Guitar chords transcribed by Andy Field, all comments & corrections welcome...
BEFORE WE START -
A quick note on the tabs. Most of the tabs are in standard form (i.e. a line for each guitar string and a number denoting fret position). However, notating timings has never been a strong point of mine and what i have tried to do is to link notes using the " |_|_| " notation under the staves. This notation simply gives some indication that the notes linked together should be played in quicker succession than if they were not linked. Its purely to give a (very) rough idea of the rhythm. I recommend playing along to album and getting a feel for how the notes should be played yourself. Notes appearing in brackets are for the Bass guitar.
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DO YOU LOVE ME? Bass intro: G --------------|---------------|--- D --------------|---------------|--- A ----1-3---1-3-|---1-3---1-3-1-|--- E --3-----3-----|-3-----3-------|--- |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| | (Guitar plays bars of |Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm| over piano solo) Verse 1: Cm I found her on the night of fire and noise Gm Wild bells rang ina wild sky Cm I knew from that moment on Gm (riff 1 here) That I would love her till the day that i died Cm And I kissed away a thousand tears Gm My lady of the various sorrows Cm (riff 2 here) Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Gm So I kept some safe for tomorrow Cm On an endless night silver star spangled C# D D The bells from the chapel went jingle-jangle CHORUS: Cm Bb Gm Do You love me (do you love me?) Cm Bb Gm Do You love me (do you love me?) Cm Bb Gm Do You love me (do you love me?) Cm Bb F Do You love me Gm Like i love you --------------------------- Gm|Gm|Gm|Gm| Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm| --------------------------- VERSE 2: same as verse 1 CHORUS: -------------------------- Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm| -------------------------- VERSE 3: CHORUS ------------------------- Cm|Gm|Cm|Gm| ------------------------- VERSE 4 CHORUS: --------------------------------------------------------- Riff 1 :- Riff 2:- E --------------|-------------| B ---5+----5+---|-------------| G ------5+------|---5--3--5---| D --------------|---5--3--5---| A --------------|-------------| E --------------|-------------| the '+' sign indicates a bend upwards to a higher note. ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
NOBODY'S BABY NOW Intro - E -----|-------------|-------| B -----|-------------|-------| G --12-|-12-12-12-13-|-13-12-| D --13-|-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-| A -----|-------------|-------| E -----|-------------|-------| Riff 1 :- E ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------| B ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------| G ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------| D ----|----10----|-------|-----10----|-------13-| A -13-|-13----11-|-11-13-|--13----11-|-13-11----| E ----|----------|-------|-----------|----------| | |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| Riff 2:- E ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------| B ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------| G ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------| D ----|-------13-|----10----|--------13-|-------13-| A ----|-11-13----|-13----11-|--11-13----|-11-13----| E ----|----------|----------|-----------|----------| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| Eb G# I've read the holy books Eb G# Eb (Riff 1) Tried to unravel the mystery og Jesus Christ the saviour Eb G# I've read the poets and the analysts Eb G# Eb (riff 1) Searched through the books on human behaviour Bb G# I've travelled the whole world around Bb G# Gm Fm Searching for an answer that refused to be found Fm Bb I don't know why and I don't know how G# Bb Eb But she's nobody's baby now Intro riff again VERSE 2: Same as verse one but play Riff 2 in place of riff 1 (at appropriate places). ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
LOVERMAN VERSE: (C) There's a devil waiting outside your door (F) (G) (How much longer) (C) Bucking and braying and pawing at the floor (F) (G) (how much longer) etc. PRE_CHORUS: Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Loverman! Since the world began Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Forever Amen! Till the end of time Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm Take of that dress I'm coming down Cm Fm Gm Cm Fm Gm I'm your loverman cause i am what i am what i am what I am CHORUS: Cm L is for love baby Fm Gm O is for only you that i do Cm V is for loving virtually everything that you are Fm Gm E is for loving almost everything that you do Cm R is for rape me Cm M is for murder me Fm Gm A is for answering all of my prayers Cm Fm Gm N is for knowing your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours Back to pre-chorus and then back to verse. ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
