Ramones/I Wanna Be Sedated
Album: Road To Ruin
I am amazed at all the incorrect versions of Ramones songs,
so I figured I’d set em’ straight. Johnny wails away on FULL
barre chords, not power chords and plays only downstrokes-
get the rhythm and the chords right.
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|—————————————|
B|—————————————|
G|-8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8/9-9————|
D|-8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8/9-9————|
A|-6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6/7-7-777777777-|
E|——————————000000000-|
Slight P.M. and crunch……………..
Verse-play the rhythm like this-the open E
and the chord are not picked simutaneously. To chorus:
e|——————————————|—————-|
B|——————————————|—————-|
G|———————-(6)6666————|(6)7777-9999999-|
D|—9—9—9—9—9—7-7777-9—9—9—9-|-7-7777-9999999-|
A|—7—7—7—7—7—7-7777-7—7—7—7-|-7-7777-7777777-|
E|-0—0—0—0—0——5-5555—0—0—0—|-5-5555-0000000-|
Twenty p.m……….xn| p.m……xn|
Chorus:
e|———————————————————|
B|———————————————————|
G|-8888888-99999-8888888-99999-8888888-99999-66666/888888-|
D|-9999999-99999-9999999-99999-9999999-99999-77777/999999-|
A|-9999999-77777-9999999-77777-9999999-77777-77777/999999-|
E|-7777777-00000-7777777-00000-7777777-00000-55555/777777-|
Oh no……..
Chords during solo:
e|———————————|—————————-|
B|———————————|—————————-|
G|———————————|—————————-|
D|-9-9-9-99-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-9999-|-9-9-9-99-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-|
A|-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-7777-|-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-|
E|-0-0-0-00-5-5-5-55-7-77-7-7-0000-|-0-0-0-00-5-5-5-55-7-77-7-7-|
Slight p.m. and crunch………………………………….
One of the greatest solos of all time-
e|-0000000000000000000000000xnxnxnxnxn-|
B|-5555555555555555555555555xnxnxnxnxn-|
G|————————————-|
D|————————————-|
A|————————————-|
E|————————————-|
End of solo back to verse-chords move up a whole step/same beat.
e|—————————-|——————————————|
B|—————————-|——————————————|
G|-8/9999999999-8/99999999999-|—10—10—10—10-88888—10101010—10—10-|
D|-8/9999999999-8/99999999999-|—10—10—10—10-99999—10101010—10—10-|
A|-6/7777777777-6/77777777777-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-99999—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|———————0-00000-|-9—9—9—9—77777—9-9-9-9-9—9—|
p.m………xnxnx| |p.m.xnxn
Chorus again whole step up
e|—————————————|
B|—————————————|
G|-9———10———88888/-9———-|
D|10———10———99999/10———-|
A|10-xnxnxnx-9-xnxnxnx-99999/10-xnxnxnxn-|
E|-9———9———77777/-9———-|
Oh no………….
>Notice after chorus the pinch harmonics the
guitar produces before the singing starts again.
Repeat and p.m. these chords to fade
e|—————————|
B|—————————|
G|10————————|
D|10-xnxnxn-9-xnxnxn10xnxnxn|
A|-9———9——-10——|
E|-9———7———9——|
Second guitar plays these notes
e|—————————|
B|—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10—|
D|—————————|
A|—————————|
E|—————————|
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go, I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain
Oh no o no o no o no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I gotta go
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my toes
