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Weirdo
====-The Charlatans
This was one of my least favourite Charlatans songs until I saw them
live and this one really blew me away and I had to learn it. I've tried
to transcribe all guitar and organ parts for guitar and I'll give you
the chords as well, just in case.
Intro
Hammond riff:
F#m7 F#m6 F#m b6(?) F#m F#m6
E|----------2--|----------2--|----------2--|----------2--2--|
B|----------5--|----------4--|----------3--|----------2--4--|
G|----------2--|----------2--|----------2--|----------2--2--|
D|----------4--|----------4--|----------4--|----------4--4--|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
E|--2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2----|--2-2-2-2-------|
Play this twice, then twice again but with the following guitar overdub
(bang a bit of reverse reverb on it if you can)
F#m7 F#m6 F#m b6 F#m F#m6
E|----|----|-----|----------------|
B|--5-|--4-|--3--|-2h3p2h3-2h3h4--|
G|----|----|-----|----------------|
D|----|----|-----|----------------|
A|----|----|-----|----------------|
E|----|----|-----|----------------|
Now the organ riff changes, play this once:
F#m Gm F#m Em
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--3--|--2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--O--|
D|--2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4--5--|--2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4--2--|
A|--2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4--5--|--2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4--2--|
E|--2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--3--|--2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--O--|
Keep this last riff going through the first verse:
F#m Gm
Most of the time you are happy,
F#m Em
You're a weirdo.
F#m Gm
And before the introduction ends
F#m Em
There's someone feeling sorry for their selves.
Chorus
(Here's where you stomp on your tremolo pedal- Hit each chord once
and hold)
Dm
Look at your ugly shame,
G
What are you talking for?
Dm G
Look at your ugly shame.
It's back to the original organ riff for the second verse:
F#m7 F#m6
Most of the time you're demanding,
Fm# b6 F#m F#m6
What am I doing here, and I don't want to be.
F#m7 F#m6
And the hurt in which you bare
Fm# b6 F#m F#m6
You could say goodbye to this earth.
Chorus
Dm
Look at your ugly shame,
G
What are you talking for?
Dm
Look at your ugly shame.
G
There's too much for me to know about.
Instrumental
After a bar of percussion there's a bass solo. It's something vaguley
like this:
G|------------------------|
D|--4-4---4---4---4--2-2--|
A|------4---4---4---------| x3
E|------------------------|
Guitar Solo
E|----------|----2-----|--2-2--------------|
B|-------5--|--5----2--|--2-2--2-----------|
G|----2-----|----------|-------2------2----|
D|--2-------|----------|---------2-4----4--|
A|----------|----------|-------------------|
E|----------|----------|-------------------|
Now with the 1st organ riff underneath:
F#m7 F#m6 F#m b6
E|------7------7---5---|------7------7---5---|--7--9--7--9-7-----|
B|--5h7----5h7---7---7-|--5h7----5h7---7---7-|---------------10--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
F#m
E|------7------7-----|----2\---|
B|--5h7----5h7-------|----2\---|
G|-------------------|----2\---|
D|-------------------|---------|
A|-------------------|-4-------|
E|-------------------|-2-------|
There's a half-bar of weird Delay-feedback effects- you could just
scrape your plectrum up and down the strings.
Verse 3
F#m7 F#m6
Most of the time you are happy,
Fm# b6 F#m F#m6
You're a weirdo.
F#m7 F#m6
And your nerve is my device,
Fm# b6 F#m F#m6
And it makes me sad.
Chorus
Dm
Look at your ugly shame,
G
What are you talking for?
Dm
Look at your ugly shame.
G
There's too much for me to know about.
Two bars of drums then another bass solo:
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|----O-O-2--O-2-4-2-| x4
E|--2----------------|
Repeat Hammond Organ Riff 1, twice. Then it's:
Dm C
E|-----------------------------|
B|--6-6-X-6-6-X-6-6-X-5-5-5-5--|
G|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--|
D|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--| x2
A|--5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------|
Now it's the outro solo played on some kind of organ-slash-synth. It's
probabaly a bit sloppy but it'll give you an idea. It's played over the
first organ riff again.
F#m7 F#m6 F#m b6 F#m
E|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|------7------------7----|
A|--7h9p7h9p7h9p7/12--|--7h9p7h9p7h9p7/12--|--7-9---9-7-9-7-9----9--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
F#m7 F#m6 F#m b6 F#m
E|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------|
B|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------|
G|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------|
D|----------------7---7--|--9-7-------7--|--9-11-9-7---7-|---7----|
A|--7-9--7-9--7-9---9----|------9-7-9----|-----------9---|-9---9--|
E|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------|
Dm C Dm C Dm
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-5-|
B|--6-6-X-6-6-X-6-6-X-5-5-5-5--|--6-6-X-6-6-X-6-6-X-5-5-5-5--|-6-|
G|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--|-7-|
D|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-X-7-7-X-7-7-X-5-5-5-5--|-7-|
A|--5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-5-5--|--5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-5-5--|-5-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---|
====>
Segue to
Chewing-gum Weekend
Chords:- (Coming soon!)
EADGBE EADGBE
F#m 244222 Em O22OOO
F#m7 244252 Dm X57765
F#m6 244242 G 355633
F#m b6 244232 C X3555X
Gm 355333
That's it.
Requests, corrections or queries to:
theoriginalmook@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
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