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Your Lips Are Red by St. Vincent
Your Lips Are Red
Tuning - E standard
Intro/Verse 1:
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|-10------10------10------10------10------10------10------10--8~---|
Your lips are red
My face is red from reading
your red - lips
All the notes, except the last 2, should be muted almost immediately after playing
them. You want a really staccato sound to it. Let the last 2 notes ring out a little
before starting the riff again.
Chorus/bridge/whatever you want to call it:
*
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|-13-13-13-13-13----|-13p12-----------|-15p14-----------|--------------|-----------------|-------| *
|-12-12-12-12-12----|-----------------|-------12~~------|-10p9---------|-12p11-----------|-------|
|--x--x--x--x--x----|-------14~~-15~~-|------------14~~-|------7~~-9~~-|-------10~~-12~~-|-/15~~-|x 2
|-10-10-10-10-10----|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------| *
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* A note: I'm not entirely sure about this chord. It sounds close enough though.
Slather enough fuzz on it, and it won't matter
Verse 2:
Basically the same as verse 1, except double time. There's also one extra riff.
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|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--8---|
My face is drawn on with this
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|-5-------7-------8-------12------10--10--10--10--10--10--10--8~~-|
num - ber two pen - cil
Chorus: Same as above
Noise break: make noise
Verse 3: Same as verse 2, minus the ascending riff
Chorus: Same
Noise break: Make more noise
Bridge 2:
This part, I'll admit needs corrections. What I'm playing is similar, but not
exactly the same. If anyone's figured out how to really play this riff, PLEASE get
at me
|-------------------------5-----8--7---------------|
|-------5-----5--8--5--8-----5--------8--5---------|
|----5-----5--------------------------------5~~----|
|-7------------------------------------------------|
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|-------5--------5--------8-----10--9--------------|
|----7--------7--------7---------------10--7-------|
|-7--------7--------7--------7----------------7~~--|
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Ending part:
Since most of us don't have a string & horn section at our disposal, I think this
works. Keep playing these 2 chords, and gradually layer reverb & delay on top of it.
Am7 Dno5
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|-1~~------------------------|-3~~------------------------------------|
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|-2~~------------------------|-4~~------------------------------------|
|-0~~------------------------|-5~~------------------------------------|
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Your skin's so fair Your skin's so fair it's not fair
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version 2
tuning: standard (EADGBe)
live she plays with capo on 2nd fret
(sometimes with a standard-tuned guitar
other times with a DGCFAd-tuned guitar)
verse riff
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| etc.
extra fill on 2nd verse
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-------------------|
E---3---5---6---10--|
chorus (?) riff
strum this chord a couple of times
e--------|
B---13---|
G---12---|
D---10---|
A---10---|
E--(0)---|
then:
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--11-10-----------14-13-------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------12---13---------15---12---13-12-----------15-14------------12*--|
A----------------------------------------10---12---------13---15---------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
she bends a little (not even a half step) the last note *
(you can play these notes where you want, not sure where she plays them)
outro chords
e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
A----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
A----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
E---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
or, higher
e-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
B----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
G---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
e-----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
B----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
live outro riff (sounding 1 octave higher)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------3---------------------5---5-6---8-6-5-------|
G-------------2---2-5-2*--5-3-2---------5---5---5-----5*------7-5---|
D-------3---3---3---------------2/5---5---5-----------------------8-|
A-----5---5-------------------------7-------------------------------|
E---6---------------------------------------------------------------|
(sometimes she doesn't seem to play the notes marked with *)
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