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BECK TAB BOOK version 2.1
Changes since previous versions :
Steve Threw up added
Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997 added
Alcohol added
Canceled cheque added
Cyanide Breath Mint added
No Money No Honey added
Rowboat
Ramshackle
Jack-ass
Lord Only Knows
Where it`s at
I have seen the land beyond
Outcome
Mutherer
Novacane
Devils Haircut
Added:
Modesto
Burnt Orange Peel
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List of songs in book:
1. Alcohol
2. Asshole
3. Blackhole
4. Bogusflow
5. Burnt Orange Peel
6. Canceled Cheque
7. Cyanide Breath Mint
8. Devils Haircut
9. Fume
10. in With My Head
11. Girl Dreams
12. Heartland Feelings
13. I have seen the Land Beyond
14. I get lonesome
15. It`s all in Your mind
16. Jack-ass
17. Lord Only Knows
18. Loser
19. Mexico
20. Modesto
21. Mutherer
22. Nitemare Hippy Girl
23. Novacane
24. Outcome
25. Ozzy
26. No Money No Honey
27. Painted Eyelids
28. Pay No Mind
29. Puttin It Down
30. Ramshackle
31. Rowboat
32. Satan Gave Me a Taco
33. Soul Suckin Jerk
34. Steal My Body Home
35. Steve Threw up
36. Thunder Peel
37. Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs
38. Where it`s at
39. Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
I Have Never Written A tab before nor will this look as pretty as yours
do on the Tab page but this is how I think Alcohol Off of Becks single
should go. Beck is actually in tune for this! I strongly suggest trying
to read what I have written and listen to the song while playing!
Verse:
(Don t strum the open low chord with any of the
chords until the end when you pluck it. You ll understand when you
listen to the song)
Chorus (if that s what you want to call it this part is hard to
explain):
go into B7 and pluck the B string then play B7
pluck F# and then play B7 chord
then repeat
pluck B string play B7 chord
pluck F# string then play B7
pluck G then play G chord
pluck open A string hammer down on B pluck B play B7
pluck play
Pluck G string play G chord string
pluck E string release and let open D resonate
pluck B let open A resonate
go back and pluck B string play B7 chord
pluck F# then Go Back into the Verse chords
Well that was a Bitch to explain and I hope you understand. Take my
advice and listen while you play this will help on learning this
wonderful song!
Here are the lyrics:
Alcohol leaving me dry
now it is time for pie
taking them as they come
Alcohol please give me some
This one was a pain to figure out since it is tuned way the hell down.
Tuned down one and a half steps to be exact. I have seen him do this live
and he doesn t tune down, so you don t really have to either, but if you
want to play along with One Foot In The Grave, it s kinda neccecary.
Your brains went black when she took back her mouth
and put it out into the sun
The birds did fly when the heavens all went dry
And the cigarettes are smokin by themselves
CHORUS
She ll do anything
She ll do anything
She ll do anything to make you feel like an asshole
Call her name, she looks the same as you
question mark stretched across the skin
She dangles carrots, makes you feel embarressed
to be the fool you know you are
Here s the song off of the DGC rarities CD....the song is called Bogusflow
(duh)
Monkey see, monkey die
Laminate your face and paste it up into the sky
Cause it s squallin and it s solid and it s
Completely rancid and beautiful,
Like a forcefield of multiplying meat,
Cut a hole in the floor just to see
Just how close to hell we re standing.
Time shoots forward in your skull
Scattered to the four winds, trapped in a bucket
Riding lamposts moldy toast
Excitement level.....zero
Rock the casba (sp?) bring the noise
Amplified dishwashers exploring the boring to the core
people with cordless personalities
runnin round in new wave bionic jogging suits
California....white boy sound
Rocket powered and nailed to the ground
New age old age, totally lame
Straight to the middle of the road
Rewind the tape, play the whole thing backwards
with the sound completely turned off
Every once in a while....when i play the G chord (it sounds best to play the
standard chords, not power chords) i strum it a few times then hammer on
the note on the A string....listen to the song and maybe you ll understand
what i m talking about. It s not critical, but it adds to the song.
A lot of times i suck at guitar tabs, so if i ve got anything wrong write me
and tell me, or if ya just wanna say "good job, here s 5 bucks" you can do
that too. :^)
later,
5*****BURNT ORANGE PEEL*****
TABBED BY: Alan Tapper ([email protected])
For the the chords on this song I find it best to play the chords by
sliding chords with open strings up. For instance for A,A#,B,C and C#
I play the A chord up the neck. I do the same on the E string except
when I play the normal G chord. I don t know whether it s tuned up or
down. Some of the lyrics are probably wrong but then, you never know
with Beck. (I ve put the lyrics that I m pretty sure are wrong but
can t work out anyway in brackets. If anyone knows them then lucky
you.) Most of chords last for one bar, where they only last half a
bar I ve put (1/2) after them, it probably just makes things more
confusing.
