Burger Queen Guitar Tab

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group: Placebo
song: Burger Queen
MrWhite(mrwhite@smashing-pumpkins.com)

BURGER QUEEN (ALBUM VERSION)
                PLACEBO
        WITHOUT YOU IM NOTHING
tabbed by: Owen Richards        Oze14@aol.com

*a speacial thanks to Shaun Egan*

DETUNE ALL THE STRINGS DOWN A STEP (I PUT A PENCIL
OR SOMETHING LODGED IN THE TREMELO SYSTEM ;O)

I've worked out all the seperate parts
it's easy to work out how they fit together

PART 1.......
eb|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
Bb|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
Gb|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|--4---4---5---4----|-----4-4---4--4---|--0--0-0-----0--|--0--0----0--0--|
Eb|--5---5---5---5----|-----5-5---5--5---|--2--2-2-/s/-5--|--5--5----5--5--|

eb|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
Bb|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
Gb|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
Db|-------------------|--2----------------|-----------------------|----------------|
Ab|--4-/s/--2--2--2---|-----2---2---2--2--|-------5-----5-------4-|-2--------0-----|
Eb|--0---------0--0---|---------0---0--0--|--/s/--0-----0-------0-|-0--------0-----|

PART 2........

*   ============= EQUALS REPEATED PICKING (SOFTLY)

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---14========-12==========10========9------5-5-5---14======12========14======12-|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

PART 3...........

eb|-----------------------|R|------------------------------|R|
Bb|-----------------------|R|------------------------------|R|
Gb|-----------------------|R|------------------------------|R|
Db|-------------6---------|R|---6-6-6-6------4-----6-6-6-6-|R|
Ab|--4--4--4----7---------|R|---7-7-7-7--S-5-/S/-7-7-7-7-|R|
Eb|--5--5--5--------------|R|------------------------------|R|   R = REPEAT

PART 4

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---10========-9===10======12--10---9-9-9----4---5========--|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|

REPEAT A FEW TIMES THEN.....

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---10========-9===10=================12--9=================|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|

PART 5

eb|------------------------------------------------|R|
Bb|---10=====================-9====================|R|
Gb|------------------------------------------------|R|
Db|------------------------------------------------|R|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|R|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|R|

PART 6

eb|------------------------------------------------|R|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|R|
Gb|------------------------------------------------|R|
Db|------------------------------------------------|R|
Ab|------------------------------------------------|R|
Eb|----(7)--(7)------------------------------------|R|

PART 7

eb|-------------------------------------------------|R|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|R|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|R|
Db|----11------------------10-10------6-------------|R|
Ab|----12================= 11 11------7=============|R|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|R|

PARTS1 AND 2 ARE PLAYED TOGETHER
PARTS 3 AND 4 ARE PLAYED TOGETHER
PARTS 5,6 AND SEVEN ARE PLAYED TOGETHER

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Aaron Wanna Be	#1 by Aaron Frederick at Sep 1, 1972 at 2:45 PM EST
	What Brian has said live before playing this song: "This is song about being gay, on drugs and goth in Luxembourg." Luxembourg 1999 "I lived in Luxembourg for a number of years. Take my word for it, don't go to Luxembourg, just drive through. This song's about being in the wrong place at the wrong time." "A long, long way from here is a place called Luxembourg. And there lives a very very sad guy. This is a song about being in the wrong place at the wrong time." From an article (The life and loves of a he/she-devil - Select, April 1997): "It's been a long day and, at the end of it, Placebo have decided to ditch their mime artists. Brian Molko is much relieved and takes this as a cue to talk about Placebo's next direction. He's just written a song called 'Burger Queen' - about being a gay goth heroin addict in Luxembourg. "It's really the worst you could ever be. A goth, gay and on smack in the worst place, Luxembourg. It's so sad.""

No Picture lindsey Average	#2 by lindsey Rogogo at Dec 9, 1974 at 6:32 PM EST
	I've heard that this song is about a gothic, heroin addicted, homosexual in Luxemburg. I remember Brian saying that is the worst thing to be there. The "gothic" part of it is when it says, "Chooses his clothes to match his pallid complexion" Pallid means really light or pale. The drug and homosexual part of it is obvious. If you really think about the lyrics you can really put it all together.

No Picture TonkpilS Average	#3 by TonkpilS at Dec 30, 1974 at 1:42 PM EST
	i think this song is quite sad, it's about one person whos life is just going downhill constantly...

