You Wanted A Hit Tab by LCD Soundsystem

You Wanted A Hit tab by LCD Soundsystem

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

Key: E minor (E, F#, G, A, B, C, D)
(scale) - useful for improvising and spicing up the song
Scale Used:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------14--15- 17|
B|----------------------------------------------------13--15--17------------|
G|---------------------------------------12--14---16------------------------|
D|--------------------------12--14--16--------------------------------------|
A|--------------12--14--15--------------------------------------------------|
E|--12--14--15--------------------------------------------------------------|

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Intro:

Guitar 1:
Backing Chords (Kinda guessing here, they work for me)::

(Starts around 0:04/0:12)
   E           G           A        E
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-2-----------5-----------3--------2------|
A|-2-----------5-----------3--------2------|
E|-0-----------3-----------5--------0------| (Repeat until fade out)

Lead synth (should be an octave higher but that's not possible)::

(Starts around 0:27)

Riff 1:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------15--12--|
G|--------12--14--------------12h14----------|
D|-12h14----------------12h14----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------| (Repeat until fade out)
E|-------------------------------------------|

                                                           (This bit is guesswork)
                                                 (use the scale above and mess around)

                                                          \/\/\/\/\/\/
Riff 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------15--12--------------------15-12--------------|
G|--------12--14--------------12h14----------------12h14-12----------14-12--------|
D|-12h14----------------12h14----------------12h14----------14-------------14p12--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|   (Repeat until fade out)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Fade in bass line at 1:50

Main Bass: - Palm Mute on both bass and guitar. Guitar adds to the bassline
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

e|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|-------------------------| (Play until the end,
D|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|  alternating these
A|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|  sections equally)
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|


Guitar: - chug these - taken from the other You Wanted a Hit tab
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5-5--5-5-5-7-7---------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9-9-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A|---3-3--3-3-3-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-9-9-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
E|------------------5-5--5-5-5-7-7-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5-5--5-5-5-7-7----------------9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-|
D|---5-5--5-5-5-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-|
A|---3-3--3-3-3-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-9-9-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|
E|------------------5-5--5-5-5-7-7------------------------------|

Interlude Synth:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------2-0--------------------------------2--0----|
D|-----2--2-----2--2----2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E|-0-0--------0-------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo: - serious guess work
e|------------------------------------------------------------------15-15-15-15-17b-17b-17b-17b----|
B|--14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| b  Bend


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Last updated: May 6, 2019

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