Biting Bullets - INXS
Written by Michael Hutchence/Kirk Pengilly
As on the album "Listen Like Thieves" (1985)
Great old song from a ripper Aussie album
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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Use these chords:
E A D G B E
E: x 7 9 9 x x
F#: x 9 11 11 x x
C#: 9 11 11 x x x
B: 7 9 9 x x x
Intro: E F# C# x2
There's this little lick at the end of each line in the intro/verse that goes like this:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|------9----------------|
A|-9h11-------11p9-------|
E|-----------------------|
Verse:
E F#
Don't you wonder
C#
Is anyone that strong
E F#
It takes me under
C#
Believing what I'm seeing
E F# C#
I get so tired of watching friends go down
E F# C#
The hungry tiger for all who never began
Chorus:
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse:
E F#
I saw the show
C#
Shaking all the babies
E F# C#
Should I believe the parade of clever lies
E F# C#
Shadow of light in the shadow of death
E F# C#
There is no difference to all who never began
Chorus
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
Bridge:
E F# C#
E F# C#
There was a time
There was a way to live
E F# C#
And it's no secret
That it won't come back again
Verse:
E F# C#
I lose myself like anybody else
E F# C#
But I'm not so strong to make it in the end
E F# C#
I need some answers when the day comes crashing down
E F# C#
'Cause it's all over when there's no one to be found
Chorus
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
B
Biting bullets
C#
Biting the clouds
B C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------9---------------------|
G|-------9-11---------9----------------|
D|--9-11-------------------11-9--------|
A|------------------------------11-----|
E|-------------------------------------|
End on an E
Tabbed by wilburine
There's a heap of other little licks, especially in the chorus, but I didn't really feel that it was all
worth tabbing out. This is just the bulk of it.