Joy Division

Joy Division - Joy Division guitar tab

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The *Complete* Joy Division TAB file

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From: Johnny Mnemonic

(TAB inverted by John Mc Donagh)

The lyrics I ftp'd from cs.uwp.edu, I dont know who to give credit to for

them. I made some corrections as I thought some of them were wrong. The

guitar work was mostly done by (guitar hero) Bob Lagrasse and I did the bass

parts. If you disagree with anything or play anything differently, drop me

a line as I'd love to hear it. We based these tabs off of the studio albums,

we could make a whole other long text file on how they played with (Still and

variouse bootlegs). Also, Ian did change some of the lyrics on some of

the live performances. Hmm, did I leave out and excuses? :P

Tom Chess

tchess@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu.

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Joy Division

Ian Curtis : Vocals, guitar

Bernard Dicken: Guitar, synth, bass (I have no idea where or when he played

bass, but whenever they list the band he is credited with

some bass work).

Peter Hook : Bass, vocals, guitar (Again, I have no idea where Peter

played guitar.)

Stephen Morris: Drums

Unknown Pleasures:

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Disorder

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bass1: D C G A

d-0-0000----------------------|

a--------3-33-3--------0-00-0-|

e---------------3-3333--------|

I've been waiting for a guide to come

and take me by the hand

Could these sensations make me feel

the pleasures of a normal man

New sensations bear the innocence -

leave them for another day

I've go the spirit, lose the feeling

take the shock away

bass2: x2

d---------------0-000-00---0----------|

a--------0-00-0----------3---1--------|

e-3-3333------------------------------|

bass3: x2

d--------------------0-000-00---0-----|

a-0-000-00---0----------------3---1-1-|

e----------3---1--1-------------------|

bass4:

d----------------0-0000------------------------|

a-0-000-00---0----------3-33-3---------0-00-0--|

e----------3---1----------------3-3333---------|

back to bass1

It's getting faster, moving faster now,

it's getting out of hand

On the tenth floor, down the backstairs

into no-man's land

Lights are flashing,

cars are crashing,

getting frequent now

I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, let it out somehow

bass2: x2

bass3: x2

bass4:

back to bass1

What means to you,

what means to me -

and we will meet again

I'm watching you, I watch it all

I take no pity from friends

Who is right and who can tell,

and who gives a damn right now

Until the spirit, new sensation

takes hold - then you know (3)

I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling (2)

Feeling (7)

ending bass: (this is kinda weak, but it's as close as i got for now)

d----------00- ---000-|

a-00-22-33----x2 -3-----| till then end

e------------- -------|

Insight

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this part is most likely played by a guitar, but i have transcribed it for

bass cuz when playing live P plays the part will Bernard is at the synth.

But I could never get my bass to sound like the Unknown Pleasure version,

but here's my best shot at it.

g-10-10-9-9-7--7-7--7--7-7- x2

g-8-8-7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5- x2

repeat till the bass 'solo'

g-11-12-12-12--11-12-12-12---11-12-12-12-12--10-10-11-11-12-12-12

Guess the dream always end

They don't rise up just descend

But I don't care anymore

I've lost the will to want more

I'm not afraid, not at all

I watch them all as they fall

But I remember, when we were young

Those with habits of waste

The sense of style and the taste

Of making sure you were right

Hey, don't you know you were right

I'm not afraid anymore

I keep my eyes on the door

But I remember...

Tears and sadness for you

More upevil for you

Reflects a moment in time

A special moment in time

Yeah, we wasted our time

We didn't really have time

But we remember - when we were young

And all God's angels beware

And all you judges beware

Sons of chance take good care

For all the people not there

I'm not afraid anymore (4)

bass solo till end:

New Dawn Fades

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bass throughout the song:

d-2-222-22-2-2-222-0-000-00-0-0-000--------------------------------|

a-----------------------------------3-333-33-3-3-333-0-000-0-0-000-|

guitar part:

e scale blues progression

Change of speed, a change of style

A change of scene, with no regrets

A chance to watch

admire the distance

Still occupied - though you forget

Different colours, different shades

Over each mistakes were made

I took the blame

Directionless, so plain to see

A loaded gun won't set you free

So you say

We'll share a drink and step outside

An angry voice and one who cried

We'll give you everything and more

The strain's too much,

can't take much more

Oh I've walked on water,

run through fire

Can't seem to feel it anymore

It was me - waiting for me

Hoping for something more

Me - see me in this time -

Hoping for something else

ending:

g-55-33-2-2-2-2 repeat till end

She's Lost Control

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bass:

g-10--10-10-10--10-10--9-10-9-7--7-7-7--8--8-8-8--8-8-7-8-7--5-5-5-5-

the bass bridge is

g-10--10-10-10--10-10-7--7-9--9-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-

the bass also follows the guitar part at some parts which is---

G A A# C D then G A A# C A

I could never get my bass to sound just like Pete's, but I'm pretty

sure the progression is right...

