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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:26 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./m/music_machine/talk_talk.crd

This alienated rant was a #15 hit for the Music Machine in early 1967.  My
bar band covered it as late as 1975, with me snarling the lead vocal,
whacking on a tambourine, and playing both organ and the detuned low-E
guitar riff at various points in the song.  --AWR


                              "Talk Talk"
                            (Sean Bonniwell)

[Note: the rhythm guitar is tuned down a minor third; the key riff of the
 verses is played F#-E but sounds Eb-Db.]


Intro:

	Eb           Ab            Db
	 /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	Eb5       F5 Gb5       F5
	 /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /	(2x)

	[fuzz bass: Gb Db]

Verse 1:

	   Eb         Db Eb     Db
	I got me a complication
	     Eb       Db  Eb    Db
	And it's an only child
	    Eb          Db Eb     Db
	Concernin' my reputation
	    Eb            Db    Eb    Db
	As something more than wild
	  Gb             Cb  Gb     Cb
	I know it serves me right
	    Ab            Db Ab     Db
	But I can't sleep at night
	Gb
	Have to hide my face
	   Ab
	Or go some other play-ay-ay-ay-ay-ace


Riff 1 (on rhythm guitar, tuned down minor third):

	Eb           Db    Eb          Db    Eb         Db     Eb    [N.C.]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
     Db	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
     Ab	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
     Fb	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
     Cb	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
     Gb	-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
     Db	-7b9---------5---|-2-------5---7---|-7b9---------0---|-2---2--------|


Verse 2:

	I won't cry out for justice
	Admit that I was wrong
	I'll stay in hibernation
	'Til the talk subsides to gone
	My social life's a dud
	My name is really mud
	I'm up to here in lies
	Guess I'm down to size
	    Db
	To size


Riff 2 (on lead guitar, standard tuning; organ harmonizes a fifth above):

         E                 D                            E
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v     v              v   v   v   v
     E	-------------3---|s7-------5-7-5-3-5-3-|       ---------------|
     B	-5---------------|---------------------|       -5---5---------|
     G	-----------------|---------------------| [2x]  ---------------|
     D	-----------------|---------------------|       ---------------|
     A	-----------------|---------------------|       ---------------|
     E	-----------------|---------------------|       ---------------|


Bridge:

	  E                  D
	Can't seem to talk about
	 E                     D
	The things that bother me
	 E           D
	Seems to be
	      E            D  E
	What everybody has
	        Db
	Against me

[repeat intro]

	Oh, oh, all right


Verse 3:

	Here's the situation
	And how it really stands
	I'm out of circulation
	I've all but washed my hands
	My social life's a dud
	My name is really mud
	I'm up to here in lies
	Guess I'm down to size
	    Db
	To size


Riff 3 (on lead guitar, standard tuning):

	Eb5          F5   Gb5          F5
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
     E	-11----------9---|-------------9---|
     B	-----------------|-11--------------|
     G	-----------------|-----------------|  [2x]
     D	-----------------|-----------------|
     A	-----------------|-----------------|
     E	-----------------|-----------------|

	Eb5          F5   Gb5          F5
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
     E	-11--9-------9---|-11--9-------9---|
     B	---------11------|---------11------|
     G	-----------------|-----------------|  [2x]
     D	-----------------|-----------------|
     A	-----------------|-----------------|
     E	-----------------|-----------------|


Coda:

	Eb        Db Eb        Db Eb        Db Eb
	Talk talk    Talk talk    Talk talk    Talk talk


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers