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This came over recently; I've just converted it to ChordPro.
In loading it up, I realized I've lost the attribution to the person
who originally wrote this up; I'm sorry.
{t:Psycho Killer}
{st:Talking Heads}
{c:Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:}
{sot}
(A) |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
(E) |-----------------------0--3--|
{eot}
#{Then comes seven beats of A and one beat of G, played twice.}
#{You can emphasize these any way you like, really--I usually play}
#{the A's as a lock-step march, then do a kind of jangle with the G.}
[A7] [G] [A7] [G]
#{Hit the G's hard, then immediately get soft on the A's}
[A7] I can't seem to face up to the facts. [G] [A7] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax.[G]
[A7] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire; [G] [A7] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire. [G]
{soc}
[F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est
[Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
[F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
[F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est
[Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
[F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
Oh oh oh [F] oh [G] ay ay ay ay ay
{eoc}
{c:As intro}
[A7] [G] [A7] [G]
[A7] You start a conversation, you can't even finish; [G] [A7] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. [G]
[A7] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [G] [A7] Say something once, why say it again [G]
{c:Chorus}
#{There is a four-note descending bass riff over the Bm and C, played
#twice in each key, but I try to keep it simple during periods when
#my hands and mouth have to move at the same time. :) }
[Bm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [C] la [Bm]Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [C] la
[A] Realisant mon espoir [G]Je me lance, vers la gloire
[A] Okay [G] [A] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [G]
[A] We are vain and we are blind [G] [A] I hate people when they're not polite [G]
{c:Chorus}
[A7] [G] [A7] [G]
{c:Alternative Verse:}
[A7] I passed out hours ago [G] [A7] I'm sadder than you'll ever know [G]
[A7] I close my eyes on this sunny day [G] [A7] Say something once, why say it again [G]
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Joe Hartley - jh@cadre.com - Cadre Technologies, Inc.
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