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From: Eka Suma
ha94sumae@wombat.admin.bhtafe.edu.au
Song: Fall of Because
Album: What's THIS for! (1981)
Artist: Killing Joke
Composer: Killing Joke
Guitarist: Geordie Walker
This song uses the open string extensively to create an
echo/sliding effect.
INTRO RIFF (SOLO)
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
1ST RIFF
* Thumb is used
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|-----------| G G G
MAIN RIFF
! Third finger is used in conjunction with thumb
||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|||--------|-----!555-|------555-|------555-|-----------|||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|-----------| G G G
||----------|||999-------|||999-------| 4 TIMES THEN BACK TO MAIN RIFF||999-------|||777-------| (CHORUS)||----000000| E
REPEAT UNTIL END OF SONG
||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0---------|||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3-------|||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4-----|||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4-|||---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333--| G G G G
||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0---------|||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3-------|||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4-----|||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4-|||---------|-------555-|-------555-|-------555-|-------555--|||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333--| G G G G
Just drop me a line and let me know what you think. I transcribed
this song in a way that only appears logical, unless of course
Geordie decided to use different open tunings, which I doubt very much!
Happy strummin'
by Eka Suma
(ha94sumae@wombat.admin.bhtafe.edu.au)