Confusion in her eyes that says it all -

She's lost control

And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by

She's lost control

And she gave away the secrets of her past

And said "I've lost control again."

And she turned to me

and took me by the hand

and said "I've lost control again"

and how I'll never know just why

or understand

She said "I've lost control again"

And she screamed out, kicking on her side

And seized up on the floor -

I thought she'd died

She said "I've lost control again"

She's lost control again -

she's lost control

Well I had to phone her friend

to state her case and say

she's lost control again

And she showed up all the errors

and mistakes

and said "I've lost control again"

But she expressed herself in many

different ways

until she'd control again

And walked upon the edge of no escape

and laughed "I've lost control again"

She's lost control again,

she's lost control (2)

Shadowplay

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bass:

a-3-3333333/5-----------|

e-------------0-0000000-|

guitar rythm:

c d e (like bass)

To the centre of the city where all roads

meet looking for you

To the depths of the ocean

where all hopes sank searching for you

Moving through the silence without motion

waiting for you

In a room with no window in the corner,

I found truth

bass changes:

1:

a--5-3-5-3-5-3----------|

e--------------0--------|

2:

a--5-5-3-3-1-1--------|

e--------------0-0----|

In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing more

As the assassins all grouped in four lines,

Dancing on the floor,

And with cold steel, odour on their bodies,

made a move to connect

I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left

I did everything, everything I wanted to

I let them use you -

for their own ends

To the centre of the city in night

waiting for you (2)

Wilderness

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bass:

f# slide d then open e

then follows guitar notes

bass changes:

d-----------0-------------------------------|

a-----4------4-2- a-----4-------4- a-----4----------|

e-2-2----2-2----- e-2-2---2-2----- e-2-2---2-2-0-0--|

guitar chord:

D A# C

guitar solo:

e---------------------------------------------------------------|

b---------------------------------------------------------------|

g---57775775 57775775-7--0--7--0--7--5-7--5-7--0-7--0-7--5-7--5-|

d----------------------8-----8-----8----8----8----8----8----8---|

a---------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------|

Then back into the ol' D A# C progression - much easier than it appears

in the tab, trust me.

I traveled far and wide through many

different times

What did you see there?

I saw the saints and their toys

What did you see there?

I saw all knowledge destroyed

I traveled far and wide through many

different times

I traveled far and wide to prisons

of the cross

What did you see there?

The power and glory of sin

What did you see there?

The blood of Christ on their skins

I traveled far and wide through many

different times

I traveled far and wide where

unknown martyrs died

What did you see there?

I saw the one-sided trials

What did you see there?

I saw the tears as they cried

They had tears in their eyes!

Tears in their eyes! (3)

Interzone

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bass:

a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-

Ok the chord progression is really very simple

A A A C D C A -

The solo, another basic blues progression derivitive

e-------------|

b-5-----------|

g--7-5-5------| x2

d-----7-7-7-7-|

a--------7-7--|

e-------------|

I walked through city limits

Someone took me into by the blue

Attracted by some force within it

If I could close my eyes to get used to it

Around the corner where a puppet lay

Saw the place where she had a room to stay

A wire fence where children play

Saw them dance where the body lay

And I was looking for a friend of mine

I had no time to lose

Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.

bass

d------------3------------------| in this part the guitar and bass are trading

a-0--0--0--35-5-0--0--0---------| off playing A

The car screeched in the sand and dust

Feel encouraged - just a car on it's side

Metallic blue turned red with rust

Pulled it close by the buildin's side

In a room for forgotten youth

I could think or let my senses slide

Turned on to a night with you

Find the place where my friends, won't go

And I was looking for a friend of mine

I had no time to lose

Yeah looking for some friends of mine

bass:

play A throughout this softly

Down the dark street, | Through the dark house

the houses looked the same | all the faces looked the same

I walked round and round | Stopped and turned around,

you nailed me to a tree | held me to a game

Try to find a clue | Try to find a way

Try to find a way

To get out

For twelve windows stand in a row

Behind a wall where I looked out

The light shined like a neon show

See the deep fellow warning me

No place to stop, no place to go

No time to lose, have to keep on going

I guess they died some time ago

I guess they died some time ago

And I was looking for a friend of mine

And I have no time to lose

Yeah, I was looking for a friend of mine

same bass fill as before to end

Closer:

