Well after lurking for a few weeks on t'net I thought I ought to give aswell as take. So here's my first post.After the post about a week ago asking for Tom Verlaine / Televisiontabs, I thought I'd better get my guitar out and actually write down someof the songs I play along to. Unfortunately a lot of these tend to beincomplete, but I managed to get pretty much all of Mars from the triff'n' brill last album. Anyway, here goes:'Mars' by Television, from their eponymous third album.I haven't bothered with the solo - if you know the songyou'll appreciate why it would be fairly pointless totranscribe it. When I last saw them (in the Town & Countryclub as it was then) they didn't play this - WHY NOT?, butTom Verlaine used a knife for a bit of the solo on Rocket. Heheld it at one end, and wiggled it so the other end whizzed back& forth across the strings - makes a good racket & would besuitable for this song, methinks. Doesn't wreck your strings tofast, either, unless you turn it round and start sawing atthem (which also sounds good). Anyway, on with the song (inwhich I'm sure there are tons of mistakes - any correctionsgratefully accepted)...There are 2 main bits; the verse is based around an E D C# Bprogression (I think), but playing those chords sounds a bitweird.The chorus is 4 repeats of G G G Em Am C B7, with the last B7ringing out for a bar, big and wobbly.There are 3 chunks to this transcription; the intro, theverse and the chorus. The intro is virtually the same as theverse; the end of each bar is different:(Intro):e-|--------------------|--------------------| B-|--------------------|--------------------| G-|--------------------|--------------------| D-|----------------5-4-|------------------4-| A-|----------4-3-2-----|----------4-3-2-----| E-|-0------3-----------|-0------3-------3---|(Verse): (Repeat this 4 times for each verse)e-|-------------------------------| B-|-------------------------------| G-|-------------------------------| D-|-------------------------------| A-|----------------4-3-2----------| E-|-0-----------3----------3-2----|| |(Verse Bass) ||E D C# B |G-|-------|-------|-------|-------| D-|---5---|---5---|---5---|-------| A-|-7---7-|-5---5-|-4---4-|-------| E-|-------|-------|-------|-3-2---|(Chorus) - the bass just follows the main chords here:I play the chords open - they're not actually done like that,but it's too complicated for me to work out. A second guitarplaying the same chords further up the neck would improve it.G G G G Em Am C B7e-|-3-3-3-3-0---------------------------| B-|-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-------1-----| G-|-0-0-0-0-0-----------2---2-------0---| D-|-0-0-0-0-2---------2-------2---------| A-|-2-2-2-2-2-------0-----------3-----2-| E-|-3-2-2-2-0---2-3---------------------|^-^-these 2 dampedRepeat this 4 times, and let the last B7 ring out, long &loud.And here's how you put them all together:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^(No apologies made for the lyrics, & I'm sure they're well wrong anyway)(Intro)(Verse 1) (4 x Verse part)Guess I need some educationGrab some whilst I have the chance to freeTwice upon a time hear yea hear yea hear yeaPlastic bow wow no can't remember... can't remember No.....!(Chorus) (4 x chorus part)In my arms she's warm and smoothAll the bones in heaven will...I'm just a dipstick yes I like that frying but...That cop, that cop, hey! that cop's fromThat cop's from MARS! Aaaaaaough babyHa. Mars. Mars(Verse 2) (4 x Verse part)Fried bones, in the air (?????who knows, it might be right)Fried bones, everywhereHot bones, made of lightSomeone's pulled my skin on my, on my oh Oh OH(Chorus) (4 x chorus part)......I'm just a dipstick searching for truth.........(Solo) (4 x Verse part)(Verse 3) (4 x Verse part)Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling time again time againMust have some coffee Let's have some caw-feeI die a coupla times for youI die a coupla times a night for you, Aaaaaargh(Chorus) (4 x Chorus part)(Chorus) (4 x Chorus part)Finally after the last B7 of the last bit of the chorus,end with a REALLY BIG trembly EMaj7--
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