JANGLING JACK Fm Jangling Jack goes yackety yack Gm Visits the home of the brave, hails a fat yellow cab Fm Jack wanna celebrate, Jack wanna big drink Gm Driver drops him at a bar called the rinky dink Fm Jack pushes through the door and crosses the floor Bb Tips his hat to a man grinning in the corner Gm D going do dum do, do dum do, do da do, do da do. Fm says I'm jangling jack I go do da do Gm I wanna Rinky Dink Special with a little umbrella too Fm Jack flops on his stool Sees the grinning man laugh Gm So Jack laughs back jack raises his glass Fm Says God bless this country and evrything in it Bb The losers and the winners the good guys and the sinners Gm The grinning man says Buddy it's all yackety yack D Whips out a little black pistol shoots a bullet in jack F C Jangling jack, dp da do, do da do F C Jangling jack How do you do da do Repeat all. ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
RED RIGHT HAND Riff 1: E ----------------------------------| Rpt |----------------------------------| B ----------------------------------| x4 |----------------------------------| G ----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| D ----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------| |-12-9-12-12-12--9-10-9-7-9-7----7-| E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---| |-----------------------------10---| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |__|_| |_|_|_| /|\ | |________________________________________________________________________| Riff 2: E ----------------------------------| Rpt |----------------------------------| B ----------------------------------| x4 |----------------------------------| G ----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| D ----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| A -9--7-9-7-----7-------------------| |------7-12-12-10-9-12-10-9----7-9-| E -----------10---10--9-10-9--5-7---| |-9-10----------------------10-----| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| E ---------------------------|-----| B ---------------------------|-----| G ---------------------------|-----| D ---------------------------|-----| A --10-10-9-7-----10-9-7-----|-9-7-| E ------------10---------10--|-----| back to beginning of riff. |_|_| |_|_| Bm take a little walk to the edge of town, Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like abird of doom, as it shifts and cracks Em Where secrets lie in the border fires ij the humming wires Bm Hey man you know you're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills past the stacks F# On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man Em Bm In a dusty black coat and a red right hand Repeat over the next two verses then play riff 1 Final verse (you'll see him in your nightmares ...etc) Organ solo 2 - Riff2 Bm| Gm7| Bm| Gm7| *NOTE* - The tabs for the guitar (riff 1 and 2) are transcriptions of the organ part on he record and not what the guitar actually plays the guitar plays a harmony to this on the record but for 'playing at home' I thought it would be better to have the organ part as this is what you predominantly hear on the record). ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
I LET LOVE IN Intro:- E ---------------------------|-------------------------------------| B ---------------------------|-------------------------------------| G -------------5-------------|-------------------------------------| D -----------5---8-5-5-------|-------------------------------------| A ---5-6-6-8-----------8-6---|-------5-8-8-6-5-----5-6-8-6-5-------| E -8-----------------------8-|-6-6-6-----------6-8-----------6-8---| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_| | |_| |_|_|_|_| |_| |_|_|_|_| |_| E -----------------------------|-----------------| B -----------------------------|-----------------| G -----------------------------|-----------------| D -----------5-5-----5-5-------|-----------------| A ---5-6-6-8-----8-6-----8-6---|-----------------| E -8-------------------------8-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-8-| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| Cm Eb Cm Despair and deception love's ugly little twins Bb Cm came a knocking on my door, I let them in Cm Eb Cm Darling you're the punishment for all my former sins Cm Bb Cm I let love in, I let love in repeat x 3 Fm (G) O, Lord tell me what i've done (G#) (Bb) Pleaes don't leave me here on my own (C) Cm Where are my friends My friends are gone Repeat Cm Bb Cm I let love in, I let love In Return to begining for final verse. ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
