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Piledriver Waltz

Arctic Monkeys

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
C#mDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
A×
G
D××
F#mDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: E  C#m  G#  A 
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        E                   E                 C#m G# A 
E|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|7-7-7-9-9-9-8-8-8-9--9--9------| 
B|------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10----| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 E                            C#m 
I etched the face of a stopwatch On the back of a raindrop 
G#                              A 
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass. 
E                            C#m 
I heard the nun happy ending it sort of sounds like you're leaving 
   G#                         A                          E 
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning. 
 
( E ) 
 
                     A                F#m                 C#m 
You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel 
                          A               F#m            C#m 
Inside of a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose. 
     A            B             E           G# 
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food. 
          A                                             B 
If you're gonna try to walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes. 
 
E                       C#m                                 G# 
Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer but the red on 
                              A 
the rest of the questionnaire never changes. 
E                             C#m 
I heard the news that you're planning to shoot me out of a cannon. 
    G#                        A                          E 
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning. 
 
                     A                F#m                 C#m 
You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel 
                          A               F#m            C#m 
Inside of a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose. 
     A            B             E           G# 
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food. 
          A                                             B 
If you're gonna try to walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes. 
 
(E  A  F#m  C#m) 
Oh, piledriver 
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E|---12t--14-11t--12-9-11t 9h8-9-11-9t--9-7----------| 
B|-----------------------------------------1O-9-7----| 
G|-----------------------------------------------9t--| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 
          
 

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Chord set

E · C#m · G# · A · G · D · F#m · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.