Grey Matter chords by Oingo Boingo

Chords with lyrics

Song: Grey Matter
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Album: Good For Your Soul / Boingo Alive / Skeletons in the Closet / Farewell
Written by: Danny Elfman
Tabbed by: [email protected]


Very easy to play. This was adapted from a midi so it isn't all together
true. A augmentedA good basis for future work though.


The intro/synth line goes like this:
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -------0---4---------------0----4---------------0----4----
A augmentedA -2--------------0-----2--------------0----2---------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------

The main synth/bass line goes like this:
E MajorE -----------------------------------------
BB -----------------------------------------
G+G -----------------------------------------
D MajorD -----------------------------------------
A augmentedA ----------------5------------------------
E MajorE -7-7-5-5-2-----------5-5-7----5-5-7------

Of course, most people find it easier to play like this, but for some
reason I don't:
D MajorD ----------------0-----------------
A augmentedA -2-2-0-0-------------0-2----0-0-2-
E MajorE ---------2------------------------

During the verse, this little riff is played periodically:
G+G -------------------------------2-2-2-
D MajorD -4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-------

G+G -------------------------------4-4-4-
D MajorD -4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-------

The main guitar riff is:
E MajorE -------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------
G+G -4---4-4-4----7---7-7-7----9---9-9-9-------
D MajorD -4---4-4-4----7---7-7-7----9---9-9-9---9---
A augmentedA -2---2-2-2----5---5-5-5----7---7-7-7---9---
E MajorE ---------------------------------------7---

At "Grey matter, grey matter, oh oh oh oh ..." it just alternates between
BB and D. (2 and 5 on the A augmentedA string, simply powerchorded)

The only slightly different part is "I... think you like it..."; the
bass/synth
line thingo steps down from BB to A, so it ends up being:
E MajorE -----------------------------------------
BB -----------------------------------------
G+G -----------------------------------------
D MajorD -----------------------------------------
A augmentedA ----------------3------------------------
E MajorE -5-5-3-3-0-----------3-3-5----3-3-5------

And the other guitar part during this section goes:
E MajorE -----------------------------------------
BB -----------------------------------------
G+G -7-7-7-5---------------------------------
D MajorD -7-7-7-5------5---5-5---5-7-5------------
A augmentedA -5-5-5-3------5---5-5---5-7-5------------
E MajorE --------------3---3-3---3-5-3------------