Blue Spotted Tail Chords & Tabs
by Fleet Foxes
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Blue Spotted Tail - Fleet Foxes
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Tabbed by: Scott Keller
Tuning: Standard (Capo 7th)
Fingerpicking pattern of this song is thumb, middle, index, ring for pretty much the whole song with a
slight variation appearing whenever there is a base note walk such as in the intro.
In the recording, the 4th note of the chord is usually played the same as the second.
e|--------------| e|--------------|
B|--------------| B|-----------0--|
G|-----0-----0--| or G|-----0--------|
D|--------2-----| D|--------2-----|
A|--3-----------| A|--3-----------|
E|--------------| E|--------------|
When I play this song, I usually just always play it as tabbed.
[Intro]
C
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------|
G|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----0--| repeat
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------------|
A|--3-----------3-----------3-----------0-----2-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
C F C
e|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------1-----------1--|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
G|-----0-----------0-----------2-----------2--------|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
D|--------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|
A|--3-----------3-----------------------------------|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
E|--------------------------1-----------1-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is life made only for to end?
In the city only for a while
Am Em F
e|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------1-----------1-----------0-----------0--|-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|
G|-----2-----------2-----------0-----------0--------|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|
A|--0-----------0-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------0-----------0-----------|--1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------|
Why is the Earth moving 'round the Sun?
Why do I do all this waiting then?
Here to face the fortune and the bile
Dm Am Em F
e|-----------1-----------1--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-----------3-----------------1-----------1--|-----------0-----------0-----------1-----------1--|
G|--------2-----------2--------2-----------2--------|-----0-----------0-----------2-----------2--------|
D|--0-----------0-----------------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----|
A|--------------------------0-----------0-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--0-----------0-----------1-----------1-----------|
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?
I heard you on the radio, I couldn't help but smile
C F Am C
e|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------1-----------1--|-----------1----------------------0---------------|
G|-----0-----------0-----------2-----------2--------|-----2-----------0-----0----0-----------0-----0---|
D|--------2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----|--------2----------------------2------------------|
A|--3-----------3-----------------------------------|--0-----------0-----2----3-----------2-----0------|
E|--------------------------1-----------1-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is life made only for to end?
In the city only for a while
[Fill]
G F C
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-----------------------1-----------0--|
G|-----0-----------0-----0-----2-----------0--------|
D|--------0-----------------------3-----------2-----|
A|--------------------------------------3-----------|
E|--3-----------1-----3-----1-----------------------|
[Bridge]
(Bb6) (Bm7) X2
e|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--------------3--------3-------------3---------|--3--------------3--------3-------------3---------|
G|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|
D|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|
A|--1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
(F#sus) (F#) (C/G) (G) X4
e|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|-----------0--------------0-------------0---------|
G|--4--------------4--------3--------------3--------|--2--------------0-----------------0-----------0--|
D|-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4--|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
A|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------|
[HUMMING]
C F C F
C F C F
Dm Am Em F
**Arrangement**
INTRO
Verse 1
FILL
Verse 2
FILL
Verse 3
FILL
BRIDGE
HUMMING
Verse 1
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