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Song: Spitting Games
Artist: Snow Patrol
Tabbed By: Trent Steel
Guitar 1 = Gary Lightbody
Guitar 2 = Nathan Connolly
Bass = Mark McClelland
Drums = Jonny Quinn
r = ring
~ = vibrate
b = bend
/ = slide
pm= palm mute
Intro:
Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12--------------------| x2
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12--------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-10-10-10-10--------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5/7~~-------------------5/7~~-----------------------------|
G|--------------4-2-------------------4-2-7~~-----------------| x2
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A|-555555555555-7777777777777777-9999999999999999-101010101010101010-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff:
Guitar 1&2 "I broke into your house last night"
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4------------------------------------| x2
D|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3----------------------------|
Bass
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-555555555555-33333333333333-2222222222222-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------333333333333333--------|
Riff 2:
Guitar 1&2 "I struggle for the words and then give up"
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------| x2
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------|
Bass
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-88888888888888888-10101010101010101010-555555555555555-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Eric Rhythm Player |
#1 by Eric at Jan 23, 1976 at 3:53 AM EST |
| This song is unbelievable... it makes me think of my shyness in high school. | |
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patrick Average |
#2 by patrick chamberland at Apr 21, 1977 at 11:45 AM EST |
| Various1, why would he write "on the t-hut" just to make it rhyme? "When I see her" fit much better and are obviously correct. | |
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klown Rhythm Player |
#3 by klown at Feb 8, 1978 at 8:56 PM EST |
| This is a superb song that many, including me, can relate to. However, I think this song may be a little darker in tone than the consensus here. Nobody has yet mentioned the obsessive/stalking allusions in the first line 'I broke into your house last night'. On the surface it is about a guy who gets shy and tongue-tied around a girl he likes (who doesn't), but there is definitely a hint of obsession running through this song. In three of the four verses he mentions writing letters or notes (I assume to the same girl) but most tellingly, in the chorus he says 'Little peace of mind that I know better / than the plain disgrace of all my letters'. This shows that he knows what he is doing is wrong, but possibly can't help himself. We can only guess whether or not he has actually sent those letters. Another sign of obsession is deifying the girl - in this case calling her perfect in the second verse. Floodgates hold back floodwaters in a river etc. and when they are opened, they let forth an explosion of water. It is commonly used (as it certainly is in this case) as a metaphor for an unchecked outpouring of emotion. Also, the lyric is almost certainly 'my head's up with the birds when I see her' - you can hear it better in the coda. The confusion probably comes from the Irish pronunciation of 'her' as 'hur'. | |
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alex Lead Player |
#4 by alex beaulieu at Jul 13, 1979 at 12:30 AM EST |
| This song sums up my life..... Me being the shy kid in highschool who doesn't have the courage to talk to the girl i like.... "I find it easier to sit and stare Than push my limbs out to you right there My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes As blue as oceans and as pure as skies " Love that part.......explains everything | |
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Erin Rhythm Player |
#5 by Erin at Nov 3, 1979 at 9:56 AM EST |
| i thought the floodgates meaning was that he gave up on that girl, but then any girl who talked to him he fell in love with but yeh your meaning makes a lot more sense | |
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nick Professional |
#6 by nick Sutliff at Jan 24, 1981 at 10:05 PM EST |
| Weird this song, I think I first heard it when I was working at school & there was this guy there & I was really shy towards him, but he got my e-mail address & I was talking like that fine. So I understand the I'm too shy to speak to you at school bit although he doesn't mean it in this way... I took the floodgates as crying because in the UK we say 'here come to floodgates' so it may mean that he started to cry in front of her? & then everybody looked at him & he fell in love with them all? I think a t-hut is like a bird house thing or maybe a tree, it may be like a smilie of being 'high in the sky' or whatever...? That's what I think anyway. | |
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Dan Professional Badass |
#7 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 20, 1987 at 12:06 PM EST |
| i think the floodgates is referring to that feeling of euphoria, when something great happens, or when you finally connect with someone you have wanted for a long time, and nothing goes wrong in the world, and everything seems beautiful. | |
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#8 by Fat Man Goz at Dec 19, 1990 at 10:33 AM EST |
| Yeah I get the idea that after he got the courage to talk to her he then felt the whole world open up to him. He then wasn't so preoccupied with the one girl, "take your time...," I see the last two verses as a backing off after he's gained confidence in himself, I could be wrong but that's my take. | |
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Mat Average |
#9 by Mat Hancock at Apr 13, 1998 at 9:25 PM EST |
| Just listen to that riff. Just listen to it. Thats why I havn't lost my faith in music. | |
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Joshua Wanna Be |
#10 by Joshua graham at Apr 18, 2004 at 2:51 PM EST |
| great song... its about this guy who is in love with this girl that doesn't notice him and he's too shy to talk to hher | |
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