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From: Daniel L. Lovall 
Subject: /Suede/MetalMickey.crd
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 93 19:54:32 EST
Cc: lovall@animal-farm.nevada.edu (Daniel L. Lovall)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]


> Metal Mickey is the first single released in the US.  There's a lot of
> guitar lines and doodles in this song, and unfortunately I really wasn't
> able to pick most of them out of the mix.  So call this a rough outline, if
> you will.  The original key is Ab, so tune each string down a half step if
> you want to play along with the CD.
> Corrections/improvements/additions/comments are most definitely welcome.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Bob
> rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu

Artist:  Suede
Title:  Metal Mickey

 Notation:  fb = feedback   2(p)0 = pull off


 INTRO:

 -----------------------------------------------|
 ---------------------1-------------------------|
 -0(fb)--2(p)0------0---0-----------------------|
 -------------2(p)0-------0---------------------|
 ---------------------------3--0----------------|_(effects) (I think he scrapes the pick
 -----------------------------------------------|           along the A string)

 The main rhythm is A5 A5 G A5:

 -----------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------|
 -2-2-0-2-2-------------------------|
 -2-2-0-2-2-------------------------|
 -0-0---0-0---etc.------------------|
 -----------------------------------|

 so the rest of the intro, as well as the verses, are

 A5   G   D   C   A (with this lick thrown in:E|-2-3-2-3----|
                                              B|-2-2-2-2----|
                                              G|------------|


 A5                              G          D              C     A
 Well she's show showing it off then   the glitter in her lovely eyes
 A5                        G                D                   C        A
 Show show showing it off then  and all the people shake their money in time

 CHORUS:

 G    C     D    C  G    C    D
 She sells heart,  she sells meat
     A     D    E          D    G     E
 Oh Dad, she's driving me mad, come see


 A5                            G                        D       C        A
 We shake shake shake to the trumpet  and through the slippery city we ride
 A5                    G                      D                 C        A
 Skyline swine on the circuit where all the people shake their money in time

 Repeat Chorus:

 then A5 G A5 G A5 G etc. into solo  (A blues pentatonic scale, centered
 around 5th position: notes are A C D E G)

 Repeat Chorus:

 CODA:

 A    D      E   D   A    D    E
 She sells heart,   she sells meat (repeat and fade)