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Blue Collar Suicide

The Refreshments
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★4.8(4)

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Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 15:54:50 +1000

From: Fiona Davies <aussie_ducky@bigfoot.com>

Subject: r/refreshments/blue_collar_suicide.tab

BLUE COLLAR SUICIDE

By The Refreshments

from Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy

tabbed by Fiona Davies aussie_ducky@bigfoot.com

OK, the verse is almost entirely on E but it's mostly

a drums and bass thing except for Brian's teensy little fills.

Anyway, the main riff goes something like this with the rhythm

strumming an E the whole time:

E :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B :----------------|----------------|----------------|-5-4-2----------|
G :----------------|----------------|----------------|-------4-2h4-2--|
D :2---------------|--2-------------|2---------------|---------------2|
A :--2--0---0--2---|2---2--0--------|--2--0----0--2-2|----------------|
E :-------4--------|---------4-0----|--------4-------|----------------|

Brian varies the little verse fills in every verse but to get started

use..

Natural harmonics...... and a gradual bend

E :-*12*----------------|------------------|
B :-*12*----------------|------------------|
G :---------------------|-9b---------------|

PRE-CHORUS

F#m A

But if I could You know I would

E Esus4 E

Run away

E

Right now! (get a nice big pick scrape going here)

CHORUS:

E5 A5 D5

I can't sleep coz she snores like a chainsaw...

E5 A5 D5 E5

She can't count all the pills I took

E5, A5, D5

SOLO (nice and easy for a change)

E:--------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------2h4p2-1-2-1-|
D:-2-1-----2-1--------2-1---------------|
A:-----2-------2h4p2------4-------------|
E:--------------------------------------|
E:-------------|-----------------------------..X-X as

B:-------------|-----------------------------..X-X many

G:-----------2-|-----------------------------..X-X times
D:-2-1---2-4---|-----------------------------..X-X as
A:-----2-------|----------------X-X needed.--..
E:-------------|----------------X-X----------..

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

bass thing and

a bit of

E strumming

At the end as things get a little more psychotic just keep

pounding out E5, A5, D5 over and over until the cool wah/noise

ending.

You shouldn't have many problems figuring out the few couple of notes

that make up the verses, I just can't be stuffed writting it all down :)

Anyway, any comments or corrections or whatever would be cool.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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