Tabs
Artist: The Birthday Party
Song: "Riddle House"
Album: Happy Birthday / Riddle House (1980)
The Birthday Party (The Boys Next Door, 1980)
The Birthday Party (1982)
Hee-Haw (1989)
Standard Tuning
Guitar I: Rowland S. Howard (Fender Jaguar through MXR Distortion + and Blue Box into Fender Twin Reverb)
Guitar II: Mick Harvey (Maton Wildcat into Fender Twin Reverb)
INTRO/CHORUS:
Guitar II (Mick Harvey)
e|-------11-#--10-11-#-----10--10--10--10----------------9--9--#-----9--#--------9--9--#-----9--#-||
BB|-------9--#--9--9--#-----9---9---9---9-----------------8--8--#-----8--#--------8--8--#-----8--#-||
G+G|-------8--#--8--8--#-----7---7---7---7-----------------9--9--#-----9--#--------9--9--#-----9--#-|| x 4
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
INTRO/CHORUS:
Guitar I (Rowland S. Howard)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------9--9--9--10----9--------------8--------------------------8----------|
G+G|-------------------9--8--------------------------6--8--9--------------------6--8--9-------------|
D MajorD|-6-----8-----9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------9---9---9---10----9--------------8--------------------------8--7--6--5-|
G+G|-------------------9--8--------------------------6--8--9--------------------6--8--9-------------|
D MajorD|-6-----8-----9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-4/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE:
Guitar I
e|-------4-----5-----4--------4-----4-----------------16-16-16-14-14-14-16----16-14-14-16-16-14---||
BB|-4--------4-----------4--------4----------------(0)-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14---||
G+G|-------------------------------------4-----1-----/----------------------------------------------|| x 2
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-x--x--9-----------------#-----9-----------------#-----8-----------------------8----------------|
G+G|-x--x--8-----------------#-----8-----------------#-----9-----------------------9----------------|
D MajorD|-x--x--7-----------------#-----7-----------------#-----7-----------------------7----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------9-----------------#-----9-----------------------8-----------------------8----------------|
G+G|-------8-----------------#-----8-----------------------9-----------------------9----------------|
D MajorD|-------7-----------------#-----7-----------------------7-----------------------7----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE:
Guitar II
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
BB|-------4--4--#-----4--#--------4--4--#-----4--#--------2--2--#-----2--#--------2--2--#-----2--#-||
G+G|-------1--1--#-----1--#--------1--1--#-----1--#--------0--0--#-----0--#--------0--0--#-----0--#-|| x 2
D MajorD|-------1--1--#-----1--#--------1--1--#-----1--#--------2--2--#-----2--#--------2--2--#-----2--#-||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
+
e|-------11-11-#--11-#--11-#-----11-11-#--11-#--11-#-----9--9--#--9--#--9--#-----9--9--#--9--#--9-||
BB|-------9--9--#--9--#--9--#-----9--9--#--9--#--9--#-----8--8--#--8--#--8--#-----8--8--#--8--#--8-||
G+G|-------8--8--#--8--#--8--#-----8--8--#--8--#--8--#-----9--9--#--9--#--9--#-----9--9--#--9--#--9-|| x 2
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SONG STRUCTURE:
Guitar I
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE
INTERLUDE
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
OUTRO
Guitar II
INTRO (comes in after two bars of Guitar I)
VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE
INTERLUDE
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
OUTRO
UNFINISHED - TBC
That's it. Please leave any comments, questions, or requests. Cheers!
-Bennyshambles78-
