Ten Tonne Skeleton Chords
by Royal Blood
Ten Tonne Skeleton by Royal Blood is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by: JDS
Tuning: Drop D - DADGBe
Tab arranged for guitar not specifically bass, although it might work for bass too.
I think on bass it is played a bit differently, possibly slightly different tuning, but for guitar this
works fine.
Intro and Chorus riff:
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7---5---9---5h7---7---5---9---5h7---7--------9---5h7----7---5---9---5h7--|
D|-------------------------------------------10-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0-----8---8----8---8------5---5---5---5------| x2
Verse riff: (/ =slide up, \ =slide down)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/12\--/12\--/12\--/12\--/8\--/8\--/5\--0--3--2----------------------------|
Chorus riff
Verse riff
Pre-Chorus
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
D|--8~-----5~-----|
Chorus riff
Middle part: (Drums & vocal only)
E|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--------2---------|----------------------------------------------/8--/8--|
A|-1--------0---------|--------------------2--------------------2------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------5------0-------------------|
Final Chorus riff:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7---5---9---5h7---7---5---9---5h7---7--------9---5h7----7---5---12hb-10-12----|
D|-------------------------------------------10---------------------------------12-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0-----8---8----8---8------5---5-------------------|
(^ denotes small bend)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---13^---12^---10^---10h12---13^---12^---10^---10h12---7--------9---5h7----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------10--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-------8---8----8---8--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7---5---9---5h7-------------------------------------------------------7---5h7\|
D|--------------------3--------2--------3-------2--------3-------------------------|
A|--------------------1--------0--------1-------0--------1--------2----------------|
D|-5---5---5---5--------------------------------------------------2------0---0-----|