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Charmless Man Guitar Tablature
Song: Charmless Man
Artist: Blur
Album: The Great Escape (Track 4)
Year: 1995
Guitarist: Graham Coxon

Tempo: 114
Tuning: Guitar Standard (E A D G B E)
Time Signature: 4/4

First of all, the tabs and the song estucture:

Intro:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----b-------------------------|-----b-------------------------|
|----1214---------b-------------|----1214---------b-------------|
|----------------1214------------|----------------1214------------|
|X-----------X-------------------|X-----------X-------------------|
|------------------------151412--|------------------------151412--|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|-----b--b---------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12141214--------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12141214--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------14------12--|----12111211--------14------12--|
|--------------------------------|------------12------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|
|----12111211----1214----14------|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
|------------12------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|
|16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

1st Verse
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------9/------|----------------------------4---|
|------------------------7/------|----------------4-------7-------|
|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|----------------5---------------|--------------------------------|
|----5-------7-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------6---4-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------4---|
|--------------------------------|----------------4-------7-------|
|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|----------------5---------------|--------5---------------4-------|
|----5-------7-------------------|--------7---------------5-------|
|--------------------6---4-------|--------7---------------6-------|
|--------------------------------|0---0---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------4---4-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------2---------------0-------|--------------------10----------|
|--------3---------------0-------|----------------5/7---------7/--|
|--------4---------------1-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0-----------|5-------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        
|----9---------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

Chorus:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----b-------------------------|-----b-------------------------|
|----1214---------b-------------|----1214---------b-------------|
|----------------1214------------|----------------1214------------|
|X-----------X-------------------|X-----------X-------------------|
|------------------------151412--|------------------------151412--|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|-----b--b---------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12141214--------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12141214--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------14------12--|----12111211--------14------12--|
|--------------------------------|------------12------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----b-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----1214---------b-------------|
|----12111211----1214----14------|----------------1214------------|
|------------12------------------|0-----------0-------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------151412--|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|-----b---b---------------------|
|-----b-------------------------|----12141214--------------------|
|----1214---------b-------------|----12141214--------------------|
|----------------1214------------|--------------------14------12--|
|0-----------0-------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------151412--|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------b-------------|
|----12111211--------14------12--|----12111211----1214----14------|
|------------12------------------|------------12------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|
|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Bridge:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

2nd Verse:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|----5-------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|----5-------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------5---------------4-------|--------2---------------0-------|
|--------7---------------5-------|--------3---------------0-------|
|--------7---------------6-------|--------4---------------1-------|
|0---0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------4---4-----------|2---2---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------0---0-----------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------10----------|----9---------------------------|
|----------------5/7---------7/--|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Solo:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|----5-------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|----5-------7-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------6---4-------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------7---12------|
|5---3---2---3---7---5---3---5---|9---7---5-7-5-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|9---9---9---9---7---7-------5---|--------------------------------|
|10--10--10--10--7---7-------5---|--------10----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------6-7-6-7-6-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Finale:
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----3-4-3-------3---------------|
|----------------------------4---|--------------------------------|
|----------------4-------7-------|------------4-------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------2-------|------------------------2-------|
|----------------4---------------|----------------2---------------|
|5---------------------------3---|--------3-----------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------2-----------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------4---2---|0-------------------------------|
|1-------1-------0---------------|--------------------------------|


Song Estructure:

Intro
Silence (X 7 measures)
1st Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Bridge
2nd Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
Finale

Now, the chords:

Intro: A
       A
       A
       A - D
       A - D - E
       E - D

  A            G#m      F#m
I met him in a crowlded room
             A           G#m        F#m  
Where people go to drink away their gloom
   D               C#m   Bm
He sat me down and so began
     A         E         A
The story of a charmless man

   A           G#m     F#m
Educated the expensive way
             A               G#m   F#m
he knows the claret from his beaujolais
             D                 C#m    Bm
I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray
         A             E             A
But then nature didn't make him that way (he went)

A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na
      A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na na na

               A
He think's his educated airs
Those family shares
        D
Will protect him
        A       D
That we will respect him 

   E        A
He moves in circles of friends
who just pretend
          D
that they like him
   A        D       E
he does the same to them
             
             E
And when you put it all together
           D
that's the model of a charmless man

A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na
      A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na na na

             A                  G#m  F#m
He knows the swingers and their cavalry
            A         G#m       F#m
says he can get in anywhere for free
    D           C#m          Bm
I began to go a little cross eyed
              A               E           A
And from this charmless man I just had to hide (he went)

A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na
      A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na na na

             A
He talks at speed, he gets nose bleeds
He doesn't see 
             D
his days are tumbling
A     D
Down upon him 

    E      A
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen 
           D
for you to listen
    A         D    E
but no one is listening

             E
And when you put it all together
           D
that's the model of a charmless man


Solo: A - G#m - F#m
      A - G#m - F#m
      D - C#m - Bm
      A - E - A

               A
He think's his educated airs
Those family shares
        D
Will protect him
        A       D
That we will respect him 

    E      A
And yet he tries so hard to please
He's just so keen 
           D
for you to listen
    A         D    E
but no one is listening
             
             E
And when you put it all together
           D
that's the model of a charmless man

A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na
      A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
      A           G#m   F#m
Na na na na na na na na na
      A     G#m
Na na na na na na
G           F#m
Na na na na na na
F           E     A
Na na na na na na na

That's it!

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