Bang And Blame Chords by R.E.M.

Bang And Blame by R.E.M.

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BANG AND BLAME

(Liberated from January 1995 _Guitar for the Practicing Musician_)
(Buy it for a more complete version)
TABed by: Chris Bray (cbray@comp.uark.edu)


Chords used:
Amadd2:  xx7500
G6: xx5430
A, C, G, B, Bb chords: Use E-shaped barre chords...


{Intro}:  (Gtr. 1: w/ light dist. & delay set at 484 milliseconds)
         Am
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G-|-o----5---(5)---(5)---(5)---|--(5)---(5)---(5)---(5)--|
D-|-o----7---(7)---(7)---(7)---|--(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)--|
A-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E-|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G5                                                                       
E-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|---7---(7)---(7)---(7)---|--(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---o-|
D-|---5---(5)---(5)---(5)---|--(5)---(5)---(5)---(5)---o-|
A-|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E-|-------------------------|----------------------------|


{Gtr2 (Clean tone)}:

Amadd2
        If ...
G6                                      Amadd2
      it's ...
G6
      You're ...
              G6
Just ...
Amadd2
        Take ...

CHORUS:

    A                 C                   A                    G
You bang...
A                     C                    B                 Bb         A   G6
You bang...

Amadd2                                      G6
        If ...
                   Amadd2
the whole ...
     G6                             Amadd2
your ...
                   G6                                            Amadd2
I'd ...
    G6
You ...

A                 C                   A                    G
bang, ...
A                     C                    Badd4
You ....


{Interlude}: (Gtr w/ distorted tone):

    E5                          let ring...                                    
E-|----------0---------|--------0--------------|
B-|----------0---0-----|-----------0-----------|
G-|-o--------9------9--|--------------8------o-|    then....
D-|-o--9--9------------|--9--9-----------9---o-|
A-|----7--7------------|--9--9-----------------|
E-|----0--0------------|--7--7-----------------|
    |----------- Play Three Times ------------|

           let
           ring...
E-|---------0-----|---------------0----------|
B-|------------0--|-(0)--------------0-------|
G-|---------------|------6--------------6----|
D-|---7--7--------|------------------------7-|
A-|---7--7--------|----------7---------------|
E-|---5--5--------|--------------------------|


{Gtr2 (Clean tone)}:

Am                          G5
You've ...
Am                             G5
I've got ..
    Amadd2                            G6
who dares ..,
                   Amadd2          G6
Stop ...

Amadd2              G6          Amadd2
(Ooh.)_______________           (Ooh.)_______________
     G6
You ...

            A                 C                   A                        G
You ...
A                    C                    B                 Bb
   Bang, ...

    A                 C                   A                        G
You ...
A                    C                    B                 Bb         E
   Bang, ...

A       G6

    Amadd2                 G6
You kiss ..
    Amadd2                  G6
You ..,
Amadd2               G6
(Ooh.)________________
                  You   ..
Amadd2               G6
(Ooh.)________________


   Amadd2                                   G6
   (Ooh.)_____________________________________
E-|------0h5p0-------0h5p0---|--------------|---3p0---------3p0-|
B-|----5-----------5---------|--          --|--------3p0--------|
G-|-o------------------------|--    %     --|-------------4-----|
D-|-o------------------------|--          --|-------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--          --|-------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------|

                   Repeat
                   and fade...
E-|-(0)--3p0----3p0---3p0-----|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|-------------------------o-|   Rest approx. 15 seconds then...
D-|-------------------------o-|
A-|---------------------------|
E-|---------------------------|

                                                                               
                                     Repeat and fade...                        
E-|----------2---------------|--------------------|
B-|-------0---------------3--|--(3)---------------|
G-|-o-----------0----4-------|------------------o-|     The End.
D-|-o--4---------------------|------------------o-|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------|
   (w/light dist. & amp vibrato)


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Chords: G6, A, C, G, B, Bb, E, Am, D, G5, Badd4, E5