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Beck - Sexxlaws guitar tab

Person: Evilyam

song: Sexxlaws

artist: Beck

tab: "Sexx Laws" by Beck, from Midnite Vultures, 1999

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I tried to note what instruments Beck had on this song. This

transcription is all arranged for guitar. You should be able to arrange

it for whatever instruments you have in your band. Listen to the song

and you'll be able to figure out anything I didn't explain.

/ = slide up from one halfstep below

I'm not sure if these chords are supposed to be major or 7... either

sounds fine

Intro - trombone

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

4

B G# /B G# /B G# /A F#

Riff - trumpet, trombone

1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|

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

B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|-----4-1-----1--|-----4-5--------|-----4-1-----1-2|-------3--------|

D|----4-------1--4|----4-----------|----4-------1---|----------------|

A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse

(G#) means the band plays G#, the trombone doesn't

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

4

B (G#) /B (G#) /B (G#) /A (F#)

/B (G#) /B (G#) /B (G#) /A (F#)

Chorus

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

4

E E7 G# C# G G F# F E

D D A A# B - back to intro chords

First chorus - slide guitar

I wantto de- fy the lo-

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|----12--------------------------|12----10----9---7-------9-------|

B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G/13----------------------------13|----11----9---------------------|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

gic of our sex laws

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|----8-----------9---11----------|----13----------14--16----------|

B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G/8-------------------------------|13------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

..halfway home I'm a fullgrown man but I'm

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|----10--------------------------|7---5---------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G/11------------------------------|--------7-------7---------------|

D|--------------------------------|----------9-7-----------9-------|

Not a- fraid to cry

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|----9---------------10----------|11------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G/9--------------/10------10------|11------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Second and Third chorus - wah-wah guitar

*** quick phaser effect

~~~ slower wah wah

1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|

e|12**|----|----|9~~~|10~~|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----|

B|12**|----|9~~~|----|----|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----|

G|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|2~3~|4~--|

Second chorus - banjo

let the hand cuffs slipoff yourwrists I'll

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|--------?-?-?---?-?-?---?-?-?---|7-------7-5-3-------3-----------|

B|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|

let you be my cha per one at the

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|--------------------------------|4-0-----?---?-?-----------------|

B|--------------------------------|----0---------------------------|

halfway home I'm a fullgrown man but I'm

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|----------------------------?-?-|?-?-?---?---?-?---1-?---?---?-?-|

B|--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|

Not a- fraid to cry

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

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

B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Interlude - banjo

well, I tried...

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-------4-----4---4-----2-------|

B|0---------------0---2-4-----0---|--------------------------------|

G|------------1-------------------|1-------------------------------|

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|2-2-2-2-2-2-4---7---4---2-------|--------4-----4-----4---2-------|

B|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|1-------------------------------|

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|2-------------------------------|--------4-----2-----4-----2-----|

B|--4-2-0-2-------0---------------|--------------------------------|

G|------------1-------------------|--------------------------------|

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |

e|--------5---5-5---------------2-|----2---2-----------------------|

B|------------------5-------------|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Interlude - pedal steel guitar

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

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

B|------------------------|------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------|

B|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------|

B|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

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

B/10----------------------|7-----------------------|

Third chorus - banjo

???

Third chorus - pedal steel guitar

???

Outro - banjo

???

Outro - slide guitar

???

Lyrics

Can't you hear those cavalry drums

Hijacking your equilibrium

Midnight hags in the mausoleum

Where the pixilated doctors moan

Carnivores in the Kowloon night

Breathing freon by the candlelight

Coquette bitch slap you're so polite

Till you thank them for the tea and sympathy

[chorus]

I want to defy the logic of all sex laws

Let the handcuffs slip off your wrists

I'll let you be my chaperone at the halfway home

I'm a full grown man but I'm not afraid to cry

Neptune's lips taste like fermented wine

Perfumed blokes on the Ginza line

Running buck wild like a concubine

Whose mother never held her hand

Brief encounters in Mercedes Benz

Wearing hepatitis contact lens

Bed and breakfast getaway weekends

With Sports Illustrated moms

repeat chorus

interlude

repeat chorus

outro

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