Blondie - Atomic Chords & Tabs

 

Atomic Chords & Tabs

Blondie Chords & Tabs

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Atomic Tab

   
ATOMIC by BLONDIE for guitar
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Tabbed by Daniel Clarke 
Email:  tabs[at]danielclarke.com

Clean tone

I have tabbed the individual parts and told you where
they appear in the song and how to repeat them, I've not written every note out!

I have not tabbed the bass solo.

Watch out for the C chord that starts 2 beats ealier than the end of the bar!


Intro

(0:00)
	|Em	|	   |C	     |         |Am	|       |D     	 |Bm	|
	-3-2-0----3-2-0-----7-5-------7-5-------10-9-7---10-9-7--15-14-12------- 
	------------------------7---------7-------------------------------15-12-
	------------------------------------------------------------------------
	------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(0:13)
 Main Riff:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blondie/atomic_tab.html ]
	|Em	|	   |C	     |      	|Am	|	 |D    |Bm	|
-0-3-2---0-----------0-3-2--0-------------0-3-2--0---------0-3-2--5-----7-------
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------	x 2
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------





(0:42)
Verse
||:E5	|	|A5	|(fill 1)|D5	|	|B5	|	:||  repeat x4  



(1:25)
Pre-chorus 
|G5	| 	|D5	|	|Em 	|	|A5   	|B5    |
play Em at the VIIth position



(1:38)
"Atomic":
Play Main Riff x 1 with fill 2 over the top
Play Main Riff x 2 with main lead part filtered slightly (treble down), with fill 2 over the top. Loads of synth here.
Play Main Riff x 1 (normal tone again) with fill 2 over the top


(2:36)
Bass Solo in Em




(3:05)
|Em	|	 C* |	     |      	|Am	|	 |D    |Bm	|  

*Note that this C actually starts 2 beats before the end of the bar, not QUITE like in the main riff.


(3:19)
Repeat Main Riff til end, with fill 2 on guitar 2.






Fill 1:
---0--5-0-4-0-2-0---
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This is on guitar 2




Fill 2:
||:-----0-----0--------:||  (the note is on beats 2 & 4)
   --------------------
   --------------------
   --------------------
   --------------------
   --------------------
This is on guitar 2