Song: This Is Hardcore
Band: Pulp
Album: This Is Hardcore (1997)
Tabbed by: Trifonas
E-mail: trifwnas@hotmail.gr

Tuning: Standard EADGBe (Low to high)

OK, in this I have tabbed the guitar parts and the chords
are mostly taken from the chords version of this song in this site
(I have made some corrections though).
Hope you enjoy playing these amazing riffs!

Intro:
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9
Em9 Gmaj7/Eb Gmaj7/D Gmaj7/C#
Em B/D# G/D A
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9

Riff 1 (on piano)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------4~--4-2-------|
G|-1-2--4~---1-2--5~---1-2----------4~----|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Riff 2 (on piano)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/8-10--8-7-8--7/8-10--8-7---7/8-10--8p7/8/12~--10~---|
G|----------------------------9---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
Em9 (022032@1)            Gmaj7You (xx5432@1)are hardcore you make me hard
Em9 (022032@1)                  Gmaj7/F#
You name the drama and I'll play the part
Em9 (022032@1)                       Gmaj7It (xx5432@1)seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream
Em9 (022032@1)                      Gmaj7/F#
I like your get-up if you know what I mean

Em9       Gmaj7/Eb
I want it bad
Gmaj7/D   Gmaj7/C#
I want it now
Em9 (022032@1)        B/D#Oh (x2544x@1)can't you see
G/D (4x3121@7)      AI'm (x02220@1)ready now

Em9 (022032@1)                          Gmaj7/Eb
I've seen all the pictures, I've stu_died them for ever
  Gmaj7/D                     Gmaj7/C#
I wanna make a movie so let's star in it together, oh_
C5 (x355xx@1)             G5 (355xxx@1)           Em9Don't (022032@1)make a move   till I say 'Action'
C5 (x355xx@1)      G5 (355xxx@1)               Em9Oh, (022032@1)here comes the Hardcore life

Riff 3 (Link: Don't make a move...
Oh, here comes the hardcore life...)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5-5----|
A|--3-3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5-5----|
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-3----|

Riff 4 Riff 5  (Riff 4 is played when he says
'till I say 'Action' along with the Em9 chord
and Riff 5 is played when he says
'...the Hardcore life' along with the Em9 chord - these two are played on piano)
e|-------------------------|----------------|
B|---7/8-10-10h11h12p107--|--7/8-10--87---|
G|-------------------------|-------------9--|
D|-------------------------|--------9-------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|

Riff 6 (strum very fast)
e|--7/10/128------|
B|-----------------|
G|--4/7/95--------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
BmPut (x24432@1)your money  where your mouth is tonight
FLeave (133211@1)your make up on  and I'll leave on the light
BmCome (x24432@1)over here babe and talk in the mic
FOh, (133211@1)yeah I hear you now  it's gonna be one helluva night
E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)         FYou (133211@1)can't be a spectator - oh, no
           F (133211@1)                   EYou (022100@1)gotta take these dreams and make them whole

Riff 7 (this is played when he says: '..one helluva night')
e|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
B|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
G|--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-------|
D|--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-------|
A|----3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-----|
E|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-----|

Chorus:

C (x32010@1)        Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)             CThere (x32010@1)is no way back for you
           Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)            CThis (x32010@1)is me on top of you
                               Esus4 (022200@1)     E (022100@1)    EmAnd (022000@1)I can't believe that it took me  this long
                      EmThat (022000@1)it took me this long

Riff 8
e|------------------------------------|
B|---12b13br12p10-12b13br12p10--------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Riff 8a (...it took me this long..)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0--------------|
G|--14~--14--12~---------0-------------|
D|-------------------------2------------|
A|--------------------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------0----------|

Bridge:

Em9 (022032@1)                 Bm/D
Oh, this is the eye of the storm
                                   C#7It's (x4342x@1)what men in stained raincoats pay for
                   Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C6But (03221x@1)in here it is  pure,  yeah
Em9 (022032@1)                  Bm/D
This is the end of the line
                C#7I've (x4342x@1)seen this storyline
       C#7 (x4342x@1)               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C6Played (03221x@1)out so many times before
   Em9 (022032@1)                    Em9Oh (022032@1)that goes in there, then that goes in there_
     Bm/D                     Bm/D
Then that goes in there, then that goes in there_
C#7 (x4342x@1)             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C6Oh, (03221x@1)and then it's over
Em9 (022032@1)                Bm/D
Oh, what a hell of a show
                    C#7But (x4342x@1)what I want to know
                               Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C6What (03221x@1)exactly do you do for an encore?
              Em9'Cos (022032@1)this-is hardcore

Outro:
Em9end (022032@1)on Em9

Legend:
| /   slide up     |
|    slide down   |
| h (x2444x@1) hammer-on    |
| p   pull-off     |
| ~   let it ring  |
| b (x24432@1) Bend         |
| br  Bend release |