Chords with lyrics
Band: The Bates (Zimbl, Klube, Pogo, Reb)
Song: HELLO
Album: the Bates (their first one on Virgin)
Originally recorded by: Shakespeare Sisters(Shobian Faherty + Marcella Detroit)
Tab and Chords from: Sundawn99[n1]@aol.com(Lenny-> I'll soon have webbased address, too.)
Here's one of the Bates' great cover-versions. This song's an all time classic and just rocks if played in this very punkrock way. But to cut a long story short, you already know this song well and will hopefully be happy about the tab. Comments, corrections or flames are welcome. You find the chordchart as usually below the song. Have Fun:
HELLO - THE BATES
Intro/Verse(play with some echo effect(or vibrato) and let each chord ring):
A augmentedA 
BB
Woke up this morning and the ...,
D MajorD A augmentedA
all bright and shiny like they'd just ...
A augmentedA BB
and as I stumbled through last...
D MajorD A augmentedA
the paperboy screamed out the ....
Verse(now guitar 2 starts with the rhythm,which is kinda folk-rock, but just listen to CD):
E minorEm D MajorD
Another war and now the ...
C majorC 
B minorBm
and tell me have you read ...
E minorEm D MajorD
We're bingo numbers and ...
C majorC B7(gradually add distortion)
Why do I feel bitter, when I should ...
Chorus(overdrive distortion, all powerchords now, and palm muted punk rhythm):
E5E5 
C#5C#5 
G#5G#5 
B5B5
Hello , hello, ...
E5E5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 B5B5
is there anybody out ....
F#5F#5 G#5G#5 - 
A5A5 (guitar stops, bass is playing alone)
la la la life is a strange thing:
E MajorE (strum full chord, then pick through E, A augmentedA)
Just when you think you know ....
Verse 2 (played the same way as intro/verse):
A augmentedA BB
Woke up this morning ..
D MajorD A augmentedA
a brave new world has dawned upon ...
A augmentedA BB
where words are meaningless ...
D MajorD BB
gonna have to reach my ..
Verse 2 (played like verse 1, start with the rhythm):
E minorEm D MajorD
And if I taste the honey: Is it ...
C majorC B minorBm
And do I eat it ...
E minorEm D MajorD
Does anybody ...
C majorC 
B7B7
Or will I have to say it all ...?
-Repeat first part of chorus twice over E5-C#5-G#5-B5 chord progression, change the lyrics of the last line(when played 2nd time) to:
E5E5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 B5B5
Is there anybody out there....
-During the solo the rhythm guitar sticks with the Chorus chord progression and repeats the la la la life part.
-Repeat first part of chorus twice, then play la la - part, which is the OUTRO:
guitar 2 lets E MajorE - chord ring then guitar 1 fades out silently with A augmentedA - chord and echo effect.
CHORD CHART:
A augmentedA E5E5 BB E MajorE D MajorD E minorEm C majorC B minorBm B7B7 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 B5B5 F#5F#5 A5A5
e--0----x----2----0----2----0----0----2----2----x----x----x----x----x--|
B--2----x----4----0----3----0----1----3----4----x----x----x----x----x--|
G--2----x----4----1----2----0----0----4----2----6----x----4----x----x--|
D--2----2----4----2----0----2----2----4----4----6----6----4----4----7--|
A--0----2----2----2----x----2----3----2----2----4----6----2----4----7--|
E--x----0----x----0----x----0----x----x----x----x----4----x----2----5--|
It took me a while getting this one typed. One of the reasons is that they forgot to put the lyrics in the cover, so I had to find those out by myself and I'm not sure, if they're right.
Special thanks for this song goes to [email protected]. I'd be really happy to get feedback about this one. Any punksong from Sweden's skatecore scene(burningheartrecords:No Fun at all, Millencolin, Home Grown or Liberator) is appreciated, too. Greetings to all Coeur D' Alene, Post Falls and Spokane people and US punkrockers and to Japan(Hiroyuki, Yukiko), Sweden(Johanna) and Brazil(Vitor).
E-mail your stuff to: [email protected]
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