Steve Mcqueen

The Automatic

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  • G
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Key: 
Intro
(bass slide)

E|-------------------------------
B|------7-6-7-6~~----------7-6-7-
G|-8-8-----------6---------------
D|-8-8-------------8~~6-8--------
A|-6-6---------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|----------|    
B|9~~7-9-11-|    
G|----------| x2 
D|----------|    
A|----------|    
E|----------|    

E|---------------------|    
B|---------------------|    
G|-8-8------6-6--------| x4 
D|-8-8------6-6---8-8--|    
A|-6-6------4-4---8-8--|    
E|----------------6-6--|    


Verse

E|-------9----------------------9-
B|---------11---------------------
G|-10~~~------11-10~~11-10-(x2)---
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|-----9-----------|                
B|11-9---11-9------|                
G|------------10~~~| Then the first 
D|-----------------| (x2)           
A|-----------------|                
E|-----------------|                

E|           
B|           
G|part again 
D|           
A|           
E|           

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------

E|------------------| 
B|------------------| 


@G$|-8~~~~10~~~~~8~~~~10~~~~~4~~~~~6~~~~~8~~~~10~~~~~-|  x2
|  x2

D|-8~~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~~~~~~~~-|

A|-6~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~-|

E|--------------------------------

E|------------------| 



Chorus


both Guitars
E|---------------------|    
B|---------------------|    
G|-8-8------6-6--------| x4 
D|-8-8------6-6---8-8--|    
A|-6-6------4-4---8-8--|    
E|----------------6-6--|    



Pre Verse

E|-----------------------------| 
B|-------------9-9-------------| 
G|-11-11-10-10----10-10-8~~~~~~| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 



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E|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| 
D|-6-6---6-6-| 
A|-6-6---6-6-| 
E|-4-4---4-4-| 



Verse 2

guitar 1 does something slightly 
different at the beginning

E|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|-8~~~~~~-----6~~~----------
D|-----------6~~~~~----11~~--
A|---------8~~~~~~~--9~~~~~--
E|-----------------7~~~~~~~--

E|--
B|--
G|--
D|--
A|8~
E|--

E|--
B|--
G|--
D|6~
A|~~
E|--

E|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|6~~~6-6-6-6-6-| 
D|~~~~----------| 
A|~~~~----------| 
E|--------------| 


Then the same

Chorus

Bridge ("every things just as i left
 it")

E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\6-----------
D|---------------------8-8-8-8-8-
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|-------------------------------| 
B|--------------------7-9-11-9-7-| 
G|--6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------| 
D|8------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 


(continued)
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------
D|-------------------8\6-6-6-6-6-
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|------9/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|    
B|-----------------------------------|    
G|-----------------------------------| x2 
D|6-6-6------------------------------|    
A|-----------------------------------|    
E|-----------------------------------|    

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------


A|-2-(x8)-4-(x8)-6-(x8)-8-(x8)-9-(x8)-11-(x8)-9-(x16)-|
E|--------------------------------

E|--------------------| 



Bridge 2 ("Im just Chasing")

E|----9-----11----9-----11-| 
B|-11----11----11----11----| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

E|(this riff is only played half way 
B|                                   
G|x6                                 
D|                                   
A|                                   
E|                                   

through) 
         
         
         
         
         

E|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 



G|-8~~~~~-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-6~~~~~-| x2

D|-8~~~~~-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-6~~~~~-|

A|-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-2~~~~~-4~~~~~-|

E|-----------------------------| 



Chorus
once without guitars then again with
 guitars

e|-18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

Bridge
same but guitar 2 is playing power 
chords from the original root notes

Pre Outro

E|--------------11-| 
B|-7-9-11-9-7------| 
G|------------8----| 
D|-----------------| 
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------| 

E|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|-------------8-| 
D|-4-6-8-6-4-----| 
A|-----------6---| 
E|---------------| 


Outro

E|--------9-14\----------9-11\-| 
B|-7-9-11---------7-9-11-------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 

E|   
B|   
G|x4 
D|   
A|   
E|   

E|--------------------------------
B|-------------6\-----------------
G|-----------6-------------6-8\---
D|-----4-6-8---------4-6-8--------
A|-6-------------6----------------
E|--------------------------------
Song details

Composition: The Automatic

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