TV on the Radio - Playhouses

      

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 PLAYHOUSES - TV On the Radio

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 Tabbed by: In Effigy
 
 Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
 
 Most of what you hear on TV On the Radio records comes from MPC's, synths and
 Dave's strange recording techniques. I'm trying my best to translate what they
 do on the record onto regular ol' electric guitar. They do it better than I do
 (if you've ever seen them live, you know what I'm talking about), so bare with
 me.
 
 Intro/Interlude Chords
 
 E F# 
   

 e|---| e|---|
 B|---| B|---|
 G|---| G|---|
 

 D|---| D|-4-|
 A|-2-| A|-4-|
 E|-0-| E|-2-|
 
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 For this riff, just crank the distortion and play these notes as fast as *
 you can. *
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 Riff 1

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|22222222222/5555555/777777/5/222222222-------------------------------------|
 

 "what your coy smile exposes..." etc.
 
 Riff 2 (1:20 - 1:34)

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 E|222222222222222/555555/777777/121212121212/9/777777/999999/12121212/9/77777|
 "so for whoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."
 
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 For this riff, you play the same thing as Riff 1 , except you add in the *
 B string on the same fret. Crank up the reverb and pick these really *
 fast to get the desired sound. I like to play them with my middle finger *
 on the E and my ring finger on the B. Here's an example of the chords. *
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  Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tv_on_the_radio/playhouses_tab.html  
 
 Riff 3

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-2---5---7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|-2---5---7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 F# A B 
    
 Riff4 (Ending Riff)

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|2-2-2-2/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/5/2~~~---------------------------------------------|
 

 
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 Note: These intro/interlude chords sound best if you pick them rapidly. *
 Although, you could just strum them and let them sustain. Either *
 way is fine, it's entirely up to you. *
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 E (00:00 - 00:05)
 
 F#         E 
  Playhouses
 F#                      E   
  Swept away by the river now
 F#         E 
  Confounded
 F#               
  Sound it out now
 
 (No guitar 00:32 - 00:46)
 
 Vodka cran in your hand
 and whose little girl are you now
 Oh i'd ask for this dance
                                               RIFF 1 BEGIN 
 but i know you'd play like you don't know how 
 
 What your coy smile exposes
 A recent memory of when we shit our bed of roses
 
 And i know the moon above is shining down
 But not for our love
 so for who?
 
 RIFF 2 BEGIN 
 
 
 so for who?
 
 RIFF 3 BEGIN 
 
 
 Beneath the cigarettes and sugar shit of alcohol breath
 i can taste the ocean on your tounge
 Remember when we sat on the sidewalk of your old block
 Against the wall under the stars
 Talking about love's meaning
 Well, i wasn't dreaming
 
 I meant every word
 Just didn't know your demons
 
 RIFF 2 BEGIN 
 
 Do you know mine, babe?
 Are we wasting time, babe?
 
 RIFF 2 END 
 
 
 E 
  
 F#         E 
  Playhouses
 F#          E 
  Haunted by 
 F#             E 
  Broken spirits
 F#                     E 
  Just trying to get high
 
 RIFF 3 BEGIN 
 
 
 Well we chose the course but
 The weather changed
 and the river froze
 And when it thawed it was running
 Backwards and dry now
 I suppose it's appropriate to cry now
 
 Over wasted time
 And naked lies
 Still get wasted sometime
 
 RIFF 4 
 
 
 End with feedback/bends/reverb on the F# chord described in Riff 3.
 
 | / slide up
 | \ slide down
 | h hammer-on
 | p pull-off
 | ~ vibrato
 | + harmonic
 | x Mute note
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