Chords for Stan Ridgway - Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Part 1
Tempo:
100 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Gm
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[Gm] [D]
[G]
It's a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys.
It was [Ab] 1977, [D] now two are [G] gone to heaven.
[D] [Gm]
[Ab] [D] [Gm]
[G] Yeah I was in an office space, there across the street, down an alley, dirty stairs in a basement underneath.
Brendan ran the mask, he played drums and he drank a lot.
We started [G] playing underground, [D] people started
[Gm]
[Fm] underground, underground, underground, [G] underground.
[Gm]
Mark Morland played his guitar and I clawed there at the keys.
Little brother Bruce showed [Bb] up one day and now [G] we're three.
I had this rhythm box [D] that I got from [Gm] Yogi Bear.
Joe and [Ab] Chaz jumped on the play [D] and we practiced [Gm] music night and day.
[Ab] [D] [G] Night and day.
And the scene was growing out, people everywhere.
Old hippies, beatniks, slam rock [D] kids going punk rock, [Gm] cut their hair.
One night we played the whiskey with Miss Ivy and Mr.
Lux.
Backstage the record man [D] approached, yeah we thought we had hit [G] the bucks.
Bucks.
So we put out a record 8-beat, [D] Jim Hill was our [Gm] engineer.
And when it got played on the radio, [D] did not believe [Gm] our ears.
[G] So we went out on the road, [D] started playing [G] near and far, driving [Ab] in that beat up [D] van or two or three [G] old cars.
Driving everywhere.
And the shark showed up in circles.
A big manager, Pristine, said sign here [Ab] boys, you'll all be [D] starred vocal for that brass [G] reg.
The contract was like a book, 200 pages long.
We signed [Ab] there on that dotted [D] line, just a dollar [Gm] for each song.
Just a dollar.
[G]
Things started getting wild, the band and me and Mark.
We did that methadrine a lot, drank that Cuddy Sark.
[Gm] Richard Mazda came from the UK, helped us to record in a brand new way.
One [Ab] weekend Mark's song [D] fell out in a single, [G] they still talk about.
We made a video with Frank Aaliyah behind the lens, Labor Day in Mexico, lots of beans and drugs and friends.
But all was gonna bust, hey how are chumps like us to know?
We took off on that tour so [D] long and played and [Gm] sang our radio song.
Now it seemed like that old voodoo dog we had was paying for its lease.
We'd lost [D] control of our old band, The Record [Gm] Company.
Yeah I guess we blew it big time, [D] business got us [G] bent.
We played a show for 40 grand and the manager took every cent.
Every goddamn cent.
Yeah things got worse and pretty soon it was time for me to go.
I did [Ab] my best to pack [G] it up but we were all just big assholes.
So if you wanna make a band, [D] get ready [G] for a good ride.
Don't let weasel sharks and bees [D] and creeps force you [G] to compromise.
[Gm]
[G]
N10FTV, N10V81, it was a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys, it was 1977, now two are gone to heaven.
[D] [Gm]
[D] [Ab] [G]
[N]
[Gm] [D]
[G]
It's a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys.
It was [Ab] 1977, [D] now two are [G] gone to heaven.
[D] [Gm]
[Ab] [D] [Gm]
[G] Yeah I was in an office space, there across the street, down an alley, dirty stairs in a basement underneath.
Brendan ran the mask, he played drums and he drank a lot.
We started [G] playing underground, [D] people started
[Gm]
[Fm] underground, underground, underground, [G] underground.
[Gm]
Mark Morland played his guitar and I clawed there at the keys.
Little brother Bruce showed [Bb] up one day and now [G] we're three.
I had this rhythm box [D] that I got from [Gm] Yogi Bear.
Joe and [Ab] Chaz jumped on the play [D] and we practiced [Gm] music night and day.
[Ab] [D] [G] Night and day.
And the scene was growing out, people everywhere.
Old hippies, beatniks, slam rock [D] kids going punk rock, [Gm] cut their hair.
