Chords for Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning (Official Video)
Tempo:
106.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Ab
A
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [F] [A] [E] [Ab] .
[A] [G] [C] .
[Am] [F] [Ab] [Am] [E] [Abm] .
[Am] [C] [Ab] [B] [Am] .
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory, you were practicing a magic [C] trick.
[Ab] And [A] my [Dm] thoughts got rude [A] as you talked [Ab] and chewed [A] on the last [G] of your pick and [Am] mix.
Said you must be thinking of your thinking as I haven't been cold before.
[C].
Have you [Am] listened to your strawberry [C] mix?.
[Ab] Then I [Am] took my attention in the form of a gob [E] starter.
It's all [Am] you had left and it was going to [E] waste.
.
[A] Your [Am] [Ab] pastimes [A] consisted [Ab] of the [Am] strange, entwisted and [Ab] deranged.
[A] And I loved that [Cm] little game you [A] had called [Am] crying lightning.
And [Ab] how you [A] liked to [Ab] aggravate the ice cream [A] on a rainy [Am] afternoon.
[Ab].
The [Am] [B] [Ab] [Am] [Eb] .
[E] [Ab] [Cm] [C] [Abm] [E] next [Ab] time that [B] I caught [F] my own reflection, it was on its way [E] to meet you.
[Am] Thinking [G] of [Dm] excuses to [C] [F] postpone.
[E] You [Am] never looked like yourself [F] from the [Ab] side, but [Am] your profile could [E] not hide.
[Am] In fact, you knew [G] I was [D] approaching [Fm] your throne.
[E] [C] With soldered arms [Dm] you [Fm] occupied [F] the bench like toothache.
[E] Scored and poked your chest [Dm] out like you'd never lost [C] a [Ab] war.
[E] [Am] And though I tried [Dm] so not [Fm] to suffer the [F] [E] indignity of reaction, [C] there was no crack to [Dm] grasp or gas [Am] to [Ab] claw.
[E] [F] And your [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, untwisted and deranged.
And I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
And how you liked [Am] to aggravate the ice cream on a rainy afternoon.
[F] [Dm] Uninviting, [Am] but not half as impossible as everyone assumes [F] you are.
[Dm] Crying lightning.
.
[A] [Am] [Ab] [A] [Am] [Ab] .
[A] And [Am] your .
[A] [A] [Am] .
[Ab] [Am] [B] [C] [Ab] [Am] [B] .
[C] [Ab] [Am] [B] [C] [E] [A] .
pastimes consisted of the [D] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
[Am] .
Crying lightning.
[F] .
[Dm] Crying lightning.
[Am] .
Crying lightning.
And your [F] [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying.
[D] [Am] [Dm] .
[A] [G] [C] .
[Am] [F] [Ab] [Am] [E] [Abm] .
[Am] [C] [Ab] [B] [Am] .
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory, you were practicing a magic [C] trick.
[Ab] And [A] my [Dm] thoughts got rude [A] as you talked [Ab] and chewed [A] on the last [G] of your pick and [Am] mix.
Said you must be thinking of your thinking as I haven't been cold before.
[C].
Have you [Am] listened to your strawberry [C] mix?.
[Ab] Then I [Am] took my attention in the form of a gob [E] starter.
It's all [Am] you had left and it was going to [E] waste.
.
[A] Your [Am] [Ab] pastimes [A] consisted [Ab] of the [Am] strange, entwisted and [Ab] deranged.
[A] And I loved that [Cm] little game you [A] had called [Am] crying lightning.
And [Ab] how you [A] liked to [Ab] aggravate the ice cream [A] on a rainy [Am] afternoon.
[Ab].
The [Am] [B] [Ab] [Am] [Eb] .
[E] [Ab] [Cm] [C] [Abm] [E] next [Ab] time that [B] I caught [F] my own reflection, it was on its way [E] to meet you.
[Am] Thinking [G] of [Dm] excuses to [C] [F] postpone.
[E] You [Am] never looked like yourself [F] from the [Ab] side, but [Am] your profile could [E] not hide.
[Am] In fact, you knew [G] I was [D] approaching [Fm] your throne.
[E] [C] With soldered arms [Dm] you [Fm] occupied [F] the bench like toothache.
[E] Scored and poked your chest [Dm] out like you'd never lost [C] a [Ab] war.
[E] [Am] And though I tried [Dm] so not [Fm] to suffer the [F] [E] indignity of reaction, [C] there was no crack to [Dm] grasp or gas [Am] to [Ab] claw.
[E] [F] And your [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, untwisted and deranged.
And I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
And how you liked [Am] to aggravate the ice cream on a rainy afternoon.
[F] [Dm] Uninviting, [Am] but not half as impossible as everyone assumes [F] you are.
[Dm] Crying lightning.
.
[A] [Am] [Ab] [A] [Am] [Ab] .
[A] And [Am] your .
[A] [A] [Am] .
[Ab] [Am] [B] [C] [Ab] [Am] [B] .
[C] [Ab] [Am] [B] [C] [E] [A] .
pastimes consisted of the [D] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
[Am] .
Crying lightning.
[F] .
