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House of Jealous Lovers  The Rapture

Song: "House of Jealous Lovers"
Album: Echoes (2003)
The tuning used for Echoes and Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
is "standard", but with each string tuned sharp a 1/2 step:
[F] [A#] [D#] [G#] [C] [F]  
Riff I (slight delay effect):
 
 f ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G#-7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10-|
 D#-5-----3-----8---5-----3-----8---5-----3-----8---5-----3-----8--|
 A#-7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10--7-----5-----10-|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

+ (final measure of riff during Intro)
 
 f ------------|
 C ------------|
 G#-7-----5----|
 D#-5-----3----|
 A#-7-----5----|
 F ------------|

Riff II (Verse):
 
 f ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G#-9---7---------------------------9---7--------------------------|
 D#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A#-----------------7---5---------------------------7---5----------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff III (Shakedown!):
 
 f ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|

G#-----55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555|
 
 D#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff IV (Melody):
 
 f ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G#-----------7~--------------7~--------------7~--------------7~---|
 D#--------5---------3-----5---------3-----5---------3-----5-------|
 A#----/7---------5----/7---------5----/7---------5----/7----------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

Anti-Solo:
 
 f -----0---0--8--7--9b10r-8---/11------11-11----(11)--------------|
 C -----0---0---------------x-----x-------x-x----------x---0~------|
 G#-----0---0---------------x-----xx------x-x-x(0)--x-xx--0~-------|
 D#--------------------------x----xx------x-x-x(0)xx-xxx-0~--------|
 A#--------------------------x-----0-0----x-x-0-0-x-x-0-0~---------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

[+]  
 
 f -----8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7-|
 C -----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
 G#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 D#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

[+]  
 
 f -8--7--8x\0x-|
 C -6--6--6x\0x-|
 G#-------------|
 D#-------------|
 A#-------------|
 F -------------|

Outro/Riff IV (alt)
 
 f ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G#-------7~--------------7~--------------7~--------------7~-------|
 D#----5---------3-----5---------3-----5---------3-----5---------3-|
 A#/7---------5----/7---------5----/7---------5----/7---------5----|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

[+]  
 
 f (0)--(0)--(0)---(0)--(0)--(0)---(0)--(0)--(0)---(0)--(0)--(0)---|
 C ----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G#-9--7-9--7-9--7--9--7-9--7-9--7--9--7-9--7-9--7--9--7-9--7-9--7-|
 D#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A#----------------------------------------------------------------|
 F ----------------------------------------------------------------|

[+]Final note:
F (0)|
C ---|
G#-9-|
D#---|
A#---|
F ---|
Song Structure:
Riff I x3
Riff II x2
Riff III x1
Riff IV x1
Riff II x2
Riff III x1
Riff IV x1
Riff II x2 (only play 3/4 of the 2nd measure)
percussion break*
Riff III x1
Anti-Solo x1
drop out/break*
Riff I x9
Outro/Riff IV (alt) x3
That's it. It's actually pretty simple and repetitive once you have the sharp tuning.
I learned about The Rapture's tuning because I toured and played with them in 2001.
Please feel free to post comments, questions, requests, etc.
Cheers!
-Bennyshambles78-

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