The Stranglers - Genetix

      
 
 The Stranglers - Genetix
 Tabbed By: Reecy
 Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com
 
 Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
 
 
 GENETIX

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 Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
 Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
 
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 drum intro with main riff:
 (listen to the recording for the rhythm)

 E-------------------------------
 B-------4-5------------8-8p5----
 G-----6-----6-------6--------6--
 D-5-7----------5-7--------------
 A-------------------------------
 E-------------------------------
 

 
 keyboards and bass enter (underlying chord is A):
 
 F              G    F G 
 See the little nuclei
 F                G    F    G 
 Bursting full of information
 
 A (main riff)
 
 E                 D   E   D 
 There's a need to regulate
 E                D         E     D 
 Bring it down to cells and plasma
 
 E (second riff):

 E----------------------------
 B----------------------------
 G-------3-4---------7-7p4----
 D-----6-----6-----6-------6--
 A-5-7---------5-7------------
 E----------------------------
 

 
 F                     G     F G 
 Tell you what they're gonna do
 F             G    F    G 
 Started doing it already
 
 A (main riff)
 
 E           D         E  D 
 Got to find something new
 E              D    E    D 
 Looking for it in genetix
 
 E (second riff)
 
 (as a sort of bridge, there is a kinda 'question and answer'
 section where the guitar plays a riff followed by the bass)

 E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 B-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 G-7-7p4---7p4---7p4---7--*bass*-|-7-7p4---7p4---7p4---7--*bass*-|
 D-------6-----6-----6----*bass*-|-------6-----6-----6----*bass*-|
 A-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 E------------------------------------------|
 B-15-15p12----15p12----15p12----15--*bass*-|
 G----------12-------12-------12-----*bass*-|
 D------------------------------------------|
 A------------------------------------------|
 E------------------------------------------|
 E----------------------------------|
 B-------15---------15---------15---|
 G-------12---------12---------12---|
 D-12-13-13---12-13-13---12-13-13---| <-- keep playing this riff for however
 A----------------------------------| long neccessary while the bass descends
 E----------------------------------|
 

 
 F           G       F   G 
 Found a new game to play
 F                 G      F   G 
 Think it's impossible to lose
 
 A (main riff)
 
 E                 D       E  D 
 Messing around at playing God
 E           D      E    D 
 Easy way to play genetix
 
 E (second riff)
 
 (question and answer section)
 
 <..theres now an outro bit where there's a bass solo, the rest of the instruments
 (especially the keyboards) jam on the two chord riff of the verses (F and G) and the
 guitar plays a little riff (not 100% sure about this one, though)..>
 
 F G 
   

 E--------------|
 B--------------|
 G--------------|
 D--------------|
 A------------2-|
 E-1--1-1-1-3---|
 

 
 <..after JJ has done his little bass solo, he plays a one note riff (which is just G),
 over which Hugh plays the following..>

 E-------------------|
 B-------------------|
 G-------------------|
 D-------------------| <- this is repeated a number of times before he follows the
 A--------------2--1-| bassline
 E-3--3-3--3-3-------|
 E------------------|
 B------------------|
 G------------------|
 D------------------|
 A------------------|
 E--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|
 

 
 G          F              Bb              A   C  D 
 Gene regulation, gene regulation, gene regulation
 
 (repeat the chord sequence: G F Bb A C D, over Hugh's "laws of Segragation" speech)
 
 Final outro chords:
 
 G F G Bb G Bb G F (x4)

 G F-F#-G F-F#-G F-F#-G
 

 
 Song ends on a keyboard chord of G, which gets slowed down to exactly an octave
 lower.