|-7--7-7-7---7--7-7--7----|--7--7-7--7-----7-7-7-7---||
|-5--5-5-5---5--5-5--5----|--5--5-5--5-----5-5-5-5--o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-7------9-9-9------11-11-|-11------13-13-13---------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5------7-7-7-------9--9-|--9------11-11-11--------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
2.
Gtr I
Q Q H Q Q H W +W
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-7--7--7----|-7--7--7----|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-0--0--0----|-0--0--0----|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-5--5--5----|-5--5--5----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-0--0--0----|-0--0--0----|-0--------|-(0)----|
Interlude
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||--9--9--9-9-9--|-2--2--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2--|-6--6--6-6-6---|
||--7--7--7-7-7--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-4--4--4-4-4---|
||o-7--7--7-7-7--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-4--4--4-4-4---|
||--7--7--7-7-7--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-4--4--4-4-4---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------o||
|-2--2--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2---||
|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0---||
|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--o||
|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0---||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o-------2-2-------2--2-|------------2-2-------|
||---2-2-------2-2-------|-------2-2-------2--2-|
||-----------------------|--0-0-----------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--14---14---14---14-14-|-14---14---14---14-14-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o-12---12---12---12-12-|-12---12---12---12-12-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|----------------------|-----------------------||------|
|------------2-2-------|------------2-2-------o||------|
|-------2-2-------2--2-|-------2-2-------2--2--||------|
|--4-4-----------------|--4-4------------------||------|
|----------------------|----------------------o||------|
|----------------------|-----------------------||------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------||------|
|----------------------|----------------------o||------|
|-14---14---14---14-14-|-14---14---14---14-14--||------|
|----------------------|-----------------------||------|
|-12---12---12---12-12-|-12---12---12---12-12-o||------|
|----------------------|-----------------------||------|
Outro
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-----|
|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-----|---------4-4-------*|
|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-|-4-4-7-7-----7-7b9-*|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------*|
|---------4-4-7-7-|---------4-4-7-7-|---------4-4-7-7-|---------4-4-------*|
|-4-4-7-7---------|-4-4-7-7---------|-4-4-7-7---------|-4-4-7-7-----7-7b9-*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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