JOY DIVISION - "jd compendium" Tablature

The *Complete* Joy Division TAB file
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From: Johnny Mnemonic <tchess@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>
(TAB inverted by John Mc Donagh)

The lyrics I ftp'd from cs.uwp.edu, I dont know who to give credit to for
them. I made some corrections as I thought some of them were wrong. The
guitar work was mostly done by (guitar hero) Bob Lagrasse and I did the bass
parts. If you disagree with anything or play anything differently, drop me
a line as I'd love to hear it. We based these tabs off of the studio albums,
we could make a whole other long text file on how they played with (Still and
variouse bootlegs). Also, Ian did change some of the lyrics on some of
the live performances. Hmm, did I leave out and excuses? :P
Tom Chess
tchess@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu.

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Joy Division
Ian Curtis : Vocals, guitar
Bernard Dicken: Guitar, synth, bass (I have no idea where or when he played
bass, but whenever they list the band he is credited with
some bass work).
Peter Hook : Bass, vocals, guitar (Again, I have no idea where Peter
played guitar.)
Stephen Morris: Drums

Unknown Pleasures:
=================

Disorder
--------
bass1: D C G A
d-0-0000----------------------
a--------3-33-3--------0-00-0-
e---------------3-3333--------

verse

bass2: x2
d---------------0-000-00---0----------
a--------0-00-0----------3---1--------
e-3-3333------------------------------


bass3: x2
d--------------------0-000-00---0-----
a-0-000-00---0----------------3---1-1-
e----------3---1--1-------------------

bass4:
d----------------0-0000------------------------
a-0-000-00---0----------3-33-3---------0-00-0--
e----------3---1----------------3-3333---------

back to bass1

verse

bass2: x2
bass3: x2
bass4:
back to bass1

What ..
what ..
and ..
I'm ..
I ..
Who ..,
and ..
Until ..
takes ..(3)
I've got ..(2)
Feeling (7)

ending bass: (this is kinda weak, but it's as close as i got for now)
d----------00- ---000-
a-00-22-33----x2 -3----- till then end
e------------- -------

Insight
-------
this part is most likely played by a guitar, but i have transcribed it for
bass cuz when playing live P plays the part will Bernard is at the synth.
But I could never get my bass to sound like the Unknown Pleasure version,
but here's my best shot at it.

g-10-10-9-9-7--7-7--7--7-7- x2

g-8-8-7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5- x2

repeat till the bass 'solo'
g-11-12-12-12--11-12-12-12---11-12-12-12-12--10-10-11-11-12-12-12

verse

verse

verse

And ..
And ..
Sons ..
For ..
I'm ..(4)
bass solo till end:

New Dawn Fades
--------------
bass throughout the song:
d-2-222-22-2-2-222-0-000-00-0-0-000--------------------------------
a-----------------------------------3-333-33-3-3-333-0-000-0-0-000-

guitar part:
e scale blues progression

verse

verse

ending:
g-55-33-2-2-2-2 repeat till end

She's Lost Control
------------------
bass:
g-10--10-10-10--10-10--9-10-9-7--7-7-7--8--8-8-8--8-8-7-8-7--5-5-5-5-

the bass bridge is
g-10--10-10-10--10-10-7--7-9--9-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-

the bass also follows the guitar part at some parts which is---
G A A# C D then G A A# C A

I could never get my bass to sound just like Pete's, but I'm pretty
sure the progression is right...

verse

verse

verse

Shadowplay
----------
bass:
a-3-3333333/5-----------
e-------------0-0000000-

guitar rythm:
c d e (like bass)


verse

bass changes:
1:
a--5-3-5-3-5-3----------
e--------------0--------
2:
a--5-5-3-3-1-1--------
e--------------0-0----

verse

verse

Wilderness
----------
bass:
f# slide d then open e
then follows guitar notes
bass changes:
d-----------0---
a-----4------4-2- a-----4-------4- a-----4---------
e-2-2----2-2----- e-2-2---2-2----- e-2-2---2-2-0-0-

guitar chord:
D A# C
guitar solo:
e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g---57775775 57775775-7--0--7--0--7--5-7--5-7--0-7--0-7--5-7--5
d----------------------8-----8-----8----8----8----8----8----8--
a--------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------

Then back into the ol' D A# C progression - much easier than it appears
in the tab, trust me.

verse

verse

verse

Interzone
---------
bass:
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-3-

Ok the chord progression is really very simple

A A A C D C A -

The solo, another basic blues progression derivitive

e-------------
b-5-----------
g--7-5-5------ x2
d-----7-7-7-7-
a--------7-7--
e-------------

verse

bass
d------------3----------- in this part the guitar and bass are trading
a-0--0--0--35-5-0--0--0-- off playing A

verse

bass:
play A throughout this softly

Down .., | Through ..
the .. | all ...
I .. | Stopped ..
you .. | held ..
Try .. | Try ...
Try ..
To ...

