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PSA (BAD DAY)
Chords by: Mark Bettis (JJY515@mgvax.ulst.ac.uk)
Notes:
Verse: The F C Bb hammer on the chords you can do the Peter buck
jangles using these chord shapes but he goes back to F from Bb before
Beginning the next F C Bb progression.
Chorus: Use strummed chords, not Buck-esque jangles, and unlike the verse
section, the Bb's do go jangle back to F before beginning the next F C Bb
phrase
{Intro}: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
F (hammer-on) C Bb
A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
F C Bb
I bade it nevermind, go away.
F C
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
Bb F C Bb
the paper wouldn't lie, wisdom got lost to mankind, we gloat and jeer with it
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret)
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
C Bb A(5th) C
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
F C Bb
Radio no, play the game, three words, first one short,
F C Bb
magazine, book, cinema, N - O - down,
F C Bb
many fears are gone, step down, step down,
F C Bb
watch a heel crush, ah this means war
F C Bb (x2)
F C Bb
I saw the light, it can't be right
F C Bb
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret)
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
C Bb A(5th) C
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
{Chorus}:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rem/psa_tab.html ]
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please
{Break}: D(5th) C(3rd) E(7th) D(5th)
D(5th) C(3rd) E(7th) D(5th)
Bb(6th) A(5th) C(8th)
F C Bb
A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
F C Bb
I bade it nevermind, go away.
F C
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
Bb F C Bb
the paper wouldn't lie, wisdom got lost to mankind, we gloat and jeer with it
C Bb
F C Bb (x2)
F C Bb
I saw the light, it can't be right
F C Bb
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret)
Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
C Bb A(5th) C
count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
{Chorus}:
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please
t F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
F C Bb
It's been a bad day, please
{Ending}: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
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From: Bill Johnson (waj@keene.edu)
{riffs through the song}
intro: A barred Eb
el-------------------------------------------|l
bl-------------------------------(1)---------|l
gl-------------------------------------------|l
dl------------3---3---2---0------------------|l
al0---1---3-------------------3---3--3--3--3-|l
el-------------------------------------------|l
el----------------------------------------------|l
bl----------------------------------------------|l
gl--------------3---3---2---0---2---2--2--2--2--|l repeat as heard
dl----------------------------------------------|l
al--0---1---3-----------------------------------|l
el----------------------------------------------|l
this is pretty straight forward
the part after this last part is a touch in the background, but its just two
climbs and descents along the G string that mirrors and or is just off the
vocals by a beat or so
the other part that I have to offer is the little bit I think separates
the chorus from the third verse, or there abouts
it seems to be just a veriation of the F chord
el----------1----------1----|l
bl--------------------------|l
gl-------2----------2-------|l
dl-3--0-------3--0----------|l
al--------------------------|l
el--------------------------|l
perhaps exchange the A for a C (?)
