From: patrick m. ryan
Subject: TAB: Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 22:20:33 -0500 (EST)
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak, from _Heart-Shaped_World_
transcription by pryan@access.digex.net (patrick m. ryan)
(formerly pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Notes:
This song sounds great on a Strat. I figured out 99%
of this song myself and confirmed my interpretation when I
saw Chris Isaak on `Saturday Night Live`.
There are really two guitars in this tune. Isaak is
strumming the rhythm on his acoustic while his lead guitarist
does the melody work. Isaak plays the Bm A E progression
through most of the song.
In my notation, a row of tildes (~) means `wiggle the
tremelo bar`. `` means slide down and `/` means slide up.
The nice tremelo work along with a lot of reverb give this
song most of its atmosphere.
The intro riff is hard to notate. Basically, the sequence
on the B string is: pick open string (B), bend tremelo down 1/2 step,
hammer-on 7th fret (F), release tremelo, pick 7th fret (F), slide
down to open string.
intro
(down 1/2) (back up) (slide) ~~~ (down 1/2) (back up) (slide)
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-0----------7---------7-------0--|-0----------7---------7-------0--
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A ~~~~~~
--------------------------|
---5----------------------|
--6--7-6-4-----2---1------|
-7-----------4---2--------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
~~~~
-2----0-----------------------------
---3----3--2----0-------------------
-------------4----4-2--1-----1-2-4-- o
----------------------2----2-------- o
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
verse
Bm A E (fill)
------------
------------
----2---1---
--4---2-----
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------------
Bm A E (another fill)
------------
------------
----1-2-4---
--2---------
------------
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lyrics:
We were on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I`d meet somebody like you
I never dreamed that I`d lose somebody like you
No, I don`t want to fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don`t want to fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
What a wicked game to play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
And I wanna fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
And I don`t want to fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I`d love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I`d lose somebody like you
And I wanna fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
And I wanna fall in love
[This girl is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
Nobody loves no one
