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Song
"Pictures of Matchstick Men"
>From the Howard Stern/Private Parts Soundtrack
Tabbed by Raza Mahmood
Tune guitars 2.5 steps below standard:
low to high B, E, A, D, F#, B
(Keyboard/clean guitar with chorus and delay)
||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| ||----------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------------|
(Guitar volume swells in bkgrnd)
|-10/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------|| |-10-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-11-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|| |----------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------||
(Heavy distortion with slight chorus)
||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||-9--9-9-9-11--11/12-12-12-12-------------------12-12-12-12/14-| ||-7--7-7-7--9-X-9/10-10-10-10--9--9/12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10/12-| ||------------------------------7--7/10-10-10-10----------------|
"OOH" "AH" (2 times)
|--------------------||-------------------------------|| |--------------------||-------------------------------|| |--------------------||-------------------------------|| |-14-14-14-12-12-14--||-9-XX-12-9---9---9-9--7--9-11--|| |-12-12-12-10-10-12\-||-7-XX-10-7-X-7-X-7-7--5--7--9--|| |--------------------||-------------------------------||
"When I look up to the sky I see your eyes in a funny kind of
||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||-9--9-9-9-11--11/12-12-12-12-------------------12-12-12-12/14-| ||-7--7-7-7--9-X-9/10-10-10-10--9--9/12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10/12-| ||------------------------------7--7/10-10-10-10----------------|
Yellow..." (6 times)
|--------------------|| |--------------------|| |--------------------|| |-14-14-14-12-12-14--|| |-12-12-12-10-10-12\-|| |--------------------||
"OOH" "AH" (2 times)
||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-9-XX-12-9---9---9-9--7--9-11--|| ||-7-XX-10-7-X-7-X-7-7--5--7--9--|| ||-------------------------------||
"Pictures of matchstick men and you..." (3 times)
pm....| pm.| pm..|
||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------2-2-2-2-223344557-|| ||-7-7-7-7--7/9-9-9------2-2-2-2-223344557-|| ||-5-5-5-5--5/7-7-7-/12\-0-0-0-0-----------||
Bkgrnd guitar...Kenny's just bending the note up and down 1 step
||------------------------------------------|| ||-^10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10->10-10-10-10-|| ||------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|| ||--9---9---------7---7---------|| ||--9---9---------7---7---------|| ||--7---7---------5---5------X\-|| ||------------------------------||
"Windows... ...yeah they go"
||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||-5---5-5----5---5---5---5-4---4-4-0-------------7---7-7-7---7-| ||-5---5-5----5---5---5-5-5-4---4-4-0-5---5---5-5-7---7-7-7---7-| ||-3--X3-3--X-3-X-3-X-3-3-3-2--X2-2-0-5---5---5-5-5--X5-5-5-X-5-| ||------------------------------------3-X-3-X-3-3---------------|
"...alone Oh no!"
|-------------||------------------------------|| |-------------||------------------------------|| |-------------||------------------9---9-------|| |-------------||------------------9---9-------|| |---5-7-5h7p5-||-/9---9-----------7---7---X\--|| |-5-----------||-/7---7---/12\----7---7---X\--||
"...Lie you win the sky, you win the sky you make me cry
||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------------------| ||-9--9-9-9-11--11/12-12-12-12-------------------12-12-12-12/14-| ||-7--7-7-7--9-X-9/10-10-10-10--9--9/12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10/12-| ||------------------------------7--7/10-10-10-10----------------|
you..." (3 times)
|--------------------||-----------|| |--------------------||-----------|| |--------------------||-----------|| |-14-14-14-12-12-14--||--2--------|| |-12-12-12-10-10-12\-||--2----X\--|| |--------------------||--0----X\--||
"I can see the matchstick men" (end bkgd guitar...til fade)
||-----------------------------||-16--16-17\12-12/19-17-16-17-|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|| ||------------------------/5~~-||-----------------------------|| ||--7-----5---7-4-----3--------||-----------------------------|| ||------7-----------5----------||-----------------------------||
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