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This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
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or research.
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SONG TITLE: Hey
ARTIST/GROUP: Pixies
ALBUM: Doolittle
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
G (320033)
F#7 (242322)
Bm (x24432)
D (xx0232)
Em (022000)
Kind of hard to transcribe this song, but I'll try.
OK, in this song the bass plays an important part.
I'll transcribe the main bass line for guitar.
It starts like this:
BASS-INTRO-RIFF:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------0-1-2----2-2-3-4-5---5-5------|
E|--2----------------------------0-2--|
That is just the first time.
The bassline that goes through the verses is like this:
BASS-RIFF1:
G F#7 Bm D
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0-1-2---2-2--3-4-5---5-5-----|
E|--3---3-3-0-1-2---2-2--------------------------0-2-|
This is repeated many times.
While the bass plays that line, the guitar plays this:
If you look at the chords above the bass and guitar tab
you'll see how they fit together.
GUITAR-RIFF1:
G F#7
E|------2-----------2------------2-----------2-------
B|-3------x---3-3-----3-3---2------x---2-2-----2-2---
G|-2h4----x---2-2h4---4-2---2h3----x---2-2h3---3-2---
D|---------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------
Bm D
E-------2-----------2------------2-----------2-------|
B--3------x---3-3-----3-3---3------x---3-3-----3-3---|
G--2h4----x---2-2h4---4-2---2h4----x---2-2h4---4-2---|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
OK, I'll explain the first verse. First you play BASS-INTRO-RIFF.
While you're playing that you sing the first two lines. Then
you start playing BASS-RIFF1 and GUITAR-RIFF1 and continue to
play that throughout the verse.
VERSE 1:
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Hey
been trying to meet you
hey
must be a devil between us
or whores in my head
whores at my door
whores in my bed
but hey
where
have you
been
if you go I will surely die
CHORUS:
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G Em [strum chords very lightly, use mainly
We're chai-ai-ai-ained G,D and B strings]
Bm
We're chai-ained
G
We're chai-ai-ai-ained
Em
We're chai-ai-ai-ained
Bm [here start playing CHORUS-RIFF]
We're chai-ained
CHORUS-RIFF:
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b = bend
E|-------------|
B|--14b15------| play this three times slowly, then start playing
G|-------------| it fast. The chorus keeps on going G Em Bm and
D|-------------| the singer sings 'We're chained' over and over
A|-------------| again.
E|-------------|
When you've played that a few times then you play this:
r = release
E|------------|
B|-16r14------| 14b15 means you bend the note on the 14th fret
G|------------| so it sounds like the 15th fret, but here you
D|------------| have 16r14 which means you bend the note but
A|------------| don't hit it. You bend it, then you hit the
E|------------| string and release it down. Hard to explain
but if you've used tablature before you'll know
what I mean.
When you've played that part 3 times, then comes the end like this:
E|------------|
B|--14b17-----| This is a very slow bend and this ends the chorus.
G|------------| The chorus ends on Bm. While all those bends were
D|------------| going on the chord progression was alway G Em Bm
A|------------| and the singer was always singing 'We're chained'
E|------------|
OK, when the chorus is over you play BASS-RIFF1 once with no guitar
and then comes a guitar solo:
GUITAR SOLO:
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E|----------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------
G|-7--------------------6-----------------------------------
D|----9--7-----------------7--------------------------------
A|-----------9--7h8h9---------9--7-7h8h9---7--5-------------
E|-----------------------------------------------7--5-5h6h7-
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E---------------------| |
B---------------------| |
G---------------------| |
D---------------------| |
A--7--7-5-------------| |
E---------7--5-5h6h7--| |
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You play these twice with just the bass playing BASS-RIFF1
and then you play this with another guitar playing GUITAR-RIFF1.
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E-------------------------10--10-7--------------10--10-7-------------
B---------------------7------------10--7-5h6h7-----------10--7-5h6h7-
G-7----7-9-9b10---7-9------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-7---------7---------7---------7----7----7----7----7----7----7-----|
G-9b11------9b11------9b11------9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11-9b11--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2: [play BASS-RIFF1 and GUITAR-RIFF1]
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uh
said the man to the lady
uh
said the lady to the man she adored
and the whores like a choir
go uh all night
and mary ain't you tired of this
uh
is
the
sound
that the mother makes when the baby breaks
REPEAT CHORUS
Damn, that was a hard song to transcribe. Well, this should give
you all you need to play it decently. I got the lyrics from the
CD liner notes. You can't hear very well what he's singing sometimes
but this is how the lyrics were on the CD so don't blame me if
they're wrong.
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