Retard Canard by Born Ruffians Song: Retard Canard Artist: Born Ruffians Album: Say It Chords Used: C1 G C2 E D1 Am D2 |--3----3----3----7----5----8-----10--| |--5----3----5----9----7----10----10--| |--5----4----5----9----7----9-----11--| |--5----5-----------------------------| |--3----5-----------------------------| |-------3-----------------------------| Instead of doing a note-for-note tab I've just included the necessary chords above. I only listed the chord progression so listen to the song to hear how they are strummed. Intro: C G |----------x--|--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--3--3-3-3--5--5--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--4--4-4-4--5--5--4--4--| |----------x--|--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5--| |---2-3-5--x--|--3-3--5--5-5-5--3--3--5--5--| |-3--------x--|-------3--3-3-5--------3--3--| Verse 1: C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D1 C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D1 C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D2 C1 G C1 G Verse 2: C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D1 Am Am C2 E Am D2 C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D2 Chorus: "i don't wanna start a flame in your heart..." |----------------|----------------------| |------5--5---5--|--------10--10----10--| |------5--5---5--|--------10--10----10--| |------5--5h7-5--|--------10--10h12-10--| |--5/7-----------|--10/12---------------| |----------------|----------------------| *These are just the two phrases that are repeated *so listen to the song and play them individually as required. C G C G |----------x--|--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--3--3-3-3--5--5--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--4--4-4-4--5--5--4--4--| |----------x--|--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5--| |---2-3-5--x--|--3-3--5--5-5-5--3--3--5--5--| |-3--------x--|-------3--3-3-5--------3--3--| Verse 3: C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D1 C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D1 C2 E Am C2 E Am C2 E Am D2 * for this last phrase just play around with * chords, there's no particular pattern Chorus C G C G |----------x--|--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--3--3-3-3--5--5--3--3--| |----------x--|--5-5--4--4-4-4--5--5--4--4--| |----------x--|--5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--5--| |---2-3-5--x--|--3-3--5--5-5-5--3--3--5--5--| |-3--------x--|-------3--3-3-5--------3--3--| [ 2x ] C1 C1 C1 Breakdown: |-------------------| |-------------------| |-------------------| |----0-2-0-3-0-2-0--| |--3----------------| |-------------------| [ 4x ] |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------0-2-0--| |----0-2-0-3-0-2-0--|----0-2-0-3--------| |--3----------------|--3----------------| |-------------------|-------------------| [ 2x ] Next it sounds like they overdubbed a second guitar part which just strums a C (regular formation, not barred) while the lead guitar continues playing the above riff. But to play it as a single guitar part just switch to the C and strum around, maybe dropping the pinky on the third fret of the D string every once and a while. Outro: C G |--3-3-3-3--33333333--| |--5-5-5-5--33333333--| |--5-5-5-5--44444444--| play this a bunch of times |--5-5-5-5--55555555--| |--3-3-3-3--55555555--| |-----------33333333--| then the last phrase switches to C G C G CGCG www.TAB6.com