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Rattlesnake

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From peter@sans.vuw.ac.nz Sun Apr 27 11:32:25 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 21:39:46 +1200 (NZST)
From: Peter Shackleton <peter@sans.vuw.ac.nz>
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Rattlesnake by Live
Rattlesnake
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Written and performed by Live
From the Secret Samadhi album, published by Radioactive Records
RARD-11590
Tabbed by Peter Shackleton, Gautam Peri:
peter@sans.vuw.ac.nz and peri@monmouth.com respectively.
Tune down 1/2 step on all strings.
INTRO:
(arguable if the guitar plays the Gadd6 or if it's the bass
giving the same effect)
Gadd6
  
 e---0-----0---0-|
 B---3-----3---3-|
 G---2-----0---2-|
 D---0-----0---0-|
 A---------------|
 E---------------|
Dmadd9 Aadd9 Gadd6
Let's go hang out in a mall, or a morgue,
*
A smorgasbord *=
Dmadd9 Aadd9
Let's go hang out in a church e-----
Gadd6 B--3--
We'll go find lurch G--0h2
Dmsus2 D--0--
then we'll haul ass down through the abbey A-----
is it money, is it fame E-----
what's in a name, shame?
is it money, is it fame
or were they always this lame?
Dmadd9 Aadd9 Gadd6 Dmadd9
it's a crazy, crazy mixed up town
Cadd9 Gad6 Dsus2
but it's the rattlesnake I fear
in another place, in another time
I'd be drivin' trucks my dear
I'd be skinnin' hunted deer [this line tacet first time]
Intro riff
deer, deer
let's go hang out in a bar
it's not too far
we'll take my car
we'll lay flowers at the grave of jesco white
the sinner's saint
the rack is full and so are we
of laughing gass and ennui
chorus
bridge:
    
Bbsus2 Csus2 Dmadd9
    
solo over chorus chords
chorus
Intro riff
Chords:
      
Dmadd9 - - 5 7 6 0
Aadd9 5 7 7 6 0 0
Gadd6 3 5 5 4 0 0
Bbsus2 1 1 3 3 1 1
Csus2 3 3 5 5 3 3
Cadd9 - 3 2 0 3 0
***
Peter Shackleton (peter@sans.vuw.ac.nz), Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Confidence: the feeling you get before you understand the situation.
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From: spider@olemiss.edu
"Rattlesnake" by Live
On the new album, Secret Samadhi
This is a cool song from Live's latest album. The album's really good,
but it's something that definitely grows on you as you listen to it.
Transcribed by spider@olemiss.edu
Tune a 1/2 step down, as per usual for about 99% of Live's songs.
Builds up with keyboards or something, then kicks in with this...
Intro:
(using heavy distortion)
    
Verse:
(using chorus)
Let's go hang out in a mall,
or a morgue,
smorgasbord...
Chorus:
(using heavy distortion)
It's a crazy, crazy mixed up town...
It's the rattlesnake I fear...
Bridge:
(ahhh.... ahhh...)
   
     
Solo to the chorus chord progression.
That's pretty much it; just listen to the song to figure out where
everything goes. Oh, and the outro is the same as the intro.
Enjoy!

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