Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper - Talk Talk guitar tab

"Talk Talk" by Alice Cooper

Words and music by Sean Bonniwell

From the album Flush The Fashion (1980)

Transcription by Brian Gaddis

\= slide down /= slide up ()= carried notes b= bend up

rb= release bend ~~= vibrato

Note: Some parts of this song are not transcribed due to the difficulty

in hearing them.

Intro

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Verse

"I got me a complication and it's an only child. Concern my reputation

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"as something more than wild. I know it serves me right. But I can't

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"sleep at night. I have to hide my face or go some other place."

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"No

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"I won't cry out for justice, admit that I was wrong. Stay in hibernation

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A-|-----5-----5-------3---5--5------5----5------3---5\-----5----5----3--5--5--|

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"until the talk subsides and gone. My social life's a dud. My name is

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"really mud. I'm up to here in lies. I guess I'm down to size."

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E-|--------3\---------1--1-------1-------1--1-----3-----3----------3-----3-3--|

(To size)

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"I can't seem to talk about the things that bother me. Seems to be

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"what everybody has against me."

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"Ow. Oh. "Oh..Yeah."

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"Now, here's my situation and how it really stands. I'm out of circulation

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"I've all but washed my hands. My social life's a dud. My name is

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"really mud. I'm up to here in lies. I guess I'm down to size."

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(To size)

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|Lead guitar |

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|Overdub |

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"Talk talk. Talk talk. Talk talk...."

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