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From: DarkMan 
Date: 16 Jun 1995 10:33:45 GMT
Subject: TAB: Smash it Up (Part1) by the Damned

					Smash it Up (Part 1) by The Damned

From the album 'Machine Gun Etiquette'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis 	email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk

The guitar is tuned to standard pitch (E).

Section A
	  ~			 ~
E-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|		Play 4 Times.
G--------0--------|-------------0---|		(Bass joins in on the second time)
D------0------0---|-----0-----4---4-|
A----4------4---4-|---4---4-5-------|
E--5--------------|-5---------------|

	  ~		   ~		     ~		 	~
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G--------0--------|--------0--------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
D------0------0---|------0------0---|-----0-----0-----|-----3-----------|
A----4------4---4-|----4------4---4-|---4-----4-------|---3-------------|
E--5--------------|--5--------------|-5---------------|-1---------------|

    ~  ~  ~  ~ ~        ~	~
E-----------------|------------0----|
B-0--1--3--0--1---|-0--1--3--3-(3)--|
G--0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----(0)|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

Section B
          ~		         ~	      ~		             ~
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G--------0--------|-------------0---|--------0--------|-------------0---|
D------0------0---|-----0-----4---4-|------0------0---|-----0-----4---4-|
A----4------4---4-|---4---4-5-------|----4------4---4-|---4---4-5-------|
E--5--------------|-5---------------|--5--------------|-5---------------|

	  ~                 ~		     ~		       ~
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G--------0--------|--------0--------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
D------0------0---|------0------0---|-----0-----0-----|-----3-----------|
A----4------4---4-|----4------4---4-|---4-----4-------|---3-------------|
E--5--------------|--5--------------|-5---------------|-1---------------|

    ~  ~  ~  ~  ~       ~        ~
E-----------------|-------------0---|
B-0--1--3--0--1---|-0--1---3--3-----|
G--0--0--0--0--0--|--0------0-------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

Section C

There is a slow flange sweep over these 4 bars

  ^		    ^   	      ^                 ^   	    ^
E-5-0-0-0-0-------|-0--0-0-0-0------|-5--0-0-0-0--(0)-|-0--0-0-0-0--5-0-0-|
B-3-0-0-0-0-------|-3--0-0-0-0------|-3--0-0-0-0--(0)-|-3--0-0-0-0--3-0-0-|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

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

	 ~    ~			           ~             rake all chords
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---2---0---0---|
B-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---3---2---|
G-----0-----0-----|--------0--------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|
D---4-----0-------|-----0-----0-----|-----0-------0---|-2---2---2---2---|
A-5---------------|---4-----4-------|---4---4---2---2-|-2---2---2---2---|
E-----------------|-5---------------|-5-------3-------|-----------------|

Section D

	 ~		   ~		     ~		       ~ with fingers
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-------1----1----|-------3----3----|-------1----1----|-------3--3--3---|
G-----0----0------|-----0----0------|-----0----0------|-----0----0--0---|
D---2-------------|---4-------------|---2-------------|---4-------------|
A-3---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  rake all chords
E-0---2---0---0---|
B-0---0---3---2---|
G-0---0---0---0---|
D-2---2---2---2---|
A-2---2---2---2---|
E-----------------|

Section E

							    X rake
E-0---------------|----------------|-----0--3--3-3-3--|-3-3-0-2--2-2--0-0-|
B-0-0--0-0--0--0--|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0|-0-0-0--3--3-3-3--|-3-3-0-3--3-3--0-0-|
G-0-0--0-0--0--0--|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0-0-0-2--2-2--0-0-|
D---2--2-2--2--2--|-2-2-2--2-2--2-2|-2-2----0--0-0-0--|-0-0---0--0-0------|
A---2--2-2--2--2--|-2-2-2--2-2--2-2|-2-2----2---------|-------------------|
E-----------------|----------------|--------3---------|-------------------|

  rake
E--0--------------|
B--0--------------|
G--0--------------|
D--2--------------|
A--2--------------|
E-----------------|

					rake
E-----0--3--3-3-3--|-3-0-2--2-2--0-0-|--0--------------|
B-0-0-0--3--3-3-3--|-3-0-3--3-3--0-0-|--0--------------|
G-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0-0-2--2-2--0-0-|--0--------------|
D-2-2----0--0-0-0--|-0---0--0-0------|--2--------------|
A-2-2----2---------|-----------------|--2--------------|
E--------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|

					rake
E-----0--3--3-3-3--|-3-0-2--2-2--0-0-|--0--------------|
B-0-0-0--3--3-3-3--|-3-0-3--3-3--0-0-|--0--------------|  play this time round
G-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|-0-0-2--2-2--0-0-|--0--------------|  with a bit more 'swing'
D-2-2----0--0-0-0--|-0---0--0-0------|--2--------------|
A-2-2----2---------|-----------------|--2--------------|
E--------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|



.... to Smash it Up (part 2)

TAB Key

	X  - mute with palm of hand
	U  - upstroke
	~  - hold note
	() - incidental note
	^  - emphasise note
        rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes

You can see that the song is made up of common chord shapes which are arpeggiated, along
with the odd open-string here and there to add a bit of 'colour'.
Section A consists of the basic Gmajor shape, slid up 2 frets - followed by the Cadd9 shape
slid up by 2 frets.
Section B uses similar shapes, along with a barred Fminor shape on the first fret.
Section C uses simple diads based on G5 and E5. Also used here is Cmajor, along with the
shapes used in in section A.
Section D uses the standard Cmajor shape, along with the same shape moved up 2 frets.
Section E combines the open strings with Gmajor, Eminor and Dmajor shapes

The guitar sound used here is clean with a very small amount of echo, and in places there
is a very slight flanging added to the track. At some points the guitar gets a little lost
in the mix - as the bass is played as a lead instrument in parts as well.

This Transcription (c) DarkMusic 1995.

Comments, corrections, requests and idle banter welcome.

			Wayne Ellis 	email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk
Get this song at:
bol.com
amazon.com

Copyrights:

Author: Algy Ward, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, Alasdair Ward

Composer: ?

Publisher: Receiver Records Limited

Details:

Released in: 1979

Language: English

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