Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Chords & Tabs

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures - 1979

Tracklisting -

1. Disorder
2. Day Of The Lords
3. Candidate
4. Insight
5. New Dawn Fades
6. She’s Lost Control
7. Shadowplay
8. Wilderness
9. Interzone
10. I Remember Nothing


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			     Disorder - Joy Division
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

After the bass intro the guitar comes in.

This riff is used throughout the verse 1 and 2 in the song.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----10----10-----10---10-------10------10------10----10----10--------------|
D|-8-----8-----8------8------8-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------8------8--------8----8------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The solo that is repeated twice in the song is...

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8---10v---8--10--8---10---8--10QB---8-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

X2

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--8-8-8-7--8--7--8---8--7---7--8--7--8--10-10-10-10----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

On the final verse the guitar goes...(Approx of guitar strums)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10---12--12--12--12--12-----14-14--14--14--14-----------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--8---10--10--10--10--10-----12-12--12--12--12-----------------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8---10--10--10--10--10-----12-12--12--12--12-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro is just that final chord repeated =]

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			     Day of the Lords - Joy Division
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

“Joy Division at their most heavy metal sounding” - Joy Division and
The Making of Unknown Pleasures

Intro

e|----0-0-0----0--0----0--repeated with bass line--------|
B|----5-5-5----5--5----5---------------------------------|
G|--4--------4------4------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5---5---5-5---5---5-5---repeated with bass line--------------------------|
G|----4---4-----4---4-----4--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is at the end of the intro and is also the Verse riff
e|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------2--2-----2---2---2---2----------------------------------------------|
E|-0~~~-----0-------3---3---3---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
            Palm mute this E5 and listen to song for number of downstrokes

Chorus section (Listen to song for exact number of strums)
e|-------------------------0--------|
B|-------------------------0--------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5--x--------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5--2--------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3--2--------|
E|-------------------------0--------|

Solo:

Tremelo pick these chords (maybe put a bit of delay in there too! =])

e|--7--6--4------|
B|--8--7--5------|
G|--7--6--4------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Verse Riff again

Really accentuate that last E chord

e|-------0----------------------------------------0-----|
B|-------0----------------------------------------0-----|
G|-------x----------------------------------------1-----|
D|-------2----------------------------------------2-----|
A|-------2--2-----2---2---2---2-------------------2-----|
E|-0~~~-----0-------3---3---3---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---0-----|


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			     Candidate - Joy Division
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Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Unfortunately, there is no guitar on this track. There is, however, a guitar playing 
then using a tremolo to get an atmospheric sound.

e|---------------------------|
B|--8 (dip with tremolo)-----|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

And live he played this along to the bass line...

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

And tremolo dips this cord instead:

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

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			     Insight - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

This whole tab is obviously Bass arranged for guitar. All Barney does
in this song is palm mute every now and again a F#5 (244xxx), and plays
the crazy synthesiser solo.

Intro/Verse riffs

E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
A|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
E|--------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-10-10-9--9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-----|
A|-9--9--8--8--7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-----|
E|--------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7---7---9--9----5---5--5--5-5-5-|
A|-5---5---7--7----3---3--3--3-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------|


Here’s the riff played behind the synth solo...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------14-14-14-------14-14-14--------14-14-14----|
D|-/12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--10h-12-12-12-10h12-12-12-12--10h12-12-12-12----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14-14-14-14--10-10--12-12--14-14-14-14--------14-14-14--------14-14-14---|
D|--12-12-12-12---8--8--10-10--12-12-12-12--10h12-12-12-12--10h12-12-12-12---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------14-14-14---14~------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10h12-12-12-12---12~------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then start at the verse again...smashin’ song =]


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			     New Dawn Fades - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

A few bars of drum n bass then...

Intro

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----2---3---5-----7--5---3-5-----7--5---3--2---3--0---------------------|

X2

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0-2v---0--0-2--0-2-----------------------------------------------------|

X4

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--7-9v---7--7-9--7-9-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

X 4

The next clean guitar part is just randomly picking at the chords that
correspond to the bass line. These chords to be exact ;)

    E   D   C   A

e|------2---0---0-----|
B|--9---3---1---2-----|
G|--9---2---0---2-----|
D|--9---0---2---2-----|
A|--7-------3---0-----|
E|--------------------|

Then the chords are played just once after the interlude (Which is just
The randomly picked chords) with distortion and let ring

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-9-----7------5--------------------|
G|-9-----7------5-----6--------------|
D|-9-----7------5-----7--------------|
A|-7-----5------3-----7--------------|
E|-0------------------5--------------|

Then the guitar solo...this is the “jist” of it actually...it’s just
These two parts played differently a few times...then the outro

e|----------------|------------------|
B|----------------|------------------|
G|-9--11---9------|-9--11--9--12v----|
D|------------9v--|------------------|
A|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|------------------|

Outro:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9----11--12---14---16--14---12--14----16--14--12--11--12--9--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

X 2

And that’s the end of the most emotionally charged Joy Division song...ever!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joy_division/unknown_pleasures_tab.html ]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		     She’s Lost Control - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006
Email:

Tuning: Standard

This song is build around 2 chord progressions...

