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Words (Big Mouth) – Ian Hunter

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Tabbed By:Me.

By: I.hunter/A.York

Album: Shrunken Heads

Awesomness: Speechless, so to say.

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Capo 2nd fret.

Intro:

I’ve got a big one

Fill:

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|-4-3-4-|
|-4-3-4-|
|-4-3-4-|

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Riff:

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|-------------------------------|
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|-/11--11-9-------------0-------|
|-----------11-9----0h2---2-----|
|---------------------------0---|

It’s me, I didn’t mean to wake you
I owe you an apology about last night
Well I was just letting off steam
Black Dog lurking in the alleyway
Alcohol arriving with the key
Open up the floodgates and out it comes
Like a river full of grafitti

Words… little beads of poison
Letting out the venom
One thing for certain baby
I got a big mouth

Goes on in all the verses, solos & outro.

Bridge:

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Comments & Corrections are more than welcome!

Irene Wilde – Ian Hunter Band

Taken from the live album Welcome to the Club. It’s a piano piece but transfers to
acoustic nicely.

Intro/Pre-chord: G

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
At Barker Street Bus Station every night
When I tried to get it on she just looked at me with scorn
My courage turned to fear and I took flight

For those looks they seemed to say you aint nothin’ go away
Youre just some face in some crowd so I walked home and I vowed
I’m gonna be somebody someday

Her name was Irene Wilde Oh such beauty for a child
When she started dating boys I nearly died
Well I could not barely stand seeing anyone hold her hand
I thought I’d have to crawl away and hide

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_hunter/irene_wilde_crd.html )
In my mother’s Sunday room Id compose so many tunes
They was all the same just a frame for the name and just to say
F C F C C bridge
I’m gonna be somebody someday

Wild was your name, I soon left that country town
Ive been around, I’ve seen some things,
Ive seen some ups, I’ve seen some downs
Smile through your shock as you hear your name outloud
Is that face in the crowd
I didn’t dig it I’m much too proud

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for that dream
At Barker street bus station non-affair
At the time it seemed so sad but it didn’t turn out bad
if she hadn’t turned me down I’d still be there

Well I think most folks agree
A little put-down makes them see
they aint the chain they’re just a link
and thats why she made me think
I’m gonna be somebody, be somebody, be somebodysomeday

Fade to end

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Something To Believe In – Ian Hunter

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Tabbed By: As Always.

By: I.Hunter

Album: The Artful Dodger

Awesomeness: Quite High.

Intro:

Well I lay underneath an ageless sky
I watched the universe breathing
There’s more going on up there than meets the eye
Give me something to believe in

Which way’s in and which way’s out
Every step is misleading
Well which way is up which way is down
You gotta have something to believe in

Oh, let me dream, let me dream
I spend my whole life dreaming
I’ve been lucky but I’m still me
You gotta have something to believe in

I didn’t mean to hurt the people I hurt
I was full of fear and loathing (uh…Correct?)
I wasn’t up to much, but I was all I had to go on
Couldn’t find nothing to believe in

I don’t like all them man made religions
They all need a little spiritual healing
They don’t cut across race, they don’t cut across culture
But we all need something to believe in

So you believe what you want to believe
Just stay true to your feelings
‘Cause one man’s god’s just as good as another now
Gotta have something to believe in

Well I lay underneath a royal throne
The ? paint was peeling
Half an inch deep and twice as cheap
Oh give me something to believe in

Fat Fred always packing lead
On the corner dealing
Makes more in a night than I can make in forty days
Give me something to believe in
Now people worship what they see
Looks can be deceiving
Violence rages in abandoned hearts
’Cause they ain’t got nothing to believe in

The chill chill is a bitter pill
When it comes to leaving
‘Cause there ain’t no easy way outta here
When you ain’t got nothing to believe in

Just woke up in Sarajevo city
I watched all those mothers screaming
Kids getting shot and for what, and for what?
Give me something to believe in
Now there’s fire outside, mud that slides
Earthquakes shake the region
Willy and the Poorboys lost in America
They ain’t got nothing to believe in

For every seed of knowledge found
For every grain of reason
For every shred of decency
There’s something to believe in

Now I lay me down to rest
In the silence of the evening
And the moon road shines from here to eternity
I’ve got something to believe in

You believe what you want to believe
Just stay true to your feelings
‘Cause one man’s god’s just as good as another
I’ve got something to believe in.

Fade.

Comments Please.

For those who might be interested,
I’m trying post 23A Swan hill in the near future.

Just need to figure out the riff.
(Let’s watch the Astoria DVD shall we?)

Tabbed By: . . . ME!!

By: I.Hunter

Album: The Artful Dodger

Awesomness: HIGH!

Tuning: Ta da Yes!

