There’s a dirty great monster
In this house
We pretend it's not there
And there’s no escape

But nobody seems to care

Do you ever wonder
About the[-] days
When we were s[-]traight
But daddy got the hunger
So much to hid[-]e
We learn to li[-]e

Am ‘ Bb ‘ E/B – C

So watch yourself
In the hall
Where you’re not
supposed to know
Cuz we’re all afraid
of each other
We’re the victim’s
in this show

Well Do you ever wonder
About the [E-F]days
When we were [G-]straight
when daddy got the hunger
too much to hi[-]de
We learn to li[-]e

Silently out numbered
We made mi[E-F]stakes
When we were [G-Am]straight
Now we’re all going under

Oh oh
So with a si[-]gh we say good [-]bye

Stood on the line
you understand
I’ve been waiting forever
come rain, come shine
In the wind and snow
In the filthy weather
you got it all worked out
Yeah, but it knocks you out
I’m ZOOMIN’ In

Now she arrives
in a flamming crash
like a falling star
heading straight for the dive
gonna make some cash with that avatar
You got it all worked out
I know you know I don’t want you to go
yeah but it knocks you out
I’m ZOOMIN’ In on you on you

Don’t look back – heart attack
you got it all worked out
yeah but it knocks you out

we’re not alone in the second life
there are millions like us
right here in the stones
in the air too bright
for the new insiders

Tuning: Standard

Here is how to play most of this album track off the band’s 1997 album, Medazzaland. This
is one of the last songs to feature the classic Wedding Album era line-up for the band, as well
as one of few tracks off the album to feature John Taylor on bass. Besides being one of the
more underrated tracks overall in the band’s back catalog, in my opinion, the song also
features some neat distorted and reverb parts from Warren Cuccurullo. The choruses are particularly
easy to play, consisting of mostly barre chords and some light muting of those chords that
goes along with it.

Here’s the tab to the intro played before the verses, as well as briefly before the final
chorus. Pretty basic stuff if you listen to the song, as long as you remember the bend the note
on the 15th fret up and down with your finger every time. Repeat as necessary.

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--15(b) 13--14--13--14--15(b)--13--14--15(b)-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

For the verses, playing it with some reverb on seems to work out the best (a la How Soon Is
Now by The Smiths, which also makes use of the reverb for playing an F# chord to start out
with). If you have a decent pedal system though, you might be able to find an effect that
works out just as effectively without using the reverb necessarily.

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4---4----7---5--4-----------------------|
D|--4---4-----4(h)--2(h)--0(h)----4---4----7---5--4-----------------------|
A|--4---4-------------------------2---2----5---3--2-----------------------|
E|--2---2-----------------------------------------------------------------|

After playing the F#5 chord twice more with reverb at the “Now that I’m so alien” lyric, make
sure to transition into the chorus with this lead part used in the verses. The brief lead
part isn’t played with reverb this time, so remember to kick it into distortion before playing
the chorus.

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4---4----4(h)--2(h)--0(h)-------------------------------------------|
A|--4---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2---4---------------------------------------------------------------|

The chorus is fairly basic, as you can see below. Along with getting the up-to-down motions
right while playing them, also remember to play some muted notes at times during the chorus. They
aren’t shown here since Warren seems to insert them inconsistently into each of the riffs
on the studio version. So be sure to listen in and play along until you get something that’s
close to the right feel for it.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---9--9---5---5--5---7--7----7---5--------------------------|
D|--9---9--9---5---5--5---7--7----7---5--------------------------|
A|--7---7--7---3---3--3---5--5----5---3--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

This is the middle eight lead part after Simon sings “We’re gonna come together here.” It
appears that when Warren played it live, he did things a bit differently with it, playing all
sorts of hammer-ons and pull-offs in the process. I tried to figure out something close to
what he played on the studio track higher up on the neck. But since he usually kept this certain
part to the middle part of the guitar neck, I figured out a simple way of playing it there
too.

