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		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Black Market Music Tabs:

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Slave To The Wage Tab

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Author/Artist: Placebo
Title: Slave To The Wage
Album: Black Market Music



play in standard placebo tuning (F Bb Eb Ab C C)

b = bend up		r = release bend		v = use vibrato bar

Intro
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------
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The Texas Never Whispers Loop
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-11-12-14-12-11----11----11-12-14-12-11----11v--------------------------------
----------------11----9-----------------11------------------------------------
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Verse
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------
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		         x2                        x2	             x2
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-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-
-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-
-|-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-|-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-
-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----------------|-

Bridge     play 1st and 2nd times     play 1st time            play 2nd time
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---------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------
---------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
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Chorus	 bend up half step between 11 and 12 and hold	              x2
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-------------------------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|-
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-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11b12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|----------------------|-
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                               x2
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----------------------------------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2----------|-
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-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-0--|-----------------------|-
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Instrumental
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-b-8-r-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-b-8-r-7-------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------
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Verse 2
same as verse

Bridge 2
same as bridge

Chorus 2   bend up half step between 11 and 12 and hold	      x2
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-------------------------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|-----
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-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11b12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|----------------------|-----
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-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------------------------
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                      x2
-|-------------10-10-10-|-
-|-------------10-10-10-|-
-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-

Instrumental 2
same as instrumental

Chorus 3
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		             x2
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-
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		 	     x2
-|-----------------------------|-
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-|-----------------------------|-
-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-
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Outro       repeat a few times   end on this chord
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-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-|-
-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-|-
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Steil Wanna Be	#1 by Steil Lionhart at Apr 15, 1976 at 3:38 AM EST
	The chorus is obviously a reference to the 'rat race' This song's about how you should break free of the system and live a free life. How wise an idea this is though is debatable...

No Picture Darren Wanna Be	#2 by Darren Pilton at May 26, 1982 at 9:59 PM EST
	One of Placebo's roadies died the day they wrote (or recorded, I do not know) this song, so that puts a more sad element on the lyrics.

No Picture Josh Lead Player	#3 by Josh Ripley at Jul 16, 1985 at 7:53 PM EST
	i disagree, it seems clear to me that its a simple song about how people are trapped like rats in their everyday lives, "slave to the wage" means that and rats are a common representation of poitless and borring lives, like lab rats-they are bred to live in cages and die for no good reason.

No Picture Joey Wanna Be	#4 by Joey at Oct 10, 1991 at 12:29 AM EST
	Can I just add that the maggie's farm comment could be a reference to the Bob Dylan song called that which is along the same lines.

No Picture ToRRi Average	#5 by ToRRi L at Feb 23, 1999 at 3:14 AM EST
	I aggre with tr4ngued, simply about suicied, the way out of the boring and senseless life. You have to check out the live version from the "Cabaret Of Desire", the mood fits the lyrics way better.