A Whole Child Ago Lyrics

A WHOLE CHILD AGO
As recorded by Biffy Clyro
(From the 2007 Album PUZZLE)
Words by Simon Neil
Music by Biffy Clyro
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Simon Neil'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Extra Guitar'
Q=160
Gtr I
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
Wx8
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
Gtr I
||o---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
| Gtr II
| E E E E H E E E E H
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|------------------o||
| E E E E H E E E E E E E E
Gtr I
Gtr I
| Gtr II
| Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
||o-----2-2-----2-2-|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----|---------2-2------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
Gtr I
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5--5-5-5---5--5-5--5----|--5--5-5--5-----5-5-5-5--o||
| Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5------7-7-7-------9--9-|--9------11-11-11--------o||
Gtr I
Q Q H Q Q H W +W
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o-7--7--7-7-7--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--|-4--4--4-4-4---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------o||
|-0--0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0--o||
Gtr I
||o-------2-2-------2--2-|------------2-2-------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
| Gtr II
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o-12---12---12---12-12-|-12---12---12---12-12-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|------------2-2-------|------------2-2-------o||------|
|----------------------|----------------------o||------|
|----------------------|----------------------o||------|
|-12---12---12---12-12-|-12---12---12---12-12-o||------|
Gtr I
Gtr I
| Gtr II
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *