Portuguese Knife Fight
Cage the Elephant
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Tom : F#
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PORTUGUESE KNIFE FIGHT - Cage the Elephant
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Tabbed by: usernamek
Pretty cool song. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more airplay.
If you have any comments on how the tab could be improved, please comment below,
and I will make the proper revisions.
It get annoying when there's 100 tabs instead of just one that we can all agree is good.
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
He descends down these three chords. Listen to the recording for the strum pattern.
B A F#
Intro Riff: (2x)
E|-------------------------------| ------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| ------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| ------------------------------------------|
D|--4-4--------------------------| or ------------------------------------------|
A|-------4-3--0--0---3--0--------| ----9-9-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| ---------9-8---5-5---8--5-----------------|
Guitar 2: on 3rd repetition of intro riff
Chorus: "I wanna waste..." (2x)
[Bridge Riff]
Second guitar comes in during Bridge Riff and continues on into verse:
Second guitar comes in at 1:03
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[Chorus] "I wanna waste..." (2x)
"Tell me pretty girl..."
Guitar 2: Verse
Guitar 1: Bridge Riff:
At 2:05 he starts adding this into the verse (from bridge riff):
Second guitar comes in at 2:15
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Chorus: "I wanna waste..."
Begins this at 2:40
"Give me a sign..."
E|---7-7-7-7-7--8---7-----7-7-7-7-7--8---7--| ---8----- --7--- ------------------------------|
B|---7-7-7-7-7--8---7-----7-7-7-7-7--8---7--| ---8----- --7--- ------------------------------|
G|---8-8-8-8-8--9---8-----8-8-8-8-8--9---8--| ---9----- --8--- ------------------------------|
D|---9-9-9-9-9--10--9-----9-9-9-9-9--10--9--| --10-----x8 --9---x4 ------------------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9-9--10--9-----9-9-9-9-9--10--9--| --10----- --9--- ------------------------------|
E|---7-7-7-7-7--8---7-----7-7-7-7-7--8---7--| ---8----- --7--- ------------------------------|
Guitar 1: (2x)
Guitar 2: (2x)
Guitar 1: (2x)
"Tell me baby girl..."
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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Detected progression: B → A → F#
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