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THIS IS PERFECT STRAIGHT FORM A RELIABLE SOURCE........... MY FINGERS
I
G--------------------|
D--------------------|
A--------------------|
E--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|
II
G--------------------------|
D-3-----3------5-----5-----|
A---5-3---5-3----7-5---7-5-|
E--------------------------|
III
G-----------------------|
D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-|
IV
G-----------------------|
D-----------------------|
A-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|
E-----------------------|
V
G----------------------------------------|
D-4--2--0----------------5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-|
A---------4--2--0--2--4------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
VI
G-------------------3-1-0----3-1-0---|
D-4-2-0---4-2-0-----------0--------0-|
A-------0-------0--------------------|
E------------------------------------|
VII
G-----------------|
D-----------------|
A-10-0-9-0-10-0-9-|
E-----------------|
I----10 TIMES
II---1 TIME
III--1 TIME
II---1 TIME
IV---1 TIME
II---1 TIME
III--1 TIME
II---1 TIME
IV---1 TIME
I----2 TIMES
V----2 TIMES
VI---1 TIME
I----4 TIMES
II---1 TIME
III--1 TIME
II---1 TIME
IV---1 TIME
II---1 TIME
III--1 TIME
II---1 TIME
IV---1 TIME
II---1 TIME
VII--23 TIMES
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Nacy Average |
#1 by Nacy Sanchez at May 20, 2006 at 3:11 PM EST |
| Wow, I can't believe anyone hasn't gotten this yet.... it's about the Son of Sam killer in NYC in the 70's. I remember watching a Talking Heads documentary and David Byrne discussing this song and how he felt this needed to be said about David Burkowitz or however the hell you spell his last name. Amazing song! | |
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phill Average |
#2 by phill muffi at Oct 5, 2006 at 10:39 PM EST |
| to Roger Wilco, this song is about Sam Berkowitz aka Son Of Sam | |
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Martin Lead Player |
#3 by Martin Endara at Oct 19, 2006 at 7:27 AM EST |
| some people may make the punk analogy because sire records released this single (7" and 12") at the same time as the ramones rockaway beach and the dead boys sonic reducer in '77. great track, very original, but hard as hell to play on acoustic. | |
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Caleb Lead Player |
#4 by Caleb Kerns at Nov 1, 2006 at 6:22 AM EST |
| In regard to benfoldsfan's query about the French lyrics, "fais" comes from the verb 'faire', which means 'to do'. Although what you have heard is probably correct, as French phrases can sometimes not make sense when taken literally, I think what alexboy wrote makes sense in this context. | |
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nick Average |
#5 by nick allison at Dec 6, 2006 at 2:05 AM EST |
| Apparently the "fa fa fa..." was a nod to Otis Redding's "Sad Song (Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa, Fa Fa, Fa Fa)" - Byrne simply wanted to portray the "psycho killer" as being sad in a bizarre way. | |
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storm Average |
#6 by storm at Dec 24, 2006 at 7:01 PM EST |
| No this song is not punk at all. I don't know why you would say that. Most kids now just call themselves punk, but don't know the true punk. From The Sex Pistols or Ramones. But hey we have Avril Lavigne and Sum 41, cough*Corporate Rock*cough. But anyways this is Talking Heads, a kick ass band. I was told that this was David Byrns first try at that Latin groove. Its still a great song. | |
