YOU COULD MAKE A KILLING (Aimee Mann) -------------------------------------- This is on the "I'm with Stupid" album. All the following is written as if played in G (at the knut). Album ----- On the album this track is played in B (Capo 4th fret). [Intro]:
| G Em7 D F | C G D C | C C C C | x 2 With this played over the top by heavily overdriven electric gtr: A -3------2-0---------3-------2------- E ------------3----------------------- A -3------2-0--------h--------0------- E ------------3-----0-3-----3--------- [Verse]: G Em7 D (Dsus) D F C F C There .. and .. simply .. [Chorus]: || C G D F C .|| || so you ...|| x3 (on the 3rd time, skip the F and hold the last C 6 beats) I wish .. then ... 'til it .. so you ..x3 I .. or .. or try .. or i ... . . x4 aahh aah etc. (chords as for chorus) Live ---- Live, Aimee plays this in Bb (Capo 3rd fret). The live arrangement is for (mainly) acoustic guitar. It's basically the same as above, but with picking like this: [Intro]: 3 bars (play once only, not like above): First Bar: G Em7 D F F(add2) e--3-------------------------------------------2-2-2--------------------| B--0----------------------------3-----3--------3-3-3----1-----1-----h-p-| G--0------------0-----------0---0-----2--------2-2-2----2-----0----0-2-0| D--0----------0-------------2---------0-----------------3-----3---------| A-----------2-------2---------------------------------------------------| E-------------------0---------------------------------------------------| beats ^ ^ ^ ^ 2nd Bar: C Am7/B G D C e--------------------------------3-3-3------------2-2-2-----------0-0-0| B--------------------------------0-0-0------------3-3-2-----------1-1-1| G-(0)----------sl---0------------0-0-0------------2-2-2-----------0-0-0| D--2--------2-2-(0)-0------------------0-------------------------------| A--3--------3-3--2--2-----------------------------------3--------------| E-------------------3*-------------------------------------------------| beats ^ ^ ^ ^ 3rd Bar: C C C C e-------------0-0-0-------------0-0-0------------0-0-0------------0-0-0| B-------------1-1-1-------------1-1-1------------1-1-1------------1-1-1| G-------------0-0-0-------------0-0-0------------0-0-0------------0-0-0| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A--3----------------3-----------------3-----------------3--------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------| beats ^ ^ ^ ^ This is played as three 'phrases' G Em7 D F C G D C C C C C, so hit the G in the second bar (Marked *) hard to make it sound like a new phrase. Verse/Chorus Chords as per album version. Picking is the root/bass note of each chord held for about three-quarters of a beat followed by three quick strums of the top three strings (like in the last bar of the intro of the live version). Only other difference from the CD is trills on the C and F of each line of the verse: C F C e -0---0--------1-------(0)-- B -1---1--------1---h-p-(1)-- G -0---0---h-p--2--0-2-0----- D -2---2--0-2-0-3--------2--- A -3---3-----------------3--- E --------------------------- . . . . . . habit . . . . . . tragic . . . . . . . have it . . .etc Chords EADGBe G 320003 Em7 022030 D xx0232 Dsus xx0233 F xx3211 F(add2) xx3011 Am7/B x20010 C x32010 (N.B. sometimes x32013 in last bar of intro) h is a hammer-on p is a pull-off sl is a slide Enjoy! Comments, corrections, etc. welcome. Nic Nic Boulton@mercury.co.uk
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