Biography:
The Stranglers are a rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were originally called The Guildford Stranglers and operated from an off-licence in the town. They also based themselves in the nearby village of Chiddingfold for a while.
Original personnel were singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell (from Kentish Town, London), keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling (from Sweden, replaced within two years by Brighton-born keyboardist Dave Greenfield)
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Other songs:
- Golden Brown
- 96 Tears
- Always The Sun
- Bitching
- Dagenham Dave
- Dont Bring Harry
- Duchess
- Dutch Moon
- Get A Grip On Yourself
- Go Buddy Go
- I Hate You
- Midnight Summer Dream
- Nice And Sleazy
- No Mercy
- No More Heroes
- Nuclear Devise
- Paradise
- Peaches
- Shut Up
- Skin Deep
- Something Better Change
- Spectre Of Love
- Strange Little Girl
- Tank
- Ugly
- Valley Of The Birds
- Walk On By
- Waltz In Black
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BITCHING
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :-
http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords
Ah! They don't make them like this anymore, a good old rock'n'roll tune with not
one, but TWO lovely guitar solos to master... ENJOY!
intro: A - F#m G (x8, bass enters 3rd time, keyboards enter 5th time,
drums enter 7th time)
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the things we'd be
A G F#m
Bitching 'bout the loves we've had
E G F#m
My oh my it wasn't so bad
E G F#m
When we had that to loosen our minds
E F#m
Hey little baby in the front row, be kind
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the Windsor C
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the Western Sea
A G F#m
Why can't you all be like a Grainger man?
E G F#m
Or even a Pheland man?
E G F#m
I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam
E F#m
And then you'll see what should be really can
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching, that's what I'm talking about
Got anything to say? No? Well, shut up...
guitar solo (repeat chords A - F#m G, listen to the recording to get the bends
right, he mainly bends the notes a semitone upwards):
E------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B--7^7p5-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G---------7-6------------------------|----------------------------------0h2h4p2---2-|
D--------------7---5h7p5-4-----------|-----------0h2h4p2---2-------0h2h4------------|
A---------------------------7---5-4--|----0h2h4---------------0h2h4-----------------|
E------------------------------------|-0h3------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B-----------0h2h3p2--3s5--5s7--7^7p5--7^7p5----|------------------------------------|
G------0h2h4-----------------------------------|--6-6^------------0--0----0---0---0-|
D-0h2h4----------------------------------------|-------7-7s2--2s4------4^---4^--4^--|
A----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D--4^*-4--2--0h2p0------------------| <-- *bend up a semitone and hold
A-------------------4-2---0---------|
E-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|-------------12-14-14^-12---------------|
B-------------12-14-14^-12----------------|-------12-14--------------14-12h14p12---|
G-------12-14--------------14-12h14p12----|-12s14-------------------------------14-|
D-12s14--------------------------------11-|----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
B--12^12p10------------------------------------|
G-----------12-11-11h12p11---------------------|
D---------------------------12-11-11h12p11-----|
A-------------------------------------------12-|
E----------------------------------------------|
A F#m G
There's a place with a lot of eyes
A F#m G
Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys
A G F#m
And the girls, they move their heat
E G F#m
To the impulsive, compulsive beat
E G F#m
But that's another place, another time
E F#m
Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A Bm C#m
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
D Bm C#m
I really don't know what to say
D Bm C#m
That's gonna happen to us all one day
D C#m D
And when it does you can have me too
E
But until then I really don't know what to do
F#m
I'm just gonna keep on
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
A - F#m G (x6, over keyboard solo) A - Bm C#m
(D) (Bm*) (C#m*)
E-----------------------------------12-12-12-12p10-------------|
B---------------------------------------------------12---------|
G--11-11-11--9s11-11-11--9s11-11-11---------------------14-11--| <-- play three
D--12-12-12-10s12-12-12-10s12-12-12----------------------------| times (*chords
A--------------------------------------------------------------| on 3rd time are
E--------------------------------------------------------------| C#m and D)
(E) (F#m)(G) (A)
E--------------------------------------------
B-12--10--9----------------------------------
G------------9--7--6-------------------------
D----------------------9-7-6-4---5---5s7-----
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------
Bar bitching!
