
This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Intro
Riff 1
G|--9-8-7---------------------| D|-------9-8-7-5---7------5---| A|-7-------------5---5--3---3-| E|----------------------------|
Riff 2
G|--9-8-7----------------------| D|-------9-8-7-5---7------10---| A|-7-------------5---5--8----8-| E|-----------------------------|
Practice these SLOWLY at first, then gradually speed up.
Play:
Riff 1, Riff 2 (twice)
E (seventh fret, A string)
D (fifth fret, A string)
B (seventh fret, E string)
Verse 1
Notes are: G# = 4th fret E string
A = 5th fret E string
B = 7th fret E string
E = 7th fret A string
G# A E
another song about how much TV sucks
G# A B
washes your brain of intelligence
G# A E
you sit around all night and day
G# A B
was life really meant to be this way??
Chorus
Riff C
G|--------------------------| D|-----------------5--------| A|-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-7----7--5--| E|--------------------------|
The timing on this one is debatable. Just listen and get it
so it sounds good.
Riff C
TV sucks!
Riff C
TV sucks!
etc. etc.
Then play:
(long means straight sixteenths, short means short)
G#(long) A(long) E(short)
G#(long) A(long) B(short)
Verse 2
G# A E
watching your life go down the tube
G# A B
and you wonder why every day's a rerun
G# A E
nothing different happens, nothing new
G# A B
your life's a show and the show is over
Riff C
TV sucks!
(etc. etc.)
G#(short) A(short) E(long)
G#(short) A(short) B(long)
Verse 3
G# A E
a waste of time of a created mind
G# A B
Star Trek's been airing far too long
G# A E
can you sleep at night without sight and sound?
G# A B
whatever happpened to reality?
TV sucks! (yet again)
Bridge Thingy
G|-------9-7--------------------| D|----9------9------------------| A|--7--------------6-6-9-9-6-6--| E|-------------7-7--------------|
Play that riff four times, then go back to "TV sucks!"
Ending
Thrash about a bit (whilst playing the chorus riff),
scream "TV arrgh" and then end on a big ol E.
Comments
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