From: jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley) This came over recently; I've just converted it to ChordPro. In loading it up, I realized I've lost the attribution to the person who originally wrote this up; I'm sorry. {t:Psycho Killer} {st:Talking Heads} {c:Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:} {sot} (A) |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------| (E) |-----------------------0--3--| {eot} #{Then comes seven beats of A and one beat of G, played twice.} #{You can emphasize these any way you like, really--I usually play} #{the A's as a lock-step march, then do a kind of jangle with the G.} [A7] [G] [A7] [G] #{Hit the G's hard, then immediately get soft on the A's} [A7] I can't seem to face up to the facts. [G] [A7] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax.[G] [A7] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire; [G] [A7] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire. [G] {soc} [F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way [F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way Oh oh oh [F] oh [G] ay ay ay ay ay {eoc} {c:As intro} [A7] [G] [A7] [G] [A7] You start a conversation, you can't even finish; [G] [A7] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. [G] [A7] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [G] [A7] Say something once, why say it again [G] {c:Chorus} #{There is a four-note descending bass riff over the Bm and C, played #twice in each key, but I try to keep it simple during periods when #my hands and mouth have to move at the same time. :) } [Bm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [C] la [Bm]Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [C] la [A] Realisant mon espoir [G]Je me lance, vers la gloire [A] Okay [G] [A] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [G] [A] We are vain and we are blind [G] [A] I hate people when they're not polite [G] {c:Chorus} [A7] [G] [A7] [G] {c:Alternative Verse:} [A7] I passed out hours ago [G] [A7] I'm sadder than you'll ever know [G] [A7] I close my eyes on this sunny day [G] [A7] Say something once, why say it again [G] -- ========================================================================== Joe Hartley - jh@cadre.com - Cadre Technologies, Inc. Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - Frank Zappa Loostner's Castor Oil Flakes - The All-weather Breakfast!