One night we played the whiskey with Miss Ivy and Mr.
Lux.
Backstage the record man [D] approached, yeah we thought we had hit [G] the bucks.
Bucks.
So we put out a record 8-beat, [D] Jim Hill was our [Gm] engineer.
And when it got played on the radio, [D] did not believe [Gm] our ears.
[G] So we went out on the road, [D] started playing [G] near and far, driving [Ab] in that beat up [D] van or two or three [G] old cars.
Driving everywhere.
And the shark showed up in circles.
A big manager, Pristine, said sign here [Ab] boys, you'll all be [D] starred vocal for that brass [G] reg.
The contract was like a book, 200 pages long.
We signed [Ab] there on that dotted [D] line, just a dollar [Gm] for each song.
Just a dollar.
[G]
Things started getting wild, the band and me and Mark.
We did that methadrine a lot, drank that Cuddy Sark.
[Gm] Richard Mazda came from the UK, helped us to record in a brand new way.
One [Ab] weekend Mark's song [D] fell out in a single, [G] they still talk about.
We made a video with Frank Aaliyah behind the lens, Labor Day in Mexico, lots of beans and drugs and friends.
But all was gonna bust, hey how are chumps like us to know?
We took off on that tour so [D] long and played and [Gm] sang our radio song.
Now it seemed like that old voodoo dog we had was paying for its lease.
We'd lost [D] control of our old band, The Record [Gm] Company.
Yeah I guess we blew it big time, [D] business got us [G] bent.
We played a show for 40 grand and the manager took every cent.
Every goddamn cent.
Yeah things got worse and pretty soon it was time for me to go.
I did [Ab] my best to pack [G] it up but we were all just big assholes.
So if you wanna make a band, [D] get ready [G] for a good ride.
Don't let weasel sharks and bees [D] and creeps force you [G] to compromise.
[Gm]
[G]
N10FTV, N10V81, it was a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys, it was 1977, now two are gone to heaven.
[D] [Gm]
[D] [Ab] [G]
[N]
Key:
D
G
Gm
Ab
C
D
G
Gm
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys.
It was [Ab] 1977, [D] now two are [G] gone to heaven.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
[G] Yeah I was in an office space, there across the street, down an alley, dirty stairs in a basement underneath. _
Brendan ran the mask, he played drums and he drank a lot.
We started [G] playing underground, [D] people started_
[Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] underground, underground, underground, [G] underground.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Mark Morland played his guitar and I clawed there at the keys.
Little brother Bruce showed [Bb] up one day and now [G] we're three.
I had this rhythm box [D] that I got from [Gm] Yogi Bear.
Joe and [Ab] Chaz jumped on the play [D] and we practiced [Gm] music night and day.
[Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Night and day. _ _ _ _ _ _
And the scene was growing out, _ people everywhere.
Old hippies, beatniks, slam rock [D] kids going punk rock, [Gm] cut their hair.
One night we played the whiskey with Miss Ivy and Mr.
Lux.
Backstage the record man [D] approached, yeah we thought we had hit [G] the bucks. _ _ _ _ _ _
Bucks. _ _ _ _ _ _
So we put out a record 8-beat, [D] Jim Hill was our [Gm] engineer.
And when it got played on the radio, [D] did not believe [Gm] our ears.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ So we went out on the road, [D] started playing [G] near and far, driving [Ab] in that beat up [D] van or two or three [G] old cars.
_ _ _ _ _ Driving everywhere.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the shark showed up in circles.
A big manager, Pristine, said sign here [Ab] boys, you'll all be [D] starred vocal for that brass [G] reg.
The contract was like a book, 200 pages long.
We signed [Ab] there on that dotted [D] line, just a dollar [Gm] for each song.
_ _ _ Just a dollar. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Things started getting wild, the band and me and Mark.
We did that methadrine a lot, drank that Cuddy Sark.
