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Date: Sunday November 17, 2002
Subject: d/davis_stuart/asshole_world_renown.tab
Asshole World Renown by Stuart Davis from the album 16 Nudes
Submitted by Dave (WuPhish@aol.com)
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Intro:
Progression 1:
B E A F# B E A7 F#
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--|--2-2-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|--4-4-0-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3-3--|--4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-3--|
G|--4-4-0-1-1-0-2-0-4-4-4-4--|--4-4-0-1-1-0-2-2-2-2-2-4--|
D|--4-4-0-2-2-0-2-0-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-5--|
A|--2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--|--2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-5--|
E|--2-2---0-0-------3-3-3-3--|--2-2---0-0-------0-0-0-3--|
Progression 2:
B E A F# B E A F#
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3--|--2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3--|
B|--4-4-0-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3-3--|--4-4-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-3-3-3--|
G|--4-4-0-1-1-0-2-0-4-4-4-4--|--4-4-0-1-1-0-2-2-0-4-4-4--|
D|--4-4-0-2-2-0-2-0-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--|--2-2-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5--|
E|--2-2---0-0-------3-3-3-3--|--2-2---0-0-------0-3-3-3--|
Mute chord progression 2 during verses.
Progression 3:
D A E A D A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-7799-7799-----------|-9999-9999-----------|-7799-7799-----------|
A|-5555-5555-7799-7799-|-7777-7777-7799-7799-|-5555-5555-7799-7799-|
E|-----------5555-5555-|-----------5555-5555-|-----------5555-5555-|
G F# "Asshole world re- nown
1 2 3 4 1 2
E|-3--------------0-----|-------------------| Back into
B|-3----------------0---|-------------------| progression 1.
G|-4------------3-------|-------------------|
D|-5------------4-------|-------------------|
A|-5------------4-------|---------5-----4---|
E|-3---------2----------|-2--0--------------|
Verse 1 w/Progression 2:
B E A F#
Bored stiff with my wallet fat
B E A F#
I ordained myself a diplomat
B E A F#
bought a plane and some aerosol
B E A F# B E A F#
sprayed my name on China's Wall
Verse 2 w/Progression 2:
B E A F#
Then I pissed all over the Kremlin steps
B E A F#
punched a monk in Tibet
B E A F#
got drunk and disordered in the old Big Apple
B E A F# B E A F#
passed gas in the Cistine Chapel
Verse 3 with Progression 3:
D A
I've thrown darts at the Mona Lisa
E A
tied lead weights to the tower of Pisa
D A
sold salt water in the big Sahara
G F#
then I took a shit in the Riviera
Asshole World Renown
Progression 2, one time no vocal
Verse 4 with Progession 2:
Went to Rome and spread V.D.
robbed the homeless in Tahiti
was slapped by a woman in the great Euphrates
kidnapped kids in the slums of Haiti
Verse 5 with Progression 2:
Play high E string open on all chords
Poisoned livestock in Korea
tainted foodshelves in Tanzania
torched Saigon like a Buddhist pyro
slashed tires in the streets of Cairo
Verse 6 with Progression 2:
keep playing F# at "my bare hands"
right into the next verse.
I chucked eggs at Castro's doorway
I once puked on the king of Norway
for eighteen days I roamed Japan
choking little kittens with my bare hands
Verse 7 with Progression 3:
Stuck my gum on Venus De Milo
did Zimbabwe shooting rhinos
ran nude straight through Nepal
spit my chew in the Taj Mahal
Asshole World Renown
End with progression 1.
