Intro
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-------------7------------7-----------7---------------------------------|
D|-7-------------7------------7-----------7----------->>pickslide-----------|
A|-5-------------5------------5-----------5---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-4-4----------------5-5-4-4--------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-4-4-7-7-5--5--5-7--5-5-4-4-7-7--5--))Let------------------------|
A|-3-3-2-2-7-7-5--5--5-7--3-3-2-2-7-7--5--))Ring-----------------------|
E|---------5-5-3--3--3-5----------5-5--3-------------------------------|
/----- 3 times -------/
Verse
e|-----------------------------------------|Palm
B|-----------------------------------------|muted
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-2-3-2-0---------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
Chorus /=slide
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5--6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7---|
D|-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5--6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7---|
A|-2/3-3-3-2/3-3-3--4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5---|
E|------------------------------------|
/-- 2 times----/ /-- 2 times----/
Riff B
e|-------10-9-7-------|
B|--------------------|Something like that. Figure out what sounds right.
G|-9------------9-----|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Riff C
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------|
D|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-6/7-7-7-|
E|----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5-4/5-5-5-|
on the solo just mess around with 9 and 10 on the bottom two strings
Outro
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-5-5-4-4----------------|
D|-5-5-4-4-7-7-5--5--5-7--|
A|-3-3-2-2-7-7-5--5--5-7--|
E|---------5-5-3--3--3-5--|
Intro
Riff A
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Riff A
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Riff A
Riff B
Riff C
solo
Chorus x2
Outro x8
end on A
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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nick Average |
#1 by nick coffeen at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:28 PM EST |
| Alyssa1224 - It's REASON, REASON, REASON. | |
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Josh Average |
#2 by Josh Sanchez at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:40 AM EST |
| what the hell are they chanting in the backround? It sounds like their going PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! I dont know, maybe I'm crazy. | |
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gosh, frickin i Wanna Be |
#3 by gosh, frickin idiot! at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:11 PM EST |
| The line "A cheap holiday in other people's misery" is a clear reference to the Situationist slogan "Club Med: A Cheap Holiday in Other People's Misery," which refers to a resort set in the Carribean at a time of widespread revolution, war, and misery in the Carribean and Central America. | |
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#4 by at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:45 AM EST |
| I think this song refers in part to East Germany's poor economy and the fact that West German's and other Europeans would nip over for a bit of fun where their money was worth something. Nice song. Shame they had to nick the main riff from The Jam. | |
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BeN-bEn Lead Player |
#5 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:42 AM EST |
| this song was inspired by the sex pistols trip to berlin they saw the paranoi all around the place and were compelled to write a song | |
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brian Average |
#6 by brian haun at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:49 PM EST |
| THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS SONG WAS TAKING THE PISS OUT OF THE COMMUNIST RUSSIANS | |
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Marcus19 Rhythm Player |
#7 by Marcus19 Doug at Oct 7, 2007 at 7:46 AM EST |
| Its a protest against communism and how they wanted the berlin war torn down, which happened later. They were probably looking forward to their Berlin show but were pissed off by the general deciet by the germans. | |
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jimmy Wanna Be |
#8 by jimmy henry at Oct 8, 2007 at 5:07 AM EST |
| Oh and the "I'm looking over the wall...AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME!!!!!" line cracks me up every time. It's just the way he delivers it. The madness of it all. | |
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Fatty [eats chi Average |
#9 by Fatty [eats children] kid at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:35 PM EST |
| Ok, this song came from their trip to germany, the paranoia of the place, if anyone knows anything about the sex pistols they would know this, johnny said this himslef | |
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Derek Average |
#10 by Derek Lamberty at Oct 11, 2007 at 7:57 PM EST |
| This bares a striking resemblance to Season in the sun doesnt it? | |
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Allen Average |
#11 by Allen Stone at Oct 12, 2007 at 1:02 AM EST |
| It starts off about package holidays (presumably Rotten thinks that the working class are being cheated by being shoved into these rubbish resort holidays), but I have no idea what all that Communism stuff is about... | |
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Josh Average |
#12 by Josh Duncan at Oct 12, 2007 at 3:05 PM EST |
| o thanx. i knew it couldnt be pizza. lol | |
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isaac Average |
#13 by isaac fritsch at Oct 13, 2007 at 9:58 PM EST |
| i thought it was pretty obvious that the song is about getting across the berlin wall, but i dont wanna get into a history lesson, so figure the rest out yourself | |
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hamadi Wanna Be |
#14 by hamadi alameddine at Oct 14, 2007 at 3:21 AM EST |
| This song is pretty self explanitory. It has to do with the Cold War. Communism. Paranoia. Pretty obvious. PUNX NOT DEAD | |
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Carly Average |
#15 by Carly at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:08 PM EST |
| The song is directly biographical - The Pistols being sent on holiday to Berlin by McClaren et al to get the away from the constant danger of being beaten that they faced in London at the time thanks to the hostility whipped up by the tabloids. The line 'A cheap holiday in other people's misery' is one of the best of any Pistols song and is more relevant than every today with cheap flights to distant locations - one for all gap year 'travellers' to think about. | |
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jake Average |
#16 by jake battkoo at Oct 17, 2007 at 11:01 PM EST |
| if it's about east germany b4 the wall was knocked down and they used the word "communism", chances r they're some of those ppl who have payed to close attention to Anthem and should pay their attention to the Manifesto. BUT THIS SONG KICKS ASS! DER NER ner ner nah nah ner nerrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! | |
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Kevin Average |
#17 by Kevin Fournier at Oct 18, 2007 at 4:45 AM EST |
| One of favourite by SP. It's about Germany and how was it like there at that time *being devided on east & west*. That explains the communism part, you can even sence a bit of sarcasm *Holidays in the sun*, and offcourse paranoia, a feeling of being trapped. | |
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Da 1 n onli Mat Average |
#18 by Da 1 n onli Matt! goncalves at Oct 18, 2007 at 6:02 AM EST |
| sid pissed on the berlin wall ssssssssssiiiiiiiiiidddddddddddddddddddddd d d d dd d Ah | |
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