Talking Heads- Cities
Bass tab...you could also us this as a chord chart for guitar, just use dominant 7ths
strum agressively..
Tina really rocked this song!!!!..killer groove.
Play this with a pick and on your amp EQ, turn the bass and low-mids down to about 1/4
and turn your high-mids and treble up to almost full open, so you get kind of a springy
and don't be afraid to really dig in and hit the strings hard with the pick...
the intro fades in with the chorus riff played 2X...(with the E riff played 2X)...[see chorus]
Verse
D
G-----------| (you can play this riff an octave higher if you like)
D-----------|
A--5---34---|
E---5-X-----| x 8
Think of london...
Db
G----------|
D----------|
A--4---23--|
E---4-X----| x 2
I'm checkin em out...
D
G-----------|
D-----------|
A--5---34---|
E---5-X-----| x 2
I got it figured out...
G
G----------|
D-5-5--34--|
A--5-5-----|
E----------| x 2
some good points...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/talking_heads/cities_btab.html ]
F
G----------------------------------------------|
D-3-3--12-<<(fret 1 then fret 2, [not fret 12--|d])
A--3-3-----------------------------------------|
E--------- x 2---------------------------------|
but it all works out...
Chorus
F# B E x2
G-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D--4-----234---2-----012--|-9-----789-------------------|
A---4-X-4-------2-X-2-----|--9-X-9----------------------|
E-------------------------|-----------------------------| x2
Find your city, find yourself a city to live in.....
(this is an alternative to the E part in the chorus...just substitute)
E
G--------------|
D--------------|
A-2-----012----|
E--2-X-2-------|
there is also a crazy guitar solo by Adrian that is played for a couple of bars with the
riff...again listen to the record,
this is essentially the form of the song...listen for timing and subtle nuances and
repeat a few times over..(didn't count it so listen to the record)
Enjoy!!!
