Flesh For Fantasy tab by Billy Idol

Guitar tabs with lyrics

Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol - transcribed by Gary Chapman


KEY: add

w/   = push down whammy bar, strike note and release to proper pitch
<19> = 19th fret natural harmonics
/    = slide up

       _____________________Hit harmonics with volume down,
      |                     raise volume, depress whammy
      |                     then barre the fret and slide
      |                     down the fretboard.
      |
      v       D/ED/E                                         |--- palm mute -----
E MajorE --<19>\--------------------------------------------------------------------
BB --<19>\---------7--------------------------7-------------------------------
G+G --<19>\--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------
D MajorD --<19>\-------7--------------------------------7--------7-9-9--7--9--7--9--
A augmentedA -------------9-----------------------------------9----9--------------------
E MajorE ------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          |_____ play twice_

                    There's a change in pace of fantasy and taste.

  ------|                                    slides w/ whammy bar
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ---------------7---------------------------10\/(7)-/12--10/12--------------
G+G --------------7-----------------------------9\/(6)-/11---9/11--------------
D MajorD -7-9---------7-------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ------9\----9--------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
  ______|
             Do you like ...Do you like ...
                                                      (then play palm-muted
                                                       riff as above)

                                            F#min            Emaj
E MajorE ------------------------------------------9--9--9----------7-7-7---9--9--9-
BB -------7----------------------------------10-10-10---------9-9-9---10-10-10
G+G ------7-----------------------------------11-11-11---------9-9-9---11-11-10
D MajorD -----7---------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ----9----------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE --0------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Hangin' out for a body shop at night ......(palm-muted riff yet again)  Yeah !  So
       when will you call ...(see below)

E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------7-10----7-
BB -------------------------------------------------7-10------10---
G+G -------------------------------------6-7-9---7-9----------------
D MajorD --7-9-9--7--9--7--9--7-9-----7-9---7-------9--------------------
A augmentedA --------------------------9------9------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------

E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------7------------------------------10----------------------
G+G -------------w/4------4---------------------w/7--------7------------------
D MajorD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA --------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Face to face,             and ....
  see and feel               my ...

• Add to my songbook
• Rate:
  • Poor
  • No good
  • OK
  • Accurate
  • Excellent

Chorus:
                        Bmin     Amaj
g  E MajorE -------------------14-14-14-12----------14-14-14-12-------------------
u  BB -------------------15-15-15-14----------15-15-15-14-------------------
i  G+G -------------------16-16-16-14----------16-16-16-14-------------------
t  D MajorD ----------------------------------------------------------------------
.  A augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1  E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------

g  E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
u  BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i  G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
t  D MajorD --7--9-9--7--9--7--9--7-9-7-- (repeat through the whole chorus) ------
.  A augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2  E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                   Flesh !!!           Flesh ...


Bridge:

  (w. disortion)      A5A5   B5B5
E MajorE -------------------------------------7-
BB -------------------------------------7-
G+G ---------------------------------------  (play 3 times)
D MajorD --7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9--7/9--9---
A augmentedA --7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9--7/9--9---
E MajorE --5/9--7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--7-7--5/9--7---


  E MajorE                G+G     E MajorE        D MajorD
  Father loves his son...

  E MajorE       G+G              E MajorE         D MajorD
  It's an old old ...

  E MajorE        F#F#
  Flesh !  Flesh ....
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Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)