So...this is how I play it, but I'm sure it's likely played on a 7 string guitar, therefor played a string lower than
how I play it, but it sounds correct none the less. >:] Anyways...for now I'll
post the basic chords with the lyrics and then add the specific tab parts later,
including the solo...and I hope if it's not correct, that it helps someone tab it
out more correctly...
I play it in Standard E A D G B e tuning(which the seven string would likely be B A D G B e), but like I said, it may be played a full
string lower, so if you know how to transpose...anyways
Also, the clean parts I usually play with some Chorus effect or Reverb...maybe
some good phaser mixed in there.
So, on the seven string i'm sure it'd be using the chords E, G, and A( F# on those chorus') I dunno, try em out however! >:]
Intro.
A, A, C, D
A, C, D(I like to let it ring out a bit, and tremolo/vibrato bend it a bit)
Verse(First half clean)
A
I take a steam train to work
C D
Just like the one my father took
A
And I pass over the walls
C D
I see the people as I look
(transtion from clean to distortion during these lyrics)
I see
Verse(second half heavy distortion[prolly use power chords])
A
there's the block
For folks with purple skin
C D
There's the block for folks who have no chin
A
There's the block for me & all my kin
C D
And over there is the change cage where we throw the rebels in
CHORUS
A
I work the change cage
Here on our side of the wall
C B
And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall
(2x)
Verse 2(first half clean)
A
Walls of iron bolted with steel
C D
Two miles high that should hide how we feel
A
And in the city we've walled off each block
C D
This should work to segregate any racial melting pot
Verse 2(second hald heavy distortion)
A
Long ago we learned of the trouble
C D
When a man steps out of his life's plastic bubble
A
So we walled off the city, caged thoughts that were free
C D
And now our lives are safe from any change that
Could have come between you & me
Repeat the CHORUS (2x)
Solo [I'll include this, with the tab later] (played over the verse chords)
Repeat the CHORUS (2x)
Verse 3(first half clean)
A
They say an artist from block 616
C D
Revived some old art just for his own kicks
A
They say his pictures were lude
They say his women were nude
C D
So we throw them inside
Verse 3(second half, heavy distortion)
A
Well now that artist can run, he can hide
C D
But sooner or later we'll throw him inside
A
I don't think the people should see
C
Well that's not art to me
D
So we'll throw them inside
Repeat CHORUS(a few times actually, I'll listen again, and put the excact outro chorus here)
And I will hold the key, until the day they say the cage will fall!
Have fun playing, this has been my favourite song for the longest time...I hope this helps!!