Black Mamba Chords & Tabs
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BLACK MAMBA - The Academy Is...
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Tabbed by: Sam Rayner
Site: samrayner.com
Tuning: Standard - EADGBe
Previous tabs for this were way off so hopefully this is better.
Sounds like there might be an acoustic guitar playing a D#
chord throughout most of the verses. It's pretty subtle though.
The chord at the end of "Oh Mr Magazine..." might not be perfect
but I've tried to get close.
Enjoy!
Sam
Structure
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Intro | Verse x2 | "Oh Mr Magazine" | Chorus | Bridge | Verse x2 | "Oh Mr Magazine" |
Chorus | Chorus + Riff | Bridge | "So Afraid" | Chorus | Chorus + Riff x2 | Bridge | Finish
Intro & Verse
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e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-10-10-10-8--8--8--10-10-10-8--8--8--5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|
E|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4|
"Oh Mr Magazine..."
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_academy_is/black_mamba_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|----------------x-x-x--x-x-x-------------3-|
B|----------------x-x-x--x-x-x-------------4-|
G|----------------x-x-x--x-x-x-------------3-|
D|-/5-----/5------x-x-x--x-x-x--/5---------5-|
A|----6-6----5-5--x-x-x--x-x-x-----6-6-----5-|
E|----4-4----3-3--x-x-x--x-x-x-----4-4-----3-|
Chorus
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x3 last time
e|---------------------------- | ----------------------------|
B|---------------------------- | ----------------------------|
G|---------------------------- | ----------------------------|
D|-10-10---6--6---6--6---8--8- | -10-10---6--6---8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-10-10---6--6---6--6---8--8- | -10-10---6--6---8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|-8--8----4--4---4--4---6--6- | -8--8----4--4---6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Chorus Riff (Approx)
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x4
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|------0-1---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-3--3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Bridge
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e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-3p1-3p1-3p1-3p1-3p1-3p1-3p1-3p1-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
"So afraid of anything..."
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e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--8--8------8--8--8--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--6--8------5--6--8------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-|
A|-6--6--8------6--6--8------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-|
E|---------------------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-6-|
Finish (G#)
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E|-4-
B|-4-
G|-5-
D|-6-
A|-6-
E|-4-