Merry Go Round, like a lot from All Shook Down, is in glorious and strange Open E. Tuneyour guitar(low to high) E B E G# B E.I'm just gonna show you Paul's part of the song, there's obviously two guitars. Slim'sis in standard tuning andhe's really responsible for laying down the chords...Paul's playing clusters of notesringing all around it,making it sweet. Not to mention that awesome main intro riff, which is amazing!If you pull the video for this song, you'll notice Paul is doing a weird claw thing withhis hand that looksweird. It wasn't just video-playin' around either; in all the Mats/Westerberg video I'veseen (Paul inSan Diego, '91 is a good one for this) he's doing something REALLY WEIRD with the intro.What is it? I havedeciphered!-7-4-2--3-2--7-4-2--4-0 (ring chord)---------------------------| -0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-3----------------------------------------| -8-5-3--5-3--9-5-3--5-4----------------------------------------| -0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------------------------------| -x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x--x-0----------------------------------------| -9-7-5--7-5--9-7-5--7-0----------------------------------------|>>>>>>>>>>>PLAY TWICE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Okay, weird, isn't it? The trick that I learned from watching Paul play it is use yourpinkie to hit the notes on the low E string. It cramps your first chord, but the otherswill be easier to play when you just have to stretch out your hand.Now we'll go over the verse chords....E A G#min C#min F#min-0- -0- -0- -0- -0-| -0- -0- -0- -0- -7-| -3- -3- -0- -8- -5-| -4- -4- -4- -9- -5-| -0- -5- -4- -9- -7-| -0- -5- -4- -9- -x-|Okay, on that A, you can play it like that or interchangablywith a barre over the E A and D strings...I think Paul plays it all chimey (and maj7-y)like this to get the ringing b's.,,OUCH MY HANDS. C#min, you should useyour SECOND finger to barre the EAD strings and catch the G string note with your FIRSTfinger. The F#min, use your 3rd and pinky for the '7' notes and your first barring theD and G strings.COMMENCE!E AHush was the first word you were taughtEand they watched you wear Athe clothes they claimed that they boughtG#min C#minthey brought you downF#min G#min-A (see note!)to watch the merry-go aroundNote! That G#-A thing is just a wee lil' riff----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| -4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------| -4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------| -4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------|E AIn fall, you knew how much it costEa trouble doll(see magic riff) Aaround your neck when you lostINTERJECTION - that 'around your neck' part, Paul does a suave little riff:0-0-------0-------0-----0--------0--------------------| 0-0-------0-------0-----0--------0--------------------| 3-5-------3-------1-----0--------5--------------------| 4-5-------4-------2-----0--------5--------------------| 0-0---------------0-----0--------5--------------------| 0-0---------------------0--------5--------------------|a-round your neck when you lostHE DOES THAT A FEW TIMES IN THE SONG WHEN THE SWITCHAROOS GOING 'ROUND...G#min C#minyou wouldn't make a soundF#min G#A riffbut I could hear your little heart pound-------------------------------------0------| -------------------------------------0------| -------------------------------------3------| -----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--4------| -----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--0------| -----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--0------|and I watched your feet slip off the groundThe lick that takes you from the chorus to the verse, I think Slim does? But you caneasily cop it in this tuning:----------------0-0-------------------------| ----------------0-0-------------------------| ----------------0-3-------------------------| ----------------0-4-------------------------| -------0--2-----0-0-------------------------| -0--4---------0-0-0-------------------------|And that's basically the song! Save for the bridge, right? Paul REALLY just tinkles away onthat, but the chords are basicallyBminoradd2 A-0- -0-|-0- -0-|-6- -5-|-5- -5-|-7- -5-|-7- -5-|Bminoradd2 Aand everybody thinks she's sickBminoradd2 Ashe's got two worlds she can pick(B-A riff)and she's sadThat B-A riff..he stops making the B a weird minor thing and just plays it like a 3note barreB-0--0--0--7--7--7-And you can hear in the song..how it goes 'twixt B and A until Slim's guitar solo.
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