Date: Wed, 05 Feb 97 09:55:55 GMT
From: Wayne Ellis
Subject: TAB:`Smash It Up (Part2)` by The Damned
`Smash it Up (Part2)` by The Damned
------------------------------------
>From the album `Machine Gun Etiquette`
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk
All Guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E (from low to high)
Rhythm Guitar Chord TAB Stave (Guitar1)
---------------------------------------
The stave below shows the TAB for the rhythm chords which are played
by Guitar1. They are included as TAB here, only, as they`re standard
chords.
F G Am C D E O
E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G-2---4---5---9---11---9-----|
D-3---5---7---10--12---9-----|
A-3---5---7---10--12---7---0-|
E-1---3---5---8---10---0---0-|
The verticle lines above the TAB staves in the main transcription
show the rhythm pattern used by Guitar1. Play the indicated rhythm
chords at these points.
Intro (Guitar1, Guitar2)
------------------------
G F OAm F OAm F G F G
| | | || | | || | | | | |
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E-Guitar2----------|------------------|-[CD-time-00:04]--|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|--------5-------5-|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|----5-7----5-h7---|
E------------------|------------------|----------------3-(5)/7--------------|
Whoo ......
G F OAm F OAm F G F G
| | | || | | || | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~ | ^~~~~~ | ^~~~~ | ph |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5-------------5--|-5h7-----------5--|-5h7-----------5--|-7b8r-p5-----5-5--|
A---------5-h7-----|---------5-h7-----|---------5-h7-----|----------7-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Verse 1 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
--------------------------
G C G
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~~~ |
E-Guitar2----------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-5----------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|
Well we`ve been Much too long And now we`re gonna Dance to a
crying now for different song
C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
I`m gonna scream Dying breath I`m gonna smash it
and shout to my
G
|------------------|------------------|
Up `till theres
nothing left
Chorus 1 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
---------------------------
G F OAm F Am F G F G
|| | | || | | | | | | |
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|--[CD-time-00:30]-|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------55-----|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|-------5-7----5-h7|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|3-(5)/7-----------|
Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
G F Am F Am F G F G
| | | | | | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~ | ~~~~~~ ^ | ~~~~~~ ^ | ph ~~~~|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5--------------5-|-7-------------55-|-7-------------55-|-7b8r-p5-----5----|
A-----------5-h7---|----------5h7-----|----------5h7-----|----------7-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Up Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
* Let the last note of bar 8 (5th fret, D-string) ring out over the first bar
of Verse 2.
Verse 2 (Guitar1)
-----------------
G C G
|*Last-Note-of-Solo|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Never call me Such a shame Maybe If My clothes must be
bitter, No its to
(Up)
C
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Blame I don`t even care If I look a mess Don`t wanna
if
G
|------------------|------------------|
Be a sucker like
all the rest
Chorus 2 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
---------------------------
G F Am F Am F G F G
|| | | | | | | | | | |
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|-[CD-time-00:55]--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|-5b--5b--5b--5brp3|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
G F Am F Am F G F G
| | | | | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~ | ~~~~~~~ | ~~~~ |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5----------------|-5-/-7--------55--|-7------------55--|-7br-p5-----5-----|
A------------------|---------5/7------|----------5/7-----|---------7--------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Up Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
C B D G
| | | | | | | | / | | | | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-8---8-----8------|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Up Smash it Up
C B D D
| | | | | | | | / | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--3--33--33--33-|-33---------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|---Drum-Fill------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E E
| |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~ |
E------------------|------------------|---------------00-|-00---------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G---Drum-Fill------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|-0----------------|------------------|------------------|
Smash it Up Smash it Up
E E
| |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|-10---10------10--|
B--------------0-00|0--0-0--5--0-0--8-|0-0--5--0-0--8---0|-10b-----10b------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Smash it Up Smash it Up
~~
E---10-------------|-2--2--2---2-2----|------------------|-------2----------|
B10b-10[11]p8--8--|----2--2---2-2----|-4----2------2-22-|-4b------4--2--4--|
G-------------9----|------------------|-4b---2-----------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|---------4--------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|-2---2--2---------|-2---2-2----2--2--|-/9tr-------------|
B-4-p2-------------|-2---2--2---------|-2---2-2----2--2--|------------------|
G------4----4b6---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
E9-1212(p9)-9-12-14|-14-14-14---------|------------------|--14-----12-11-12-|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Smash it Up You can keep your Smash it Up
Chris De Burgh-ers
~~~~ ~~~
