Put Me In A Terror Pocket

Arctic Monkeys
RockMedium for beginners7 chords
How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
F#Diagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
 
              hide this tab Intro Riff 
  Bm                     Em 
e|-------2-5-4-3-2------|-------7-10~-7---------7-10-8-7---------7-10-8-7-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-| 
B|-----3----------------|-----8---------------8----------------8-----------------------------| 
G|-3-4------------------|-8-9-------------8-9--------------8-9-------------------------------| 
D|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------(x6)-|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
  Bm                      F#        G       F#  Bm 
e|-------2-5-4-3-2------|-2---2-2---3-3-3-3-2---2--| 
B|-----3----------------|-2---2-2---3-3-3-3-2---3--| 
G|-3-4------------------|-3---3-3---4-4-4-4-3---4--| 
D|----------------------|--------------------------| 
A|----------------------|--------------------------| 
E|-----------------(x4)-|--------------------------| 
 
 
Verse Riff 
(The notes in   can be played optionally for extra flavour) 
 
   Bm 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------9--| 
E|--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--|(x2) 
   Em 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14--| 
E|--12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15--12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15--12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15--12-15-14-12-15-14-12-15---| 
   Bm 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------9--| 
E|--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--7-10-9-7-10-9-7-10--| 
   F#       G       F# Bm         Em            Bm 
G|--------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------2~~--------7~~-----------2~~~| 
E|--2--2-2--3-3-3-3-2-------------------------------|(x2) 
 
 
 
Song 
 
Intro Riff 
 
verse 1 (with verse riff and chords) 
 
Bm 
He spoke a script, dipped in the sort of talk to make you keep the gaze, 
Bm 
it's all a trick, his slick back slimy arms have got a war to wage, 
           Em 
He's got a laugh like a crackling wire,  
 
and he wants to put the bite marks on you,  
   Bm 
He wants to put the bite marks on you, and it twists my guts 
 
            F#             G                   F#  Bm 
because the only things as repelling as his invitations,  
        Em 
are his excuses as he says 
Bm 
I am the conducter, put me in the terror pocket 
 
First part of verse riff 
 
verse 2 
 
Bm 
He did a stint, master in a craft, He squints through his spectacle,  
Bm 
He'd drop a dirty hint if he thinks that he can impress you with the unacceptable, 
           Em 
and He has turned through all the pages with his fingers, 
 
and covered them with goo, 
   Bm 
He wants to put the bite marks on you,  
 
He wants to put them on you and it hurts my back, 
            F#                   G              F#  Bm 
because the only thing that's as heavy as the adoration, 
       Em                         Bm 
Is the days of hanging out on his arm,  
         Em                     Bm 
and it's been a long sounding alarm, 
        Em                 
and he frightened me to death when he said 
Bm 
I am the conducter put me in the terror pocket 
 
 
Intro Riff and Verse Riff 
 
F#                    G              F#  Bm 
Trying to give me and ticket to a competition, 
      Em                          Bm 
and I don't know how the odds are stacked, 
           Em 
as they're rolling out the running track 
 
Bm
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Chord set
Bm · Em · F# · G · D · A · E
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.