Music Explosion

Music Explosion - Talk Talk guitar chord

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:26 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: ./m/music_machine/talk_talk.crd

This alienated rant was a #15 hit for the Music Machine in early 1967.  My

bar band covered it as late as 1975, with me snarling the lead vocal,

whacking on a tambourine, and playing both organ and the detuned low-E

guitar riff at various points in the song.  --AWR

                              "Talk Talk"

                            (Sean Bonniwell)

[Note: the rhythm guitar is tuned down a minor third; the key riff of the

verses is played F#-E but sounds Eb-Db.]

Intro:

Eb           Ab            Db

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Eb5       F5 Gb5       F5

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  / (2x)

[fuzz bass: Gb Db]

Verse 1:

   Eb         Db Eb     Db

I got me a complication

     Eb       Db  Eb    Db

And it's an only child

    Eb          Db Eb     Db

Concernin' my reputation

    Eb            Db    Eb    Db

As something more than wild

  Gb             Cb  Gb     Cb

I know it serves me right

    Ab            Db Ab     Db

But I can't sleep at night

Gb

Have to hide my face

   Ab

Or go some other play-ay-ay-ay-ay-ace

Riff 1 (on rhythm guitar, tuned down minor third):

Eb           Db    Eb          Db    Eb         Db     Eb    [N.C.]

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

     Db -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

     Ab -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

     Fb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

     Cb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

     Gb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

     Db -7b9---------5---|-2-------5---7---|-7b9---------0---|-2---2--------|

Verse 2:

I won't cry out for justice

Admit that I was wrong

I'll stay in hibernation

'Til the talk subsides to gone

My social life's a dud

My name is really mud

I'm up to here in lies

Guess I'm down to size

    Db

To size

Riff 2 (on lead guitar, standard tuning; organ harmonizes a fifth above):

         E                 D                            E

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v     v              v   v   v   v

     E -------------3---|s7-------5-7-5-3-5-3-|       ---------------|

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

     G -----------------|---------------------| [2x]  ---------------|

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

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

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

Bridge:

  E                  D

Can't seem to talk about

E                     D

The things that bother me

E           D

Seems to be

      E            D  E

What everybody has

        Db

Against me

[repeat intro]

Oh, oh, all right

Verse 3:

Here's the situation

And how it really stands

I'm out of circulation

I've all but washed my hands

My social life's a dud

My name is really mud

I'm up to here in lies

Guess I'm down to size

    Db

To size

Riff 3 (on lead guitar, standard tuning):

Eb5          F5   Gb5          F5

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

     E -11----------9---|-------------9---|

     B -----------------|-11--------------|

     G -----------------|-----------------|  [2x]

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

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

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

Eb5          F5   Gb5          F5

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

     E -11--9-------9---|-11--9-------9---|

     B ---------11------|---------11------|

     G -----------------|-----------------|  [2x]

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

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

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

Coda:

Eb        Db Eb        Db Eb        Db Eb

Talk talk    Talk talk    Talk talk    Talk talk

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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