How The Leopard Got Its Spots by Portugal The Man ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THE LEOPARD GOT ITS SPOTS - Portugal. The Man ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Ian Melchior Email: Exstasi@gmail.com Tuning: DADGBe =================== ===Intro/Verse 1=== =================== Part 1 (0:04) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--77777777555555553333333322220000----------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 2 (0:10) "Palms are fitted black..." e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------------| G|-14-14---14-14---12-12---12-12---10-10---10-10---9--9----7--7-------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 3 (0:17) "To triggers that cause bodies that tremble..." e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7~~~~~~-------9~~~~~~~~~------10~~~~~~~~~-----12~~~/--14~~~~-----------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| =============== ===Prechorus=== =============== Part 1 (0:24) "But this mud looks shallow..." e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10------------| G|-14-14---14-14---12-12---12-12---10-10---10-10---9--9----7--7-------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 2 (0:24) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7~~~~~~-------9~~~~~~~~~------10~~~~~~~~~-----12~~~/--14~~~~-----------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ============= ===Verse 2=== ============= (0:38) "Child bearing games..." Same as Parts 2 and 3 of Verse 1. Also a sweet bass line that I don't know how to play. ================= ===Prechorus 2=== ================= Part 1 (0:51) "But this mud looks shallow..." e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-0-------------------------------------|x2 A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 2 (1:05) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-10-10------10-10-10------10-------------------------------------------| G|-9--9--9-------9--9--9-------9--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ============ ===Chorus=== ============ Piano Part (1:09) "Rally all your men..." e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10--12--13--12--10--12--13--12--12--13--15--13--8--10--12--10---------|x3 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10--12--13--12--10--12--13--12-------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| (1:33) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--77777777555555553333333322220000----------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| (1:59) Play the prechorus parts again. (2:16) Play the chorus parts again. (2:58) A nice accapella part. Mess around with the other riffs here if you are so inclined. (3:30) somewhere around here play this along with a motley assortment of other parts of the song. e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------7-9-7-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7-9-10-------10-9--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ian Melchior | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ============================================================================= www.TAB6.com