Placebo-Drink You Pretty (Bitter End B-Side)

tabbed by Zoe Jackson ([email protected])

the song has a few guitars and also a paino/keyboard which makes it hard to work out properly. but ive worked out a tab which is how i play it myself (its not totally accurate to the song, but some is close). hope someone can put up a better version at some point.   

ive done it in tuning G, Bb, Eb, Ab, C, C ..not exact placebo tuning cuz this was easier to play it.


intro and verses (there are 3 main riffs, listen to the track to work it out)


riff type 1

C   --------------------------------------------------
C   --------------------------------------------------
Ab  --------------------------------------------------
Eb  --2--------------2----------------2---------------
Bb  ------3---------------3---------------------3-----
G   -----------3-----------------3--------------------

C   -----------------------------------------------
C   -----------------------------------------------
Ab  -----------------------------------------------
Eb  -----5------------------5----------------------
Bb  -------------3-----------------3--------------3
G   ------------------3-----------------3----------

C   -------------------------------------------------
C   -------------------------------------------------
Ab  -------------------------------------------------
Eb  --2--------------2----------------0---------2----
Bb  ------3---------------3--------------------------
G   -----------3-----------------3-------------------



riff type 2

C   --------------------------------------------------
C   --------------------------------------------------
Ab  --------------------------------------------------
Eb  --2--------------2----------------2---------------
Bb  ------3---------------3---------------------3-----
G   -----------3-----------------3--------------------

C   ------------------------------------------------
C   ------------------------------------------------
Ab  ------------------------------------------------
Eb  -----5------------------5-----------------------
Bb  -------------3-----------------3--------------3-
G   -------------------3-----------------3----------

C   -------------------------------------------------
C   -------------------------------------------------
Ab  -------------------------------------------------
Eb  --2--------------2----------------0--------------
Bb  ------3---------------3---------------------3----
G   -----------3-----------------3-------------------


riff type 3


C   --------------------------------------------------
C   --------------------------------------------------
Ab  --------------------------------------------------
Eb  --2--------------2----------------2---------------
Bb  ------3---------------3---------------------3-----
G   -----------3-----------------3-------------------- x 2


C   -----------------------------------------------
C   -----------------------------------------------
Ab  -----------------------------------------------
Eb  -----------------------------------------------
Bb  ----3---------------3----------------2---------
G   -----------3----3--------3-----3------------3--

chorus

C     --------5---------------5---------------
C     -------------3----------------3---------
Ab  ---4---------------4---------------4------                            ---9---
Eb  ------------------------------------------                            ---9---
Bb  ------------------------------------------                            ---7--
G    ------------------------------------------ a few  times then ------


C     -----------------------------                               
C     --3-------------3------------                              
Ab  -------0---0--------0---0------                             --2--
Eb  -------------------------------                             --2--
Bb  -------------------------------                             --0--
G    ------------------------------- a few times then ---0--

or you could just play 3 chords through the chorus

C   -----------------------
C   -----------------------
Ab  --7---9----7-----------
Eb  --7---9----7----5------
Bb  --5---7----5----5------
G    ------------------3---

then its the verse riffs again.  but the next verse is hard for me to tab, you can play like the 1st verse or there is what seems like another guitar playing


C     --5--5---5--8---8--6---5---5-----3-----5----


and

C   --5--5---5--5---5---5---1--1---0------
Ab  -----------------------------------2--


the bit that goes ‘hello pretty‘..

seems to be like these 2 chords

C   ----------------------
C   ----------------------
Ab  --7-----------2-------
Eb  --7-----------2-------
Bb  --5-----------0-------
G   ----------------------

with another guitar over the top playing

C     --3--3--3--3--6--6--3--3--3--3--6--6--6--5--5--5--6--6--6--5--5--5--
C     --3--3--3--3--6--6--3--3--3--3--6--6--6--5--5--5--6--6--6--5--5--5--

C     --3--3--3--3--1--1--3--3--3--3--6--6--6--5--5--5--6--6--6--5--5--5--
C     --3--3--3--3--1--1--3--3--3--3--6--6--6--5--5--5--6--6--6--5--5--5--