Song: Black Girls Artist: Violent Femmes Album: Hallowed Ground Guitar transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu> Bass transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu> and <therapy@student.adelaide.edu.au> Intro: drums bass enters Bass Line Am Em AmEmEm
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-0-------0-----|
E|-----0-----0-3-|
guitar and horns enter Guitar: (play with bass line before each line of Verse) Am Em Am Em Em Am Verse 1: I dig the black girls, oh so much more than the white girls I was so pleased to learn they were faster yeah guess guess guess guess guess who I'm after Along comes little faggot white boy Said look, look, look first kind of joy They come around so queer and quiet but inside rebel and riot Shall I dig the white boys so much more that the black boys I was so pleased to learn they're not smarter Go on, give, give, give it to me harder, harder, harder, just say harder Solo: 1:32 scale up:
G:|--------|--------|
D:|--------|------4-|
A:|0-2-3-5-|7-5-7---|
E:|--------|--------|
1:34 !scales 1:42 main solo pattern:
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|7-55----|7-55----|7-55----|5-------| 2 times
A:|------7-|------7-|------7-|--7-8-7-|
E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
1:49 !scales 2:05 main solo down an octave thing (ie: similar to verse):
G:|--------|
D:|--------|
A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-| 2:13 down and up scale right after:
G:|----------------|----------------|
D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-|
A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---|
E:|----------------|----------------|
2:17 <guitar> 2:18 <bass> guitar and bass alternate. bass plays:
G:|--------|
D:|----2-0-| 4 times
A:|0-2-----|
E:|--------|
2:25 jazz thing
G:|--------| --------|
D:|7-5-----|77-5-----| 4 times
A:|----8-7-| ----8-7-|
E:|--------| --------|
{horns - trumpet comes in during the middle of the bit above} 2:33 scale down and up, i think guitar also plays this.
G:|----------------|----------------|
D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-| 2 times
A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---|
E:|----------------|----------------|
2:41 low octave (guitar is playing a jazzy riff here and is loudest instrument. not sure bass is playing, but if it is, it is this).
G:|--------|
D:|--------|
A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-| 2:49 main solo pattern (I can't really tab the timing properly here, so have gaps to indicate it's kinda fast in those bits :^)):
G:|-- ------|--------|--------|
D:|7-77755----|7-55----|7-55----|
A:|-- ----7-|------7-|------7-|
E:|-- ------|--------|--------|
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|7-55----|
A:|--------|------7-|------7-|------7-|
E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|7-55----|
A:|--------|------7-|------7-|------7-|
E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|5-------|
A:|--------|------7-|------7-|--7-5-7-|
E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
3:04 !low scales # # {jew's harp} # this part is where I'm fuzziest: # there are a lot of Am scale patterns # being played at different octaves with scales to high A # some bends and slides...
G:|----------------| # the pattern here is played at about 3:12
D:|--------------4-| # and 3:19 with varying slides...
A:|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---| ???? #
E:|----------------| #
3:28 low octave
G:|--------|
D:|--------|
A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-| 3:36 main solo
G:|--------|
D:|7775----|
A:|------7-| 3 times
E:|--------|
G:|--------|
D:|7-55----|
A:|------7-|
E:|--------|
3:42 down and up scale
G:|----------------|----------------|
D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-| 2 times
A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---|
E:|----------------|----------------|
3:46 !scale things which are played earlier on the song as well... !ending thing? # I had something for this, but it isn't really right... "my bit" <:^)> of the solo ends at 3:59, going into what Wes Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu> says are bass chords from 3:59.5 to 4:13.5: 3:59 4:01
G|-14-------14-14----14-----12----12----14--------|
D|-14-------14-14----14-----12----12----14--------| (horns)
A|-12-------12-12----12-----10----10----12--------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 4:03 4:05
G|-14---------14-----14---\---17----17----14------|
D|-14---------14-----14---\---17----17----14------| (conch shell)
A|-12---------12-----12---\---15----15----12------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 4:07 4:09
G|-14-14-14----14-14-14----12-12-12----14--------|
D|-14-14-14----14-14-14----12-12-12----14--------| (jaw harp)
A|-12-12-12----14-14-14----10-10-10----12--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 4:11 4:13
G|-14^------14^------14^------14^------14^--------|
D|-14^------14^------14^------14^------14^--------| (horns followed
A|-12^------12^------12^------12^------12^--------| by guitar solo)
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Good Luck :) Verse 2: (drums only) You know I love the Lord of hosts the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost I was so pleased to learn that he's inside me In my time of trouble he will hide me (other instruments enter) I dig the black girls I dig the black girls I dig the black girls I dig the black girls
Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/violent_femmes/hallowed_ground/black_girls.txt