L'il Ennio

Chords - chord diagrams & suggested fingering (Standard tuning)

1-

  oo  
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|1||||
2|||34

8-

1|||11
|||2||
|34|||

7-

   
1|1|11
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|3||||

7-

   
1|||11
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|34|||

Tab key - explanation of characters used for tab

                   h  : hammer-on
                   p  : pull-off       
                   ~  : apply vibrato 
                   /  : legato slide up
                   \  : legato slide down

Fill - Played at various times later on

  e|------------------------------------|
  B|--8\7--7\5--5\3--3\0----------------|
  G|----------------------0h1h2p1p0--x--|
  D|------------------------------------|
  A|------------------------------------|
  E|------------------------------------|

Chorus - play when you see [CHORUS]

                                 2x 
  e|------------------------------|
  B|------------------------------|
  G|---7--11--12--9--7--6--7--4--o|
  D|-----------------------------o|
  A|---5--9---10--7--5--4--5--2---|
  E|------------------------------|


  e|-------------------------------|    
  B|-------------------------------|
  G|--7--11--12--9--12--9--11--12--|
  D|-------------------------------|
  A|--5--9---10--7--10--7--9---10--|
  E|-------------------------------|

Interlude Rhythm

                                                    2.5x
e|---------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
B|---------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
G|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------o|
D|---------------|--9--9--9--|--8--8--8--|-----------o|
A|---10--10--10--|--7--7--7--|--6--6--6--|--9--9--9---|
E|---8---8---8---|-----------|-----------|--7--7--7---|

Intro

                              2x
       G          A  G  D  C
  e|---3--3--3--3/5--3--2--0---|
  B|---3--3--3--3/5--3--3--1---|
  G|---0--0--0--0----------0--o|
  D|---0--0--0-------------2--o|
  A|---2--2--2-------------3---|
  E|---3--3--3-----------------|


  e|------------------------------------|
  B|--8\7--7\5--5\3--3\0----------------|
  G|----------------------0h1h2p1p0--x--|
  D|------------------------------------|
  A|------------------------------------|
  E|------------------------------------|

Perfomance Notes - Tanya has a talent for making your regular chords sound really different (the open G in the intro for example, i was completely surprised when i found it was just G). The verse chords C and B are a little weird. I think the B chord opens with a hint of 7th-ness, so i put it in. I play a B7 (E7-shape barre chord at 7th fret) to begin with, then quickly hammer-on my pinky on the middle B to make it major. These chords have a rakish timbre to them that Tanya has used in other songs (can't remember any examples, but listen for it). Then there are the octaves for the chorus. I ended up transcribing the vocal line, instead of the guitar line (in the chorus) because the guitar is pretty masked and hard to make out. I'll try to get the true guitar line later. I also can't get the last few notes of the fill quite right, but it sounds ok the way i have it.

There's a lot of low-saturation distortion, a high frequency (in duration, not pitch) delay effect, and the tone is high. The guitars are separated between the left and right channels like most of the other songs on King (apparent in the intro, left only). The "lead" guitar does a bit of doubling on the verses, quieter and more muddy than the rythm.

Notational stuff: / and \ are slides, ~ is vibrato, a bar line with two dots in front of it means repeat. I kinda sketched in the chords over the lyrics, i'm sure you can figure out where they go. when you see something in [brackets], it means "look at the beginning and play the section that goes with the word in brackets".

- D.J. Kim

[INTRO]

[VERSE]     (these chords are repeated throughout the verses)
C                 B7 B B7 B
 I wasn't there

 but i heard there were flowers in his hair

 Though not yet born to her

 I know there's something magic 'bout the way she held her own

 I know it's hard for the young ones
            B7 (let ring)
 I know it... acutely, i heard it


[CHORUS]

 Race me through this heart-broken town

 Bang your boots and keep your head down

 Race me through the heart of this broken town


[VERSE]

 I used the voices of sandmen

 To bring you home

 I know it's wrong you're a young one

 I know it... acutely, i hear it 


[CHORUS]

 Race me through this heart-broken town

 Bang your boots and keep your head down

 Race me through the heart of this broken town


[BRIDGE]
C             [FILL] G (etc)
 So now i make you pray to god
            [FILL]
 Now i make you pray to god
            [FILL] 
 Now i make you pray like there's a god

Interlude

 
  e|----------------------------------------|
  B|----------------------------------------|
  G|----------------------------------------|
  D|----------------------------------------|
  A|---3~--7~--6~--2~--3~--2--0--2~--0------|
  E|------------------------------------2~--|


  e|------------------------------|
  B|------------------------------|
  G|------------------------------|
  D|----------------------h3/5----|
  A|--3~--7~--6~--2~--3~----------|
  E|------------------------------|

 
[INTERLUDE RHYTHM]


 I know it's hard for the young ones
             [FILL]
 I know it... 


[CHORUS]
               [FILL]
 So now i make you pray to god
            [FILL]
 Now i make you pray to god
                 [FILL]
 Now i make you pray like there's a god
                [FILL]
 So see it my way, yeah
             [FILL]
 See it my way, yeah
             [FILL]
 See it my way, yeah...