Dead kennedys
Cesspools in eden.
Tabbed (reasonably well) by James Huntley.
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Standard bass tuning: G,D,A,E.
everyone who knows the DK's knows that
they were at their best with anti pollution
songs, chemicle warfare, moon over marin,
they dont dissapoint with this kickass tune.
This song Has the stompinest bassline ever
and combined with EB Ray's surf guitar,
it just rocks.
guitar intro...
followed by this beasting bass line
(Verse.)
(First time) X 1
G|-5---------------------------
D|---3-3-0-3-3-3--0-0-0---0-0-0
A|---------------3------3------
E|-----------------------------
(main Riff for verse)
G|-----------------------------
D|-5-3-3-0-3-3-3--0-0-0---0-0-0
A|---------------3------3------
E|-----------------------------
Repeat main riff untill next...
(during high part in Ray's guitar intro)
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------
D|------------------0-0-0---0-0-0
A|----------------3------3-------
E|-------------------------------
(little showing off from Klaus)
G|-5---------------------------
D|---3-3-0-3-3-3--0-0-0---6-5-4
A|---------------3------3------
E|-----------------------------
Then back to main...
Play main verse until, "Whats making
our eyes so itchy?"
This part goes...
(Bridge!)
G|--------------------------------
D|-------------------------------- X 2
A|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------
E|----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
(oh, oh oh oh)
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
(its the big waste dump)
(Chorus!)
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|------------5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
E|3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|------------7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
E|3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------
(CESSPOOLS! IN EDEN)
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|----5-5-4-4-3-3-----3-2---2-2-2-
E|3-3-------------1-1-------------
(OOZING AWAY!)
G|-----------------
D|-----------------
A|-----------------
E|3----3----5-6-5-4
Back to the main riff for the verse...
Then the bridge...
Then Chorus... But After oozing away
comes a guitar bit, this goes...
G|-----------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|-3(-hold-)--2(-hold-)-------- X 2
E|-----------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
E|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
Then
G|----------------------
D|----------------------
A|1---1111---1---1111---
E|--3------3---3------3-
Complicated bit...
G|--------------------------------
D|-----7-7-6-6----------7-6--666--
A|-5-5---------8-7--5-5-----------
E|--------------------------------
G|----------------------
D|----------------------
A|1---1111---1---1111---
E|--3------3---3------3-
G|--------------------------------
D|-----7-7-6-6----------7-6--666--
A|-5-5---------8-7--5-5-----------
E|--------------------------------
G|----------------------
D|----------------------
A|1---1111---1---1111---
E|--3------3---3------3-
G|--------------------------------
D|-----7-7-6-6----------7-6--666--
A|-5-5---------8-7--5-5-----------
E|--------------------------------
Cesspools!
G|------------------------------
D|------------------------------ x 2
A|-------------10-8----8--------
E|-10-10-10-10------10----8-8-8-
G|------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------
A|---------8-6---6--------------------------
E|-8-8-8-8-----8----6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-10
HUGE SLIDE UP AND DOWN THE E STRING!
G|----------
D|----------
A|----------
E|-1//12\\1-
Back to the Chorus riff and...
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