4 bars of A# (listen to the song to get the rythm)
(Of all the golden) things to be,
I got a garden hose and a colour TV,
(1/2) (1/2)
I got time on my hands,
(1/2) (1/2)
I got time on my hands,
Nobody cares,
What I do,
(Of all the golden) things to do,
I got a burnt orange peel (and a fish in a stew),
(1/2) (1/2) (1/2) (1/2)
I got work to get done,
(1/2) (1/2)
I got work to get done,
Nobody knows,
Where to run,
I got a quart of milk and some (sound advice),
I got trees (like bacon) but they smell so nice,
(1/2) (1/2)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -,
(1/2)F#(1/2) (1/2) (1/2)
Don t give me the blues,
Nobody knows,
(What we give),
Back and forth dodge and fly,
Like vender in the sky,
(1/2) (1/2)C(1/2) (1/2)
Might be out of change,
(1/2) (1/2)
Give me all your cash,
Cyanide Breath Mint by Beck can be found on the disc One Foot in the
Grave.
It s tuned down to D, so it s
I just wrote the chords down as if the guitar were in E. This seems
to matchup pretty well with the CD, so just listen and strum as you see fit.
Definitely, this is the wrong place to be
there s blood on the futon,
there s a kid drinkin fire.
Goin down to the sea,
they got people to meet,
shakin hands with themselves,
E F-------->slide to Gflat
lookin out for themselves.
When they ask you for credit,
give them a branch.
When they want you to get it,
chew on the grass.
I know, I know
cause they told me to tell you
there s nothing to tell you,
there s nothing to sell you.
(Same chords as first part)
In the afternoon, riding the scapegoat,
burning equipment, decomposing.
Cool off your jets,
take off your sweats,
I got a funny feeling
they got plastic in the afterlife.
(Same chords as second part:)
When they want you to cry,
leap into the sky.
When they suck your mind,
like a pigeon you fly.
I know, I know,
it s the positive people
running from their time
looking for some feeling.
intro along with the bass or the synth part:
(you have to listen real closely to hear the synth)
for the 1st 2 lines of the verse play this
D----------------------------------------
A--2-----2-------2-2---------------------
E----------------------------------------
for the 3rd line play the same thing on the D string
for the 4th line go back to A string =
you really have to listen to get a feel for this
play the chorus chords over the feedback
back to chorus
w/ending figure
End
play intro along with ending figure for first 2 bars =
then drop the ending figure while he s screaming
the last time he screams drop the guitar
And that s it!
I play open chords throughout this songs
I just love tabbing obscure Beck songs! Here s one off of the Loser single,
and IMHO, one of the best Beck songs ever...
Tune your bass to Drop D and tune your guitar down 1 whole step.
10*****in With My Head*****
TABBED BY: [email protected] (Mario Gagnon) ?
TAKEN FROM OLGA
[E]I ain t got no [D]incli[A]nation [E][D]
[E]Give away my [D]sweet sen[A]sation [E][D]
[E]Sleepin in an [D]old tool[A]shed [E][D]
[]Scumbag cryin []on his []pillow [][]
{soc}
{:Chorus:}
[D]When you wanna [A]be with me then [G]we will see who s [D]in with my [E]head [E][D]
{eoc}
Found myself in New Orleans
With a scarecrow in my jeans
Beat my forehead through the ceiling
Drank my coffee with a hubcap
Float upon my checkout boots
Floating by you on the bayou
Now talkin on a walkie talkie
Credit card glued to my hand.
11*****Girl Dreams"*****
TABBED BY: Jarrett Frankel ([email protected])
with assistance from John McCain
Yet another beautiful acoustic Beck tune, from his essential independent
release, One Foot In The Grave. It s a simple tune, so learn it quick and
impress the one you secrectly love(you can substitue "girl" with "boy" if
that s your gig, y know?). Maybe they ll love you for it.
(Standard tuning will work for this one, though I think it might be tuned
down a step. Try what ever works best.)
You re just the girl of my dreams
But it seems my dreams never come true
You re just the girl of my dreams
But it seems my dreams never come true
I first met you down on Lover s Lane
The birds were insane flapping all about
Softly you would sing swinging in your swing
It wasn t night it wasn t day
(repeat chorus x2)
(silent refrain x2)
(repeat chorus x1)
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12*****Heartland Feelings*****
TABBED BY: Jarrett Frankel ([email protected])
with much help from John McCain.
Here s a sprawling yet immensely jolly epic from the current "Slack
Laureate" of these United States: Beck. If you liked "Mexico