Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 08:44:54 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: TAB: chris_cayton.tab by Goldfinger
Song: Chris Cayton
Band: Goldfinger
Album: Hang-ups (1997)
Written by John from Goldfinger
Transcribed by Luke Knox ([email protected])
This is a great song by one of my all-time favorite bands, Goldfinga!
The song, does, however, have lots of little bits and pieces to play. So,
if you like Goldfinger, I know you’ll enjoy it:
Main/Intro riff: (repeated)
E———————————-
B———————————-
G———————————-
D—-4-5-4-5———4-5-4-5-7——
A-5r———7—5r————-5r-
E—————5—————5—-
Play main/intro riff once, then at the end of the second time, play this:
E————
B————
G-11-11—12-
D-11-11—12-
A—9—9—10-
E————
F#ii G
2nd guitar plays these chords under the main/intro riff:
E————————
B————————
G—7———————
D—7—-5—-9—-7——
A—5—-5—-9—-7—— (Play these 4x)
E——-3—-7—-5——
D G B A
The intro riff ends, and lead guitar plays this riff:
E—————————————————-
B——7-8-10-8-8——7-8-7-7s8-7———-7-10——-
G-7-9————7-9——-7s9-7—9-7-9-7——9-7—
D—————————————————-
A—————————————————-
E—————————————————-
Rythym ska part played during verse:
D G
E—5—-3——
B—7—-3——
G—7—-4——
D—7—-5——
A—————
E—————
Verse:
D G D G
You taught me how to play guitar, you taught me that I’d go
D G D G D
far just by trying. Yea just by trying. We were kids playing
G D G D G
Social D., spiritual man on l.s.d., we were frying, yea we
D
were frying.
Play this riff during last half of verse:
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10————————-
B-10-10-10-10—8—8—8—8———-7-7-7-8-7——
G—————————7-7-7-9————9-7—
D————————————————-
A————————————————-
E————————————————-
Bridge:
Em C Em Fii
E—7—3—7—8—-
B—8—5—8—10—-
G—9—5—9—10—-
D—9—5—9—10—-
A——————-
E——————-
Em C Em
Once in a while you’d fuck with me, no ground on my bass and
Fii
it shocked me.
Chorus:[the C and D in parantheses aren’t played by guitar]
G Am C D G Am (C)(D) G
E—3—5—3—5——3—5———-3——
B—3—5—5—7——3—5———-3——
G—4—5—5—7——4—5———-4——
D—5—7—5—7——5—7———-5——
A——-7——————7———-5——
E——-5——————5———-3——
G Am C D
Chris Cayton, I called you Satan.
G Am (C) (D) G
Cause when we were skatin’, you would make the metal sign.
Repeat intro.
Verse:
D G D
You got kicked out of school for wearing profanity. «Too
G D G
drunk to fuck» said the Dead Kennedys on your button, your
D G
punk rock button.
Riff: (* means played quietly)
E————————————*10-*10———
B——7-8-8-9-8———7-8-7-8————*10——
G-7-9————10-7-7———-7r————*11—
D—————————————————
A—————————————————
E—————————————————
D G D
You were born in S.L.T., vegetarian man no
G D G D G
B.L.T. on your muffin, no turkey stuffing.
Riff:
E——————10-10-10-10-10-10————-
B———7-8-10—10—8—7—8—7—7-7-8-7——-
G——6-7———————————-9-7—
D-7-9——————————————-
A————————————————
E————————————————
Bridge:
Em C Em
Once in a while I’d surf with you, our first band was called
Fii
I.M.R.U.
Then repeat chorus, playing a barred G-C-G instead of the
(C)-(D)-G part at the end.
Next: repeat intro 2x, then lead guitar plays this while 2nd guitar plays
a D with palm muting:
E——————————————————/10-
B————7-8-7-8——-7-8-7-8-9——7-8-7————-
G——(6)-7———9—7————-7——-9-7-9-7——
D-(7)——————7————-7———————
A———————————————————
E———————————————————
Last verse repeats the words from the first verse, except it’s played
with barre chords.
Riff: («yeah just by trying. . .»)
E———————
B———————
G———————
D—4-4-4-4-4-4—2—0—
A———————
E———————
Whew! That’s pretty much all I’ve got. It took me a while to figure this
one out, and there may be some other, better ways to play this song. If
you have any questions, comments, changes, or maybe even requests, e-mail
me and I’ll see what I can do you for.
Luke
