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I Know.
Placebo
From the Brick Shithouse tab archive.
Tabbed by Ian.
I'm sure in the verse when Brian sings while playing the acoustic
there is no bass but here's a bass line which goes quite well under it
if you want to play along:
[Verse]
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|--3-3-3-3--|
|-----------|
[Chorus]
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
Repeat something like 4 times (I don't have the albumn on me at the moment) but
on the last time before the didgeredoo comes in end on the 4th fret on the E string.
The next bit is where Brian does a sort of a solo:
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-3-3--6-6-6-6--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--8-8-8--10-10-10-----|
|-------------------8--|
Repeat 3 times before doing the ending to it (below):
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------|
Repeat the chorus 4 more times and let Brian play out quietly on the
acoustic, done!!!
Ian - 97dsac44@reaseheath.ac.uk
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Adam Average |
#1 by Adam at May 16, 1970 at 5:57 PM EST |
| it is like me and my best mate, coz i would do anythink for her, and we both know it. parts are about how you can belong to sumone body and soul | |
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Jo Wanna Be |
#2 by Jo Sterling at Nov 3, 1970 at 8:25 PM EST |
| This song is so beautiful, and a thrill to see live. I love BM's voice in this song, I've never heard anything this "real" before. So, so, so real. | |
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Seymon Average |
#3 by Seymon Seymon at Feb 13, 1977 at 1:19 PM EST |
| wow i luv this song, i also agree with darkeyes..my ex filled me in body, mind and soul, i miss him and i think a lot bout him when i hear this song...*kinks* | |
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Nicole Average |
#4 by Nicole Brownfield at Jan 17, 1978 at 5:17 AM EST |
| I can relate with what darkeyes has said. | |
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Nic Average |
#5 by Nic Bosco at Apr 5, 1980 at 12:02 PM EST |
| This song reminds me of evening bathtubs on a hillside parking lot, and coldsweats running off of all the people who actually want to take baths in them. Very, very dreamy---you just know what it all means. | |
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Jade Wanna Be |
#6 by Jade at Mar 11, 1987 at 11:18 AM EST |
| This song helps em in my current situation. I fell in love with my best friend, and things evolved, we had sex and I expected commitment from it all because I felt we were together but she was so confused on things and said she wasn't ready for a relationship yet we kept having sex and this song just kinda helps me out. I feel he is talking about a person who would do things with him sexually and be close to him but she wouldn't commit, she wouldn't be with him in a relationship, she loved the sin but not the sinner, that's how I feel about this song. | |
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sean Average |
#7 by sean martineau at Mar 2, 1988 at 9:33 PM EST |
| "I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster" I just love that line, and I love the music too, I know what you mean, TimBuck2. I don't really know what this song is about but, being a songwriter myself, I think it is one of those songs only the writer and some of his/her closest friends really understand. That was a pointless comment but never mind | |
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Sam Wanna Be |
#8 by Sam Kearley at Apr 27, 1995 at 12:31 PM EST |
| i love this song, its so deep and it speaks th truth, u cant run frm ur past, and if ur last in anything ur annoyed and its just lik wow.... | |
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/. Wanna Be |
#9 by /. com at Sep 30, 1997 at 1:53 PM EST |
| he was deeply in love with someone who just wanted sex, not him. so the person loves things he does, but not him. and.. well, loves the sin they commit together, but doesn't love him at all. but he's REALLY in love with this person, and he allows the person to play with him and do whatever he likes, pretending to himself that the person cares. this day he's just realized what the person had been doing to him, and this knowledge is killing him. but he thinks there will be a comeback, because the past will catch up with the person as much as he/she tries to deny it/him. and well, because he IS brian, after all :) the person's broken up with him, and let him loose in a world of contradiction, in which this person was involved too. | |
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Sarah Average |
#10 by Sarah Bates at Jul 28, 2000 at 12:12 PM EST |
| its like a self- hate song, but also blaming over people around you, blaiming them for why u feel so down. know, the past will catch you up as you run faster I know, the last in line is always called a bastard You cant get away from what youve done, and others wont let u foeget it. | |
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Dany Average |
#11 by Dany at Nov 21, 2000 at 2:30 PM EST |
| "you love the song but not the singer" --- a few months ago one of my best friends used this line to show me how i truly felt about my (now EX) boyfriend. i loved the song but not the singer, as in i didnt love *him* i just loved *love* and thats sort of what the whole song means to me... | |
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Matt Rhythm Player |
#12 by Matt Hudson at Mar 25, 2001 at 12:28 AM EST |
| To 'want the sin without the sinner' is used in many variations regarding homosexuality. Homophobes try rationalizing their beliefs on homosexuality with those in their families by syaing they hate the sin, but not the sinner (ie. they believe homosexuality is a sin and are against it, but still love their family member/friend/whomever) in an attempt to reason their view. Anyhoo, I think Brian saying 'want the sin without the sinner' is saying that he (or whomever the line is about) wants to be able to sin (practice homosexuality..."sin" is sarcastic; Brian doesn't believe it is a sin) without being labelled a sinner (being outcasted). I don't have many thoughts about the other lines, but that one in particular really struck a chord with me. | |
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JMoore Wanna Be |
#13 by JMoore at May 30, 2003 at 4:58 AM EST |
| for me it was always obvious that the song is about lust. "you love the song, but not the singer" means that you only desire the person, but without any further commitment. and "the past will catch you up as you run faster" means that you can't do things without thinking, because they can have fatal influence on your further life (for example you already have a boyfriend who you love and who would brake up with you if you cheated on him). so, there are two people who want to have sex and the desire is enormous, but they shouldn't do it. i always thought so... | |
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Richard Wanna Be |
#14 by Richard Hunt at Sep 20, 2005 at 12:53 AM EST |
| This song gave me chills the first time i heard it. Great explaination darkeyes, it gives you that exact feeling | |
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Ben Average |
#15 by Ben Brown at Jun 30, 2006 at 5:41 AM EST |
| I love this song... the lyrics are so so, but the muzic, it's just kinda... wows you away. creeps up on you... hard to explain. | |
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