Spanish Sahara by Foals ----------------------- Few tabs up already, but they didn't seem quite right to me, pretty sure this is close if not spot on Main Chord Progression: ----------------------- Fm C Em C Bm e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|--7-------10-------14-------10----9------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|--8-------12-------15-------12----10-----------| Repeats for the entire song, with only the plucking/strumming varying I usually hybrid pick the intro, try to put the emphasis on the higher note, as this is the root Pre Chorus ---------- Instead of plucking those chords, pick them, increasing in volume e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7---7--------10----10--------14----14---------10----10-------9----9-------| A|---------X4--------------X4-------------- X4--------------X2-------------X2--| E|-8---8------ 12----12--------15----15---------12----12-------10---10---------| Chorus: ------- Strum the main chord progression Second guitar tremolo picks this chord towards the end of the chorus e|-----------------------------------------------| B|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-------------------------| G|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Second Verse: ------------- Second guitar adds some volume swirls: e|--17~-X4--15~-X4-------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Build after second chorus ------------------------- Yannis plays this guitar part e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-17-17---16-16-16-14-14-14---------------------| D|---------------------------15--17--14------X2--| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-17-17---16-16-16-14-14-14-16-16-16------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-17-17---16-16-16-17-17---16-16-16-------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Then, another guitar overdubs that riff e|----------------------------17-15--------------| B|-17-17---15-15-15-----------------17-----------| G|------------------17-17-17-----------X2--------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-17-17---15-15-15-----------15-15--------------| G|------------------17-17-17--------17-----------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|----15----15-15----15-15----15-15--------------| G|-17----17-------17-------17--------17----------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Outro ----- After the above is played, one guitar repeats this 3 note arrpeggio: e|-------------------------------------------------| B|--------17---------------------------------------| G|-----14------------------------------------------| D|--17---------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| occasionally he will throw in some variations, the order of these is fairly random, so have some fun experiementing Var 1 e|-----------------------------------------------| B|--------18-------------------------------------| G|-----14----------------------------------------| D|--17-------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Var 2 e|-----------------------------------------------| B|--------17----------------15-------------------| G|-----14------THEN------14----------------------| D|--15----------------15-------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| And we're done, enjoy!