Balaclava Chords by Arctic Monkeys

Tempo:
148.75 bpm
Chords used:

D

F#m

A

B

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Balaclava - Arctic Monkeys chords
Start Jamming...
Running [E] off over next door's garden [C#] before the hour is done
[B] It's more a question of [F#m] feeling than it is a question of fun
[D] The confidence is the [F#m] battle of clover, I'm sure you'll baffle them [D] good
With the ending reek of salty cheeks [C#] and runny make-up [B] alone
Or we'll run [A] down the face of a border where [G] there's [D] scorn
We'll finally stop at a [F#m] skirmish where you [G] wish you'd never been [D] born
You tie yourself [F#m] to the tracks and there is a no [Gm] going [D] back
And it's wrong, [A] wrong, wrong, but we'll do it [G] anyway cos we love a bit of [B] trouble
[F#m] [B] [A]
[F#] [B]
[A] [F#] Are [A] you pulling her from a burning building or throwing her to the [D] sharks?
Can only hope that the [F#m] ending [C#] is as pleasurable as the [D] start
The confidence [E] is the [F#m] battle of clover, [G] I'm sure you'll baffle them [D] straight
And it's wrong, wrong, [F#m] wrong, but you can [C#m] hardly wait
[B] That's right, he won't [A] let her out of his sight
Now the shaggers [G] perform and the daggers [B] are drawn
Who's the crooks in this crime?
[G]
[Bm] That's right, [C] he won't let her [Bm] out of his sight
[A] Now the [G] shaggers perform and the daggers are [F#] drawn
Who's the crooks [Bm] in this [B] crime?
[A]
[F#] [B]
[F#]
[A] [F#] [D]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[F#] [A] [D]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[F#] [C#] [D]
[E] [F#] [D] He won't let her out of his [F#m] [A] sight
[D] That's [E] right, [A] he won't [D] let her out of
[F#m] [G] his [D] sight
That's [E] right, [A] he won't [B] let her out of his [F#] sight
[A] [D] We'll hit the [Bm]
[F#] [C#m] [D] end of all time
[F#] [A] [D]
[E] [F#m] [C#] [D]
[E] [A] [G] You [D] knew that it would be trouble [F#m] right before the very [G] first kiss
[D] Quite [F#m] unassuming but you [C#] were the day where the [B] naughtiest
[D] You'd lead her with you to [F#m] take it up but you [G] resisted and fought
[B] I'm [D] sorry sweetheart, [B] I would rather keep on the battle of clover
[F#m] [G] [D] [A]
[C#] [Bm] [F#m]
[C#] [D] [F#]
Key:  
D
1321
F#m
123111112
A
1231
B
12341112
F#
134211112
D
1321
F#m
123111112
A
1231
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To learn Arctic Monkeys - Balaclava chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: B, A, B, Bm, A, G, F#, Bm, G, F#m, G and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 75 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 151. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Major.

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Running [E] off over next door's garden [C#] before the hour is done
[B] It's more a question of [F#m] feeling than it is a question of fun
[D] The confidence is the [F#m] battle of clover, I'm sure you'll baffle them [D] good
With the ending reek of salty cheeks [C#] and runny make-up [B] alone
Or we'll run [A] down the face of a border where [G] there's [D] scorn
We'll finally stop at a [F#m] skirmish where you [G] wish you'd never been [D] born
You tie yourself [F#m] to the tracks and there is a no [Gm] going [D] back
And it's wrong, [A] wrong, wrong, but we'll do it [G] anyway cos we love a bit of [B] trouble _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#] _ Are [A] you pulling her from a burning building or throwing her to the [D] sharks?
Can only hope that the [F#m] ending [C#] is as pleasurable as the [D] start
The confidence [E] is the [F#m] battle of clover, [G] I'm sure you'll baffle them [D] straight
And it's wrong, wrong, [F#m] wrong, but you can [C#m] hardly wait
[B] That's _ right, _ he won't [A] let her out of his sight
_ Now the shaggers [G] perform and the daggers [B] are drawn
Who's the crooks in this _ crime?
_ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] That's right, _ _ [C] he won't let her [Bm] out of his _ sight _
[A] Now the [G] shaggers perform and the daggers are [F#] drawn
Who's the crooks [Bm] in this _ [B] crime?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ [D] He won't let her out of his _ [F#m] [A] sight
_ _ [D] That's [E] right, _ [A] _ he won't [D] let her out of _
_ [F#m] [G] his _ [D] sight
That's [E] right, _ [A] he won't [B] let her out of his [F#] sight
[A] _ [D] We'll hit the _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] end of all time
[F#] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ You [D] knew that it would be trouble [F#m] right before the very [G] first kiss
[D] Quite [F#m] unassuming but you [C#] were the day where the [B] naughtiest
[D] You'd lead her with you to [F#m] take it up but you [G] resisted and fought
[B] I'm [D] sorry sweetheart, [B] I would rather keep on the battle of clover
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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