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Placebo bass tab - Spite & malice
tabbed by seb DAVID (cmenaseb@caramail.com)
standard placebo tuning: G#, D#, A#, F
Verse A:
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A# -----------------------3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3-2
F -0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3-------------------------------------------------
G# -----------------------------------------------
D# -----------------------------------------------
A# ------------------------------------2--2--2--2-
F -0--0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-----------
Verse B:
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -----------------------
D# -----------------------
A# -----------------------
F -0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3
Verse C:
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -----------------------------------------------
D# -----------------------------------------------
A# ------------------------------------2--2--2--2-
F -0--0--0---0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-----------
Verse D:
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-2-
A# -------------------------------------------------
F -------------------------------------------------
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -------------------------------------------------
A# -3--3--3---3-3--3-3-3-3---2--2--2--2-------------
F -------------------------------------3--3--3--3--
Bridge:
G# -------------------------------------------------
D# -------------------------------------------------
A# --------------------3----------------------------
F -0--0--0--0/3--3--3------------------------------
Order:
verse A
verse B
verse C
verse B
verse C
verse A
skip verse B
verse C
verse B
verse C
verse D 4x
Bridge 6x
verse D 4x
cmenaseb@caramail.com
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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PsYcHe Wanna Be |
#1 by PsYcHe at Jul 17, 1971 at 7:09 PM EST |
| awesome song, first one by placebo i ever heard and seriously got me hook'd. | |
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sam Average |
#2 by sam gagnon at Dec 6, 1977 at 1:17 PM EST |
| I was obsessed with this song at one stage, provoked some violent emotions I needed to deal with. | |
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Andy Average |
#3 by Andy Яowley at Feb 22, 1982 at 5:56 PM EST |
| That wasnt brian rapping..it was an american rapper name Justin Warfield..i read it from an interview.. "The British press slagged and slagged this album, but we were number two and our U.K. tour sold out quick as hell, so we just waltz around the country with our middle finger up!"--Hewitt | |
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Callum Wanna Be |
#4 by Callum Parker at Dec 27, 1983 at 2:30 AM EST |
| still the line "dope guns fucking in the streets" sorta works. unless it's just me. if this is brian, i hope to god he doesn't make any of those stupid gestures on stage if and when they do this live. | |
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Voddimir Wanna Be |
#5 by Voddimir Ulyanov at Jun 8, 1984 at 8:06 PM EST |
| this is the best song placebo have done, the rap adds a whole new level to it, its a work of genius cant get enough of those lyrics, looks turn to lovers, flames into fires! | |
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chris Average |
#6 by chris thomas at May 31, 1992 at 4:56 PM EST |
| Spite & Malice is a card game...Brian said the song started out as being about homophobia and ended as bein about violence and prejudice in general. I can't find the exact quote...could someone help me? | |
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Fieldy Average |
#7 by Fieldy at Jan 11, 1996 at 5:28 AM EST |
| 'Dope, guns, fucking in the streets' is the old White Panther saying. Spite and Malice started off as a song about homophobia, but when brian opened up a newspaper and saw a picture of Winston Churchill's green mohican and he started cackling and jumping around the studio screaming "dope, guns, fucking in the streets" as only he could and it got incorporated into the song =) I love how its all based around a game of cards. I love dragonkatz72's interpretation, very interesting. Mines stranger. I always perceived it as being about the 'players' in a highschool set-up, Jacks being a typical 'jack the lad', a popular egotistical twat, queen was an attention-seeking prom-queen who's drama was self-inflicted, she's selfish and vain but so sad inside and deludes herself with her playground status whereas aces was a clever, creepy and mysterious. He used and manipulated people. It was all about motives and about 'winning the game'. Everyone fought to hold the cards. | |
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Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player |
#8 by Ryan Sutherland at Jul 30, 2001 at 12:51 AM EST |
| the... erm... rapping surprised me at first. certainly different for a band like placebo, but it did add something to the song. whether it'd be better w/out the rap... i dunno. | |
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Paul Wanna Be |
#9 by Paul Milne at Jun 18, 2002 at 11:26 AM EST |
| when i first heard the rapping i was kinda shocked coz it isnt Placebo's usual style. But now i think its a really good contrast. and for everyone who keeps asking, it isn't Brian Molko, its Justin Warfield. it says it on the back cover of the album cover for 'Black Market Music' | |
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santiago Rhythm Player |
#10 by santiago carvajal at Jul 22, 2003 at 11:50 PM EST |
| http://www.answers.com/topic/dope-guns-and-fucking-in-the-streets-vols-1-3 | |
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Rob Wanna Be |
#11 by Rob Goode at May 12, 2004 at 2:51 PM EST |
| Who is the another singer? | |
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zakk Wanna Be |
#12 by zakk at Feb 16, 2006 at 9:16 PM EST |
| dope guns and fucking in the streets was in some newspaper article. Brian read it and started jumping about chanting it. Something about the disintegration of some law or a dismissal in the house of comons or something like that, I dont remember. But yes, from a newspaper article. I LOVE 'clubbed themselves to death'. Cards... clubs... mwahahahaha. Yea, u all got it, I have to go state the obvious... | |
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