Wall of Voodoo - They Dont Want Me guitar tab

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 10:48:03 -0800

From: PMosinsk@lmumail.lmu.edu (Peter Mosinskis)

Subject: TAB: They Don't Want Me, Wall of Voodoo

They Don't Want Me

by Wall of Voodoo

submitted by Peter Mosinskis

pmosinsk@lmumail.lmu.edu

Wall of Voodoo was in my opinion one of the most interesting bands of the

1980's. The guitarist (Bruce Moreland, I think) now plays in acclaimed Pretty &

Twisted, with Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde fame). Stan Ridgway,

singer/songwriter extraordinaire, is an accomplished solo artist and has a new

band called Drywall. Check out their new album, I forgot the name, but I hear

it's reminiscent of Wall of Voodoo.

This song is an A-side from "Call of the West", on IRS records, released

1980-something. It is on the same album with their smash hit, "Mexican Radio".

The guitar should be played with sharp, heavy distortion over a drum-machine

sounding rhythm. Listen to the song, the beat is quite simple.

(I haven't played this in a while, so I don't remember the exact key, but the

progression can be transposed to any key, I suppose).

Strum eighth notes, medium tempo:

B B B B B B B B | G G G G G G G G | A A A A A A A A | A A A A A A A A |

B

They don't want me

G

They used to want me

A

But they don't want me

Anymore

I used to belong

Now I don't belong

It's not the same song

Anymore

We used to play games

We used to trade names

But we don't play games

Anymore

Cause' they don't want me

They used to want me

But they don't want me

Anymore

Chorus:

And now

I'm all

Alone

No one left

To (?word) (?word)

The (storm?)

And now

(?word) (?word) (?word) (?word)

(?word) (?word) (?word)

'Cause they don't want me.

Hey, I can't tell what Stan is singing in some of these places. Any answers?

My opinions are not those of LMU's and LMU's are not those of my own (thank

goodness).