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C |x32010
F |x33211
G |320033
Am |x02210
G11 |32001x
Em |022000

I can smile
On a warm summer day
I can laugh
I can listen to the children play
But I’m going to miss
The killer with the kiss
He was a friend of mine
Now is the time
Now is the time

It’s going to rain
Hope it don’t rain on you
There’s going to be a lot of pain
Before this thing is through

If Jesus was alive
He’d be standing on the M5
Holding up a neon sign
Screaming now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_hunter/now_is_the_time_crd.html )
And now is the time
so many people can’t see
They think that love is blind
But it ain’t free
And There’s a line
For so many people to cross
And now their love is lost
Say goodbye
My funny valentine
Now is the time
Now is the time

Organ Solo:
Em Am Em Am x4
last time:

Now is the time
Now is the time

I can run
Just as far as my eyes can see
And I’m free, yeah,
Just as free as I want to be
But I won’t ever forget
That crazy little planet
He was a friend of mine

Now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time
Now is the time

Artist : Ian Hunter
Album : Dirty Laundry
Song : My Revolution

Intro

twice

Verse

twice

Chorus


( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_hunter/my_revolution_crd.html )
Verse

twice

Chorus


Bridge
F G [C/Bm]C C

On D string on the F :

0-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10 12/ 12/

Chorus

Dm G C A till the end

Tabbed By: Me, as usual.

By: I.Hunter

Album:Rant

Awesomness: HIGH!

Tuning:Yes

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I’m not sure this is 100% correct, but it sounds good.

Here goes:

Part1: Part2:

|—————-|—————-|
|—————-|-7-5——–5—|
|—————-|—–7-5——5-|
|—5—5—7–5-|———3h5—-|
|-0—0—0—0–|—————-|
|—————-|—————-|

Repeat through this:

On the very first decade that we got to dream in
Our fathers were angry, our mother’s were screamin’
At the clothes we were wearin’ and the music we got off on
Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon

C F C F x2

Carved our initials out across the sand
The heart and the arrow, no-one understands
Then the tide rolled in and everything ran
And washed us away, washed us away, washed us away

Part1 C F C F
Up in the attic ambition was burning
Part1 C F C F
Now my fingers were bleedin’ but the tables were turning
Part1 C F C F
Down in the city the future was beckoning
Part1 C F C F
And I hated myself on the day of reckoning

(Oh yeah)
Carved our initials on top of the cake
The heart and the arrow – the rattle and the snake
How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

Everything’s temporary in this world
Ain’t it a shame when you lose someone
Here tomorrow, gone today
Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

Play Intro Riff during this Verse:

There was never a fool like a young fool alone in
A world without someone he can find a home in
And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other
You bandaged my heart I never would recover C F
(ohhhh)

No river runs true, it always takes a twist
Hearts can be broken, arrows gonna miss
How was I to know that it was gonna come down to this

And wash us away
And we wrote our names on the Dead Sea Scrolls
The young and the restless, the brave and the bold
How was we to know it was gonna get outta control
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away,wash
G—->
us away, wash us away

C F C F x2

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Brainwashed – Ian Hunter

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Tabbed By: Me.

By: I.Hunter

Album: Shrunken Heads

Awesomness: Greate!

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Capo 1st Fret.

Intro:

Muting

T-shirt with the maker’s name, can’t believe you wore it
Brainwashed, brainwashed
You’re still falling for it. You’re still falling for it.
Running up those credit cards, you know you can’t afford it
Brainwashed, brainwashed
You’re still falling for it. You’re still falling for it.
Don’t forget to accessorize, makeup by the gallon
Brainwashed, brainwashed,
Panic at the salon
Panic at the salon

Mute
What’s up, what’s up, what’s up, what’s up
Baby you bin brainwashed
Mute
If you walk like a duck, quack like a duck
Baby you bin brainwashed
Mute
Rewind your life, rewind your life
Baby you bin brainwashed
Mute
Just press repeat, just press repeat
E D A —> E straight into verse
Baby you bin brain

Verse:
Breakdown on F the last time.

Bridge:
F A Slide between these chords.
321 you’re under. 231 you’re under

132 you’re under. 213 you’re under.
Acc: A
You’re under, you’re under, you’re under

You’re under, you’re under, you’re under

You’re under

Solo:

Mandolin:
Nah, don’t have it.

The rest follows the same patterns as the song did before.

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Comments & Corrections are more than Welcome!

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23A Swan Hill – Ian Hunter

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Tabbed By: Du’h…Me of course!

By: I.Hunter

Album: The Artful Dodger

Awesomness: High!!!

23A Swan Hill:

Acoustic Uses : While El Uses:

e|----2---------------------------------------|
B|-1--3---------------------------------------|
G|-0--2-----------------------5-7-------------|
D|-2--0-----------------------5-7-------------|
A|-3--------------------------3-5-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Intro:
Noodle On a D.