[Dm] Crying lightning.
[Am] .
Crying lightning.
And your [F] [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying.
[D] [Am] [Dm] .
Key:
Am
Ab
A
F
E
Am
Ab
A
[A] _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [Ab] _ .
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ .
[Am] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ .
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ [Am] _ .
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory, you were practicing a magic [C] trick.
[Ab] And [A] my [Dm] thoughts got rude [A] as you talked [Ab] and chewed [A] on the last [G] of your pick and [Am] mix.
Said you must be thinking of your thinking as I haven't been cold before.
_ [C].
Have you [Am] listened to your strawberry [C] mix?.
[Ab] Then I [Am] took my attention in the form of a gob [E] starter.
It's all [Am] you had left and it was going to [E] waste.
_ _ .
[A] Your [Am] [Ab] pastimes [A] consisted [Ab] of the [Am] strange, entwisted and [Ab] deranged.
[A] And I loved that [Cm] little game you [A] had called [Am] crying lightning.
And [Ab] how you [A] liked to [Ab] aggravate the ice cream [A] on a rainy [Am] afternoon.
[Ab].
The _ [Am] _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ .
[E] _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ [Abm] [E] next [Ab] time that [B] I caught [F] my own reflection, it was on its way [E] to meet you.
[Am] Thinking [G] of [Dm] excuses to [C] [F] postpone.
[E] You [Am] never looked like yourself [F] from the [Ab] side, but [Am] your profile could [E] not hide.
[Am] In fact, you knew [G] I was [D] approaching [Fm] your throne.
[E] [C] With soldered arms [Dm] you [Fm] occupied [F] the bench like toothache.
[E] Scored and poked your chest [Dm] out like you'd never lost [C] a [Ab] war.
[E] [Am] And though I tried [Dm] so not [Fm] to suffer the [F] [E] indignity of reaction, [C] there was no crack to [Dm] grasp or gas [Am] to [Ab] claw.
[E] [F] And your _ [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, untwisted and deranged.
And I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
And how you liked [Am] to aggravate the ice cream on a rainy afternoon.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Uninviting, [Am] but not half as impossible as everyone assumes [F] you are.
_ [Dm] Crying lightning.
_ _ .
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ .
[A] And [Am] _ _ your _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ .
_ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [C] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ .
[C] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [C] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ pastimes consisted of the [D] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called _ crying [Dm] lightning.
_ _ [Am] _ .
_ _ Crying lightning.
_ _ [F] _ .
_ _ [Dm] Crying lightning.
_ [Am] _ .
_ _ Crying lightning.
And your [F] _ _ _ [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ .
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ .
[Am] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ .
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ [Am] _ .
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory, you were practicing a magic [C] trick.
[Ab] And [A] my [Dm] thoughts got rude [A] as you talked [Ab] and chewed [A] on the last [G] of your pick and [Am] mix.
Said you must be thinking of your thinking as I haven't been cold before.
_ [C].
Have you [Am] listened to your strawberry [C] mix?.
[Ab] Then I [Am] took my attention in the form of a gob [E] starter.
It's all [Am] you had left and it was going to [E] waste.
_ _ .
[A] Your [Am] [Ab] pastimes [A] consisted [Ab] of the [Am] strange, entwisted and [Ab] deranged.
[A] And I loved that [Cm] little game you [A] had called [Am] crying lightning.
And [Ab] how you [A] liked to [Ab] aggravate the ice cream [A] on a rainy [Am] afternoon.
[Ab].
The _ [Am] _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ .
[E] _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ [Abm] [E] next [Ab] time that [B] I caught [F] my own reflection, it was on its way [E] to meet you.
[Am] Thinking [G] of [Dm] excuses to [C] [F] postpone.
[E] You [Am] never looked like yourself [F] from the [Ab] side, but [Am] your profile could [E] not hide.
[Am] In fact, you knew [G] I was [D] approaching [Fm] your throne.
[E] [C] With soldered arms [Dm] you [Fm] occupied [F] the bench like toothache.
[E] Scored and poked your chest [Dm] out like you'd never lost [C] a [Ab] war.
[E] [Am] And though I tried [Dm] so not [Fm] to suffer the [F] [E] indignity of reaction, [C] there was no crack to [Dm] grasp or gas [Am] to [Ab] claw.
[E] [F] And your _ [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, untwisted and deranged.
And I hate that little game you [F] had called crying [Dm] lightning.
And how you liked [Am] to aggravate the ice cream on a rainy afternoon.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Uninviting, [Am] but not half as impossible as everyone assumes [F] you are.
_ [Dm] Crying lightning.
_ _ .
[A] _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ .
[A] And [Am] _ _ your _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ .
_ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [C] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ .
[C] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [C] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ pastimes consisted of the [D] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called _ crying [Dm] lightning.
_ _ [Am] _ .
_ _ Crying lightning.
_ _ [F] _ .
_ _ [Dm] Crying lightning.
_ [Am] _ .
_ _ Crying lightning.
And your [F] _ _ _ [Dm] pastimes consisted of the [Am] strange, twisted and deranged.
I hate that little game you [F] had called crying.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ .