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Eighties Tab

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Name:      Eka Suma
address:   ha94sumae@wombat.admin.bhtafe.edu.au

Artist:    Killing Joke
Track:     Eighties
Album:     Night Time (1985)
Guitarist: Geordie Walker


  ###    K I L L I N G   J O K E   ---   E I G H T I E S   ###

This is a played-by-ear transcription of arguably Killing Joke's
most popular mainstream song, which also highlights Geordie's
extensive use of the open strings for 'stereo guitar' effects.

Thanks to my very forgiving turntable, I have managed to pick up
most of the notes after relentless diggings into the vinyl.
(I played this song to death for almost ten years, and it
finally took the 'net to help me get it out of my system!)

I hope you enjoy playing this song the way I do.  Feel free to
drop me a line for corrections (I'm sure there must be!), any
suggestions, kind words, vitriol, or whatever.

  SOLO INTRO

  e--------|--------|--------|---------|
  B--------|--------|--------|---------|
  G--------|-4--4-2-|--------|-442-----|
  D--------|--------|--------|---------|
  A---0-0--|--------|---0-0--|---------|
  E2-2-2-20|0-00-0-0|2-2-2-20|0--------|

  MAIN RIFF

  e--------|--------|--------|---------|
  B--------|--------|--------|---------|
  G--------|-4--4-2-|--------|-4--4-2--|
  D--------|--------|--------|---------|
  A---0-0--|--------|---0-0--|---------|
  E2-2-2-20|0-00-0-0|2-2-2-20|0-00-0-0-|
   F


  e--------|--------|--------|---------|
  B--------|--------|--------|---------|
  G--------|--------|--------|---------|
  D4444444-|4444444-|4444444-|4444444--|
  A4444444-|4444444-|4444444-|4444444--|
  E2222222-|2222222-|2222222-|2222222--|
   F


  CHORUS   2 TIMES  THEN BACK TO MAIN RIFF
                              *
  e00000000|00000000|00000000|0-------|
  B33333333|22222222|00000000|0-------|
  G--------|--------|34444444|1-------|
  D--------|--------|--------|--------|
  A--------|--------|--------|--------|
  E--------|--------|--------|--------|

  * use with tremolo effect


 0e-----0-0|-000000-|-----0-0|-0000-00-|
  B-0-0-2-3|-553530-|-0-0-2-3|-5535-30-|
  G3-3-----|--------|3-3-----|---------|
  D4-------|--------|4-------|---------|
  A--------|--------|--------|---------|
  E--------|--------|--------|---------|

  e-----0-0|-000000-|-----0-0|-000----|
  B-0-0-2-3|-553530-|-0-0-2-3|-553----|
  G3-3-----|--------|3-3-----|--------|
  D4-------|--------|4-------|--------|
  A--------|--------|--------|--------|
  E--------|--------|--------|--------|

  BACK TO MAIN RIFF TIL END

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture evan Average	#1 by evan at May 5, 1971 at 12:15 PM EST
	I heard they were gunna sue Nirvana and all that shit, and Kurt Cobain just said something like sure, i stole that riff, so what? They dropped the charges.

No Picture Jimmy "Hoffa" Average	#2 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Oct 30, 1985 at 9:09 PM EST
	This song is actually about Margerat Thatcher's legacy as prime minister in Britain: it's a comment on the lassaiz faire politics of the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, and how everyone suddenly had to compete and struggle just to make a living: "I'm in love with the coming race"... "I take all I can get". Killing joke have always had political undercurrents to their music, and been critical of right wing leaders. Its one of my favorite songs by Killing Joke, the main guitar riff still sends shivers up my spine

No Picture Guitar Master Wanna Be	#3 by Guitar Master J at Aug 9, 1995 at 6:36 PM EST
	It's from 1985, a year that not much songs like "Eighties" came out. New wave era ended about 2 years earlier and Post punk was no longer relevant, and i think the song is about killing joke's feeling about their music. I mean, in the charts at that time, The Europop-trash style was dominant, and killing joke style was not so popular in 1985.

No Picture Jp Wanna Be	#4 by Jp Collins at Apr 23, 1999 at 12:32 AM EST
	I'm guessing it's an overview on the eighties through the eyes of killing joke. With of course the trademark killing joke sarcasm and tone. Listen to this track, you'll understand why killing joke now receive royalties for nirvana's "come as you are", hehe. ps. I'm shocked no one has hardly posted on these killing joke tracks, and someone needs to add seeing red on here, i cant find the lyrics ANYWHERE.

No Picture Murders in the Average	#5 by Murders in the Rue Morgue at Feb 26, 2000 at 8:47 AM EST
	So true, sammy. This band was way too important to bands that made it big to be so obscure.