So repeat this part three times at the middle eight…

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7(h)-----6(h)8---7--7(h)---9-------6(h)8------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

… then finish it off with a pull-off at the end, before repeating the intro.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7(h)-----6(h)8---7--7(h)---9(p)8-----15(b) 13--14--13--14-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

The final chorus is played almost exactly like the first two, only the barre chords are moved
down two frets. Remember to listen in for some muting when wherever its needed too. This riff
is also played for the rest of the song.

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11---11--11---7---7--7----9----9---9----------------------------|
D|--11---11--11---7---7--7----9----9---9----------------------------|
A|--9----9---9----5---5--5----7----7---7----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

I haven’t been able to figure out Warren’s outro at the end. So if any of you have ideas for
it, feel free to submit them.

Falling into space
At the end of time
Black as the black in your eye
Staring through a hole in the ozone
There’s nobody home
To play back your ansaphone
Climax out of blue
Is it just another high?
No there must be something new
Now that I’m so alien

Entering the atmosphere
Don’t know what is waiting here (oh no)
If there’s nothing left to fear
When they come together in
the Big Bang Generation

Teardrop in the sky
Bursting my eye
Sound of morning sighs
This life is stranger than fiction
Surreal addiction
It’s all I recognize
Feeding off the habit
Losing control
Where is it leading to?
Now that I’m the alien

Entering the atmosphere
Don’t know what is waiting here (oh no)
If there’s nothing left to fear
When we come together in
the Big Bang Generation

(Feel like I’m losing control)

(Now that I’m here alone)

(Feel like I’m losing control)

(Feel like I’m losing it)
We’re gonna come together here

Where you coming from?

When we gonna burn out? Don't know

Having so much fun

Greetings from the Big Bang Generation



Meet you in the Big Bang Generation

Together in the Big Bang Generation

Together we’re the Big Bang Generation

N.C.
All the paper gods in a sky of grey
All the fools in town are ruling today… today

Bow to the paper gods in a world that is paper thin
The fools in town are ruling now
Bleeding from paper cuts, money for head shots
Fools leading. Who needs it?

[Dm-C-A]
[Verse 1]
Hey you’re gonna want it all the talking man declares
[(Dm)]Go running to be first in line, for what? Nobody cares
The next thing you must have. Find peace with matching bag
[(C)]It’s nothing to be glad about, or sad when you forget about it

And while the race is on the rats will run the street
[(Dm)]The slaver in a sweatshop putting trainers on your feet
And walking through the rain oblivious to pain
To shelter from the blame without a reason to complain about it
Don’t complain about it. Don’t complain about it
Forget about it

[Chorus 1]
Bow to the paper gods in a world that is paper thin
The fools in town are ruling now
Bleeding from paper cuts, money for head shots
Fools leading. Who needs it?

[Verse 2]
She’s staring out in underwear from your computer screen
[(Dm)]It’s all on sale for dirty cash, we can wash it clean
So hang it out online, confess and you’ll feel fine
[(C)]And if you got the time to spare we want to know which name you’re wearing
And when the final curtain finally comes down
[(Dm)]We’ll all be in the party room no wiser as to how
The total human race became a basket case
It’s nothing to lose face about, it’s really not our place to doubt it

[Chorus 2]
Bow to the paper gods in a world that is paper thin
The fools in town are ruling now
Bleeding from paper cuts, money for head shots,
Fools leading. Who needs it?

[Middle 8]
[F-C#-G#-Gm-F]
[F-C#-G#-Gm]
Paper walls falling down
[(F)]Paper house, paper town
Paper gods falling down
The paper world is falling down
Paper walls falling down
Paper house, paper town
Paper gods falling down
The paper world is falling down
Falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down
[(F)]Falling down, falling down

[Chorus 3]
Bow to the paper gods in a world that is paper thin
The fools in town are ruling now
Bleeding from paper cuts, they go for the money shot
Fools leading. Who needs them?

All the paper gods in a sky of grey
All the fools in town are ruling today… today

[A#-Gm-Dm]

Intro: Hold the note Bb – it interchanges between Bb and G#. (low E string 6th fret and
E string 4 fret) The whole beginning part is basically single notes rather than chords
written that way. The chords are tough to pick out, (they are probably Bb and G# but
are too hard to hear!)