[Gm] Richard Mazda came from the UK, helped us to record in a brand new way.
One [Ab] weekend Mark's song [D] fell out in a single, [G] they still talk about.
We made a video with Frank Aaliyah behind the lens, Labor Day in Mexico, lots of beans and drugs and friends.
But all was gonna bust, hey how are chumps like us to know?
We took off on that tour so [D] long and played and [Gm] sang our radio song. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now it seemed like that old voodoo dog we had was paying for its lease.
We'd lost [D] control of our old band, The Record [Gm] Company. _
Yeah I guess we blew it big time, [D] business got us [G] bent.
We played a show for 40 grand and the manager took every cent.
_ _ _ Every goddamn cent.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah things got worse and pretty soon it was time for me to go.
I did [Ab] my best to pack [G] it up but we were all just big assholes.
So if you wanna make a band, [D] get ready [G] for a good ride.
Don't let weasel sharks and bees [D] and creeps force you [G] to compromise.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ N10FTV, N10V81, it was a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys, it was 1977, now two are gone to heaven.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys.
It was [Ab] 1977, [D] now two are [G] gone to heaven.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
[G] Yeah I was in an office space, there across the street, down an alley, dirty stairs in a basement underneath. _
Brendan ran the mask, he played drums and he drank a lot.
We started [G] playing underground, [D] people started_
[Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] underground, underground, underground, [G] underground.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Mark Morland played his guitar and I clawed there at the keys.
Little brother Bruce showed [Bb] up one day and now [G] we're three.
I had this rhythm box [D] that I got from [Gm] Yogi Bear.
Joe and [Ab] Chaz jumped on the play [D] and we practiced [Gm] music night and day.
[Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Night and day. _ _ _ _ _ _
And the scene was growing out, _ people everywhere.
Old hippies, beatniks, slam rock [D] kids going punk rock, [Gm] cut their hair.
One night we played the whiskey with Miss Ivy and Mr.
Lux.
Backstage the record man [D] approached, yeah we thought we had hit [G] the bucks. _ _ _ _ _ _
Bucks. _ _ _ _ _ _
So we put out a record 8-beat, [D] Jim Hill was our [Gm] engineer.
And when it got played on the radio, [D] did not believe [Gm] our ears.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ So we went out on the road, [D] started playing [G] near and far, driving [Ab] in that beat up [D] van or two or three [G] old cars.
_ _ _ _ _ Driving everywhere.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the shark showed up in circles.
A big manager, Pristine, said sign here [Ab] boys, you'll all be [D] starred vocal for that brass [G] reg.
The contract was like a book, 200 pages long.
We signed [Ab] there on that dotted [D] line, just a dollar [Gm] for each song.
_ _ _ Just a dollar. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Things started getting wild, the band and me and Mark.
We did that methadrine a lot, drank that Cuddy Sark.
[Gm] Richard Mazda came from the UK, helped us to record in a brand new way.
One [Ab] weekend Mark's song [D] fell out in a single, [G] they still talk about.
We made a video with Frank Aaliyah behind the lens, Labor Day in Mexico, lots of beans and drugs and friends.
But all was gonna bust, hey how are chumps like us to know?
We took off on that tour so [D] long and played and [Gm] sang our radio song. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now it seemed like that old voodoo dog we had was paying for its lease.
We'd lost [D] control of our old band, The Record [Gm] Company. _
Yeah I guess we blew it big time, [D] business got us [G] bent.
We played a show for 40 grand and the manager took every cent.
_ _ _ Every goddamn cent.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah things got worse and pretty soon it was time for me to go.
I did [Ab] my best to pack [G] it up but we were all just big assholes.
So if you wanna make a band, [D] get ready [G] for a good ride.
Don't let weasel sharks and bees [D] and creeps force you [G] to compromise.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ N10FTV, N10V81, it was a time so long ago, yeah we had some punk rock fun.
Made a great big noise for all the girls and boys, it was 1977, now two are gone to heaven.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _