Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Wicked Little Town guitar tab
Performance notes by Lane:
This song is mainly an acoustic song with a little electric guitar accompaniment. The electric has a
couple of lead fills, and for the reprise, there is no acoustic, for Scott plays bass on it. Apart
from this detail and a couple of electric riffs added for the reprise, these two songs are the same,
musically. On the intro, the acoustic doesn’t play the riff until the second time through. When I’m
accompanying someone, I just play the riff twice if there’s no piano. Try and experiment yourself!
Key of D/C
Chords:
As some people have requested an easy strum method of transcription for this tune, I have come up with
a way to oblige them. The whole song is mainly strumming anyway. The intro and outro riffs have no
chords, but I will write in the appropriate backing chords if you’re not quite up to the finger picking
part yet.
D DMAJ7 D7 D7SUS4 C Cm Cm7 G7 G7(II)
E 2 2 2 3 0 3 6 1 7
B 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 0 6
G 2 2 2 2 0 5 0 0 7
D 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 0
A x x x x 3 3 3 2 x
E x x x x x x x 3 x
A
E 0
B 2
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x
NOTE: The G7(II) Chord is played by the electric guitar rhythm track in the background.
Try strumming it and you’ll see where and how it fits.
Intro/Outro Riff (Acoustic)
Chords In Parenthases are Implied:
(D)----------------------------DMAJ7--------------D7-----------D7SUS4---------D------------
E-----0------7------0-----0-------0------7-----0-----0------0-----3------0---------3---2---0----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------------3
G-7-----7-------7------7------6------6-----6-----6-------5-----5-----5----5--------2---2---2---2
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D)----------------------------DMAJ7--------------D7-----------D7SUS4---------Cm-------Cm7
E-----0------7------0-----0-------0------7-----0-----0------0-----3------0----0------------3-5-3-6
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4------------
G-7-----7-------7------7------6------6-----6-----6-------5-----5-----5----5--------5----5---------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1 (Continue Intro riff/chords) with new ending:
You know, the sun is in your eyes
(D)----------------------------DMAJ7--------------D7-----------D7SUS4---------D------------
E-----0------7------0-----0-------0------7-----0-----0------0-----3------0---------3---2---0----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------------3
G-7-----7-------7------7------6------6-----6-----6-------5-----5-----5----5--------2---2---2---2
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And Hurricanes and rains And black and cloudy skies
(D)----------------------------DMAJ7--------------D7-----------D7SUS4---------D---------------
E-----0------7------0-----0-------0------7-----0-----0------0-----3------0----0-----2----------3--5
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------
G-7-----7-------7------7------6------6-----6-----6-------5-----5-----5----5--------2------2---2--2
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, there are three electric fills underneath this next section:
Pre Chorus 1:
Electric Rhythm Fill A:
G7(Acoutic) C
You’re running up and down that hill
E-----7--7--7--8--7--8SLIDE10SLIDE8SIDE0--------------
B-----6--6--6------------------------------------------------------
G-----7--7--7------------------------------------------------------
D-----0--0--0------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
Electric Rhythm Fill B:
C Cm
You turn it on and off at will
E-------------------------------10—8SLIDE0----------
B---------------------------8------------------------------
G-----------------------9----------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Electric Rhythm Fill C:
Cm
There’s nothing here to thrill
E------------------------------------10—8SLIDE0----------
B--------------------------------8------------------------------
G----------------------------8----------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------0-----------------------
G
Or bring you down
Now repeat the above chords and electric rhythm fills with these new lyrics (I’ll write out
just the chords this time for brevity’s sake)
G7 C
And if you’ve got no other choice
C Cm
You know you can follow my voice
Through the dark turns and noise
G
Of this Wicked Little Town
Now comes another verse. The acoustic either plays the finger picked parts outlined above,
or just plays the chords. Again, for brevity’s sake, I’ll just write out the chords.
D DMAJ7 D7 D7SUS4
Oh Lady, luck has led you here
D DMAJ7
And they’re so twisted up
D7 D
They’ll twist you up, I fear
Another Pre-Chorus- Just play the same music outlined above:
G7 C
The pious, hateful and devout
C Cm
You’re turning tricks till you’re turned out
Cm
The wind so cold it burns,
G
You’re burning out, and blowing round
G7 C
And if you’ve got no other choice
C Cm
You know you can follow my voice
Cm
Through the dark turns and noise
G
Of this Wicked Little Town
Interlude:
A(acoustic) C
Ahh ahh ahh ahh….. Ahh ahh ahh ahh
E-------5SLIDE7--5---3----------7--5--7--3-----------------------3--5-----
B------------------------------5----------------------5SLIDE3--5-------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then Back to the Intro Riff (outlined above) for one pass through on its own, then add the the following lyrics:
D DMAJ7 D7
The fates are vicious, and they’re cruel
D DMAJ7 D7
You learn too late you’ve used two wishes
D
Like a fool
Yet another Pre-Chorus:
G7 C
And then you’re someone you are not
C Cm
And Junction City ain’t the spot
Cm
Remember Mrs. Lot
G
And when she turned around
G7 C
And if you’ve got no other choice
C Cm
You know you can follow my voice
Cm
Through the dark turns and noise
G
Of this Wicked Little Town
The ending, on cue, is just C, then G, cued by conductor (or go by feel if you’re playing along with the record)
Wicked Little Town (Reprise)
As previously stated, for this song, just pick up the electric and strum along with the song, using the G7(II)
chord where applicable (no acoustic finger picking here!). There are two differences in this version. The
first difference is the interlude chord progression, which is: A----C----Cm---G. The only other difference
is the new Electric Guitar Riff towards the end, and here it is (after this riff, guitars tacet-the other instruments finish):
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------0--1--0------0------------------------------------------------------
A----3--3-----3--------------3-------3---1----0---------------0--2--0-----0----------
E-----------------------------------------------------3--3----3-----------3------3-------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------0--1--0------0---0HAMMER1---0-------
A----3--3-----3--------------3-----------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
