Wicked Game Tab by Chris Isaak

Wicked Game tab by Chris Isaak

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Wicked Game by Chris Isaak: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak is known for its haunting melody and seductive lyrics. The song features a distinctive guitar riff played by James Calvin Wilsey, creating a dreamy atmosphere with its reverb-drenched sound. The track was produced by Erik Jacobsen and released in 1989 on Isaak's album "Heart Shaped World." Fun fact: the music video, featuring a sultry Helena Christensen, helped propel the song to success.

🏷Legend:	In my notation, a row of tildes (~) means ’wiggle the
tremelo bar’.  ’\’ means slide down and ’/’ means slide up.
The nice tremelo work along with a lot of reverb give this
song most of its atmosphere.

Note:	The intro riff is hard to notate.  Basically, the sequence
on the B string is: pick open string (B), bend tremelo down 1/2 step,
hammer-on 7th fret (F#), release tremelo, pick 7th fret (F#), slide
down to open string.


intro

 (down 1/2) (back up) (slide)   ~~~  (down 1/2) (back up) (slide)
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-0----------7---------7\\-------0--|-0----------7---------7\\-------0--
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

🎸

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 A                 ~~~~~~
--------------------------|
---5----------------------|
--6--7-6-4-----2---1------|
-7-----------4---2--------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|


                       ~~~~
-2----0-----------------------------
---3----3--2----0-------------------
-------------4----4-2--1-----1-2-4-- o
----------------------2----2-------- o
------------------------------------
------------------------------------



verse
Bm        A         E    (fill)
                        ------------
                        ------------
                        ----2---1---
                        --4---2-----
                        ------------
                        ------------

Bm        A         E   (another fill)
                        ------------
                        ------------
                        ----1-2-4---
                        --2---------
                        ------------
                        ------------

Last updated: July 3, 2025

Chris Isaak tabs for Wicked game

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