• Song:

    Dead Souls

  • Artist:

    Joy Division

  • Album:

    1979-07-13: Factory, Ma...

Song: Dead Souls
Album: Substance (or Permanent)
Band: Joy Division
Tabbed by: arctiki

This is a Joy Division classic, and features some really clever and simple bass work.

There's an extensive (2 mins+) intro to this song, which starts:

G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-1/3--1-1-3--3--1-1-3-|
E|----------------------|

After that you've got the rest of the intro to improvise, using
these couple riffs (and the one above) (and any others you think up):

G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

G|-----------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

When the guitar kicks in, you kick in too:

G|-----------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-0-------------|
A|----------------1-3-3-3-1----|
E|-------------------------3-1-|

Play that along with the guitar the first time, then the intro continues:

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------3--3--5--5--3--3--5--5-|
A|-1--1--3--3--1--1--3--3-------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Then kick back into the improv (starting on E's 1st and 3rd frets is a good start).

Continue that pattern through the rest of the song (the structure of the parts
where Curtis sings are the same as the long intro).

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