Cigarettes & Alcohol

Tabbed by Peter Lloyd.

WRITTEN BY: Noel Gallagher
ALBUM: Familiar To Millions (CD2, 
track 2)
TABBED BY: Peter Lloyd
DATE: 19th December 2000

Chords used:

Bb  (x13331)
E   (022100)
F#  (244300)
A   (002220)
D   (xx0232)
B7  (021200)


(Tomorrow Never Knows section)
                                  
e------------------------------ 
b-----------3------------------ 
g----------3—-3-------00------- 
d--------33--3------22----2202- 
a----1111---------33-----3----- 
e-0-0----------0-0------------- 
         Bb      C
e|         -11111-0-0-            
b|         -33333-0-1-            
g|         -33333-0-0-    (Gem)   
d|         -33333-0-2-    -9b---- 
a|         -11111-0-3-    ---9s7- 
e|x2 then  -xxxxx-0-0- x4 ------7 

(Liam shakes tambourine)

(Cigarettes and Alcohol starts)

Main riff
e-------------- -------------x-
b-------------- -------------x-
g-------------- -------------3-
d------99------ ------99---0-4-
a-242247742---- -242247742-2-4-
e-00000—-00320- -00000—-00-0-2-

e|xxx-0-00-000-0-0- 
b|xxx-3-33-333-0-0- 
g|333-3-33-333-0-1- 
d|444-3-33-333-0-2- 
a|444-0-00-000-0-2- 
e|222------------0- 

This is played by Gem to introduce 
the rhythm

                   E into sync with rhythm 
e-------------------0 
b-12,12,12,12-10,10-0 
g-13,13,13,13-11,11-1 
d-------------------2 
a-------------------2 
e-------------------0 

Do the main riff twice bridge step 
once
Noel carries main riff on throughout
 whist
Gem does rhythm (below)

E
Is it my imagination?
          F#
Or have I finally found
A                         E
Something worth living for
E
I was looking for some action
          F#         A            
But all I found were Cigarettes 
        E
and Alcohol

A                    E
You could wait for a lifetime
A                           E
To spend you’re days in the sunshine
A                        E
You might as well tell a white lie
E           D          A
Cos when it comes on top

Continues after the ad
A                    E    D   A
You’ve gotta make it happen
A                    E    D   A
You’ve gotta make it happen
A                    E    D   A
You’ve gotta make it happen
A                    E    D   A
You’ve gotta make it happen

D,B7,E

Then repeat main riff

Noel                        F#    A          E
e-------------- -------------x-
b-------------- -------------x-
g-------------- -------------3-
d------99------ ------99---0-4-
a-242247742---- -242247742-2-4-
e-00000—-00320- -00000—-00-0-2-

e|xxx-0-00-000-0-0- 
b|xxx-3-33-333-0-0- 
g|333-3-33-333-0-1- 
d|444-3-33-333-0-2- 
a|444-0-00-000-0-2- 
e|222------------0- 


Gem just plays this                    F#                      E
e-
b-
g-
d-
a-
e-

e|--------------------------
b|--------------------------
g|--------------------------
d|--------------------------
a|2242242242---2242242242---
e|00000000003200000000000320

e|------------x-xxx-------------------- 
b|------------x-xxx-12,12,12,12,10,10-- 
g|------------3-333-13,13,13,13,11,11-1 
d|------------4-444-------------------2 
a|22422422422-4-444-------------------2 
e|00000000000-2-222-------------------- 

Then Gem breaks back into the rhythm





2.
Is it worth the aggravation?
To find yourself a job
When there’s nothing worth working 
for
It’s a crazy situation
But all I need are Cigarettes and 
Alcohol

You could wait for a lifetime
To spend you’re days in the sunshine
You might as well do a white lie
Cos’ when it comes on top

You’ve gotta make it happen
You’ve gotta make it happen
You’ve gotta make it happen
You’ve gotta make it happen




Noels next riff
b------------------ 
g-1-2-4b-1--------- 
d----------4b5-0h1- 

Repeated several times over
Gem continues with Rhythm

E
You’ve gotta
You’ve gotta
             A
You’ve gotta make it
E
You’ve gotta
You’ve gotta
             A
You’ve gotta fake it
E
You’ve gotta
You’ve gotta
             A
You’ve gotta make it
E
You’ve gotta
You’ve gotta
             A
You’ve gotta fake it

(Then rhythm continues as before 
E,D,A )


Noel’s Last Riff b-------------------------
                 g-2b3-2b3-2b3-
                 d-------------

 |2b3-0------- 
 |------4b6-2- 

The rhythm continues on and ends 
like the first chorus did with Gem 
playing D,B7,E
On this live version as this happens
 Noel continues and breaks into the 
main riff of 'Whole Lotta Love’ by 
Led Zeppelin

(Whole Lotta’ Love)
It goes like this (I think)
(I’m now not sure as to what Gem 
plays besides Noel)
g--------------------- 


d—-0-02----------0-02-
a-2-2-----------2-2---           
e-------000-000------- and so on 

Then it turns to this, which isn’t 
how I think Led Zeppelin did it
g----0-------------0--------- 


d—-0—-2----------0—-2--------
a-2-2-----------2-2---------- 
e-------000-000------000-300- 


This is played as someone I think uses an e-bow
e--------3-2 
b----------- 
g-2-2s1-0--- 

g-------3-1--------- 
d---2-------2-1----- 
a-2---2---------3-0- 

Gem plays something like this, I’m 
not sure about it although I do 
think that it belongs to a G# 
pentatonic. It’s live so they 
probably made it up as they went 
along. Just play around with it and 
it will always sound right.

To finish of somewhere along the 
string-g, Noel picks 3 times over on
 this string and progresses up the 
board although I can’t manage to 
decipher which frets.
The rest of what can be heard is the
 keyboard - which I can’t play very 
well.

I can now only leave you this quote:
“That’s rock’n’roll mister” (Noel 
after just performing this)

                                    
               BY PETER LLOYD


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