She lays on the wall

watching the strangers drift away
mid-day’s ore–thick

with the sun of Arabia
she surrenders her voices
they gather, on the wind

talkin, chanting, breathing
into her body…[C#-F-Bb-C#]yesterday
F – C# – (C#-D# – E – F#) (walkup)

Awakened beside
the scent of burnt sugar–on the skin
painting eyes–thick
with the color she brings in
oh, and sure and strong
when the lightning tumbles down
don’t you frown
everything will be
in time for this evening

(Start Chords)

if there’s secrets
she has to be party to
every one of them
if there’s heaven
she gets to the heart

(D# – E – F#) walkup
and you’ll know…
why she says
when I run out of blue
help me rise instead
then I will run to you
why she says
when I run out of blue
give me red instead
now let me run… (let me run)

if there’s secrets
she has to be party to
every one of them
if there’s heaven
she gets to the heart
and you’ll know…
why she says
when I run out of blue
help me rise instead
then I will run to you
why she says
when I run out of blue
give me rain instead
now let me run… (let me run)

Hey-hey….
why she says
when I run out of blue
help me rise instead
then I will run to you
why she says
when I run out of blue
give me rain instead
then I will run to you

Or, you can always play it in Eminor open with regular tuning, knowing it will be 1/2
higher than the record. I transcribed it as sounded on the recording – at the bottom is
out the alternate chords. If the key is too high to sing you can transcribe to Dm or
the capo one or two frets if you use the capo.

ENJOY!!!

At the sharp end of the view
The edge of me and you
And all good sense that tread no further
And as the ghost will shiver trees
How I’m tremblin’ on my knees
But I’m still drawn on by the the murmur
Are you laughing at me now?
In my circumstance
When still I wear your crown
My life’s penitence
For what? What’s so funny?
A Box full o’ honey

What I thought a pretty tune
Was howling at the moon
To keep me company this evening
It’s so lonely in the dirt
A scratching at the hurt
That I so generously did leave you

Are you laughing at me now?
In my circumstance
When still I where your crown
Some cruel penitence
For what? What’s so funny?
A Box full o’ honey

Break: Ebm – F# – C# – Ab
Is she flirting with me now?[C#-Ab]
Is she dallying with me now?[-]
Are you flirting with me now?
You’ll always be my queen of tumble down
Miss Melancholy
Are you laughing at me now?
In my circumstance
When still I wear your crown
And my life’s a penitence
For what? What’s so funny?
Ain’t it funny?
A Box full o’ honey

– if you capo 6 and play it that way the chords are:
Verse: Am, C, G, D
Chorus: Am, Bb, F, E

If you either lower the tuning to Eb or play it in Em the chords are:

Verse – Em, G, D, A
Chorus – Em, F, C, B

One other way to play is to CAPO 1 and play it in Dm, as is tabbed in another posting.

Verse 1 – first riff: G D# G D# D D# D D#
– again, play twice and leave out the last D#

Verse 1 – second riff: Cm G# A# D

Verse 2 – first riff: G D

Verse 2 – second riff: Cm A# G# D
– played just like the second riff in the first verse, except G# and A# are reversed

Chorus: A# G# Cm
– alternate Cm with G each second time through – also end the first chorus on just A# and the second
chorus on G#

Outro: A# G# G

[Verse 1]
You’re thin ice? I should be on solid ground
An oh so quiet vice? I can hear that cracking sound
But I remain, despite your deadly aim
To drive another lad insane, when you won’t speak my name

[Chorus 1]
You kill me with silence, that’s your style girl you’re letting me know
This deafening silence the only reason that you’re in control
It’s emotional violence, I can’t breathe now but I can’t let go
You kill me with silence

[Verse 2]
True to life things are hotting up in here
If I had a knife you could cut the atmosphere
Something else, I like this bed of nails
That’s what I tell myself – couldn’t be much worse in Hell

[Chorus 2]
You kill me with silence, that’s your style girl you’re letting me know
This deafening silence the only reason that you’re in control
It’s emotional violence, I can’t breathe now but I can’t let go
You kill me with silence

