Murder Incorporated

Song

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From: amkauppi@cc.Helsinki.FI (Antti M Kauppinen)

Subject: TAB: Murder Inc (Springsteen)

To celebrate the official release of this gem, here's

my old transcription:

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Murder Inc. Transcribed by Antti Kauppinen

by Bruce Springsteen from 'Murder Inc.-The Lost Masterpiece'

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INTRO

(Em) (D) (G) (A)

e-0------0-0-0-0-(0)------0-0-0-0--|I
B-12----10-8-108-(8)-----10-8-108--|I
G(9)----(7)---(0)I-------(7)-------|I

D.-----(piano arr.for guitar)------|I

A----------------I-----------------|I
E----------------I-----------------|I

Main riff (0:12) (guitar 1)

Em D G A 4x (drums,bass & organ enter 3rd time)

 0-----0---------I0----------------|I
 0-----3---------I3----------------|I
 4-----2---------I0-----2----------|I
 2-----0---------I0-----2----------|I
 ----------------I------0----------|I
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(Guitar 2 plays full chords)

VERSE 1 (w/riff) (0:29)

Em D G A Em D G A

Bobby's got a gun that he keeps beneath his pillow (oh yeah)

Em D G A Em D G A

Out on the street your chances are zero (oh yeah)

CHORUS (0:46)

Em D

Take a look around you (come on now)

G A

It ain't too complicated you're messin' with

(w/riff)

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder______ incorporated_____

VERSE 2 (1:03)

Em D G A Em D G A

Now you check over your shoulder everywhere that you go (oh yeah)

Em D G A Em D G A

Walking down the street there's eyes in every shadow (oh yeah)

CHORUS 2 (1:20)

Em D

You better take a look around you (come on now)

G A

That equipment you got's so outdated you can't compete with

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder Incorporated everywhere you look now

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder Incorporated oh!

SAX SOLO (1:46) arranged for guitar (very daring)

Em D G A Em D G A

(B)R b r

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(12)-10-*--------I------7(8)----7-I----------------I-------10/1210-8-|I
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--* use wide vibrato to emulate sax sound on long notes-------------|I

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Em D G A Em D G A

(B)R B - - - R

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(12)10-----------I------7-8-----7-I----------------I-(12)----(12)108-|I
 ----------------I--999-----------I9---------------I-----------------|I
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GUITAR SOLO (2:03) (not very precise, check the record for phrasing)

Em D G A Em D G A

> >

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/1212121212121212/12121215151515--I15151515--151414I1515141415151414-|I

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Em D G A Em D G A

B b - - - - - r

b

 1212121212121212I1212120---0-----I--12------------I-----------------|I

1212121212121212I12121215--1514--I-----15-14141414(1515151515)-14---|I

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BRIDGE (2:19)

Bm D

So you keep a little secret down deep inside your dresser drawer

Bm D

For dealing with the heat you're feeling out on the killing floor

Bm D

No matter where you step you feel you're never out of danger

C B7

So the comfort that you keep's a gold-plated-snub-nose-thirty-two

VERSE 3 (2:35)

Em D G A Em D G A

I hear that you, you got a job downtown, man that leaves your head cold (woah)

Em D G A Em D G A

Everywhere you look now life ain't got no soul (oh yeah)

CHORUS 3 (2:55)

Em D G A

That apartment you live in feels like it's just a place to hide

Em D G A

When you're walking down the street you won't meet no one eye to eye

Em D G A

Now the cops reported you as just another homicide

G B

I could tell that you were just frustrated from livin with

N.C

Murder Incorporated

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder Incorporated

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder Incorporated everywhere you look now

Em D G A Em D G A

Murder Incorporated (repeat until fade)

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'Murder Inc.'was recorded in the BitUSA sessions 1982-1984

and was originally planned to be the title track of the

album in making. However, it still remains officially unreleased.

Luckily bootleg versions circulate widely among fans :-)

Comments welcome,

Antti Kauppinen

amkauppi@plootu.helsinki.fi

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NOTE: I know that the song is now released on the Greatest Hits,

but the cursor keys don't work...