Chords with lyrics
Transcribed by: Garry Ciambella I declare that this transcription is my own work. Speechless Colin James From the 1995 Warner Music Canada Ltd. recording "Bad Habits" Also from Elektra USA recording "Bad Habits" - more or less. I'm doing this by ear and it's just to get you going. There's a moderate amount of stuff going on in here. I tried to put in some timing stuff but follow along with the CD to get it right. The somg is in the key of G+G in standard tuning. The riffs are mostly G+G major pentatonic (played like E MajorE Minor pentatonic) or more likely the E minorEm blues scale (practically the same as the E minorEm pent). There are a lot of bends and pull offs and hammer ons (or is it pulls off and hammers on ?) It is an instrumental tune. In a previous post of the same song Andrew Vlasov did a great job tabbing out the whole "melody" that Colin plays on guitar. This is the "rhythm" part and a few other little riffs that I hear in the song. Intro chords - G/// /// D-Em/// // FF F#F# G+G /// /// D MajorD E minorEm /// D/ C/ Bm7/ Am7Am7 ^ or replace this by the following "descent" riff e -------------------- BB ---7---5---3---1---- G+G -------------------- D MajorD ---7---5---4---2---- A augmentedA -------------------- E MajorE -------------------- VERSES G// Bm-C/ G/ D/// //// G// Bm-C/ G/ D/// // Eb MajorEb dim Just "pass through" the Bm... The Eb MajorEb dim leads into the upcoming E minorEm of the pre-chorus below Here are a couple of ways to play that chord. EB dim = x6787x or xx1212 PRE-CHORUS Em/// G/// Em/// B7/// C/// DbDb dim/// D/ C/ Bm7/ Am7/ ^ (or use the "descent" riff here) (DbDb dim = x45353 barre the 3rd fret There's also a sliding riff on the G+G after the E minorEm in the pre-chorus This could be a little off, but it's close enough for horsehoes. e --12\7-------- BB --------7/8--- G+G --12\7-------- D MajorD --------7/9--- A augmentedA -------------- E MajorE -------------- CHORUS G/ D/ C/// (play 3 times) F/ F#/ G/// (play this part, Hendrix-style...) v e ----------------------------------------- BB ---10----------------11--------------12-- G+G ---10----10----10----11----11----11--12-- D MajorD ---10----10h12p10----11----11h13p11--12-- A augmentedA ---10h12-------------11h13--------------- E MajorE ----------------------------------------- Repeat the verse / pre-chorus / chorus (with hendrix riff 2x) and finish like the beginning of the intro but finish on the Em. G/// D MajorD E minorEm Good Luck, Garry [email protected] If you learn this song from this post, drop me a note in my band's guestbook and let me know how you made out. www.loosechngeband.ca
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Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Speechless by Colin James
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