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Band:Placebo
Song:Slave To The Wage
Tabbed by:SLAUGHTER!!!!!!!! (s_laughter_uk@yahoo.co.uk)
Slave To The Wage
Tuning:F,A#,D#,G#,C,F.
Chords:
E5:0799xx
D5:x577xx
A/D:x5765x
INTRO
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-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-
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RIFF A
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-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-
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-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-11-11-12-12-
-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
RIFF B
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-6-etc.-4 bars--
-7-etc.-4 bars--
-0-etc.-4 bars--
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VERSE
REPEAT RIFF B
REPEAT RIFF A
REPEAT RIFF B
REPEAT VERSE
BRIDGE
Bass:
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
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REPEAT RIFF B FOR 2 BARS w/distortion
REPEAT BASS RIFF
CHORUS 1
RIFF C w/delay
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-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
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NO RIFF LETTER
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-11-11-11-11- -11-11pre bend(12)-(12)- -11-11pre bend(12)-(12)-
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REPEAT RIFF B
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-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11- -9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-0-
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REPEAT RIFF B
INTERLUDE 1
Drums-6 beats
Gtrs. 1+2
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-2-2-(3)-(2)-2-
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REPEAT VERSE
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS (this time, gtr.2 (clean) plays arpeggios of E5, D5, and A/D x2)
INTERLUDE 2
Gtr.1 REPEAT RIFF B
Gtr.2 PLAYS RIFF D*
RIFF D*
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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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REPEAT INTERLUDE 1
REPEAT CHORUS 2 w/out riff C and w/riff D
OUTRO
Both gtrs. riff D x2
Then, 2nd chorus chords
REPEAT RIFF B
Then, 2nd chorus chords
End on A from riff B
RIFF E (leading into riff B)
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-6-6-6-6---7-6-
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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James Wanna Be |
#1 by James Makowiecki at Mar 2, 1970 at 2:35 PM EST |
| yeah. I also think it's a song about love and how it's a maze for rats to try, but also a race for rats to die. Life is just a race to your death indeed, so the best thing to do is have some fun (run away from all your boredom). The whoredom is about selling yourself (by working) and the alienation that can come with going to work. If you think about life that way, it's easier to relativate your problems and wave them goodbye. End of the story? | |
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paddy Average |
#2 by paddy coscoran at Sep 8, 1982 at 6:03 AM EST |
| This song is about the monotony of the daily grind (the "Rat Races") and how people should break away from it and kiss their "worries and cares goodbye". As mentioned, Bob Dylan wrote a song called "Maggie's Farm" which is along the same lines ("I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more"). Suggesting Placebo drew from this song for the idea for this one. | |
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Will Wanna Be |
#3 by Will Hay at Oct 25, 1984 at 7:10 AM EST |
| Listen to the slow, live version of this song. It's better than the fast one. | |
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sharon Wanna Be |
#4 by sharon howell at May 27, 1986 at 5:28 PM EST |
| I know its not the true meaning of the song but when I first heard it, I thought it was talking about suicide. I am glad the true meaning isn't that. | |
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Katie Wanna Be |
#5 by Katie St. Michel at Sep 14, 1988 at 4:54 PM EST |
| I believe that the message is essentially a positive one. To make an initial choice leads to further choices that can change the course of one's life. He states the negatives in chasing money and how it can drain the life out of you so much that all you become is routine. To realise this, it will allow you to make the choice to "run away" from it. | |
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austin Average |
#6 by austin pancner at Sep 5, 1993 at 12:09 PM EST |
| Stuck in a dead end job, but he's telling you that all you have to do is make a choice and go for it to get out. The video for this song visually supports that as well, as the woman in the office leaves in a rocket. Molko actually had a job shredding paper for a firm, but was fired after a day when he tried to shred other thigns and eventually broke the thing by shoving a ruler down it. It's a song that needed to be written really, for everyone whos job makes them want to kill themselves | |
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Aleksandar Average |
#7 by Aleksandar Radošević at Jul 5, 1996 at 8:30 PM EST |
| I thought it was about suicide. | |
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nathan Average |
#8 by nathan skidmore at Jan 15, 1998 at 10:43 AM EST |
| It seems to me someones stuck in a path that they dont want to be on, and if they try to get away they keep getting stuck in something else. Theyre sick of what theyre doing and every time they try to leave it they get lost..but im not sure | |
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Jeremy Average |
#9 by Jeremy Rees at May 19, 2006 at 8:34 PM EST |
| May I correct myself .. obviously, I didn't mean to write "love" in the first sentence.. instead: it's a song about life .. but I think the clever reader already figured that out. | |
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