? you kill me with silence

? kill me with silence

A stormy[F#7sus4/C#] summer
Is rolling closer
Lighting up this holy smoke[F#7sus4]r
And if this [F#7sus4/C#]drinking
Could ease the thinking
[B/A]I’d toast to my home truth
With this glass

Oh, rise, you promises br[Bm/A]oken
Call my lovers by their n[Bm/A]ames
Lost hearts and words
That are s[Bm/A]poken to the wind
Which blows before the rain…

Instru : Bm Em6 DMaj7 F#7 2X

Little pin [F#7sus4/C#]pricks
And how my ears bleed
On the bomb ticks that is m[F#7sus4]y heartbeat
In every lif[F#7sus4/C#]e flash
In every car crash
[B/A]I hear the silence waiting to fall

Oh, rise, you promises br[Bm/A]oken
Call my lovers by their n[Bm/A]ames
Lost hearts and words
That are s[Bm/A]poken to the wind
Which blows before the rain…

Instru : G F#7 F#m7 E 4X

Bm Em6 DMaj7 F#7 2X

For all I c[F#7sus4/C#]arry
Are murdered secrets
The price of my blue star-e[F#7sus4]yed weakness
And so we tr[F#7sus4/C#]avel
And we unravel
[B/A]Towards the place where all loose ends go

Oh, rise, you promises br[Bm/A]oken
Call my lovers by their n[Bm/A]ames
Lost hearts and words
That are s[Bm/A]poken to the wind
Which blows before the rain…

Fin : Bm Em6 DMaj7 F#7

Standard Tuning
Awesome new song by Duran Duran! Enjoy!
GPS

Alternate: C#m – B – (F#)implied

Once was a man who consumed his place and time
He thought nothing could touch him
But here and now it’s a different storyline
Like the straw he is clutching

Why has the sky turned grey
Hard to my face and cold on my shoulder
And why has my life gone astray
Scarred by disgrace, I know that its over

Because I’m falling down
With people standing round
But before I hit the ground
Is there time Could I find someone out there to help me?

Howl at the wind rushing past my l[(F#)]onely head
Caught inside its own motio[(F#)]n
How I wish it was somebody e[(F#)]lse instead
Howling at all this corrosio[(F#)]n

Why did the luck run dry
Laugh in my face, so pleased to desert me
Why do the cruel barbs fly?
Now when disgrace can no longer hurt me

REPEAT ABOVE FOR ADDT’L CHORUS
Because I’m falling down
With people standing round
But before I hit the ground
Is there time
Could I find someone out there to help me?

Because I’m falling down
With people standing round
But before I hit the ground
Is there time
Could I find someone out there to help me?
I don’t know?. Why

VERSE:
It’s all up to you now
Find yourself in the moment
Go directly to the voodoo
Now the channel is open
Lose your head lose control
You come on delicate and fine
Like a diamond in the mind
Woah, yeah…
When you move into the light
You’re the greatest thing alive
Woah…

CHORUS:
And you sway in the moon the way you did when you were younger
And we told everybody all you need is now
Stay with the music let it play a little longer
You don’t need anybody all you need is now

INSTRUMENTAL:

VERSE (plays the same way as the 1st):
Everybody’s gunning for the VIP section
But you’re better up and running in another direction
With your bones in the thrall
Throw a shadow on the vine, bat your lashes let it shine
Woah, yeah, every moment that arrives you’re the greatest thing alive
Woah…

CHORUS (plays the same way as the 1st):
And you sway in the moon the way you did when you were younger
And we told everybody all you need is now
Stay with the music let it play a little longer
You don’t need anybody all you need is now

BRIDGE:
C D# Gm – 2x
All you need, all you need is now
All you need, all you need is now
С D# G#
All you need, all you need is now

OUTRO (plays the same way as the 1st):
And we will sway in the moon the way we did when we were younger
(when we were younger)
When we told everybody all you need is now
STAY with the music let it play a little longer
(A little longer)
you don’t need anybody all you need is now

All you need, all you need is now
All you need, all you need is now
All you need, all you need is now
All you need, all you need is now…