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From: karpis@aol.com (KARPIS)
Date: 10 Jul 1995 02:16:07 -0400
"Horse" as recorded by the Jesus Lizard from their ablum DOWN
words and music the Jesus Lizard 1994
1994 Touch and Go records.
transcription by Eddie Rivas
Here's another Jesus Lizard song, this one is even easier than Slaveship
and just as much fun to play.
chords you need to know:
B5 A5 G5 E5 or E5
(ii) F#
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
x244xx x022xx 355xxx 022xxx x799xx 244322
D5
EADGBe
x577xx
Start with the chord progresion as shown:
B, A, G, E
Next comes the following: (sort of like the chords but only playing the
fifth and adding "b"
e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G----4----4----4-----4--------|
D---4----2--------------------|
A-2----0-----5-----2----------|
E------------3-----0----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jesus_lizard/horse_tab.html ]
Then comes:
B B D B F# F# A F# BB D B F#F# A F#
B B D B
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-4-4---7--4------------2---------4-4---7--4---------2-------4-4--7--4-----|
D-4-4---7--4----4--4---2--4------4-4---7--4---4-4--2--4----4-4--7--4-------|
A-2-2---5--2----4--4---0--4------2-2---5--2---4-4--0--4----2-2--5--2-------|
E-----------------2--2------2---------------------2-2-----2----------------|
|
After this we have :
F# (x7) F# (x7)
e-4-4-4-4-4--2--------4-4-4-4--2------------|
B-4-4-4-4-4--2--------4-4-4-4--2------------|
G-1-1-1-1-1--3--------1-1-1-1--3------------|
D--------------4------------------4---------|
A--------------4------------------4---------|
E---------------2------------------2--------|
That's the whole song, as usual Duane using the simplest things and making
them sound really cool.
email me if you like this band :)
"Just when you're about to learn how to smile again I'm going to be the
one who teaches you how to cry"
elegy, the Jesus Lizard
karpis@aol.com
hrivas@calstatela.edu