MUSIC EXPLOSION - "talk talk" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:26 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./m/music_machine/talk_talk.crd

This alienated rant was a #15 hit for the Music Machine in early 1967. My
bar band covered it as late as 1975, with me snarling the lead vocal,
whacking on a tambourine, and playing both organ and the detuned low-E
guitar riff at various points in the song. --AWR


"Talk Talk"
(Sean Bonniwell)

[Note: the rhythm guitar is tuned down a minor third; the key riff of the
verses is played F#-E but sounds Eb-Db.]


Intro:

Eb Ab Db
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Eb5 F5 Gb5 F5
/ / / / / / / / (2x)

[fuzz bass: Gb Db]

Verse 1:

Eb Db Eb Db
I got me a complication
Eb Db Eb Db
And it's an only child
Eb Db Eb Db
Concernin' my reputation
Eb Db Eb Db
As something more than wild
Gb Cb Gb Cb
I know it serves me right
Ab Db Ab Db
But I can't sleep at night
Gb
Have to hide my face
Ab
Or go some other play-ay-ay-ay-ay-ace


Riff 1 (on rhythm guitar, tuned down minor third):

Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Eb [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Db -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Ab -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Fb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Cb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Gb -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Db -7b9---------5---|-2-------5---7---|-7b9---------0---|-2---2--------|


Verse 2:

I won't cry out for justice
Admit that I was wrong
I'll stay in hibernation
'Til the talk subsides to gone
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
Db
To size


Riff 2 (on lead guitar, standard tuning; organ harmonizes a fifth above):

E D E
v v v v v v v v v v v v
E -------------3---|s7-------5-7-5-3-5-3-| ---------------|
B -5---------------|---------------------| -5---5---------|
G -----------------|---------------------| [2x] ---------------|
D -----------------|---------------------| ---------------|
A -----------------|---------------------| ---------------|
E -----------------|---------------------| ---------------|


Bridge:

E D
Can't seem to talk about
E D
The things that bother me
E D
Seems to be
E D E
What everybody has
Db
Against me

[repeat intro]

Oh, oh, all right


Verse 3:

Here's the situation
And how it really stands
I'm out of circulation
I've all but washed my hands
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
Db
To size


Riff 3 (on lead guitar, standard tuning):

Eb5 F5 Gb5 F5
v v v v v v v v
E -11----------9---|-------------9---|
B -----------------|-11--------------|
G -----------------|-----------------| [2x]
D -----------------|-----------------|
A -----------------|-----------------|
E -----------------|-----------------|

Eb5 F5 Gb5 F5
v v v v v v v v
E -11--9-------9---|-11--9-------9---|
B ---------11------|---------11------|
G -----------------|-----------------| [2x]
D -----------------|-----------------|
A -----------------|-----------------|
E -----------------|-----------------|


Coda:

Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Eb
Talk talk Talk talk Talk talk Talk talk


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers