Biography:
Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist.
Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment.
Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs
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- I Wish I Was Still Drinking
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- Into The Cornfields
- Maggie
- My Brilliant Feat
- Overkill
- She Keeps Me Dreaming
- Small Town Big Hell
- Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
- Wayfaring Sons
- A Thousand Million Reasons
- And If You Only Knew
- Are We There Yet
- Children On Parade
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- Dont Believe You Anymore
- Dont Wait Up
- Down Under
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- I Want You Back
- If I Had Been A Better Man
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- Im Doing Fine
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- Next Year People Live
- No One Knows
- Norwegian Wood
- Not So Lonely
- Oh California
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- Pure Love
- Road To Mandalay
- Scattered In The Sand
- Send Somebody
- She Put The Blame On You
- Shes My Best Friend
- Simple Song
- Sometimes I Wish
- The Flying Song
- Theres Water Over You
- These Are Our Finest Days
- This Time I Got You
- To Have And To Hold
- Trying To Get To You
- Up In Smoke
- Waiting In The Rain
- Wash It All Away
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- Who Can It Be Now
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Colin Hay - Overkill (Acoustic in E)
Colin Hay has played this song in at least three different ways, not counting the
Men At Work version(s). This particular version is based on the the Scrubs episode
as well as many of his live performances on YouTube.
Note that when he plays this live the guitar is tuned standard. The Scrubs version,
however, seems to be tuned 1/2 step down. He also plays an Acoustic version in D
which I also transcribed in a separate tab.
Don't let the chords scare you on this one. Follow the chord chart below for
best results. If you want to make the verses even easier you can use your
first finger and pinky to play the fingerings on the D and A strings and mute the rest.
Another tip...For the transition from G# to G#7 in the chorus just lift your pinky.
[Chord chart]
E E7 D D7 C#m Bsus4 B G# G#7 A
e|---x------x-----x------x------4-------x-------x-------4------4------5---|
B|---x------x-----x------x------5-------5-------4-------4------4------5---|
G|---9------9-----7------7------6-------4-------4-------5------5------6---|
D|---9------9-----7------7------6-------4-------4-------6------4------7---|
A|---7------6-----5------4------4-------2-------2-------6------6------7---|
E|---x------x-----x------x------x-------x-------x-------4------4------5---|
[Verse]
E E7
I can't get to sleep
D D7
I think about the implications
E E7
Of diving in too deep
D D7
And possibly the complications
E E7
Especially at night
D D7
I worry over situations
E E7
I know will be alright
D D7
Perhaps its just my imagination
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
Bsus4 B
[Verse]
E E7
Alone between the sheets
D D7
Only brings exasperation
E E7
It's time to walk the streets
D D7
Smell the desperation
E E7
At least there's pretty lights
D D7
And though there's little variation
E E7
It nullifies the night
D D7
from overkill
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
Bsus4 B
Come back another da-a-ay
[Solo]
E E7 D D7 E E7
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9------9-8------6-7-----9-7-6------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9------------------9-7-6----6-7p6p4-4---2-4p2p0-2-2------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------4----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D D7 E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7-5-----------7--5-4-4-/-5----------------------------------------|
G|---5/6-6-4---4-/-6--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5/6--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E E7
I can't get to sleep
D D7
I think about the implications
E E7
Of diving in too deep
D D7
And possibly the complications
E E7
Especially at night
D D7
I worry over situations
E E7
I know will be alright
D D7
It's just overkill
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
************************************
| x Dead note
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
Colin Hay has played this song in at least three different ways, not counting the
Men At Work version(s). This particular version is based on the the Scrubs episode
as well as many of his live performances on YouTube.
Note that when he plays this live the guitar is tuned standard. The Scrubs version,
however, seems to be tuned 1/2 step down. He also plays an Acoustic version in D
which I also transcribed in a separate tab.
Don't let the chords scare you on this one. Follow the chord chart below for
best results. If you want to make the verses even easier you can use your
first finger and pinky to play the fingerings on the D and A strings and mute the rest.
Another tip...For the transition from G# to G#7 in the chorus just lift your pinky.
[Chord chart]
E E7 D D7 C#m Bsus4 B G# G#7 A
e|---x------x-----x------x------4-------x-------x-------4------4------5---|
B|---x------x-----x------x------5-------5-------4-------4------4------5---|
G|---9------9-----7------7------6-------4-------4-------5------5------6---|
D|---9------9-----7------7------6-------4-------4-------6------4------7---|
A|---7------6-----5------4------4-------2-------2-------6------6------7---|
E|---x------x-----x------x------x-------x-------x-------4------4------5---|
[Verse]
E E7
I can't get to sleep
D D7
I think about the implications
E E7
Of diving in too deep
D D7
And possibly the complications
E E7
Especially at night
D D7
I worry over situations
E E7
I know will be alright
D D7
Perhaps its just my imagination
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
Bsus4 B
[Verse]
E E7
Alone between the sheets
D D7
Only brings exasperation
E E7
It's time to walk the streets
D D7
Smell the desperation
E E7
At least there's pretty lights
D D7
And though there's little variation
E E7
It nullifies the night
D D7
from overkill
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
Bsus4 B
Come back another da-a-ay
[Solo]
E E7 D D7 E E7
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9------9-8------6-7-----9-7-6------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9------------------9-7-6----6-7p6p4-4---2-4p2p0-2-2------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------4----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D D7 E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7-5-----------7--5-4-4-/-5----------------------------------------|
G|---5/6-6-4---4-/-6--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5/6--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E E7
I can't get to sleep
D D7
I think about the implications
E E7
Of diving in too deep
D D7
And possibly the complications
E E7
Especially at night
D D7
I worry over situations
E E7
I know will be alright
D D7
It's just overkill
[Chorus]
C#m Bsus4 B
Day after day it reappears
C#m Bsus4 B
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
G# G#7 A
Ghosts appear and fade away
************************************
| x Dead note
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| Slide down
************************************
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