From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:28:18 -0500
Subject: TAB: Rubella by the Smoking Popes
Artist: Smoking Popes
Album: Born To Quit (Capitol Records)
Author: John Atkinson
Since there’s precious little tab for this great band, I figgered I’d
tab out one of the cooler songs on the ‘Born To Quit’ album. The chords
are accurate — the solo sections are only approximations, and he uses some
FX that I’m not sure of on it. It’s close enough for me, though — you
might want to take it up an octave or something. Try to get a clean but
slightly fuzzy sound on this one. My Ibanez Tube Screamer works great.
Questions and comments much appreciated…
Intro:
— Solo:
A ———-2-3-5b7b5——-2h3——0h2h3p2p0——-3-2-0——
E —-3——————3———0—————3————3—
(Chords under solo)
G D C G
— Verse:
D G F
I’m inflamed with desire and it’s spreading like wildfire
G E A D
She doesn’t know it but she’ll soon be mine
Bb D# Bb D G
It’s just a question of time
C G
Rubella
D G F
I’m in-sanely obsessed and I simply will not rest
G E A D
She doesn’t know it yet but she’s the one
Bb D# Bb D G
And I won’t stop until I’m done
C G
Rubella
— Bridge:
C Cm G
And the heart that she has stolen has now swollen
B E
to twice its natural size
A C D C
I’ve lost six pounds since I laid eyes on her
Rubella
— Solo 2 (real unsure on this one):
A ——-0—2—3———-3-2-0————3-2-0——————
E —3—————-3————3—0————3——0—3—-
(Chords under solo)
G D C G
— Verse:
D G F
I’m in love with a girl she’s infected my whole world
G E A D
She doesn’t know it but she’s inside me
Bb D# Bb D G
And now I’ve gone completely
C G
Rubella
D G F
She explodes like a fist and she burns from the first kiss
G E A D
I haven’t told her but she’s all mine now
Bb D# Bb D
I knew somehow I’d catch her
G C
Rubella x6
End with the trademark Popes’ stinger on G.
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Enjoy — if anyone has tab for View Of The Rain (Take A Walk on
No Alternative) by Urge Overkill or any new Sunny Day Real
Estate, drop me a line…
