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From: Rich Ormerod <Richard.Ormerod@newcastle.ac.uk>

Finest Worksong
===============


Intro : 'B'
Bass : |D D D F# B| (the 'Ds' are octaves from each other)

B
The ...
You're ..
I'm ..
I ...


Chorus :

E F#
oh., ooho..
Your ..
E F#
oh., ooho..
Your ..

Another ..
To ..
You ..
I ..

Chorus
Bridge: | A |


Take ..
Your ..
What ..
Has ..

Chorus




Finest Worksong
===============


{on this song, it is often effective to raise the finger that you're
barring the B chord with to give it a suspended feel and create an
A note in the bass! This song is about 90% style. The chords alone
don't cut it! Oh well.....}

B
The ..
You're ..
I'm ..
I ...
E F# E F#
Your ..

{same as before}

Another ..
To ..
You ..
I ..
Your ...

{break A single notes: A G F# G A}

Take ..
Your ..
What ..
Has ..
Your ..

{end with Em and various harmonics}




Welcome To The Occupation
=========================


The intro goes like this:

E--0-- X=Mute this string
B--0--
G--0-- I don't know the name of this chord
D--2-- but i'm sure it has one. anybody?
A--0--
E--X-- Anyways, the intro is this chord, then
a Dsus2: E--0--
| B--3--
| G--2--
|--------------> D--0--
A--0--

Then the, verses go:


Em G Em Dsus2 (either strum or pick the 1,2 & 3
Hang ..strings)
Hang ..
Listen ..
Listen ..

note- When going from the Em to the G and back again,
walk the bass notes up (eg. A
and back down too E--0--2--3--
Em G

[the "Man educated" part is the 1st chord of the intro (maybe Am7)
[again, followed by this chord, which may not be correct
[and, again, I don't know what it's called:

E--0-- It's sort of like the shape of an augmented
B--3-- chord.
G--4--
D--4--
A--5--
E--X--



Man educated primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation

Em G Em Dsus2
Here ..
All ..
Held ...
Listen ..





(as above i.e. "Man educated . . .")

Offering ..
Welcome ..
Hang ..
Hang ..
Listen ..
Listen ..
Where ..
Primitive ..
Fire ..

- at this point, there is an instrumental break where
you play:

Fmaj7 Em (x2) (I think)

then, coming out of this and into the final verse,
play (rather aggressively):

G D

(back to this again)

Em G Em Dsus2
Sugar ..
Copper ..
An ..

(same as before)

Where ..
Freedom ..
Fire ..

Em G Em Dsus2
Listen ..

then the "outro" tagged on the end goes:
Em Dsus2 Em (maybe Em7?)





Exhuming McCarthy
=================


G# C# G# C# G# C#
You're ..
F# G# C# G# C#
You're ..
G# C# D# C#
Loyal ..

You can kind of fake the bass line here.....

(A) --------0-2-0-4-4-4-2-0-------
(E) -0-2-2------------------2-0---- repeat as necessary

It's ..

F# B F# B
You're ..
F# B C# B
To ..

G# C# G# C# G# C# F#
Vested ..

G# C# G# C# G# C# D# C#
Look ...

It's a ..

Enemy ..
Look ..

{the break is: C / / / C / / / Eb / / /Eb / / / X 3
then walkdown F Eb C# B

"Let ..
but ...
At ..

{The last verse is a little bit different, it goes: }

F# B F# B
You're ..
F# B E
To .....

F# B F# B
You've ..
F# B E
I ..
F# B F# B F# B E
Exhuming ..

{end on F#}



Disturbance At The Heron House
==============================


{The main riff goes something like this:}

(B) --keep a finger on the 3rd fret
(G) ---2-0-(0)-4-2-2-2-4---0---
(D) -0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-2---0-
(A) -every other time, play this string open...

