Die Europe Tab by Nick Cave

Die Europe tab by Nick Cave

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-=============----========------=========-
 "Dumb Europe" by Die Haut with Nick Cave (from "Burning The Ice", 1983)
-=============----========------=========-
Music by Jochen Arbeit, Christoph Dreher, Rainer Lingk, & Thomas Wydler
Lyrics by Nick Cave

Transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

 Tempo: 80bpm
Rhythm: triplets (like "Da, d-Da, d-Da, d-Da, d-" etc...)
                        1     2     3     4

 Intro: (incredibly distorted noisy guitar)

 [Spoken above feedback - "Fucking cold europe..."]

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------
 G -----------------------------------------------------------------
 D -----------------------------------------------------------------
 A -5---5---7-------5---5---7-------5-------7-------5---5---7-------
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------
 G -----------------------------------------------------------------
 D -----------------------------------------------------------------
 A -8---5---7---7---8---5---7---7---5-------7-------5---5---7-------
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------
 G -----------------------------------------------------------------
 D -7-------2-------7-------5-------8---7---5---3---2---------------
 A -----------------------------------------------------------------
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                    la  la  la  la  la.....

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------
 G -----------------------------------------------------------------
 D -7-------2-------7-------5-------8---7---5---3---2---------------
 A -----------------------------------------------------------------
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                    la  la  la  la  la.....


Verse: (virtually the same as the intro, but
        spaced so the words can fit underneath)

      1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ---7-------7-------9---------------7-------7-------9---------------
 D ---7-------7-------9---------------7-------7-------9---------------
 A ---5-------5-------7---------------5-------5-------7---------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 This ..

      1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ---7-------7-------9---------------7-------7-------9---------------
 D ---7-------7-------9---------------7-------7-------9---------------
 A ---5-------5-------7---------------5-------5-------7---------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
  The ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
   the ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
   not ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           (leave this room  in a)

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       cata -        - tonic         ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
   and if    ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       some ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       six             ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 D -X--10-----------X--7------------X--9------------X--9--------------
 A -X--8------------X--5------------X--7------------X--7--------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
    a .....


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ----7-------------------------------9------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------9------------------------------
 A ----5-------------------------------7------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
   and ..


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ----7-------------------------------9------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------9------------------------------
 A ----5-------------------------------7------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       die             ...


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ----7---------------7---------------9------------------------------
 D ----7---------------7---------------9------------------------------
 A ----5---------------5---------------7------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       yeah...


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G ----7---------------7---------------9------------------------------
 D ----7---------------7---------------9------------------------------
 A ----5---------------5---------------7------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       die             ...


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------2------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Dumb ...

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------5------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       Dumb            ....


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----8---------------7---------------5---------------3--------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
     a laaaaaaaa       ..

       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----2--------------------------------------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------2------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Dumb ..


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----7-------------------------------5------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       Dumb           ..


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----8---------------7---------------5---------------3--------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
     a laaaaaaaa       ..


       1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 B -------------------------------------------------------------------
 G -------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ----2--------------------------------------------------------------
 A -------------------------------------------------------------------
 E -------------------------------------------------------------------
       laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

This recording is reasonably rare, and it's unlikely anyone you play the
song to will have heard the original anyway, so just use the lyrics
above, or the ones from King Ink, and play the song in whatever way
sounds best to you ;)  Have fun ;)

Any comments/corrections/suggestions welcome,
--
Greg O'Beirne
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/Transcriptions.html

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