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---Play this twice-------|--|
G|--4-4--x--6-6-6--x--7--7-7--x--9--9--9--x-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|--|
D|--5-5--x--7-7-7--x--8--8-8--x--10-10-10-x-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--|
A|--5-5--x--7-7-7--x--8--8-8--x--10-10-10-x-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--|
E|--3-3--x--5-5-5--x--6--6-6--x--8--8--8--x-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---Play this twice-------|--|
G|--4-4--x--6-6-6--x--7--7-7--x--9--9--9--x-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--|
D|--5-5--x--7-7-7--x--8--8-8--x--10-10-10-x-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--|
A|--5-5--x--7-7-7--x--8--8-8--x--10-10-10-x-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--|
E|--3-3--x--5-5-5--x--6--6-6--x--8--8--8--x-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--|

That is, virtually the whole song. There is a point where the 2 guitars
That are panned oppositely go out of time and it appears that
It plays the ascending riff for the whole 4 bars, so if you record this song,
Be sure to do that.

Here’s the outro solo...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12-12-10-12-12-10-12-12-12-10-etc-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			     Shadowplay - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard


Here are the basic riffs of the song and the solos...]

Intro (After the bass)

E|--0---0--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0---0--0--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---9--9--9\5---------------------5/7---------------------------------|
D|--9---9--9--9\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7---------------------------------|
A|--7---7--7--7\3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-2-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
               Pm....................

Verses...

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-----2--|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5--2--2--|
E|--------------------------------0--0--|X2
Pm............................
e|--------------------------------0------|
B|--------------------------------0------|
G|--------------------------------9--9-9-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7--9--9-9-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5--7--7-7-|
E|--------------------------------0--0-0-|
Pm..............................

Occasionally in the song and live versions, that E (079900) is this chord

e|-12-----|
B|-12-----|
G|-12-----|
D|-14-----|
A|--------|
E|--------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-----2--|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5--2--2--|
E|--------------------------------0--0--|
Pm............................

Solo

First Solo:

e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|----------7-------7Qb---------------|
d|----7/9-------9--------9--7---9-----|
a|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|


e|--------------------------------------------|
b|-----7h10p7---------------------------------|
g|-------------9b11r9--7-----7------7---------|
d|------------------------9------9------9--7--|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---9\7---9----9-9--9--9--9--9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7--9-8-7-0------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|x2

e|-----------|
g|-----------|
d|-----------|
a|-----------|
e|---7\0-----|

2nd Solo

e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
g|----------7-------7Qb---------------|
d|----7/9-------9--------9--7---9-----|
a|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|


e|--------------------------------------------|
b|-----7h10p7---------------------------------|
g|-------------9b11r9--7-----7------7---------|
d|------------------------9------9------9--7--|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---9\7---9----9-9--9--9--9--9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7--9-8-7-0------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|x2

e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------7--|
d|---------------7---/9--9-9-9----7---9---7---9---9-----|
a|---7--7---7-7-----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------7-----7------7------------------|
g|-7-----7-----7---9---9b11--9b11 9b11r9--7-7--7--7---7--7-|
d|-----9----9---------------------------------9-----9------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|

Then just play around over the 9 and 7 fret..>I’m too lazy to tab the rest =]

It ends on E

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			     Wilderness - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

Guitar comes in after the bass slides and the drums kick in

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-7--x-3-3-x--5-5-5----|
D|-7--x-3-3-x--5-5-5----|
A|-5--x-1-1-x--3-3-3----|
E|----------------------|

Bass slides again and then you play this chord (Don’t let it ring)

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|--5--5---|
D|--5--5---|
A|--3--3---|
E|---------|

The verse riff is just the intro riff again


e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-7--x-3-3-x--5-5-5----|
D|-7--x-3-3-x--5-5-5----|
A|-5--x-1-1-x--3-3-3----|
E|----------------------|

Then the break again...

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|--5--5---|
D|--5--5---|
A|--3--3---|
E|---------|

This continues until the solo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5h-7-x-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-5h7-x-7-x-7-x-7-7-Etc-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Next part of solo repeated a few times...

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--5------------|
E|-----6---3v----|

Pretty easy song =]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			     Interzone - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Gallagher2006

Tuning: Standard

Intro/Verse riff...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5/-7--5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
D|-5/-7--5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
A|-3/-5--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Break before verse...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7b9r7--5----5------------7b9r7--5-----5----------------------------------|
D|------------7----7-----7-------------7----7----7---------------------------|
A|--------------------0----0------------------0----0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse for a bit then the break comes again


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5/-7--5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
D|-5/-7--5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
A|-3/-5--3---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7b9r7--5----5------------7b9r7--5-----5----------------------------------|
D|------------7----7-----7-------------7----7----7---------------------------|
A|--------------------0----0------------------0----0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-7b9--5--------------5-7-5-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-------7-7-7-7-7-7-etc-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge section...

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---Etc---------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pm........................

Pretty much all there is to it

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			     I Remember Nothing - Joy Division
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This song is just completely keyboard and this being played every now and again
By Ian

e|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3----------|
G|---------------------------2----------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

As with the actual band, I shall leave this epic masterpiece up to you
To improve over. The song is in the key off “D” and uses sparsely placed
Notes throughout.