Isolation

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bass1: bass2

g------------------------------------|---------------------------5-5-5-5-|

d-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-|-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5---------|

bass3: bass4

g---------------------------------|----------------------------3-5-3----|

d-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5-0-3-5-|-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--------5--|

bass1 and 2 switch off as intro:

Be clear every day, every evening bass2

It calls for alarm from above bass1

Carefully watched for a reason

Mistaking devotion and love

Surrendered to self-preservation

From others who care for themselves

But life as it touches perfection

Appears just like anything else

Isolation (3) bass2

Mother, I tried, please believe me bass3

I'm doing the best that I can

I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through bass1

I'm ashamed of the person I am

Isolation (3) bass2

But if you could just see the beauty bass1

These things I could never describe

Pleasures and wayward distractions

This is my wonderful prize

bass2

bass4

bass2

bass4

bass2

bass1

bass1

bass1

Isolation (5) bass 3 3 3 4 3

Colony

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bass

a-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-3-5-5-

A cry for help, a hint of anaesthesia

The sound from broken homes,

we used to meet always here

As he lays asleep she takes him in her arms

Some things I have to do

but I don't mean you harm

I wore a careless glance

and kissed her last goodbye

Hands in the bag she packed a tear

she tries to hide

Cruel wind that howls down

to our lunacy

And leaves him standing cold

here in this colony

I can't see why

all these confrontations

I can't see why

all these dislocations

No, family life just makes me feel

uneasy

Stood alone here in this colony

In this colony (4)

Yeah, God in his wisdom

took you by the hand,

God in his wisdom made you understand (4)

In this colony (4)

A Means to an End

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bass:

g---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0------------------|

a-0---0---0---0------------------------------------|

e-----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0----|

A legacy, so far removed

One day will be improved

Eternal rights we left behind,

We were the better kind

You this day met free too,

I always looked to you (3)

We fought for good,

stood side by side

Our friendship never died

But stranger ways that froze on highs,

our vision touched the skies

Mortal list - the points to prove

I put my trust in you (3)

A house somewhere, on foreign soil

Where aching lovers called

Is this your goal, your final deeds

Where dogs and vultures eat?

Permitted still, I turned to go

I put my trust in you (4)

In you, in you, in you

Put my trust in you, in you

Heart and Soul

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bass:

e-0-0-3--0-0-0-3-0-4-

Substance:

Warsaw

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bass:

G F# E

fill

e-0-3-5-6-8-6-5-3-

guitar chords follow bass line with G F# E

until th chorus comes. when the lyrics go "3 1 g"

the guitar goes EE GG F#F# FF {repeats through chorus}

3 - 5 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 5 - Go!

I was there in the backstage

when first light came around

I grew up like a changeling

to wait the first time around

I could see all the weakness --

I could pick all the faults

But I concede all the faith tests --

just a stick in your throat

3 - 1 - G (3)

Hung around in your soundtrack --

to mirror all that you've done

To find the right side of reason

to kill the three lies for one

I could see all the cold facts --

I could see through your eyes

All this don't make no contact

no matter how hard I try

3 - 1 - G (3)

I could still hear the footsteps --

I could see only walls

I say 'hey' for you mad traps --

hearing no at all

I could see contradiction --

I could give up the fight

Just to live in the past tense --

To make believe you were right!

3 - 1 - G (3)

3 - 5 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 5

Leaders of Men

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guitar chords are simple again with a basic g f regression when it

appears, change octaves (the same applies to the bass). Barre the first

f/g combo at fretts 3 and 1 respectively and the second set at 10 and 8.

Born from some mother's womb --

Just like any other room

Made a promise for a new life --

Made a victim out of your life

When your time's on the door --

And you trip to the floor

And you feel you can touch --

All the noise is too much

And the seeds that are sown --

Are no longer your own

Just a minor operation --

To force the final ultimatum

A thousand words are spoken loud

Reach that gun to fool the crowds

When you walk down the street and the

sound that's so sweet

And you wish you could hide --

Maybe go for a ride

To some picture arcade --

Where the future's not made

A nightmare situation --

Infiltrate imagination

Smacks of past holy wars --

Fight a war with broken laws

The leaders of men --

Born out of your frustration

The leaders of men --

Just a strange infatuation

The leaders of men --

Made a promise for a new life

No saviour for our sakes

To crush the enteties of hate

Self-induced manipulation

To crush all thoughts of mass-salvation

Digital

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bass:

a-3-2-0-0-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-

fills:

d-3-2-0-| everytime I hear a new version of the song I hear a new fill so..

