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The Good Old Days - The Libertines
From The Album 'Up The Bracket'
Standard Tuning
As usual in a Libertines song, you dont have to be accurate when
you're playing this - just mess about!
Intro:
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Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
Dm F G Dm G Dm G A
Main Riff:
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Dm A# F A
e¦¦--1-----0h1p0---------------1-----3---5---------5--¦
B¦¦-----3---------3-----1h3p1-----1------5----5----5--¦
G¦¦------------------3--------------------------6-----¦
D¦¦---------------------------------------------------¦
A¦¦---------------------------------------------------¦
E¦¦---------------------------------------------------¦
Verse:
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Bm A G A x2
Bm Bm Bm G A
PM..........
Bm A G A G A
Then back into the main riff
Solo:
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e¦¦-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B¦¦--3-/-5---6-/-8--6--5--6--5--3--1--2--3--1h2-3--1h2-3--5--6--8--6--5---
G¦¦-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D¦¦-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A¦¦-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E¦¦-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e¦¦-------------------------------------------------------------¦
B¦¦--6--5--3--1--------------------------------------3----------¦
G¦¦--------------3--2--0----------------------------------------¦
D¦¦-----------------------3--2--0-------------------------------¦
A¦¦-------------------------------------------------------------¦
E¦¦-------------------------------------------------------------¦
Outro:
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Dm A# F A (listen to the cd for the rhythm)
ENJOY!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Rhythm Player |
#1 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Aug 9, 1970 at 2:58 AM EST |
| The arcadian dream, so fallen through But the Albion sails on course Let's man the decks and hoist the rigging. Because the pig mans found the source, And there’s twelve rude boys on the oars. They’re singing "row row row" pig man is pete, the albion is like their journy together, and The arcadian dream is their dream for doing what they want int he future enjoying life etc. really personal song. | |
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camilo Average |
#2 by camilo velasquez at Jan 26, 1975 at 7:56 AM EST |
| Notice 'pig men' - and Katie's dreams being like 'the unabridged Ulysses'! | |
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joel Average |
#3 by joel christman at Feb 12, 1975 at 5:26 AM EST |
| the song, well i think is about pete and his crack buddies its about how he got off the heroin but they just got him back into it "It’s not about tenements and needles, or all the evils in the eyes and the backs of their minds" and "I've tried so hard to keep myself from falling back to my bad old ways, and it chars my heart to always hear you calling, " | |
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adam Average |
#4 by adam humphreys at Jun 26, 1976 at 11:11 AM EST |
| Queen Boadicea was a Celtic chieftain who led the Iceni and a number of other Celtic tribes, including the neighbouring Trinovantes, in a major uprising against the occupying Roman forces in Britain in AD 61. | |
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ALEX Lead Player |
#5 by ALEX FOWLER at Nov 29, 1976 at 3:26 PM EST |
| This song absolutely kills me. I've never felt so much crying after I saw the struggling silly Peter singing it on his own, and then Carlos singing it on his own. They both looked so lost, singing about the good old days that they maybe both want back. It's such a beautiful song, and means so much to me. It contains one of my favourite lines ever "if you've lost your faith in love and music, oh the end won't be long". A motto of sorts. | |
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phoen Average |
#6 by phoen bay at Jun 5, 1980 at 9:57 AM EST |
| This song like half of the Libertines songs foreshadows things to come. | |
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Maggot Man Wanna Be |
#7 by Maggot Man at Nov 13, 1980 at 1:01 PM EST |
| Queen Boadice was as ancient British queen; upon annexation of her kingdom by Rome, led ferocious revolt before finally being crushed by Roman army | |
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brandon Rhythm Player |
#8 by brandon q at Oct 7, 1983 at 1:33 PM EST |
| The albion is not their dream. the 'albion' is the roman name for great britian and arcadia is an imaginary lawless land pete and carl invented. this parts means england or 'albion' is slowing moving turning into a lawless ideal land for pete ad carl | |
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Alex Average |
#9 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Apr 22, 1985 at 7:34 PM EST |
| oh, i forgot to add that it's an absolutely gorgeous song, and i personally feel it would have been a perfect album closer, i would have changed the order of some tracks on Up the Bracket. | |
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Anthony Average |