THIRSTY DOG Intro: - E ---------------------| B ---------------------| G ---------------------| D ---------------------| A -----5-5-5-5-3-------| E ---3-----------6-3-1-| | |_|_|_| | |_|_| E |------|-------|-------|--------|----- B |------|-------|-------|--------|----- G |---5--|---7---|---8---|---13---|----- D |---5--|---7---|---8---|---13---|----- A |------|-------|-------|--------|----- E |------|-------|-------|--------|----- C* D* Eb* G#* Gm (dampened) I know you've heard it all before but I'm sorry for this three year war For setting up the camps and wires and trenches I'm sorry for the other night I know sorry don't make it right I'm sorry for things I cannot even mention C* D* Eb* G#* I'm sorry sorry sorry sorry (intro riff x 2) I'm sitting feeling sorry in the thirsty dog C* D* EB* G#* I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry (intro riff x 2) I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog Repeat over remaining verses/chorus ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
AIN'T GONNA RAIN ANYMORE Intro - |Cm-Gm|Gm|Cm-Gm|Gm| VERSE: Cm-Gm Once there came a storm in the form of a girl Cm-Gm It blew to pieces my snug little world Cm-Gm Sometimes i swear i can still hear her howl Cm-Gm Down through the Wreckage and the ruins CHORUS: Cm Gm And it aint gonna rain anymore Cm Gm Now my baby's gone Cm Gm And it ain't gonna rain anymore Cm Cm (Bb bass) Gm Now my baby's gone repeat CHORUS 2 - Cm Gm And it aint gonna rain anymore Cm Gm Now my baby's gone Cm Gm And it ain't gonna rain anymore Cm Cm (Bb bass) Gm Now my baby's gone F Gm And I, And I'm on my own Gm She ain't coming back no more Gm She ain't coming back no more Gm She ain't coming back no more Gm Say what you will, I don't care CHORUS --------------------- Cm(Bb Bass) can be played like this (X indicates not played).. finger E ----X---|-- X B ----X---|-- X G ----X---|-- X D ----10--|-- 4 A ----10--|-- 3 E ----6---|-- 1 --------------------- Trivia fact - These were the chords used on my shamefully conventional and un-inventive contribution to the 'Kicking Against The Nicks Tape' tape from last year. ----------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
LAY ME LOW Bb D They're gonna lay me low (lay me low) D Eb Bb They're gonna sink me in the snow Eb Bb They're gonna throw back their heads and crow, C F When i go F Bb D They're gonna jump and shout (lay me low) Eb Bb They're gonna wave their arms about Eb D All the stories will come out Gm Eb / F When I go Bb D All the stars will glow bright (lay me low) Eb Bb All my friends will give up the fight Eb Bb They'll see my work in a different light C F When i go F Bb D They'll try telephoning my mother (lay me low) Eb Bb They'll end up getting my brother Eb D Who'll spill the story on some long lost lover Gm Eb / F that they hardly know Eb Bb Eb Bb Hats off to the man, On top of the world Dm Gm C F Come crawl up here baby, and I'll show you how it works Bb D If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent Eb Bb And you want it all to end and you wanna know when Eb D Then do it now, don't care how take your final bow Gm Eb F Make a stand, take my hand, and blow it all to hell. Repeat ---------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents
DO YOU LOVE ME (PART 2) Intro - E --8--|--3--|----------|-------|- B --8--|--3--|----------|----8--|- G --8--|--3--|-----7----|--7----|- D --10-|--5--|--10---10-|-------|- A --10-|--5--|----------|-------|- E --8--|--3--|----------|-------|- Cm Gm (Cm and Gm played as slow single strums allowing each note of the chords to ring out) VERSE: Cm Onward and onward and onward i go Gm Where no man before could be bothered to go Cm Till the soles of my shoes are shot full of holes Gm (F) And it's all downhill with a bullet Cm This rambin and rovin has taken its course Gm I'm grazing with the dinosaurs and the dear old horses Cm Gm And the city streets crack and great hole forces me down (F) with my soapbox, my pulpit. Cm The theatre ceiling is silver star spangled C# D and the coins in my pocket go jingle jangle Cm Bb Gm Do you love me (do do, do do, do do, do do,) Cm Bb F Do You love me (do do, do do, do do, do do) Cm Bb Gm Do you love me Repeat over remaining verses.Table of Contents
Usual Disclaimer -
As usual - apologies for any mistakes in the chords (I was going by my ears and the record and I am only human!). If anyone spots any glaringly obvious mistakes then let me know - otherwise enjoy playing the songs and singing along at home!! I should also like to add that I cannot guarantee that any of this is or that the riffs are in the correct position to how they are actually played by the bad seeds. This is simply how i hear them. Any comments please email me - I love hearing from people...
Additional Disclaimer -
This was a particularly hard album to sort out due to the unusually high amount of guitar work on it. There were lots of riffs and odd little bits which I felt compelled to have a stab at. I have tried to be as accurate as possible but my notational skills are pretty poor to say the least so just use what I've written as guideline and let the record tell you when and how to play the notes. Like I said this one took quite a while to write up and do so any improvements would be welcomed.
As ever, I hope some people get some pleasure from my efforts...
Love,
Andy xxx
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