d-3-3-3-|

d-3-2-2-|

d-3-2-3-|

Guitar solo:

e------------------------|

b--44343---44343--44343--|

g-------3-------3------3-|

The rest of the fade in's and stuff, really the whole song, are comprised

of some highly sophisticated compression technology (actually he's just

muting the strings)

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

A fear of whom I call,

hearing someone call

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

Day in, day out (6)

Feel it closing in,

As patterns seem to form

I feel it cold and warm

As shadows start to fall

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

Day in, day out (5)

I'd have the world to see just what

happens to my decorum

And then just fade away

I see you fade away, don't ever fade away

I need you here today

Don't ever fade away (4)

Fade away (7)

Transmission

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bass:

d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|

a--------------------------------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|

fill

d-0---0----2--|

a---3---3-----|

Guitar melody

e-----------------------------------------------|

b-----------------------------------------------|

g-2--4-4--2--2--4-4--2--------------------------|

d-----------------------------------------------|

a---------------0--2-2--0--0--2-2--0------------|

e-----------------------------------------------|

guitar solo

e----------------------------|

b-6--5--6-5-6-5-6------------|

g-----------7--4--7-4-7-4-7--|

d----------------------------|

a----------------------------|

e----------------------------|

Radio -- live transmission -- radio

live transmission

Listen to the silence, let it ring on

Eyes dark, relentless, frightened of the sun

We would have a fine time living in the night

Left a blind destruction,

Waiting for our sign

We would go on as though nothing was wrong

Hide from these days to remain all alone

Staying in the same place,

just staring at the tide

Touching from a distance, further all the time

Dance, dance, dance, dance,

dance to the radio (4)

Well I could call out

when the going gets tough

The things we've learned

are no longer enough

No language, just sound

is all we need know

To synchronise love to the beat

of the show

And we could dance -- dance, dance,

dance, dance, to the radio (4)

Love Will Tear Us Apart

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bass:

starts at:

g-7-

d-0- repeated till melody

melody

g-7-77-777-9-10-99-4-44444-22222222

live version end with the bass and keyboards playing:

g---0---0---|

d-7---7-----| till end

Holy almost having no input in this song whatsoever

there's only one small section with any guitar in it but

just in case you're wondering, it's a simple D chord.

When the routine bites hard

and ambitions are low

And the resentment rides high

but emotions won't grow

And we're changing our ways,

taking different roads

Then love, love will tear us apart

again (4)

Why is the bedroom so cold

Turned away on your side?

Is my timing that flawed,

our respect run so dry?

Yet there's still this appeal

That we've kept through our lives

Love, love will tear us apart again (4)

Do you cry out in your sleep

All my failings expose?

Get a taste in my mouth

As desperation takes hold

Is it something so good

Just can't function no more?

When love, love will tear us apart

again (4)

No Love Lost

-- ---- ----

bass intro:

g----0-0-----|

d---0---0----|

a--0-----0---| x2 then

e-0-------0--|

a-0- however many times you want before you start the song

a-00-12-00-9- repeated

guitar intro

e------------------|

b------------------|

g------------------|

d--8-8-8-8-8-----6-| x3 then 2x A# 2x G# 2X A#

a--------------8---|

e------------------|

guitar:

A# G# A#

So long sitting here --

Didn't here the warning

Waiting for the tape to run

We've been moving round in different situations

Knowing that the time would come

Just to see you torn apart --

witness to your empty heart

I need it (3)

----Here's the progression that goes on durring the upcomming speach----

A# C C# A# C C# D# C C# A#

----After the speech it goes back to the A# G# A# progression----

Through the wire screen

the eyes of those standing outside

looked in at her

as if into the cage

of some rare creature in a zoo.

In the hand of one of the assistants she saw

the same instrument which they had that morning

inserted deep into her body.

She shuddered instinctively.

No life at all in the House of Dolls.

No love lost (3)

You've been seeing things

Without the point of learning

Hoping that the truth will pass

No life underground

Wasting, never changing

Wishing that this thing won't last

To never see you show your age

To watch you to the feeling fades

I need it

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Well, that's all we have cranked out for now. Like I said, if

ya' find anything blatantly wrong or you play it a lil different

and it sounds good I'd love to hear about it.

Hope you have as much fun with this as we did.

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