Transcribed by Brian Smith.
This is the most well-known Church song and (as luck would have it) one of
the easiest to play.
Am7sus4 is played as follows
E 0
B 3
G 0
D 2
A 0
E X
Verse: Am Am7sus4 Fmaj7 G
Chorus: G Fmaj7
Bridge/Solo: C G Am
Extra Credit:
If you have a friend with a capo, get them to put it on the fifth fret and play:
Verse: Em Em7sus4 Cmaj7 D
Chorus: D Cmaj7
Bridge/Solo: G D Em
That will really thicken the sound up. Vary your respective rhythms for even
more effect.
Here's the tab for the opening.
E--2-2-2--3----3--0-----
B--3-3-3--3----3--3-----
G--0-0-0--0----0--0-----
D--2-2-2--2----2--2-----
A------------3----3---0-
E0----------------------
That last "A" leaves you holding an Am7sus4 (or A7sus4, whatever you want to
call it.) Play each note in a Church-y manner, then repeat once more. Then
cue Marty going bonkers on his Rickenbacker playing a descending Em pentatonic
Verse: Em D C9
Chorus: Em9 C9 Am7sus4
Bridge: G Dm rpt. On last pair, play G D
Tabbed by Trent Paton.
I don't have the intro but here's some of the chords.
Some of the words are wrong and maybe even the chord names.
There's also a few parts that i'm missing that i'll update
soon when i get around to it.
G D C Am Amsus2 Em Em7 Dsus2 Dsus4 Bsus4 Cmaj7
---3--2--0--0-----0------0---0------0------3------0----0--------
---3--3--1--1-----0------0---3------3------3------0----0--------
---0--2--0--2-----2------0---0------2------2------8----0--------
---0--0--2--2-----2------2---2------0------0------9----10--------
---2-----3--0-----0------2---2--------------------9----10--------
---3---------------------0---0--------------------7----8--------
G D C G
G D C G
I'm saturated
G D C G
I'm wet with ya tears
G D C G
You spill so easily
Am Amsus2 Am
In reflection
Em Em7 Em
I see you again
Am C Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Approach me, slowly
Bsus4 Cmaj7
Fight, fight, breathe
That's all i have right now. I think the next part goes G5 D/F E5 C5
but i'm not too sure. When i work it out i'll update this.
Transcribed by John Hicks.
1. Dm, G, C, F, C
2. repeat
3. G, D,C, Bm,C,Bm
4. repeat
5. A, G, F#m, E
6 repeat
lines 1 & 2:
play G at 3rd fret with pinky adding 1st string A note.
Mix in hitting the C with the 1st string G note then pull off
lines 3 & 4:
hammer on & pull off notes as appropriate. walk down from D to C.
Transcribed by Phil Grant 1994.
NOTATION
========
(3) sustained note
/....\
2 bend note, hold then release
0h2 hammer on
14\
\ slide
GUITAR 1 RIFF A
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11---|----11-10-11---||
|-12----------10-|-10-------------|---------------|--------------.||
|----------------|----------------|-13---------13-|-13-----------.||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
GUITAR 2
(with RIFF A by GUITAR 1)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--/...........\-|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5-------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----5~--------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
1. Too dan-ger-ous to keep
2.3. (see additional lyrics)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5--------------|-----5--3-------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------5~---|--3------------|-(3)-----------|
Too fee-ble to let go
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|------------/---|---------------|----------/----|
|-14-------------|----------14----|-12------------|-(12)----7-----|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
And you want to bite the hand
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)------------|-(7)-----7--5---|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------8-|--5------------|-(5)-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
Shoulda stopped this long ago
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|---------15-----|---------------|---------------|
|-14-------------|------------12--|-(12)----------|-(12)----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
BOTH GUITARS
(CHORUS)
Go now, you've been set free Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
With your lovely smile
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
|-----------------10--------|------------------10-------|
|------------8---------8----|---------8---------------8-|
|-----10-----------------10-|-(10)---------10-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
your flickering tounge and your rattling scales
/........\
|-----------------10----------|------------10----------|
|-------------8--------8------|------------------------|
|------10------------------10-|-(10)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
Like a real reptile________________
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
SOLO
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--/-0---------------|
|-0----------/---------|--/------/------|------/-----0-|-3------/\----------|
|-0--0-0-0--2----2---0-|-2---0--2--0----|-0---2--------|-------2--2-0-------|
|----------------------|--------------0-|--------------|----------------0h2-|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--/---------------|------/----------|---------------|
|-0-------12---/-----0-|-3---0-0----------|-----2/----------|---------------|
|-0-12-14----14--14\---|---------2/\--0---|-0---2-----------|-2--0--------0-|
|-------------------\--|----------------0-|-----------------|--------2------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
OUTRO (repeat to fade)
|----10----10-------|----8----8--8----8|-10------10----|-10----10-------|
|-11----11----13-11-|-10---10------10--|---11-13----13-|----13------13--|
|-------------------|------------------|---12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12---12-.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
LYRICS
1.
Too dangerous to keep
Too feeble to let go
And you want to bite the hand
Shoulda stopped this long ago
Chorus
Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tounge and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile
2.
Had you coiled around my arm
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes
But that was long ago
Chorus
Solo
3.
And I should have believed Eve
She said we had to blow
She was the apple of my eye
It wasn't long ago
ChorusHere's another transcription by Enrique Zamudio:
Use a delay time of about 350 milliseconds for the first part.
There are two guitars in the song. The first one goes with the delay,
while the second one has a light distortion.
Guitar 1
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!--12---15--14--15---------15--14--15-----15--14--15--------15--14--15--!
!-------------------15--15-------------13------------13--13-------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
Guitar 2
!--
!--
!--
!--
!--
!--
Chorus (with a light distorsion):
!---------10-----------10---------------10-----------10>11--10--!
!------8-----8------8---------8------8-----8------8-------------!
!--10-----------10---------10----10-----------10----------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!--------------------------------------------------------9--7---!
!--5----7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5----7>8--7--5---------!
!-----------------------------7---------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!--9--7-------------------------------------------------------!
!---------7----5--7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5--7>8--7--!
!---------------------------------------7---------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!
(Let ring, there's a strong feedback here)
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!--5--8--7--5-----5--5---------------------------------------!
!--------------7---------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
And here are the bass tabs:
Verse:
G--------------------------------------------------
D------------------10-12-12-12-10---10-12----------
A------10---10-12------------------13-------10-----
E--------------------------------------------------
The last note of the run, G(10th fret A string), sometimes does a small slide downward.
Chorus is just a G - F - Eb progression that can be played
10th fret 8th fret 6th fret on the A string
or 5th fret 3rd fret 1st fret on the D string.
This is a great song to play solo
Opening strum: D Em7 C9 rpt
Verse: D Am7sus4 C9 (X4)
Chorus: Em C9 G
Bridge: My favourite part. Make the shape of Fmaj7 (F chord with open high E)
Then move your hand up the neck so your index finger is on the fifth fret. This
is an open A chord. The chords you'll play are: A C/A D9/A Bbaug4/A. But they're
all the same chord shape, with the index finger on these frets: 5, then 8
then 10 then 6. Get it ?
The bridge section gets repeated a few times, so start softly, then build in
volume and complexity so that by the last time your hand is a blur and the amp
is screeching !