Bigmouth Strikes Again Bass Tab

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Bigmouth Strikes Again »
Johnny And Mary
Daddy Cool

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group: Placebo(The Smiths' cover)
song:  Bigmouth strikes again

Bass tab

Riff 1
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--4-4--4-6-7---7/9---9---4-4--4-----4-7-----6-9------------
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Riff 2(refrain)
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--4---------7-----9-------4-----6h7---4-7-----6-9-----------
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Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/p/placebo/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mike Average	#1 by Mike Kearney at Mar 15, 1970 at 12:09 AM EST
	Morrissey did say 'walkman started to melt' in the original. You can't compare any Smiths cover to the original to be quiet honest! I do like a few of the covers, but I could never say any of them could beat the brilliance that was the Smiths - and this isn't even the Smiths best song.

No Picture gabby Professional	#2 by gabby at Jan 27, 1971 at 9:52 PM EST
	i havent heard the smiths verision, but this song fucking amazing and the way molko sings it is brilliant! and to you francesengland, this was on the special edition of Sleeping with ghosts (where you get a whole extra cd with only covers)

No Picture LJ Average	#3 by LJ at Nov 28, 1971 at 6:21 PM EST
	Morrissey is a god. It's a great cover... but... Nothing can everrr ever ever EVER beat Morrissey EVER. (ever)

No Picture Marc Average	#4 by Marc Costello at Dec 11, 1971 at 9:49 PM EST
	if you would care to read properly what raccoon said it was "i think they changed the words from "hearing aid started to melt" in the smiths, to "discman started to melt" in this one, in a way to illistrate how things have changed and technology has developed." In which saying placebo changed the lyrics from the other version. And can people decide whether it was the smiths or Morrissey!

No Picture Mark Average	#5 by Mark McL at Nov 24, 1972 at 6:58 PM EST
	Morrissey rulez!!! This version is pretty cool too tho...

No Picture Mike Average	#6 by Mike Fraguglia at Oct 25, 1978 at 4:54 PM EST
	Yeah, it is, the original is done by The Smiths and the lyrics can be found here: http://www.songmeanings.net/showsong.php?id=35107 :p

No Picture Paul Average	#7 by Paul at Nov 27, 1982 at 11:21 AM EST
	you bunch of fools, nothing can beat THE SMITHS morrisseys lyrics are absolutely genius and johnny marr is the cleverest music writer in all of time , of course this versoin is not better

No Picture black&red Wanna Be	#8 by black&red at Dec 2, 1987 at 3:36 AM EST
	francesengland: this song was on the special edition double cd of sleeping with ghosts with the covers cd. although u mighta pirated it from napster, etc b4 hand ...

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#9 by Randy Honey at Feb 24, 1988 at 2:14 AM EST
	i think this version is much better than the smiths version, the Placebo version has got much more emotion in it eg. at the stat when he says "sweetness......" its in a really sarcastic voice!!! its brilliant!!! the smiths version is blunt, thats what i think!

No Picture claude Average	#10 by claude barrett at Sep 22, 1992 at 2:26 AM EST
	i think that yea, the smiths was cool, but placebo sung this in a completely different way, they wern't trying to sing it like the smiths, they did it a different way. i think they changed the words from "hearing aid started to melt" in the smiths, to "discman started to melt" in this one, in a way to illistrate how things have changed and technology has developed.

No Picture Patrick Wanna Be	#11 by Patrick at Jan 16, 1994 at 2:04 AM EST
	i love the fact they mention a megadrive- that takes me back lol!

No Picture eric Wanna Be	#12 by eric tanguay at Mar 11, 1996 at 7:56 PM EST
	It was The Smiths. It's an odd one to cover I think, because the lyrics were so close to Morrisey's expereiences with the press and his own image. but I agree that the way Placebo have covered it has made a difference in the meaning, because it's not so personal to Morrisey anymore, AND because they 'futured up' the lyrics. Still, gotta love that guitar in there.

No Picture Mitch Average	#13 by Mitch Zodila at Jul 3, 1998 at 4:24 AM EST
	I love Placebo, but this cover can't compare. The Smiths were too brilliant to be properly covered.

No Picture hugo Average	#14 by hugo kippen at Oct 8, 2002 at 4:18 PM EST
	This is a pretty good Smiths cover, one of the better ones i've heard. Still, doesn't hold a stick to the original, but that's just coz the Smiths were awesome and no one can beat them.

No Picture Teddy Wanna Be	#15 by Teddy Bass at Dec 15, 2004 at 7:40 AM EST
	this version is 10000000000000000000000000 times better than the original.