{I'm pretty sure that Peter is just picking a Dsus2 chord throughout
the whole verse, but Mills is doing other "stuff" on the bass. I play
the chords Dsus2 and Dsus2/C just to make it interesting. I probably
should pull out McCabe's Guitar Shop and see what they did there, huh?}

D D/C D D/C
"They're ..
D D/C D D/C
At ..
D D/C D
"The ..
D D/C D D/C
They're ..
D D/C D D/C
The ..
D D/C D
The ..

{blah..blah..blah...}

"They're ..
The ..
To ..
"They've ..
The ..

G A
The ..
G A G A
"Meeting ..
G A
Try to ..
{The break is: C F C F then on to opening riff...}

"Disturbance .."
A ..
To ..
The ..
Cogs ..
A ..
"When ..
They'll ..
Try to ..




Strange (Wire)
==============


Intro : |G / // // C C|

G C
There's ..
G C
There's ..
G C
Michael's ..
G C
There's ..

E A
There's ..
Keep ..
There's ..
There's ..

There's ..
Keep ..
No ..
There's ..




Strange
=======


{intro: G/ G/ G/ C x 4 }

G C
There's ...
G C
There's ..
G C
Michael's ..
G C
There's ..

E Esus4
There's ..
E Esus4
Keep ..
E Esus4
There's ..
E Esus4
There's ..


There's ..
Keep ..
No ..
There's ..






It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
=========================================================


Drum intro.

G C
That's ..
G
Birds ..
C
Lenny ..
G
Eye ..
C
World ..
G
Speed ..
C
The ..
Bb
Wire ..
A
In a ..

G
Lefty ..
C
With ..
G
Team ..
C
Look ..
G
Uh oh ..
C
But it'll ..
G
World ..
C
dummy ..
Bb A
You ..

Chorus :
G D Am
It's ..
It's ..C
It's the ..

Six ..
Slash ..
And ..
Automotive ..
Step ..
Uh oh ..
A ..
Bb A
Offer ...

Chorus
Bridge | G | C | G | C | G | F |
Chorus


The ..
Mountains ..
Leonid ..
Birthday ..
You ..

Chorus --> | G |
Chorus ('acapella') end this chorus with a 'jangly C'
Chorus to fade


It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
=========================================================

G C
That's ..
G
Birds ..
C
Lenny ..
G
Eye ..
C
World ..
G
Speed ..
C
The ..
Bb
Wire ..
A
In a ..

{same as before}
Lefty ..
With the ..
Team by ..
Look ..
Uh ..
But ..
World ..
Tell ..
You ..

G D Am
It's ..
G D Am
It's ..
G D Am C C/B
It's ..

Six ..
Slice ..
And ..
Automotive ..
Step ...
Uh ..
A ..
Offer ..

It's ..
(It's ..
It's ..
(It's ..
It's ..

G C G C G F
I feel..

The ..
Mount ..
Leonid ..
Birthday ..
You ..




The One I Love
==============


Riff: E: --------------0-0-0-0-0-------------
B: ---------3-s--5-3-5-5-3-------------
G: ---------2--------------------------
D: ---------0--------------------------
A: -----------------------------------
E: -0-0-3-5---------------------0-0-3-5-

Em D Em7
This ..
Em D Em7
This ..
G / Gsus4 D C
A ..
Em D Em7
This ...

{riff}

Fire

This one ..
This ..
Another ..
This ..

E: --0-3-5- D chord D# chord Em chord




King Of Birds
=============


Intro : D

D
A ..
A mean ..
Old ..
There's ..
Point ..
G
Standing ..
F#m A D
A mean ..


D
Singer ..
Standing ..
G
Standing ..
F#m A B
A ..
E B E --> D
away... awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyieeeeeee

(this part sung 'on top of' the 2nd line in the 2nd verse)
There's ..
Point ..


D
I am ..
Old ..
Old ..
There's ...
Point ..
G
Standing ..
F#m A D
A mean ..

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