Kings X - Lost In Germany Chords & Tabs

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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 22:36:06 -0600
From: A Dude 
Subject: Re: TAB: Lost in Germany by King's X

"Lost in Germany" by King's X

    From the Album: King's X
        Written by: D. Pinnick, T. Tabor, J. Gaskill, and S. Taylor
            Tab by: John Myers

    Note:
      1) The E string is tuned down to D
      2) This song has many portions that are "muffled" (or "heavily
         damped") as well as pull-offs, hammer-ons, & slides. I have
         not tried to included all of those things here. If I did, I
         would  probably only get it wrong. Use your best judgement...
      3) I have tried to show timing under each tab. If you know
         the song, you probably won't need it, but I included it anyway
         for the "timing" nit-pickers (of which I am a charter member)
      4) If you use the tab, find it helpful, find something wrong, etc,
         send an email to: myers@airmail.net  Feedback is appreciated.

Main Riff (Intro & Chorus)

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-----6---7-6-------------------|-------7-6-----------------------|
D|-5-----5-------7---7-----------5-|-----------7---7---------0-------|
A|-0-----0---------5---5-4---4-5---|---7---------5---5-4-0---0-------|
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------------------0-0-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Verse

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------6-|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-------5-7-5-7---5-7-----|-------5-7-----5-7-6-5---7-------|
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------6-|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-------5-7-5-7---5-7-----|-------5-7---------------0-0-----|
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-5-------3-------0-----|
D|---------------------------------|-----------5-------3-------0-----|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

PreChorus

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|---------2-4---------------------|
D|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|---------2-4---------------------|
A|-2-------------2---------4-------|-----------------2-------------2-|
D|-2-------------2---------4-------|-----------------2-------------2-|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-4-2-4---2-----4---------2-4-----|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|
D|-4-2-4---0-----4---------2-4-----|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|
A|---------0-----------------------|-0-------------0---------2-------|
D|---------------------------------|-0-------------0---------2-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------2-4---------------------|-4-2-4---------4-------0---------|
D|---------2-4---------------------|-4-2-4---------4-----------0-----|
A|-----------------4-------------4-|---------5-----------------------|
D|-----------------4-------------4-|---------5---------5-------------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Main Riff (alt)

Coming out of the second verse/PreChorus, the main riff is played
4 times, with several different notes being used in the third pass.
The third pass is shown here (with the differences highlighted as *)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kings_x/lost_in_germany_tab_ver_2.html ]
             *******************
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-----6-------------------------|-------7-6-----------------------|
D|-5-----5---7-6-7-6-5-----------5-|-----------7---7---------0-------|
A|-0-----0-------------7-5-4-5-7---|---7---------5---5-4-0---0-------|
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------------------0-0-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Bridge (or "other part", depending on your musical knowledge & prowess)

I broke the bridge into two levels of complexity. This way, the less
dexterous guitar player can focus on the melody (bass) line before
attempting to add the "fill" notes.


Bridge: type a) this part shows just the promenant melody line)

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|
A|---------------------3-------2---|---------------------3-----------|
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------1-3-----------------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------3-------2---|---------------------------------|
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------------------3-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .


Bridge: type b) this part shows all the notes

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------3----------3--------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------0-------------0-------|-------------------0-----0-------|
D|-----0---------------------------|---------0-------------------0---|
A|---------------------3-------2---|-------1-------------3-----------|
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------1-3-----------------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------3----------3--------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------0-------------0-------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0---------------------------|-------------------------3-------|
A|---------------------3-------2---|-------------------------3-------|
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------------------3-------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .

Main Riff (alt)

The Main Riff at the end of the song has a slight variation every other
time (the 2nd and 4th) time it is played. It is shown below (with the
differences highlighted as *)
                                               **********************
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7-----6---7-6-------------------|-------7-6-----------------------|
D|-5-----5-------7---7-----------5-|--------------------------0------|
A|-0-----0---------5---5-4---4-5---|---7-------5-------3------0------|
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------5-------3------0------|
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .


Lyrics:

Verse:     Moving in a bus too close for comfort
           Listening to all the gibberish around me
           wonder! How much longer can I stand it
           Looking for a phone I cannot find

PreChorus: Ohh woe is me
           Like a politician in disguise
           You know I had to look you in the eyes
           and smile
           While I crawled another mile in

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany

Verse:     Swimming in an ocean of your feelings
           Counting every moment go one by one
           Laughing to keep from crying out in anger
           Praying that i can make it through this night

PreChorus: Ohh woe is me
           It was like a never ending week
           But I learned to turn the other cheek
           and smile
           While I ran for one more mile in

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany
           Germany, lost in Germany

Verse:     Shooting at a target that eludes me
           Hammering on a nail that just won't go in
           Biting on a tongue that wants to speak out
           Searching for a light that I can shine


PreChorus: Ohh woe is me
           But now I have crossed that borderline
           and I wonder if I'll ever find
           your hand
           `Cause I did not understand in

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany
           Germany, lost in Germany

Well... that's it.

I know that I haven't included all the pull-offs, slides, hammer-ons,
etc, but I think that the notes and timings are all fairly accurate.

Enjoy, Good Luck, & remember... Always pillage BEFORE you burn!
John Myers

If you use the tab, let me know what you think: myers@airmail.net