The Razor Bass Tab

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Verse
G--------------------
D---5~---------5~-----  X2
A--3----3-5~--3-------
E-5----5-----5---5~-3~

G----------
D----------
A----5-3-3-
E-3h5---5--

G------------------
D------------------ X4
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-353-3
E--------5---5---5-

Chorus
PartA
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------	X2
A-------------------------------------
E-77777777-333333333-66666666-22222222

PartB
G-----------------|----------------   
D-----------------|----------------
A-----------------|-9/1212121212\9-  (thats a 12)
E-7777777733333333|----------------
	          |(^play 2nd and 3rd time only)
Then part A again

Bridge (2:15)

G-----------
D----------- X4
A-5~-7~-----
E------5~-3~

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/h/head_automatica/149980.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture matthew Rhythm Player	#1 by matthew robinson at Feb 27, 2006 at 11:39 AM EST
	my bad the old friend being lonliness.

No Picture Cuboctahedron Wanna Be	#2 by Cuboctahedron at Mar 18, 2006 at 1:56 AM EST
	I think that the chorus of this song at least, is about a person saying 'don't tell me I'm not hurting when I am' or 'don't say that you don't hurt me because you do'. I think the chorus is about a person that has been hurt but the person that hurt them denies doing it.

No Picture Jason Wanna Be	#3 by Jason Bell at Mar 19, 2006 at 2:52 AM EST
	yes, head automatica owns....i dunno if you people actually read these, but oh well. but there's definately another meaning to this song besides the whole cutting thing.

No Picture Yea Average	#4 by Yea ... at Apr 25, 2006 at 8:20 PM EST
	i personally think this has to do with someone that daryl cares about, but they won't convey the same caring back to him. i mean, when he says "don't say i don't cut when i do" is the person denying his influence on them, but he knows that they are just lying. the person is being bombarded with other people trying to get their attention, but he is still the one who 'cuts' the deepest. in the other person's heart, they know that he is the one they should be with, and he just wants they to stop bullshitting and admit it. that is just my interpretation, maybe it'll make sense to other people too.

No Picture John Wanna Be	#5 by John Agopian at Jul 20, 2006 at 7:08 AM EST
	is that Adam from taking back sunday singing towards the end of the song?

No Picture mikey lee Average	#6 by mikey lee smith at Jul 22, 2006 at 3:11 AM EST
	instead of : the chance is all the same to me i thought Daryl said: The Jetsons all listen to me 1

No Picture gab Average	#7 by gab gonzalez at Jul 28, 2006 at 7:15 PM EST
	glorious example of individuality...noone sounds like head automatica....cept maybe for glassjaw...kinda

No Picture aaron Wanna Be	#8 by aaron lira at Jul 29, 2006 at 10:05 PM EST
	i think this song is obviously about sex but more so towards what deep water said then wilf x. i dont think religion is a factor and that the reference to god is more of cutting through others beliefs.i think ya just let your own feelings get into what you thought the song meant... maybe this song reveals more about the dark nature of selling sex and what that nature can do to a person and the people trying to cover up their acts. the first verse speaks this way: this is television late nite television scripted with precision a corner store pulp fiction sits where your heart isn't but with your eyes so green and your pinkish theme you've made an old friend seem rather dead to me alas the weapon sex can be .. the old friend being sex, and the person being descibed is the woman... a corner store pulp fiction? being a prostitute.

No Picture Jeff Average	#9 by Jeff Berg at Sep 6, 2006 at 1:17 AM EST
	palumbo owns, yet again. i believe the razor is a symbol of lust "alas the weapon sex can be"...

No Picture Alex Rhythm Player	#10 by Alex Vargas at Oct 15, 2006 at 5:22 AM EST
	I think this is about everything being looked up inside, and well, you cut. "don't say i don't cut when i do". i love this song.

No Picture l2aVeN-5 String Wanna Be	#11 by l2aVeN-5 Stringed Mother F***er at Nov 11, 2006 at 9:12 PM EST
	when i saw them daryl said this song had to do with girls who like bands because they think the lead singer is hot and could care less about the music

No Picture Alex Average	#12 by Alex Lawrence at Nov 16, 2006 at 10:27 PM EST
	I'm pretty sure this song is about a little folding metal scooter. Anyhow, it rocks.

No Picture Matt Average	#13 by Matt Fraczek at Jan 23, 2007 at 4:47 PM EST
	i like it

No Picture Niks Average	#14 by Niks at Jul 31, 2007 at 11:26 PM EST
	Well that might make sense.