Special K Tab

Placebo
Special K
Black Market Music
 
tabbed by Dan Young
corrections to dan19ch@hotmail.com
 
[Standard Tuning]
Note: The song from the CD has 2 guitars.  I've added "Alternate" sections
of some parts of the song which you can use if you have another guitarist.
 
Intro (Acoustic)
Chord is repeated a bunch of times (listen to the CD).
e-----|
b-----|
g--3--|
d--3--|
a--1--|
E-----|
 
 
Verse (Distortion)
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g------------------------------|
d--4--4-4----------------------|  x 2 then play Intro chord
a--4--4-4---3-4-6-4-3-3h4-4----|
E--2--2-2----------------------|
 
**See Note at bottom
 
Pre-Chorus (Distortion)
e-----|            -----|            ------|
b-----|            -----|            ------|
g--6--| x 16 then  --8--|  x 8 then  --11--|  x 8
d--6--|            --8--|            --11--|
a--4--|            --6--|            ---9--|
E-----|            -----|            ------| 
 
 
Chorus (Distortion)
e-----|            -----|
b-----|            -----|
g--6--| x 16 then  --3--|  x 16    then repeat entire Chorus
d--6--|            --3--|
a--4--|            --1--|
E-----|            -----|     
 
 
Post-Chorus (Distortion)
e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------|
d--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3-3-3-3h4----|  x 3
a--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------|
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
 
e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g-------------------3-3-3-1-1-1-1h3-3--|
d--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------3--|
a--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------1--|
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
 
That's it!  The rest of the song is the same with a couple of small differences
which are easy to figure out.  I can tab these out if there is a demand for
them.  Keep reading for variations on the verse.
 
 
Alternate Verse I (Distortion)
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g-----------5-6-8-6-5-5h6-6----|
d--4--4-4----------------------|  x 2 then play Intro chord
a--4--4-4----------------------|
E--2--2-2----------------------|
 
Alternate Verse II (Distortion)
You will notice that one guitar always plays the verse this way.  It's much too
boring for me though so I play the other verses.
e-----|
b-----|
g-----|
d--4--|  x 16? then play Intro chord
a--4--|
E--2--|
 
**Note: After you play the very first verse and when you switch back to the intro
chord, play this:
e-----|                   -4-
b-----|                   ---
g--3--| a few times then  ---  (Soft acoustic in the background)
d--3--|                   ---
a--1--|                   ---
E-----|                   ---
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