Killing Joke

Requiem by Killing Joke

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e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----2------------- b ----2----4/2------first
g ----2------------- g ----2----4/2------second
d ----2------------- d ----2----4/2/0----third
a ----0------------- a ----0-------------
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
opening chord.         start intro
  index finger           index    ringfinger
x=muffle string      playing this hit all strings
                     when playing d-0 lift index


e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----x------------- b ----x-------------
g ----0------------- g ----0-------------
d ----x------------- d ----x-------------
a ----4------------- a ----5-------------
e ----2------------- e ----3-------------
hit stings one by one downwards
x=muffle
complete intro 4 times
1 small change when singin starts:

e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----2------------- b ----2----2--------first
g ----2------------- g ----2----4/2------second
d ----2------------- d ----2----4/2/0----third
a ----0------------- a ----0-------------
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
opening chord.         1 time when singing starts intro

follow with opening chords.

Refrain (as played live)
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----14------------ b ----14---16/14----first
g ----14------------ g ----14---16/14----second
d ----14------------ d ----14---16/14----third
a ----0------------- a ----0-------------
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
                       again hit al strings when
                       playing b-g-d
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----x------------- b ----x-------------
g ----0------------- g ----0-------------
d ----x------------- d ----x-------------
a ----4------------- a ----5-------------
e ----2------------- e ----3-------------
hit stings one by one downwards

Studio version: as intro

Intermission part
e ------------------ e ------------------
b ----2------------- b ------------------
g ----2------------- g ------------------
d ----2------------- d ----4-->---6------
a ----0------------- a ----4-->---6------
e ----x------------- e ----2-->---4-------
hit this chord 8x      hit each chord 2 times
muffle with hand       then start again, muffle
last chord drop muffle

play intermission 4 times.

last chord of intermission
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----2------------- b ----2----4/2------first
g ----2------------- g ----2----4/2------second
d ----2------------- d ----2----4/2/0----third
a ----0------------- a ----0-------------
e ----x------------- e ----x-------------

e ----x------------- e ----x-------------
b ----x------------- b ----x-------------
g ----0------------- g ----0-------------
d ----x------------- d ----x-------------
a ----4------------- a ----5-------------
e ----2------------- e ----3-------------
hit stings one by one downwards

This is about it.
Geordie has some variations on this theme like
hitting e-b loose between the combinations of
chords.
Just try, listen to Geordie and to yourself. Tune the guitar for the correct version(studio or live).

Regards,
Eric

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