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CULT OF PERSONALITY
As recorded by Living Colour
(From the 1988 Album VIVID (EPIC EK 44099))
Words and Music by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
Arranged by V. Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings
Transcribed by Richard J. Soto & Andy Aledort
N.C.
0 0 0 0 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Sound'
Intro
Q=92
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S E S S S S E Q
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||------------------------|
|----------||---3-----2---3-----2----|
|----------||-----5---------5--------|
|----------||-3-----3---3-----3------|
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S E S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----2---3-----2-----|
|-----5---------5----------|-----5---------5---------|
|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3---3-----3-------|
3/4
S S S S E S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------2---------|
|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|---3-----5-3-0---3-------|
|-----5---------5----------|-----5-------------5-3-2-|
|-3-----3---3-----3--------|-3-----3-----------------|
4/4
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2------||
|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5------------||
|-/3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3----------||
Verse 1
$
Bb F
Gtr I
H. Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|-3---------|
|-2-----------------------|--------------------------|-3----2----|
|----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2----|-3----3----|
|------5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------|-1----3----|
|-3------3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3--------|------1----|
S S S S E S S S S E Q
1.,2. 3.
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q 3x H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-3----5----|
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3----5----|
||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----5----|
||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|-----------|
1. 2.
N.C. Bb5 F5
S S S S E S S S S E Q S S S S E S S S S S S Q H H
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-----------|
||o------------------------|--------------------------o||-|-----------|
||-------------------------|---------------------------||-|-3---------|
||----3-----2---3-----2----|---3-----2---3-----2-2-----||-|-3----3----|
||o-----5---------5--------|-----5---------5----------o||-|-1----3----|
||--3-----3---3-----3------|-3-----3---3-----3---------||-|------1----|
N.C. Bb C
S S S S E S S S S E Q H H
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-3----5----|
|------------------------|-3----5----|
|---3-----2---3-----2----|-3----5----|
|-----5---------5--------|-1----3----|
|-3-----3---3-----3------|-----------|
N.C.
3/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------2---------|----------------5-4---------||
||----3-----5-3-0---3-------|----3-----5-3-0-----5-3-0---||
||o-----5-------------5-3-2-|------5--------------------o||
||--3-----3-----------------|-/3-----3-------------------||
Chorus 1
Bb F/A C/E G/D
4/4
Q +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-15--(15)-13-(13)-------13-|-------13-12-(12)----13p12-------|
|-15--(15)-14-(14)----14----|----12----12-(12)----------12----|
|-15--(15)-15-(15)-15-------|-14-------12-(12)-12----------12-|
|-13--(13)--0--(0)----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
D A/C# F C/G
E E E E E E +E +E Q +E E +Q S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-13--(13)---------------------|
|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)-|-14--(14)-12-(12)--14p12------|
|----16-------14--------------|-15--(15)-14-(14)--------14---|
|-17-------16-----------------|-15--(15)-15-(15)-------------|
|-----------------------------|-13--(13)-15-(15)-------------|
Bb F/A C/E G/D
Q +E E +S E. Q E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------------17----|---------------------------|
|-15--(15)-13-(13)---------------|-------13-12-(12)-13-12----|
|-15--(15)-14-(14)-15b17==(15)r--|----12------------------12-|
|-15--(15)-15-(15)---------------|-14------------------------|
|-13--(13)--0--(0)---------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
To Coda
D A/C# F C/G
1___/
E E E E E E +E +E Q E +S S +E +Q.
|------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)------------------||
|-------14-------14-(14)-(14)--|-14--14-(14)--12-(12)-(12)----||
|----16-------14---------------|-15--15-(15)--14-(14)-(14)----||
|-17-------16------------------|-15--15-(15)--15-(15)-(15)----||
|------------------------------|-13--13-(13)--15-(15)-(15)----||
Out-Chorus
Gtrs I, II
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E a T T T T S S S S +E T T T T T T T T T T S
|-(15)-15h17p15-------15-15-15------------15-----------------------------------|
|---------------17p15----------18b20-(18)----18p15-18-15h18-15h17-15-----------|
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