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Psycho Killer
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ARTIST: Talking Heads
ALBUM: Talking Heads: 77
YEAR: 1977
tabbed by : pp1pete
Difference from other tabs
[full, correct lyrics - English and French - and chords
[correct rubric
[full song
CAPO: 0
TUNING: Standard
TEMPO: 115
---INTRO---
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||-------------------|---------------------------|
G||-------------------|---------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||--5x--5x--5x--5x---|--5x--5x--5-0-3------------|
repeat 6x
add on third pass
G/A
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||---12--------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fourth pass
G6/A
e||---12--------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fifth and sixth pass
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
---VERSE 1---
A7 G
e||------0-------0----|-------0------------------|
B||---2------------2--|----------2------0--------|
G||--------0--0-------|----0------------0--------|
D||-------------------|-------------2------------|
A||-0-----------------|--0-----------------------| x each line
E||-------------------|--------------------------|
A7 G
I can't seem to face up to the facts
A7 G
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
A7 G
I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire
A7 G
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way Ah oohhh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ooooh
A7 G x2
or
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7-7--------------| x2
A||------------------|---------------------------|
E||------------------|---------------------------|
---VERSE 2---
A7 G
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
A7 G
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
A7 G
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
A7 G
Say something once, why say it again
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay
---BRIDGE---
( first two lines)
Bm G
e||------------------|------------------------------|
B||------------------|------------------------------|
G||------------------|------------------------------|
D||-4-2-0------------|--5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-------------|
A||--------4-2-0-2-4-|------------------------------|
E||------------------|------------------------------|
Bm G
Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir là (What I did that night)
Bm C
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là (What she said that night)
A
Réalisant mon espoir (Realizing my hopes)
G
Je me lance vers la gloire (I rush towards glory)
A G
Okay
A G
Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yah
A G
We are vain and we are blind
A G
I hate people when they're not polite
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oooh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
---ENDING---
Layer these in order depending on how many players you have - (recording goes 25 measures )
A A A A A A A Em G
e||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---0--3-------|
B||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--3-------|
G||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--0-------|
D||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---2--0-------|
A||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---2--2-------|
E||--------------------|--------------0--3-------|
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
e||--------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------------|
E||--5--5------5--5----|--5--5----5---0--3--------|
Chorus Alt/Bass Part first line
F G
e||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|
D||-3-------3-------5-------7-------|
A||-----5-3-----5-3-----7-5-----7-5-|
E||---------------------------------|
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/talking_heads/psycho_killer_chords_1748681