TSOL - "code blue" Tablature

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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:32:53 -0800 (PST)
From: garbageman fiend <brainhungry@yahoo.com>
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Code Blue By T.S.O.L.

Code blue as it appears on The T.S.O.L. album dance with me. Written
by T.S.O.L. in 1980 transcribed by Daniel
(brainhungry@yahoo.com)(remember high e at top)

Intro 1:
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--7--7--7-7---10-9-9-8-7--|
A|--7--7--7-7---10-9-9-8-7--|
E|--------------------------|

Intro 2/Bridge : 3 times as intro 4 times as bridge.
E|------------------------| Did the best I could to
B|------------------------| show timing, but listening
G|------------------------| to the album is the best
D|--5-----5-----5-----5---| way to get it right.......
A|-7-7--6--6--5--5--6--6--|
E|------------------------|

Intro last chord: one time
E|------------------------| let the last note ring for
B|------------------------| for just a second, and then
G|------------------------| move into riff one.
D|--5-----5-----5-----5---|
A|-7-7--6--6--5--5--6-----|
E|------------------------|


Riff 1:
E|---------------------------------------|about 2 times
B|---------------------------------------|a phrase.
G|---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------12-------------|
A|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12--10--10--10-10--|
E|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-------8---8--8--|


Riff 2: 4 times with alternate endings
E|---------------------------------------------------->
B|---------------------------------------------------->
G|---------------------------------------------------->
D|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11------------------------------>
A|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9--11--11-11-11>
E|------------------------7--7-7-7-7-7-7---9---9--9--9>
|Ending one
<------------------------------------------|E continued
<------------------------------------------|B continued
<-----16--16--16--14-16--14--16------------|G continued
<-----16^-16^-16--14-16^-14--16^-----------|D continued
<-11---------------------------------------|A continued
<--9---------------------------------------|E continued

Ending two
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--16--16--16--14---------16^----------------|
D|--16^-16^-16--14--16^-14--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
ENDING THREE
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|------16--14-16--14--12---------------------|
D|--16^-16^-14-16^-14--12---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

ENDING FOUR:
E|-----------------| Not completely sure on the solos
B|-----------------| But it's close.
G|-----------------|
D|-11--------------|
A|-11--------------|
E|-----------------|


Riff Three:
E|---------------------------------------------------->
B|---------------------------------------------------->
G|---------------------------------------------------->
D|---------------------------------------------------->
A|-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10->
E|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10---8--8--8--8---8--8--8--8->
P...... P...... P..... P.....

<----------------------------------------------------|E
<----------------------------------------------------|B
<----------------------------------------------------|G
<-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-|D
<-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-|A
<----------------------------------------------------|E

Alternate ending 5 for riff three only:
E|-----------------------------------| cuts in where
B|-----------------------------------| you would drop
G|-----------------------------------| to the a and d
D|-10--12-10--10-12-10-12-10-12------| strings from
A|-10--10-10--10-10-10-12-10-10------| riff 3
E|-----------------------------------|




Intro one......
Intro 2(bridge)...
_______________________________________________________
CODE BLUE(shouted)
Riff one plays two times before beginning the lyrics...
_____Riff one plays twice____

RIFF ONE 2 TIMES
|never got along with the girls at my school..........|


RIFF ONE 2 TIMES
|filling me up with all their morals and their rules..|

RIFF ONE TWO TIMES
|piling all their problems on my head.................|

Riff one two times
|I'd Rather go out and fuck the dead..................|

_______________________________________________________
Riff two ending 1. One time
|Cause I can do what I want and they won't complain...|

Riff two, ending two. One time
|I wanna Fuck, I wanna Fuck The dead..................|


Riff two ending three one time....

Riff two ending four one time.......
_______________________________________________________

Bridge .one time
|late at night, so silently, ...|

Bridge, one time
|I creep on over to the mortuary..|

Bridge, one time
|lift up the casket and fiddle with the dead..|

Bridge, one time
|Their cold blue flesh, makes me turn red.....|

_______________________________________________________

Riff Three no alternate ending. One time
|Do what I want and they won't complain.......|

Riff three, alternate ending 5. One time
|I wanna Fuck, I wanna fuck the dead..........|

Riff three , no alternate ending. one time
|I don't even care how she died................|

Riff three, alternate ending four. one time
|But i like it better if she smells of Formaldehyde..|

_______________________________________________________

Riff one, two times
|never on the rag or say leave me alone......|

Riff one, two times
|they don't scream and they don't moan......|

Riff one, two times
|they won't even cry If I shoot in their hair....|

Riff one, two times
|Lying on the table she smiles and she stares.....|

_______________________________________________________

Riff two, ending one, one time
|Cause i can do what i want and they won't complain...|

Riff two, ending two, one time
|I wanna fuck, I wanna fuck the dead.............|


Riff two, ending three, one time

Riff two, ending four ,one time

end....................................................|______________________________________________________

If I am wrong either post, or email me corrections.
Or both.
B.T.W. the lyrics are 100% accurate.

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