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Gold Against the Soul Guitar Tablature
Member Name: the edge
Real Name: Alan Kells
E-mail: [email protected]

INTRO


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-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10-0-0-9-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-3^2---
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x4 (2 gtr. doubles
                                                      
                                                      
                                after 1)
MAIN RIFF
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---7-5---5---5-5---5-7---7-5---5---5-5---7-(8)-(7)-5-
-------7---7-----7-----------7---7-----7-------------
-5---------------------5-----------------------------
x2


VERSE
w/slide
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-/10---------------/12---------------/14--------------
-/10---------------/12---------------/14--------------
--------------------------------Seperate-guitar-plays---
--------------------------------main-riff-once----------
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x2
Somebody told me to vote conservative,
Tragedy is not known under this dimmest of lights,


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-/10---------------/12---------------/14--------------
-/10---------------/12---------------/14------6/7-6---
--------------------------------Seperate-guitar-plays-7-
--------------------------------main-riff-once----------
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Everybody feels sick by the courtesy of dismay,


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-/10---------------/12---------------
-/10---------------/12---------------
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Was I schooled without direction.


CHORUS
clean w/slight delay


(this is only just audible, and sounds more minor than
it is, because of the bass)
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---------0-----------3---------------1-------------------0-------
-----2-----2-------------0---------------0---0-------2-----2-----
---2---2-----2-----4---4---4-------2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---
-0-------------0-5-----------5---3---------------0-------------0-
-------------------------------5---------------------------------
x3
Gold against the soul,
Rock 'n' roll has a conscience,
It supplies convenience,


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---------0-----------3-----------
-----2-----2-------------0-------
---2---2-----2-----4---4---4-----
-0-------------0-5-----------5---
-------------------------------5-
Gold against


C5
Against the soul,
F5
Against the soul.


MAIN RIFF x2 (this time with wah completely pulled
back, and whammy/pitchshifter set
to harmonize 1 octave up)


VERSE


Close the pits sanctify Roy Link an OBE,
Shareholding a piece of this ***ing country,
Fossilize make Yorkshire into a tourist resort,
And dream of new ways to humble the poor.


CHORUS


Gold against the soul,
White liberal hate slavery,
Needs Thai labour to clean his home,
Gold erodes,
Erodes the soul,
Erodes the soul.


MAIN RIFF x2 (for 2nd time, change whammy/pitchshifter
to harmonize 2 octaves higher)


MIDDLE
(just distortion-*** the other effects)
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------8-------------------------
--------7-----------------------
----------7-(8)-(7)-----5^7^5---
-6--6-------------------------7-
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1,000 marlboro deaths ignored every day,
And who gives a *** about sexuality.


Repeat middle riff again x3
At the same time another goes....
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-7--7(8)-(7)-5--7--(8)--(7)~~~~-
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and the goes....
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-19--19(20)-(19)-17--19--(20)--(19)~~~~-
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Back to 1st gtr....
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------8-------------8-------------8-------------Other
gtr. plays
--------7-------------7-------------7-----------appropriate
19th fret
----------7-(8)-(7)-----7-(8)-(7)-----7-(8)-(7)-bends....
-6--6-------------------------------------------
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CHORUS


Gold against the soul,
Working class cliches start here,
Either cloth caps or smack victims,
Gold destroyed,
Destroyed the soul,
Destroyed the soul.


MAIN RIFF x2


Over riff x1 + 1/2
-------------------------------14----------------------14-------------------14------xx-
----12-13-12-13-12-------12-13----13-12----------12-13----13-12-------12-13----13~~-xx-
-14----------------14-14----------------14-12-14----------------14-14------------------
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-14-12-------------14-12-------------------
-------13-12-------------13-12-------------
-------------14-12-------------14-12-14-12-
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F5                                                    
G5
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-7-(9)-(7)~~~~5-7-5---5-7-5-7-7-(9)-7-(9)-7~~~~5-7-5---5-
--------------------7--------------------------------7----
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[[G5          A5           G5    A5      G5    A5     
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[[------------------------------------------------------------]]Repeat
between
[[-------2-2---2-------2-2---2-------2-2----------------------]]brackets
4 times.
[[-------2-2---2-------2-2---2-------2-2----------------------]]
[[-------0-0---0-------0-0---0-------0-0---0-10-0-9-0-5-4-----]]
[[-3-(4)---------3-(4)---------3-(4)----------------------5-3-]]
x4


A5
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-3--(5)-------------------------------------------------------
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|Seperate guitar, w/slide
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-2-/3-/4-/5-/6-/7-/8-/9-/10-/11-/12-/13-/14------------------
-2-/3-/4-/5-/6-/7-/8-/9-/10-/11-/12-/13-/14------------------
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That's it. What a song!
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