ADMIN: -> I sent this up several times today, please use this version:
PSYCHO KILLER by the Talking Heads
I lifted the chords from another 'tab' as they were ALMOST correct
(In the Bridge, he had a 'C' chord following the 'Bm', I am quite
sure that a 'G' should follow the 'Bm', not a 'C'. But that's
the only change I made to the chords from the other version).
The purpose of this tab is to give you some of the lead riffs
for the song.
Lots of stuff on this song starts on the last beat of a measure,
so the timing is quite important, but you'll figure it out.
= natural harmonic
^ = upstroke
~ = vibrato
Intro:
BASS BASS
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|----|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|----|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G ^ ^
e|--------||:5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-88888:||
B|--------||:5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-77777:||
G|--------||:---------------------------------:|| (2X)
D|--------||:---------------------------------:||
A|--------||:---------------------------------:||
E|--------||:---------------------------------:||
Over the verse, the lead just arpeggios an A7 chord,
(starts on the second beat, and the three note riff is played
3 times over two measures, just like this:
e||:----0---------0|--------0-----:||
B||:-------2-------|-2---------2--:||
G||:-0--------0----|----0---------:|| (4X)
D||:---------------|--------------:||
A||:---------------|--------------:||
E||:---------------|--------------:||
[A] I can't seem to face up to the facts [G]
[A] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax [G]
[A] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire [G]
[A] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire [G]
----> Over the chorus, you just play the chords...no lead
