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NICE 'N' SLEAZY

As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1978 Album BLACK AND WHITE)

Words and Music by Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield & Jet Black

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hugh Cornwell - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=103
              Bm
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
 W     W      E e e e e e e e  E e e e e e e e 3x
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|----------|----------||o---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|----------|----------||----9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|----------|----------||o---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-o||
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

  E e E S S E e E S S  E e E S S E e E S S
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||
||o---7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7-o||
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||
||----9---9-9---9---9-9-|---9---9-9---9---9-9--||
||o---9---9-9---9---9-9-|---9---9-9---9---9-9-o||
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||


 E e e e e e e e  E e e e e e e e
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||


 1st & 2nd Verses
 $
  Bm                         A
                      2/4    4/4
 E S S E S S e e e e  E e E S S e e e e  e e e e  E e E S S E S S e E
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|
|---9-9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---9-9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|


             Bm
                              2/4
 E e E S S E S S e E  E e e e e e e e  E e e e e e e e  e e e e
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9-|
|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9-|
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|


                 To Coda
  A          G         F#   BmA G F#
 4/4
 E e E S S E e E e  E S S E e E e E e  Q E E e e e e
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---6---6-6---6---6-|---4-4---4---4---4--|-3------7-6-4-3-|
|---7---7-7---7---7-|---5-5---5---5---5--|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|
|---7---7-7---7---7-|---5-5---5---5---5--|-4------9-7-5-4-|
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|


  Bm                        A5B5 Bm
 E e e e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E E E S S
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|
|---9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|


      A5B5 Bm       A5B5 Bm       A5B5 Bm
 E S S E e E E E S S  E S S E e E E E S S  E S S E e E E E S S
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--||
|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--||
|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7--||


 Chorus
 A                DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2
                      2/4
 E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E E E E  E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|


 Bm                     A
 4/4
 E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E E E S S E E
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


      DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2 Bm
           2/4    4/4
 E S S E E E E E E  E E E E  E S S E e E S S E e
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|


 A           G           F#   BmA G F#
 E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e  Q E E e e e e
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---6-6---6---6-6---6-|-4-4-4---4---4-4---4-|-3------7-6-4-3-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-4------9-7-5-4-|
|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-3-3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|


  Synthesizer Solo
   Bm
  E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e 4x
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|
||o---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-o||-|
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|
||----9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||-|
||o---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-o||-|
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|


       A5B5 Bm       A5B5 Bm
  E S S E e E E E S S  E S S E e E E E S S
||----7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7---||
||o---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--o||
||----7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7---||
||----9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9---||
||o---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--o||
||----7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7---||


  Chorus
  A                DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2
                       2/4
  E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E E E E  E E E E
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|


            1.
 Bm
 4/4
 E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-o||
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-o||
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||


 2.
 A           G
 E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3---|
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3---|
|---6-6---6---6-6---6-|-4-4-4---4---4-4---4---|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5---|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5---|
|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-3-3-3---3---3-3---3---|


                         D.S. al Coda
 F#   BmA G F#  Bm
 Q E E e e e e  E S S E e E S S E e  E S S E e E S S E e
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-3------7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-4------9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||


 Outro
 &
 F#   BmA G F#  Bm    A G F#  Bm    A G F#
 Q E E e e e e  E S S E e e e e e  E S S E e e e e e
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|
|-3------7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|
|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|
|-4------9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|
|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|


  Bm    A G F# B5
 E S S E e e e e e  W     +W
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|----------|--------*|
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|----------|--------*|
|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|----------|--------*|
|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|-9--------|-(9)----*|
|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|-9--------|-(9)----*|
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|-7--------|-(7)----*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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