For ..
Behind ..
The ..
See ..
No ..
No ..
I ..
I ..
And I ..
And I ..
Yeah, ..
same bass fill as before to end

Closer:
Isolation
---------
bass1: bass2
g------------------------------------|---------------------------5-5-5-5-
d-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-|-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5---------
bass3: bass4
g---------------------------------|----------------------------3-5-3----
d-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5-0-3-5-|-3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--3-5-5-5--------5--

bass1 and 2 switch off as intro:
Be ..bass2
It .. bass1
Carefully ..
Mistaking ..
Surrendered ..
From ..
But ..
Appears ..

Isolation (3) bass2


Mother, ..bass3
I'm ..
I'm ..bass1
I'm ..

Isolation (3) bass2

But ..bass1
These ..
Pleasures ..
This ..

bass2
bass4
bass2
bass4
bass2
bass1
bass1
bass1

Isolation (5) bass 3 3 3 4 3

Colony
------
bass
a-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-3-5-5-

verse

verse

I ...
all ..
I ..
all ..
No, ..
uneasy
Stood ..
In ..
Yeah..
took ..
God .. (4)
In ..(4)

A Means to an End
- ----- -- -- ---
bass:
g---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0------------------
a-0---0---0---0------------------------------------
e-----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0----

verse

verse

verse

Heart and Soul
----- --- ----
bass:
e-0-0-3--0-0-0-3-0-4-

Substance:
Warsaw
------
bass:
G F# E
fill
e-0-3-5-6-8-6-5-3-
guitar chords follow bass line with G F# E
until th chorus comes. when the lyrics go "3 1 g"
the guitar goes EE GG F#F# FF {repeats through chorus}


verse

verse

verse

Leaders of Men
------- -- ---
guitar chords are simple again with a basic g f regression when it
appears, change octaves (the same applies to the bass). Barre the first
f/g combo at fretts 3 and 1 respectively and the second set at 10 and 8.


verse

verse

verse

verse

verse
verse

Digital
-------
bass:
a-3-2-0-0-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-
fills:
d-3-2-0- everytime I hear a new version of the song I hear a new fill so..
d-3-3-3-
d-3-2-2-
d-3-2-3-

Guitar solo:

e-----------------------
b--44343---44343--44343-
g-------3-------3------3

The rest of the fade in's and stuff, really the whole song, are comprised
of some highly sophisticated compression technology (actually he's just
muting the strings)


verse

verse

verse

Transmission
------------
bass:
d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------
a--------------------------------0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-
fill
d-0---0----2--
a---3---3-----

Guitar melody
e-----------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------
g-2--4-4--2--2--4-4--2--------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------
a---------------0--2-2--0--0--2-2--0------------
e-----------------------------------------------

guitar solo

e----------------------------
b-6--5--6-5-6-5-6------------
g-----------7--4--7-4-7-4-7--
d----------------------------
a----------------------------
e----------------------------


Radio -- live transmission -- radio
live transmission

verse

verse

Dance..
dance ..(4)

verse

And ..
dance..(4)

Love Will Tear Us Apart
---- ---- ---- -- -----
bass:
starts at:
g-7-
d-0- repeated till melody

melody
g-7-77-777-9-10-99-4-44444-22222222
live version end with the bass and keyboards playing:
g---0---0---
d-7---7----- till end

Holy almost having no input in this song whatsoever
there's only one small section with any guitar in it but
just in case you're wondering, it's a simple D chord.


verse

verse

verse

No Love Lost
-- ---- ----
bass intro:
g----0-0-----
d---0---0----
a--0-----0--- x2 then
e-0-------0--

a-0- however many times you want before you start the song
a-00-12-00-9- repeated

guitar intro

e------------------
b------------------
g------------------
d--8-8-8-8-8-----6- x3 then 2x A# 2x G# 2X A#
a--------------8---
e------------------

guitar:
A# G# A#
So ..
Didn't ..
Waiting ..
We've ..
Knowing ..
Just ..--
witness..
I need it (3)

----Here's the progression that goes on durring the upcomming speach----
A# C C# A# C C# D# C C# A#
----After the speech it goes back to the A# G# A# progression----

verse

verse


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Well, that's all we have cranked out for now. Like I said, if
ya' find anything blatantly wrong or you play it a lil different
and it sounds good I'd love to hear about it.

Hope you have as much fun with this as we did.