• Song:

    Thick

  • Artist:

    Tonic

  • Album:

    Live in Holland

Transcribed by Tom Frank

This song is played with pretty heavy distortion, but there is also an
acoustic guitar thrown in there by Hart like he does in mostly all of Tonic's
songs.  It's fine to play without an acoustic guitar, which is actually the
third guitar used anyway in the song, because it doesn't make much of a
difference when playng it.

The song is played in standard tuning.  All chords are played as power chords
except for Dm as shown below...

      F    G    C    D    Dm
(E)  -1----3----3----5----1-|
(B)  -1----3----3----5----3-|
(G)  -2----4----5----7----2-|
(D)  -3----5----5----7----0-|
(A)  -3----5----3----5----x-|
(E)  -1----3----x----x----x-|

symbols used for tab: ~ = hammer down, p = palm mute,
/ = slide up, \ = slide down, ^ = bend half step

Here's the order it's played in:
	Intro
	Verse
	Chorus
	Verse
	Chorus
	Solo
	Intro
	Chorus
	Outro (heavy Intro)

It's played like this...


Intro: (just one guitar and vocals)

Dm
1------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-11-11-0-00-1-|
3------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-33-33-3-33-3-|
2------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-22-22-2-22-2-|
0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-00-00-0-00-0-|
x------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-xx-xx-x-xx-x-|
-------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-xx-xx-x-xx-x-|
       Oh my sugar she won't bend,
       Fly with me
       On your love she will depend,
	 Fly with me

Verse: (drums, bass, and guitar 2 enter in)

G              G\F       F          C   C/D   D\C     C   C/D  D\C
---------------------------1-----1------------------------------------|
---------------------------1-----1------------------------------------|
---------------------------2-----2------5/7-7-7-5---5---5/7-7-7-5-|
p5-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3---3---3-3------5/7-7-7-5---5---5/7-7-7-5-|
p5-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3---3---3-3--3-3-3/5-5-5-3---3---3/5-5-5-3-|
p3-3-3-------3-3-3-1-1---1---1-1------x-x-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-x-|
	When you're down and feelin' low
      Not quite paid for; not quite sold
	And they all have got you tricked
	And the world has left you thick

**** Play this exactly for the first line, but for the rest of the **** lines
after it, slide up from F to G instead of just playing G.  You can see what i
mean if you play along with the song.  Also, only palm mute while playing F
and G...play C znd D clearly and fully open.


Chorus:

-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
6^6^6^1--/3----6^6^6^1--/3----6^6^6^1--/3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

	My love,    she dreams    when she sleeps with broken faces inside
      Cold water  runs deep     when she sleeps with broken faces


Solo:  I don't know what's played behind the solo, but here's the lead:


-------------------------------------------------------|
-10-----10-----10-----11-------------------------------|
--(b9)-----(b9)-----(b9)----10-----(b9)--(b9)--(b9)----(b9)--(b9)-10---|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------8/11-11---------|
-9-5~7----5-5-5~7-5-5--------7-----5-----------------|
-----------------------7----7---5/7--------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7/10-10-10-----|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|


The outro is just basically the intro played heavier and with two guitars.  I
have a feeling tht it might not be the same Dm played, because i think i can
hear a higher note sometimes.  So for the outro you can try playing 56775x
instead of 1320xx.  That's the whole song for ya.

Lyrics:

Oh my sugar she won't bend,
Fly with me
On your love she will depend,
Fly with me

When you're down and feelin' low
Not quite paid for; not quite sold
And they all have got you tricked
And the world has left you thick

My love, she dreams
when she sleeps with broken faces inside
Cold water runs deep
when she sleeps with broken faces

I can wonder, she can see
I roll over, she will breathe
All the others will make you smile
Just lay back girl, don't drive for a while


If you have any questions or comments you can Email me at unsheated@aol.com
lata homies, peace. ~~~tommy


Thick ~~by Tonic    from Lemon Parade
Transcribed by Tom Frank @ Unsheated@aol.com

This song is played with pretty heavy distortion, but there is also an
acoustic guitar thrown in there by Hart like he does in mostly all of Tonic's
songs.  It's fine to play without an acoustic guitar, which is actually the
third guitar used anyway in the song, because it doesn't make much of a
difference when playng it.

The song is played in standard tuning.  All chords are played as power chords
except for Dm as shown below...

      F    G    C    D    Dm
(E)  -1----3----3----5----1-|
(B)  -1----3----3----5----3-|
(G)  -2----4----5----7----2-|
(D)  -3----5----5----7----0-|
(A)  -3----5----3----5----x-|
(E)  -1----3----x----x----x-|

symbols used for tab: ~ = hammer down, p = palm mute,
/ = slide up, \ = slide down, ^ = bend half step

Here's the order it's played in:
	Intro
	Verse
	Chorus
	Verse
	Chorus
	Solo
	Intro
	Chorus
	Outro (heavy Intro)

It's played like this...


Intro: (just one guitar and vocals)

Dm
1------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-11-11-0-00-1-|
3------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-33-33-3-33-3-|
2------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-22-22-2-22-2-|
0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-00-00-0-00-0-|
x------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-xx-xx-x-xx-x-|
-------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-xx-xx-x-xx-x-|
       Oh my sugar she won't bend,
       Fly with me
       On your love she will depend,
	 Fly with me

Verse: (drums, bass, and guitar 2 enter in)

G              G\F       F          C   C/D   D\C     C   C/D  D\C
---------------------------1-----1------------------------------------|
---------------------------1-----1------------------------------------|
---------------------------2-----2------5/7-7-7-5---5---5/7-7-7-5-|
p5-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3---3---3-3------5/7-7-7-5---5---5/7-7-7-5-|
p5-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3---3---3-3--3-3-3/5-5-5-3---3---3/5-5-5-3-|
p3-3-3-------3-3-3-1-1---1---1-1------x-x-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-x-|
	When you're down and feelin' low
      Not quite paid for; not quite sold
	And they all have got you tricked
	And the world has left you thick

**** Play this exactly for the first line, but for the rest of the **** lines
after it, slide up from F to G instead of just playing G.  You can see what i
mean if you play along with the song.  Also, only palm mute while playing F
and G...play C znd D clearly and fully open.


Chorus:

-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5----8^8^8^3--/5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
6^6^6^1--/3----6^6^6^1--/3----6^6^6^1--/3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

	My love,    she dreams    when she sleeps with broken faces inside
      Cold water  runs deep     when she sleeps with broken faces


Solo:  I don't know what's played behind the solo, but here's the lead:


-------------------------------------------------------|
-10-----10-----10-----11-------------------------------|
--(b9)-----(b9)-----(b9)----10-----(b9)--(b9)--(b9)----(b9)--(b9)-10---|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------8/11-11---------|
-9-5~7----5-5-5~7-5-5--------7-----5-----------------|
-----------------------7----7---5/7--------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7(b9)(b9)(b9)-----7/10-10-10-----|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|


The outro is just basically the intro played heavier and with two guitars.  I
have a feeling tht it might not be the same Dm played, because i think i can
hear a higher note sometimes.  So for the outro you can try playing 56775x
instead of 1320xx.  That's the whole song for ya.

Lyrics:

Oh my sugar she won't bend,
Fly with me
On your love she will depend,
Fly with me

When you're down and feelin' low
Not quite paid for; not quite sold
And they all have got you tricked
And the world has left you thick

My love, she dreams
when she sleeps with broken faces inside
Cold water runs deep
when she sleeps with broken faces

I can wonder, she can see
I roll over, she will breathe
All the others will make you smile
Just lay back girl, don't drive for a while
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