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FASCINATION STREET (words by Robert Smith, music by Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams, Laurence Tolhurst, Roger O-Donnel, and Robert Smith) I am actually transcribing the extended version of Fascination Street that appears on -Mixed Up-. Although I like the original version, I find this version more fun to play around with. I have not put anything in order, all I did was to transcribe the millions of riffs there are to this song. I have not transcribed the solo, though. The chords are mainly Cm, Ab, Gm, which is played during the verses by that clean guitar. Here are the riffs though: This is the riff that opens up the song and appears near the end of the song: E MajorE ------------------------------------ BB -----4-------4------4------1---3---- G+G -2-3-----2-3----2-3----2-3--------3- D MajorD ------------------------------------ A augmentedA ------------------------------------ E MajorE ------------------------------------
After this riff is played three times, the keyboard riff that appears is: E MajorE -------3--------3----------------------3--------3--6--6-6-6--4--3-- BB -4--6-----4--6-----4--1--1--1--4-4--6-----4--6--------------------- G+G ------------------------------------------------------------------- D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------------------- A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------------- E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------- This is played two times, then the drums come in and then a weird effect appears, I think it is harmonics played like: E MajorE ----------------------------------------- BB --7-7--7--7-7--7-7---5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5- <--play the 5 repeatedly for G+G ----------------------------------------- six times then play, on D MajorD ----------------------------------------- the high E MajorE string a fifth A augmentedA ----------------------------------------- fret harmonic repeatedly. E MajorE ----------------------------------------- This appear throughout the song, also with a staccato C majorC note played on the fifth fret of the G+G string, during the song. The main part of the song, is mainly the bass riff which repeats itself over and over again for eight minutes of the song. If you don~t know alread s indicates a slide, p indicates a pull-off and ~ indicates tremolo. Here is the bassline: G+G ------------------------------------------------------ D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------ A augmentedA -3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-s-6-6-6--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-s-5-5-5- E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------ G+G ----------------------------------------------------------- D MajorD ----------------------------------------------------------- A augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------- E MajorE -4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-s-13-13-13--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-s-6-6-6-
Another riff that appears in the song comes after the bassline initially plays two times, this riff is: E MajorE -8--------- BB ---10------ G+G ------8---- This riff is also played when the drum track kicks out D MajorD --------10- for un momento. A augmentedA ----------- E MajorE ----------- After that play a C5C5 chord. The next riff is that almost -solo- type riff but it~s not. This is it: E MajorE -------------------------------------------------- BB ----------4--3---------------------1-------6------ G+G -------5-------3-3--------------1-------3--------- D MajorD ----5--------------3-----3p1--1-------3----------- A augmentedA -3------------------------------------------------ E MajorE -----------------------------------------------3-- Now, before Smith comes in with his vocals, that guitar line is (I am not sure if I play it an octave higher but here it is): E MajorE -6~-----------6-6--4-4--3----4----1- BB ------------------------------------ G+G ------------------------------------ D MajorD ------------------------------------ A augmentedA ------------------------------------ E MajorE ------------------------------------ After that a keyboard plays E MajorE --6--4--3-, then Smith starts singing. While he is singing, there is that freaky guitar line, played with delay, that goes like: E MajorE -8--11--10--8--8--11--10--8-----11--10--8-----10--11--13- BB -----------------------------9-------------8------------- G+G --------------------------------------------------------- D MajorD --------------------------------------------------------- A augmentedA --------------------------------------------------------- E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------- This is played two times then that whole barrage of riffs come in, the solo also appears but I have not transcribed that. These are the basic riffs for the song. The lyrics are (and I am doing this from memory): And that, ladies and gentleman, is Fascination Street, the remix. I hope you have enjoyed and I hope this have helped out a bit. Please send comments to the email address above if you have any, if you do not, ignore this sentence. Bye-bye...
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