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/ The Stranglers / La Folie (1981) / Everybody Loves You When You're Dead guitar tab

The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When Your Dead
Tabbed By: Reecy
Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



EVERYBODY LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
Date of Transcription: 25th May 2002

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Guitar is mixed really low in this one, but I've tried my best!

intro: hi-hat, keyboard riff x2
bass enters... play this riff twice:

E--------7---|
B------8-----|
G----9-------|
D--7---------|
A------------|
E------------|

main bass/drum rhythm kicks in, riff is as follows (play twice) - bass root notes
alternate between A and G for this section:

E--9------9------8-----8----7-----7-----6-----6-|
B----10-----10-----7----------8-----8-----5-----|
G-------9------------8----------9-----------6---|
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

then: A E D C

     A                    E
They crucify you when you get it wrong
     D                        C
When things are fine they put you ahead
     A                      E
They laugh at you with your trousers down
     D                            C
They pick the stones and aim them at your head
A             E              D                C
When you're alive they won't care what you've said
A           E                D              C
What you deserve and all the blood you've bled


(play intro riff x2)

A                       E
Doesn't matter what you try to hide
    D                          C
The sun comes out and then the truth is read
     A                     E
Your fans'll love you when you're alive
        D                       C
But the wreaths are laid by the rest instead
A           E                D                C
When you're alive they won't care what you've said
A        E                   D            C
What you deserve and all the blood you've bled


(bass root notes appear above):

  Cos everybody loves you when you're dead
      (A)  (G)            (E)
E-----------7-------------------2----------|
B---------8-------------------3------------|
G-------9-------------------4--------------|
D-----7-------------------2----------------|<- play twice
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

  Kneel and pray by the side of your bed
  (D)       (C)         (Bb)
E-------0-----------------------------------|
B-----1-----------------------1-------------|
G---2-----------------------1---------------|
D-0-----------------------3-----------------|<- play twice
A-----------------------1-------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

 And then everybody loves you when you're dead
          (A)  (G)            (E)
E---------------7-------------------2-------|
B-------------8-------------------3---------|
G-----------9-------------------4-----------|
D---------7-------------------2-------------|<- play twice
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

  Kneel and pray just like your mama said
  (D)       (C)                 (Bb)      (D)   (C)  (B)
E-------0----------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
B-----1-------------------------------1--------1------------0--------------0------|
G---2-------------------------------1--------2------------2----2---------2----2---|
D-0-------------------------------3--------0------------1--------1-----1--------1-|
A-------------------------------1---------------------2--------------2------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


intro riff (guitar is mixed really low here, so it's going to take some time to
figure out).

A5 G5 A5 G5 (x2)

A5           G5              A5               G5
When you're alive they won't care what you've said
A5         G5                A5        G5
What you deserve and all the blood you bled
       A            E               D        C
You'll turn in your grave at what's gonna be said
       A       E       D  C
You'll finally be appreciated
    A    E              D           C
Cos everybody loves you when you're dead
A    E              D           C
Everybody loves you when you're dead



ending (unsure of this bit):


  (A)   (G)    (E)    (D)    (C)   (Bb)
E--------------------------------------------|
B-----8------6------3------------------------|
G---9------7------4--------5------3------1---|
D-7------5------2--------7------5------3-----|
A----------------------5------3------1-------|
E--------------------------------------------|


The Stranglers albums
2002 Laid Back
1998 Coup de Grace
1995 About Time
1990 10
1987 Dreamtime
1984 Aural Sculpture
1983 Feline
1981 The Meninblack
1981 La Folie
1979 The Raven
1978 Black and White
1977 No More Heroes
1977 Rattus Norvegicus
La Folie tabs
01Non Stop tabbass tab
02Everybody Loves You When You're Dead tabbass tab
03Tramp tabbass tab
04Let Me Introduce You to the Family tabbass tab
06The Man They Love to Hate tabbass tab
07Pin Up tabbass tab
08It Only Takes Two to Tango tabbass tab
09Golden Brown tabbass tab
11La Folie tabbass tab
12Cruel Garden tabbass tab

 

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