Intro Riff:

e|----------------------------------|
B|-3---1---------------3------------|
G|-0---0---0---2---0---0------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2------------|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3------------|

(Downstrokes only in the verse)

Wrote this poem
called “the floods roll on”
he said this ain’t yours,
where’d you get it from?
you must have stole it from a book,
oh yeah
you must have stole it from a book.
’cause you ain’t frail
you ain’t beautiful,
and I don’t fancy you
at all.

e|----------------------------------|
B|-3---1---------------3------------|
G|-0---0---0---2---0---0------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2------------|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3------------|

You’d be a ruin

if looks could kill
23 A, Swan Hill

Stiff with rage
screaming at the sky
innocence breaks
says she wants to die
I’m assuming I’m alive
oh yeah
I’m assuming I’m alive
she pushes and she pulls
my legs go weak
in fascinating terror

The whole world moves
and I’m standing still
in 23A Swan Hill

El guitar During G D part in the verse beneath.

E|-0-3-4-5-4-3-0------------|

and it’s always raining
and you never ask why
you never give yourself a shot
you just sit and watch your life go by

Acoustic: G C D
El Guitar:

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-------------5--------------7-----------|
D|-------------5--------------7-----------|
A|-------------5--------------7-----------|
E|-7-6-5-0-5-7----7-6-5-0-5-7-------------|

Last time do a : E|7-6-5-12|

Kicking stones
at a still life
want to pull it down
slash it slash it
there must be some way out here
there must be some way out here
this ain’t right
there must be more to life
than breaking and entering
doing people’s heads in
alcohol, nicotine
thinking what I might have been

e|----------------------------------|
B|-3---1---------------3------------|
G|-0---0---0---2---0---0------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2------------|
E|-3---3---3---3---3---3------------|

You would be a ruin
if looks could kill
23 A, Swan Hill
And the whole world moves
and I’m standing still
in 23 A, Swan Hill

and I will
and I will
and I will
and I will
in 23 A, Swan Hill

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That’s It for today.

I don’t know what I’ll do next time.

Altough i do have some of “Knees of my heart” and “Jerkin’ Crokus”.
We’ll see.
🙂

The times shown are elapsed time from the start. 1975. Tabbed by Marty Lurvey

Intro:0:09A 0:25
Do it…

Verse 1
Driving north in the rain and snow,
Oh, the jets ain’t jumping cause the clouds too low.
I wanna know,[D-D]
I wanna know, ha ha[D-D] ha ha,
I wanna know,[D-D]
The ice on the window, the highway the sea,
Who do you love, is it him or is it me? [D-D] hey, hey,
I wanna know.[D-D] 1:06

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_hunter/who_do_you_love_crd.html )
Verse 2
I called Detroit city on the telephone, (who do you love, who do you love?)
The man on the line tells me you ain’t home. (who do you love, who do you love?)
I wanna know,[D-D]
Who’s that boy?[D-D]
What’s in the rain?[D-D]
There’s a deep red glow in the early morning sky,
Who do you love? Better make up your mind! [D-D] [/] [/] [/] [D-D] 1:48[/][/][/]

Bridge
Don’t wanna buy love,
Don’t wanna try love,
I just want your love babe, [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 2:03
Heyyy[/]yy[/], [/] a[/]lr[/]ig[/]ht[/]! [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 2:12

Guitar solo
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[D-D] [/] [/] [/]
D [D-D]D-D C G [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ 2:38
A / / / / / / / 2:42
C / / / / / / / D D-D C G D D-D C G 2:52

Verse 3
Well its five in the morning and the place is dead, (who do you love, who do you love?)
I’m gonna rest my body on a empty bed. ( , who do you love?)
I gotta know,[D-D]
What’s his name baby?[D-D]
What’s your game?[D-D]
Make up your mind, are you his? Are you mine?
When you get back I ask you one more time. [D-D] Hey hey! [D-D] Hey he… 3:35

Outro instrumentalA 3:50
…………………..eeeeeeyyyyyyyy rrrrrrrrr

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Knees Of My Heart – Ian Hunter

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Tabbed By: Me.

By: I.Hunter

Album: Rant

Awesomness: High!!

Knees Of My Heart.

C(add)9:
x32033
G:
320033
C:
x32010
D:
xx0232
E:
022100

Intro:
C9 G C9 etc.
Until:

How do I begin – where do I start
When did you first scrape the knees of my heart
You said you would never marry a musician
I said that’s all right – ‘cos I ain’t good enough to be one
You dragged this basket case – in out of the dark
And I fell for you – from the knees of my heart

Riff:

The Registrar’s Office was a bold council gray
I slipped the ring on your finger – it’s there to this day
Oakington Avenue – corn flakes ‘n’ jam
I sprayed your Anglia black – but it still looks like a pram
You got the face of an angel – I felt Cupid’s dart
All the way down to the knees of my heart

You love me – you hate me
You move me – you irritate me
When I go over the top you always drag me back
You fill in all the cracks – I guess opposite’s attract

And I’m glad of that

Riff:

Down by the river where the humming birds hum
I bought you house with a burglar alarm system
You’re honest, you’re faithful – you’re loyal and true
Where would I be if it was not for you?

Same chords are verse, but includes some noodling.

For always and ever – ”til death do us part
I will love you – from the knees of my heart

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(Fixed some)

Could be some mistakes.
I don’t know.
Shouldn’t be any.
(I hope)