#10 by Anthony at Jun 19, 1985 at 9:37 PM EST |
| To me this is about people who have given up on modern life and see instead a call for the "good old days" or the times when things were simpler, easier, the music was better or love was more pleasant. I think the song is an answer to someone like that, telling them that if they've lost their faith in love and music, if they are calling for these "good old days" then the end won't be long, they'll be doomed to see everything as worse than before. I think it's an important song and a good one. The idea that there "weren't no good old days" is also important. To remember that in times where some things might have been better there were other problems, and that we have no more problems now than we had in the past. It's a call for people to live in the moment and quit looking into the past in reminiscence, and instead make today what you can. Because the past, "the good old days" aren't as good as you dream they were. | |
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michiel Wanna Be |
#11 by michiel adams at Oct 10, 1985 at 9:19 PM EST |
| Arcadia is not a place made up by Carl and Pete, besides being the name of a place in Greece, the word "Arcadia" has become interchangeable with "Utopia". They mean almost the same thing, but a Utopia is man-made. Arcadia is a natural paradise unblemished by Civilization. It is sourced from Greek Mythology, and is where Pan and various other spirits lived. "Albion" is from Mythology, being the God of Britain, son of Poseidon and brother of Atlas, but has come to mean Britain itself in a poetic and Archaic sense. Someone has correctly stated above that it is also the name of Pete and Carl's ship that they're sailing to Arcadia. Anyways, this is a great song. | |
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Pablo Rhythm Player |
#12 by Pablo Muñiz at Jan 19, 1988 at 12:48 AM EST |
| It should be: And if you've lost your faith IN love of music | |
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Thomas Average |
#13 by Thomas Buckman at May 11, 1991 at 8:50 AM EST |
| geeze, what an excellent song. i tend to think that overanalysation would kill this song, but i'm going to agree with most of the people above on all of the historic/phlosophical poins... also, it kinda just came to me, but TWELVE rude boys on the oars? biblical? "I've tried so hard to keep myself from falling back to my bad old ways/ and it chars my heart to always hear you calling/ calling for the good old days/ 'cos there were no good old days" i think everyone can relate to that. wow. just my favourite song ever. | |
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skater-boy Rhythm Player |
#14 by skater-boy at Dec 16, 1994 at 12:29 PM EST |
| sometimes the lyrics in the booklet are not exactly what he sings, but the lyrics here aren't either one. i believe the line is "because if it's gone for you i too may lose it..." | |
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Ricky Rhythm Player |
#15 by Ricky Cribb at Dec 8, 1997 at 2:22 PM EST |
| If Pete wrote these lyrics, could they be a direct message to Carl? It would certainly give the line 'tenaments and needles' a very forseeable meaning. Also, if things were going downhill by this stage, Carl could be harping back to better times. | |
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The Mexican Who Average |
#16 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at Nov 1, 1998 at 10:10 AM EST |
| I think it should be "Because if it's gone for you then I too may loose it" anyways, This is probably one of their best songs and I love that "a list of things we said we'd do tomottow" line. Everybody can probably relate to that. | |
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Maggot Man Wanna Be |
#17 by Maggot Man at Nov 11, 2003 at 1:14 AM EST |
| ok just discovered this site so i'm gonna comment on some old messages as well...oh and before i forget this song is incredible I'm a HUGE libertines fan and this is my favourite...ok pete uses the term Albion both in reference to England and as the dream ship used to sail to his and Carl's fictional land of perfection and happiness: Arcadia...also I believe the 2nd chorusy bit actually says Arcadia's dream dream has all fallen through i know i'm being picky but it confused me for ages so...well anyway hope you're all better informed | |
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Trevor Average |
#18 by Trevor fun with drugs at Dec 4, 2003 at 6:52 PM EST |
| The Libertines are very patriotic, not only with historical allusions – Boadiea and Albion, but also with modern British slang in other songs. Very beautiful sad song – yearning for the impossible past which according to the song, never even existed. "if you've lost your faith in love and music, oh the end won't be long" – they came back to back RNR important again with other bands in the early part of this decade. “list of things we said wed do tomorrow” - yearning The military campaign of Boadicea, destined to failure, can be heard in the military drumming of the chorus and of course, the angelic backing vocals foreboding death and chaos. The final verse’s imagery of chaos at sea is also splendid | |
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