F#m G A
Bar bitching (x3)
G A G A
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------8--8--8--7-8s12-10--10-10--|
G--7--7--7--6-7s11-9--9-9-----------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
G A G A
E----------------------------------10--10--10--9-10s14--12-|
B--12--12--12--10-12s15-14--14-14--------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
ends on keyboard chord of A, which slowly fades out.
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
This transcription and more is exclusive to and can be found at :-
http://www.geocities.com/strangledchords
Ah! They don't make them like this anymore, a good old rock'n'roll tune with not
one, but TWO lovely guitar solos to master... ENJOY!
intro: A - F#m G (x8, bass enters 3rd time, keyboards enter 5th time,
drums enter 7th time)
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the things we'd be
A G F#m
Bitching 'bout the loves we've had
E G F#m
My oh my it wasn't so bad
E G F#m
When we had that to loosen our minds
E F#m
Hey little baby in the front row, be kind
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the Windsor C
A F#m G
Bitching 'bout the Western Sea
A G F#m
Why can't you all be like a Grainger man?
E G F#m
Or even a Pheland man?
E G F#m
I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam
E F#m
And then you'll see what should be really can
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching, that's what I'm talking about
Got anything to say? No? Well, shut up...
guitar solo (repeat chords A - F#m G, listen to the recording to get the bends
right, he mainly bends the notes a semitone upwards):
E------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B--7^7p5-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G---------7-6------------------------|----------------------------------0h2h4p2---2-|
D--------------7---5h7p5-4-----------|-----------0h2h4p2---2-------0h2h4------------|
A---------------------------7---5-4--|----0h2h4---------------0h2h4-----------------|
E------------------------------------|-0h3------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B-----------0h2h3p2--3s5--5s7--7^7p5--7^7p5----|------------------------------------|
G------0h2h4-----------------------------------|--6-6^------------0--0----0---0---0-|
D-0h2h4----------------------------------------|-------7-7s2--2s4------4^---4^--4^--|
A----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D--4^*-4--2--0h2p0------------------| <-- *bend up a semitone and hold
A-------------------4-2---0---------|
E-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|-------------12-14-14^-12---------------|
B-------------12-14-14^-12----------------|-------12-14--------------14-12h14p12---|
G-------12-14--------------14-12h14p12----|-12s14-------------------------------14-|
D-12s14--------------------------------11-|----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
B--12^12p10------------------------------------|
G-----------12-11-11h12p11---------------------|
D---------------------------12-11-11h12p11-----|
A-------------------------------------------12-|
E----------------------------------------------|
A F#m G
There's a place with a lot of eyes
A F#m G
Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys
A G F#m
And the girls, they move their heat
E G F#m
To the impulsive, compulsive beat
E G F#m
But that's another place, another time
E F#m
Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A Bm C#m
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
D Bm C#m
I really don't know what to say
D Bm C#m
That's gonna happen to us all one day
D C#m D
And when it does you can have me too
E
But until then I really don't know what to do
F#m
I'm just gonna keep on
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed?
G A F#m
(bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new?
G A F#m G
(bar bitching) Yeah, bitching
A - F#m G (x6, over keyboard solo) A - Bm C#m
(D) (Bm*) (C#m*)
E-----------------------------------12-12-12-12p10-------------|
B---------------------------------------------------12---------|
G--11-11-11--9s11-11-11--9s11-11-11---------------------14-11--| <-- play three
D--12-12-12-10s12-12-12-10s12-12-12----------------------------| times (*chords
A--------------------------------------------------------------| on 3rd time are
E--------------------------------------------------------------| C#m and D)
(E) (F#m)(G) (A)
E--------------------------------------------
B-12--10--9----------------------------------
G------------9--7--6-------------------------
D----------------------9-7-6-4---5---5s7-----
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------
Bar bitching!
F#m G A
Bar bitching (x3)
G A G A
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------8--8--8--7-8s12-10--10-10--|
G--7--7--7--6-7s11-9--9-9-----------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
G A G A
E----------------------------------10--10--10--9-10s14--12-|
B--12--12--12--10-12s15-14--14-14--------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
ends on keyboard chord of A, which slowly fades out.
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