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Band: The Bates
Song: Say it isn't so
Album: pleasure + pain
Hey german pop-punkers! I recently visited the OLGA and really enjoyed the
tabs there (actually some of the real cool punk stuff) and well I thought
this pretty nice song by the german punkrock band "THE BATES" shouldn't be
missing there. This is my first tab ever, so it's probably not great. So here
we go. Comments and corrections are welcome. Chordchart is below. Sing along
since it's an easy song. :):):)
Intro (with some echo effect):
just strum the chords once
Cold as a razorblade ... Love is so close to hate
Untangle it's so cruel ... The good one is the fool
Verse 1:
Start with the RHYTHM(listen to the CD, it's kind of a Beatles RockNRoll
rhythm):
Hangover everyday Good Luck so far away
And haggle for a dime You are no friend of mine
CHORUS(strum the chords with a little pause(before + between the
chords),listen to the CD):
OH NO, NO, NO, SAY IT ISN'T SO (play twice)
Verse 2 (w/ rhythm; drums start):
Message from underground Without a word or sound
Looks oh so sad to me Be what you wanna be
If you come from the south You better shut your mouth
Black windows everywhere But I don't really care
Chorus (, - , (twice))
Verse 3:
repeat the A-F#m-Bm-E chord progression two times over that Ba-thingy as seen
below,
the lead guitar additionally just strums the chords once with a bunch of
distortion.
Babababababababababa... (twice)
Intro (is repeated but no guitar, the bass is playing alone)
Verse 1 (w/ rhythm)
CHORUS (twice, then lead guitar starts with a little solo and CHORUS repeats
some more)
Solo (part one, begin with this in last chorus and play a few times):
(ssCHORDS played over solo)
e-----------------|
B-----------------|
G-----------------|
D--4--6--7---6----|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|
Solo (part two, play this after Solo 1 was played a few times with CHORUS
chord progression):
e-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G----------------------6--------|
D--4--6--7-6-7--9-7-9----9-7-6--|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
Outro (sounds like played from a recordplayer with some strange distortion
thing):
played with RHYTHM (listen to the CD)
Cold as a razorblade ... Love is so close to hate
Untangle it's so cruel ... The good one is the fool
END ON ---------------------a F#m
CHORD CHART:
e--0----2----2----0----2----|
B--2----2----3----0----3----|
G--2----2----4----1----2----|
D--2----4----4----2----0----|
A--0----4----2----2----x----|
E--x----2----x----0----x----|
So that's it. It's a pretty easy song, but once you can play, you do it a
lot, because it rocks. This is the first of the catchy tunes' I'm going to
send to OLGA. I hope you enjoyed this one. If you want to put it up on a
homepage, please credit me for it. And if you got any cool solos or stuff
from my punk faves WIZO, Rancid and new Offspring stuff (or maybe the correct