Boy - Up In This Town Chords & Tabs

 

Up In This Town Chords & Tabs

Boy Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Up In This Town Tab

Hey, first tab for me, but im sure this is 100% correct. its not a hard song to figure 
it only has 4 main parts of the song. listen to the song to figure out the timing, but i 
the timing here anywayz. Enjoy.

Tuning:Drop D DADGBE

Tempo-135=quarter note

Intro:DRums for 4 bars

Distortion for whole song

Bar 4: grace note hammer on(hammer really quick)
e---------|----------------|----------------|
b---------|--------7-5-----|--------7-5-----|
g---------|--------7-5-----|--------7-5-----|
d------5h7|--5-7-5-------7-|--5-7-5-------7-|
a------5h7|--5-7-5-------7-|--5-7-5-------7-|
D------5h7|--5-7-5-------7-|--5-7-5-------7-|
  1+2+3+4+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

           These Two bars right here make your main riff.repeat main riff once for bass 
play the riff again 2 more times for the rest of the intro.

Verse:
 play main riff twice and then play this:

Riff 2.
e|----------------|----------------|
b|----------------|----------------|
g|9---9-9-9-9-9-7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7---|
d|9---9-9-9-9-9-7-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
a|7---7-7-7-7-7-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
D|----------------|--------------7-|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

repeat the main riff 3 times and that part.

main riff once

Chorus: there are 3 parts here. part1 is rythem, part 2 is lead, part 3 effects.

Part 1 Rythem Guitar(I think the singer plays this)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/boy/up_in_this_town_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
b|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
g|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
d|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
a|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
b|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
g|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
d|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
a|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
                                    play this the first time.
                                    dont play next time

Part 2 Lead Guiitar

Play main riff underneath. it isnt very loud, but i can still hear it.

Part 3 Effects

This is some odd effect. Dont kno wat it is but here it is.

e|--3-5-3-5-3-----|--3-5-3-5-3-----|--3-5-3-5-3-----|
b|3-------------3-|--------------3-|--------------3-|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|
a|----------------|----------------|----------------|
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Just repeat that part a bunch of times.

play chorus again.

Interlude play main riff once.

Verse 2

basically the same as verse 1 except for this before the chorus
Half step bend  b=bend r=release
e|----------------|
b|--------7br-5---|
g|--------7br-5---|
d|--5-7-5-------7-|
a|--5-7-5-------7-|
d|--5-7-5-------7-|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

The rest of the song is basically the same thing. Sorry how im so lazy.

There you go. Listen to the song to figure out how many times to play the main riff in 
places. Thats as clear as i could make it. use guitar pro or powertab if u have to. Peace.