From: Eka Suma
ha94sumae@wombat.admin.bhtafe.edu.au
Song: Fall of Because
Album: What`s THIS for! (1981)
Artist: Killing Joke
Composer: Killing Joke
Guitarist: Geordie Walker
This song uses the open string extensively to create an
echo/sliding effect.
INTRO RIFF (SOLO)
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0-------
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3-----
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4---
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4
||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------
||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------
1ST RIFF
* Thumb is used
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0-------
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3-----
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4---
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4
||--------|----------|----------|----------|----------
||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|----------
G G G
MAIN RIFF
! Third finger is used in conjunction with thumb
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0-------
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3-----
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4---
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4
||--------|-----!555-|------555-|------555-|----------
||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|----------
G G G
||----------|
||999-------|
||999-------| 4 TIMES THEN BACK TO MAIN RIFF
||999-------|
||777-------| (CHORUS)
||----000000|
E
REPEAT UNTIL END OF SONG
||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------
||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------
||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4----
||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4
||---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333-
G G G G
||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------
||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------
||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4----
||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4
||---------|-------555-|-------555-|-------555-|-------555-
||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333-
G G G G
Just drop me a line and let me know what you think. I transcribed
this song in a way that only appears logical, unless of course
Geordie decided to use different open tunings, which I doubt very much!
Happy strummin`
by Eka Suma
(ha94sumae@wombat.admin.bhtafe.edu.au)
