Song: Books Written For Girls
Band: Camera Obscura
Album: Underachievers Please Try Harder
Tabbed by: rockon1824
Standard Tuning EADGBe
There is a picking rhythm throughout song that alternates the bass note between the root
and it's fifth, but that note may be played by a second guitar because it's very and
in the song, but to get the feel for it it's something like this:
[B] [E]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4--x--4-----4-x-4----4--x--4-----4-x-4-----0-x-0-----0-x-0--|
G|----4--x--4-----4-x-4----4--x--4-----4-x-4-----1-x-1-----1-x-1--| etc...
D|---(4)-x-(4)--4---x-----(4)-x-(4)--4---x-------2-x-2-----2-x-2--|
A|--2--------------------2------------------------------2---------|
E|---------------------------------------------0------------------|
Played with a down-up motion. All chords in the song are played like that.
Intro: B for 4 measures
Verse:
You can c[B]ompliment me on the style of m[E]y hair
Give me m[B]arks out of ten for the clothes that [E]I wear
You p[B]robably thought I had more upst[E]airs
I disap[C#m]point you, I can s[D#m]ee through your perfe[B]ct smile
He l[B]ikes to read books written [E]for girls
Pr[B]ides himself on being a man of the[E] world
It?s in the[B] darkest places he gets hi[E]s thrills
He will disap[C#m]point you, if you s[D#m]ee through his perfe[B]ct smile
Chorus:
[E]I think separation is o[B]k
Y[E]ou?re no star to guide me anyw[B]ay
You [E]only wanted me to [B]play
The [C#m]fool[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
Interlude:
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[C#m] [D#m] [B]
Verse:
[B]Now my door has swollen from the [E]rain
God [B]knows we?ll never see her face a[E]gain
[B]People get shattered in many [E]ways
They can disa[C#m]ppoint you if you s[D#m]ee through their perfe[B]ct smiles
Chorus:
[E]I think separation is o[B]k
'Cause y[E]ou?re no star to guide me anyw[B]ay
You [E]only wanted me to [B]play
A fo[C#m]ol[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
A fo[C#m]ol[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
End on B.
Band: Camera Obscura
Album: Underachievers Please Try Harder
Tabbed by: rockon1824
Standard Tuning EADGBe
There is a picking rhythm throughout song that alternates the bass note between the root
and it's fifth, but that note may be played by a second guitar because it's very and
in the song, but to get the feel for it it's something like this:
[B] [E]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4--x--4-----4-x-4----4--x--4-----4-x-4-----0-x-0-----0-x-0--|
G|----4--x--4-----4-x-4----4--x--4-----4-x-4-----1-x-1-----1-x-1--| etc...
D|---(4)-x-(4)--4---x-----(4)-x-(4)--4---x-------2-x-2-----2-x-2--|
A|--2--------------------2------------------------------2---------|
E|---------------------------------------------0------------------|
Played with a down-up motion. All chords in the song are played like that.
Intro: B for 4 measures
Verse:
You can c[B]ompliment me on the style of m[E]y hair
Give me m[B]arks out of ten for the clothes that [E]I wear
You p[B]robably thought I had more upst[E]airs
I disap[C#m]point you, I can s[D#m]ee through your perfe[B]ct smile
He l[B]ikes to read books written [E]for girls
Pr[B]ides himself on being a man of the[E] world
It?s in the[B] darkest places he gets hi[E]s thrills
He will disap[C#m]point you, if you s[D#m]ee through his perfe[B]ct smile
Chorus:
[E]I think separation is o[B]k
Y[E]ou?re no star to guide me anyw[B]ay
You [E]only wanted me to [B]play
The [C#m]fool[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
Interlude:
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[C#m] [D#m] [B]
Verse:
[B]Now my door has swollen from the [E]rain
God [B]knows we?ll never see her face a[E]gain
[B]People get shattered in many [E]ways
They can disa[C#m]ppoint you if you s[D#m]ee through their perfe[B]ct smiles
Chorus:
[E]I think separation is o[B]k
'Cause y[E]ou?re no star to guide me anyw[B]ay
You [E]only wanted me to [B]play
A fo[C#m]ol[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
A fo[C#m]ol[D#m]
Play by your r[B]ule
End on B.
