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If I Was You

Terrorvision
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From Michael@jlmaa.demon.co.uk Sun May 4 10:32:16 1997

Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 20:36:43 +0000

From: Michael Stephenson <Michael@jlmaa.demon.co.uk>

To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: TAB: 'If I was you' by TerrorVision

Title: If I was you

Artist: TerrorVision

Album: Regular Urban Survivors

Transcribed by Michael Stephenson(michael@jlmaa.demon.co.uk)

Lightly overdriven electric guitar.

Tuning (low to high): E A D G B E

Key: Bb major

This is how I think it goes..

Intro:

Bb5

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
D -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
A -1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--

E ----------------------------------------------------------

Palm Mute (Heavy) ---------------------> Palm Mute (Light)

D5 G5 C5 A5

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --7--7--7--7--------------5--5--5--5----------------------
D --7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7----------
A --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7----------
E --------------3--3--3--3--------------5--5--5--5----------

D5 G5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --7--7--7--7--------------5--5--5--5----------------------
D --7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7-----8-----5-------
A --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7-----8-----5-------
E --------------3--3--3--3--------------5-----6-----3-------

D5 G5 C5 Bb5 A5

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --7--7--7--7--------------5-----8-----7-------------------
D --7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5-----8-----7-------------------
A --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3-----6-----5-------------------
E --------------3--3--3--3----------------------------------

G5 C5 G5 C5 G5

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --------------5--5--5--5--------5-------------------------
D --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----5-----5-------------------
A --5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--5-----3-----5-------------------
E --3--3--3--3--------------3-----------3-------------------

Verse:

Could be even worse than the way I usually play it, no

guitar near by..

A5 Bb5 C5

Starts off early Monday, the beginning of the week,

A5 Bb5

with a belly full of Serpents wriggling 'round making

C5 A5

me feel sick. I know I went out last night. it's a

Bb5 G5 A5

price I'll have to pay, but before I've even found my

C5 G5 A5

feet, I've been smothered by Tuesday..

Chorus:

The intro again (minus the Bb5 bit). Chords over lyrics for

the benefit of someone..

D5 G5 C5 A5

Green is the colour of your eyes

D5 G5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5

Grey is the colour of your skin

D5 G5 C5 Bb5 A5

Yellow is the colour of your tongue, tongue, tongue

G5

If I was you

C5 G5 C5 G5

But I'm not am I

Solo:

This requires some effect or another and possibly the

correct tab.. :o)

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--10---------------

D ----------------------------------------------------------

A ----------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G --7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--9--12---------------

D ----------------------------------------------------------

A ----------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------

Next Bit:

I'm not sure what the proper name is, probably 'bridge' or

something..

G5 G5

Well I know I'm not you

G5 G5

You're not me

G5 G5 G5 G5

Everybody join in after three

Bb5 (Palm Mute)

I said 1, 2, 3..

Chorus x 2

Outro:

G5

If I'm not you

C5 G5 C5 D5

Who the hell am I?

Comments, improvements, just general chat about guitars,

TerrorVision or anything else to michael@jlmaa.demon.co.uk

Don't be too critical it's my first attempt at transcribing

anything, and I've only been playing for one year..

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