No Picture D-backs, 2006 w Rhythm Player	#4 by D-backs, 2006 world series champions! !! at Jul 9, 1975 at 8:17 AM EST
	I just read this book called rainboy boys about these 3 homsexuals and after every gay meeting thing they go to burger queen and one of the character says to this confused guy to come to burger queen with him. I love this song i only just fell in love with it today and ive had it on my iPod for so long. Goes out to cruise and to meet his connection - goes to gay places Hey You, Hey You He never scores he just gets an infection - Hiv Hey You, Hey You Dreams of a place with a better selection - there arent many people like him there Hey You, Hey You Still it takes him all day just to get an erection - he still hasnt done anything with another guy Hey You, Chooses his clothes to match his pallid complexion - dresses black to contrast with his pale skin like gothic

No Picture simon Average	#5 by simon cody simon at Sep 20, 1975 at 9:37 AM EST
	yeah that's what brian molko said, it's about a gay, goth, herion-addict in luxembourg. that's my deam guy!

No Picture David Rhythm Player	#6 by David Bradley at Oct 23, 1979 at 4:48 PM EST
	So is this song autobiographical?

No Picture nick Average	#7 by nick coffeen at May 8, 1980 at 5:18 PM EST
	its such a great song about the difuculty of life and i love it so much coz even if ur not a gay, goth, heroin adict in luxemburg it still touches you and its anova illustration of placebo's greatness :)

No Picture J_ROC Lead Player	#8 by J_ROC at Sep 28, 1984 at 1:22 AM EST
	Every time i listen to this song it sounds like a gay guy in denial. 'burger queen', burger being slang for vagina, queen being slang for gay... "Still it takes him all day just to get an erection".. makes me think of a gay guy fucking a girl.. not being able to get hard. probably wrong, but you knooow :)

No Picture brandon Rhythm Player	#9 by brandon q at Jul 14, 1986 at 5:30 PM EST
	"Hey You, Things aren't what they seem Makes no sense at all, Things aren't what they seem" To me, this song is about the futility of life, the sorrow in it. It is very much a wake-up call to those who do their best to be typical. It is like Brian sharing his great-inner-secret with us. This song is like painting a portrait; with what you hear, and what you feel, and what you recognise(re-learn). It is like a lament for the life he has turned away from. Repression of emotion- a dull life which is reflected in the narator's sexuality (not being able to sustain an erection). Dreams of a face that is "pure perfection", valuing physical beauty. A perfect face which perhaps reflects the soul? Or am i being sentimental?

No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#10 by Peter Lambden at May 23, 1990 at 6:05 AM EST
	I'm thinking transvestite hooker. But that's just me.

No Picture matt Average	#11 by matt spolsky at Nov 27, 1991 at 10:09 AM EST
	Placebo are the greatest and Brian Molko is amazing, if you haven't heard this song i strongly suggest you do!!

No Picture Tyler Average	#12 by Tyler at Feb 28, 1998 at 11:52 PM EST
	this song is brilliant - I think is about a kid (male)depressed, lost and confused, so I guess goth, gay and depressed fits the profile - although I did relate to this song at times so I kind of feel dirty now (I'm not gay), but what smacks of irony is I used to think "if people started thinking I was gay, I would relate to this perfectly" (I knew what the 'queen' reference meant, but I always thought of it as other people saying it - 'he's a burger queen', the song seems to be someone describing the person its about) , and not too long after everyone started saying I was gay for no partiuclar reason, some people said I looked gay, but I don't do anytihng to indicate I'm gay or at least thats how I see it, and when I look in the mirror I see a guy far from gay. I guess its just mroe fule to the fire of my hate for everyone.

No Picture Jason Rhythm Player	#13 by Jason ...... at Apr 7, 2001 at 10:28 PM EST
	This song is about brian molko- he wrote it about himself. Its track number 12 on "Without You Im Nothing" album. He grew up in Luxembourg and he hated it. He hated schooling because he was an outcast, and he thought that life in luxembourg was boring. At shows whenever he introduces the song he says: "I lived in Luxembourg for a number of years. Take my word for it, don't go to Luxembourg, just drive through. This song's about being in the wrong place at the wrong time."

No Picture Sawyer Rhythm Player	#14 by Sawyer Hildebrandt at Aug 26, 2002 at 6:15 PM EST
	Cmon people! Its obvious this song is about a gay guy - its called burger QUEEN for gawds sake! I dont know if that means the same thing in america but in england thats slang for gay people. Its about the stereotypes people have of homosexuals - references to infections and dress sense. Total rejection aswell - coming onto a straight guy?

No Picture Tim Professional	#15 by Tim Marchant at Jan 3, 2004 at 5:06 PM EST
	i think hes just gay

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#16 by Shreder Dude at Mar 8, 2004 at 11:30 PM EST
	y has no1 comented on this song? it is just fantastic. its bout some guy in a deadend job wiv no prospects. n it is bloody briliant