The Wildhearts - Sick of drugs
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Tuning:
Right, here we have a cool song, but tune down half a step or it
will sound very very very wrong. All notation is relative to the
tuning and no responsibility can be taken for badly tuned guitars.
** Public Announcement Over **
"This is our new single, it's out on Monday. Buy it as an Easter present
for someone... put us in the realms of the Bluetones and Pulp. We
wanna be ***ing pop stars!" - Ginger, Sound City 1996
INTRO RIFF
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NB: when playing this, lock yer first finger on the 7th fret and only fret
the other strings when they need to be sounded.
This is played 4 times and then a second guitar plays A, E, D barre chords
over it in a clean(ish) tone. This is done twice before you let rip and riff
the chords over the intro. Now the verses...
A7Waking E7up with an 8.2
When it A7seemed like the easiest thing to do
When somD7eone said "here's one for you!"
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A7Mouth's E7so dried and I just spit ash
There's a holA7e in my pocket full of wasted cash
But it's aD7ll right, it was just back stash
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D7 C#7 D7 C#7 D7 C#7 D7 G#7 A7 A#7 (quick progression)
"Jump inside", he said, I tried,
"B7I nevA#7er met B7a juA#7nkie B7that IA#7 didn't lB7ike",
A7Said he
And E7who am I to disagree?
Chorus
(Oh,) D7how caA7n you staE7y when youA7're 60 million miles away?
D7How can A7you fly wheC#7n you're home free?
AndD7(/oh) how caA7n you feelE7 when yourA7 mind's made up like a will of steel?
D7How can A7you deaC#7l in your dreams?
C#m7Sick Bm7 of A7ecstasy
// the rest of the song follows the chord sequences used above
// it's a question of listening to the record (sic)
Kicked in bad and you got too low
To be down in a company you don't know
Said "Come on in got a right good blow"
Yeah, talking, talking the hole's clear
Until a guy with a goatee on a touch of beer
Which went round the room like diahorea
Bored with this, I'm bored with that
I'm stuck in bed alone with a-you know what
Notice
With your heart beating outta your chest
Chorus
Sick of LSD
Chorus x2
Sick of (certain kinds of) drugs are we
There you go!