TALKING HEADS - "psycho killer" Tablature
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From: davies@ils.nwu.edu (Brian Davies)
Subject: Long Awaited Psycho Killer
Okay, the version that was posted about two hours ago is the
one available at animal-farm with the bad French, the wrong
story about the second verse, and one chord per verse. I've
been promising to improve the version Paul Zimmerman originally
posted for a while now; it's just taken a little longer than I
had thought.
Thanks to all who contributed to the French corrections and
translation. I was worrying that I'd get 5 different versions,
but almost all the replies agreed, so I think we can put this
version of the French down as pretty close to authoritative.
The second verse is the same on my studio version and on
Stop Making Sense, and I put that verse in sequence. The other
verse (reproduced with chords at the end of the file) is, I think,
from the accoustic demo version of PK that is widely available on
ROIOs.
This is my arrangement--I've tried to incorporate the bass, etc.
into one guitar line, so of course this will not be identical to
the guitar on the record.
PSYCHO KILLER by the Talking Heads
{Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:}
(A) |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
(E) |-----------------------0--3--|
{Then comes seven beats of A and one beat of G, played twice.}
{You can emphasize these any way you like, really--I usually play}
{the A's as a lock-step march, then do a kind of jangle with the G.}
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
{Hit the G's hard, then immediately get soft on the A's}
[A] I ..[G]
[A] I'm ..[G]
[A] I ..[G]
[A] Don't ..[G]
[F] Psycho kil[G]ler..
[Am] Fa ..
[F] Run ..[G] run ..a[C]way
[F] Psycho kil[G]ler, ..
[Am] Fa ...
[F] Run ..[G] ..a[C]way
Oh oh oh [F] oh [G] ay ay ay ay ay
{As intro}
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] You ..[G]
[A] You're ..[G]
[A] When ..[G]
[A] Say ..[G]
Chorus
{There is a four-note descending bass riff over the Bm and C, played
twice in each key, but I try to keep it simple during periods when
my hands and mouth have to move at the same time. :) }
[Bm] Ce que ..[C] la (What ..)
[Bm] Ce ..[C] la (What ..)
[A] Realisant ..(Realizing ..)
[G] Je ...(I ..)
{Back to hitting G's hard.}
[A] Okay [G]
[A] Ay ..[G]
[A] We ..[G]
[A] I ...
Chorus
{Again, as intro.}
[A] [G]
[A] [G]
Alternative Verse:
[A] I ...[G]
[A] I'm ..[G]
[A] I ..[G]
[A] Say ..[G]
Article: 682 of rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
From: ujhennin@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jim Henning)
Subject: TAB: Rock Lobster - B-52's (repost)
Based on what I've read about this song, this tab looks really good!
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