E---11-12-12-------|11-12tr----11-5-|------------------|-5-5---7----------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
And your Smash it Up You can keep your Smash it Up
Glastonbury hippies frothy lager
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A------------------|
E------------------|
And your blow-wave
hairstyles
Verse 3 (Guitar1/Guitar2)
-------------------------
G C ~~~ G
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-5----------------|-10---------------|-----------10-----|---------10-------|
E-3-----------///--|-8----------------|-----------8------|-----8------------|
Well we`ve been Much too long And now we`re gonna Dance to a
crying now for different song
C ~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|--------------2---|-3----------------|---------3--------|
E-------------/12-|-3---3---5--------|------------------|------------------|
I`m gonna scream Dying breath I`m gonna smash it
and shout to my
G~~~~~~~~~~
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------0----2--0---|------------------|
D--0---------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
Up `till theres
nothing left
Chorus 3 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
---------------------------
G F OAm F OAm F G F G
|| | | || | | || | | | | |
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|-[CD-time-02:09]--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------55-----|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|-------5-7----5-h7|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|3-(5)/7-----------|
Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
G F OAm F OAm F G F G
|| | | || | | || | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~ | ~~~~~ | ~~~~~ | ~~~~~~|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-5--------------5-|--7---------------|-7-------------5--|--7b8r-p5---5-----|
A----------5-h7----|------------------|----------5-7-----|----------7-------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Up Ooh Smash it Up Smash it Up Smash it
C O B O D G
| | | | || | | | |/| | | | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8---88--8--8--|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Up
C O B D D
| | | | || | | | | | | | | | | |
|------------------|------------------|Slow-the-Beat-and-|-Play-Slightly-off|
| | | |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-8--8---88--8--8--|-8--8---88--8--8--|-8--3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Outro (Guitar1, Guitar2)
------------------------
F C G
| | |
|-Guitar1-Rake-all-|-Chords-----------|------------------|------------------|
| | ~~ | |
E-Guitar2----------|-[CD-time-02:31]--|------------------|------2--3--5--7--|
B------------------|---------3--5--0--|-3----------------|-3--5-------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Everybody`s Smashing graves Down Yeah I said
F C G
| | |
|-Rake-all-Chords--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
~~~ | | | |
E(7)/8---------7-8-|-7--5--7--5--7--5-|-3/5--3----------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Everybody`s Smashing graves Down Yeah
F C
| |
|-Rake-all-Chords--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| | |rake fades.. |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|-8--7-------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|-8----88-8b-r-----|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|-6-5--6-5-3--1--|
G------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|
A------------------|-(very-low-in-mix)|
E------------------|------------------|
TAB Key
--------
b - bend a semitone (1 fret)
YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch
as the note found at fret Z
r - release previous bend
Y[Z]- Play the note at fret Y which has been previously bent
to the same pitch as that found on fret Z.
h - hammer on
p - pulloff
/ - slide up
- slide down
tr - tremolo picking
~ - hold note
^ - emphasise note
() - incidental note
rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
(but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)
Notes
------
The song is in 4/4 time, and uses 2 guitars.
Throughout the track there is a rhythm guitar buried low in the mix,
well below the organ - which provides the main backing throughout. In
the choruses its possible to make out the rhythm guitar part. In the
verses it isn`t possible to tell exactly what the rhythm guitar is
playing. So, in Verses 1 and 2 only the chord names are shown above the
stave.
There are quite a few live CDs and 2 discs of session material which
contain alternate versions of `Smash It Up` - on most of these its
possible to hear the guitar quite clearly. Probably the best one to
listen to is the version on `The Radio One Sessions` CD.
Guitar1 plays rhythm, along with the Organ. All the rhythm chords are
barre chords, as shown in the Rhythm Chord TAB stave.
Verse 3 includes simple lead guitar lines, based on C and G chords.
The guitar solos are played by Guitar2. The CD times for each are
included in the TAB stave.
The solos in the Intro and Chorus 1 are very similar. The emphasis and
timing of the notes produced by the hammer-ons and slides are important
to making it sound right. Bar 1 of each solo is played at a brisk pace,
don`t dwell on the first slide (as you might if you were playing blues).
The `Pinched Harmonic` (bar8) is played by catching the string with the
side of the thumb (picking hand) whilst striking it with the plectrum.
The solo in Chorus 3 is an epic by Punk standards, lasting 40 bars.
Bars 1-8 are based, loosely, on the pattern used in earlier solos.
Bars 9-15 use a repeated figure (B-string, 8th fret), this works
due to the changing bassline beneath it.
Bars 21-23 make use of melody with a pedal note (the open B-string).
Bars 24-31 make use of doublestops, combined with hammer-ons and pull
-offs.
Bars 33 and 39 use tremelo picking.
The solo in chorus 3, reverts closely to the original pattern. This
solo is extended by 8-bars, using the repeated figure first used in
bars 9-15 of the solo in chorus 2.
This Transcription (c) DarkMusic 1997.
Other Transcriptions available at:
http://www.keme.co.uk/~mandy/tabs/
Comments and corrections welcome.
Wayne Ellis email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk
