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From: Daniel L. Lovall
Subject: /Suede/MetalMickey.crd
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 93 19:54:32 EST
Cc: [email protected] (Daniel L. Lovall)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
> Metal Mickey is the first single released in the US. There’s a lot of
> guitar lines and doodles in this song, and unfortunately I really wasn’t
> able to pick most of them out of the mix. So call this a rough outline, if
> you will. The original key is Ab, so tune each string down a half step if
> you want to play along with the CD.
> Corrections/improvements/additions/comments are most definitely welcome.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Bob
> [email protected]
Artist: Suede
Title: Metal Mickey
Notation: fb = feedback 2(p)0 = pull off
INTRO:
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———————1————————-|
-0(fb)—2(p)0——0—0————————|
————-2(p)0——-0———————|
—————————3—0—————-|_(effects) (I think he scrapes the pick
————————————————| along the A string)
The main rhythm is A5 A5 G A5:
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————————————|
-2-2-0-2-2————————-|
-2-2-0-2-2————————-|
-0-0—0-0—etc.——————|
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so the rest of the intro, as well as the verses, are
A5 G D C A (with this lick thrown in:E|-2-3-2-3—-|
B|-2-2-2-2—-|
G|————|
A5 G D C A
Well she’s show showing it off then the glitter in her lovely eyes
A5 G D C A
Show show showing it off then and all the people shake their money in time
CHORUS:
G C D C G C D
She sells heart, she sells meat
A D E D G E
Oh Dad, she’s driving me mad, come see
A5 G D C A
We shake shake shake to the trumpet and through the slippery city we ride
A5 G D C A
Skyline swine on the circuit where all the people shake their money in time
Repeat Chorus:
then A5 G A5 G A5 G etc. into solo (A blues pentatonic scale, centered
around 5th position: notes are A C D E G)
Repeat Chorus:
CODA:
A D E D A D E
She sells heart, she sells meat (repeat and fade)