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Design To Kill by James Chance and the Contortions
Design To Kill
Standard Tuning
Guitar I: Jody Harris
Guitar II: Pat Place (improvised slide guitar, not tabbed)
* = play double time
VERSE:
* * * * *
e|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-------------------------------------|
B|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-----------7--#--6-/7-\6-/7-\6-/7----|
G|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-----------8--#--7-/8-\7-/8-\7-/8----|
D|-10-10-10-#-----------------------------------10-10-10-10-#-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE (VARIATION II):
* * * * *
e|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-------------------------------------|
B|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-----7--#--6-/7-\6-/7-\6-/7----------|
G|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-----8--#--7-/8-\7-/8-\7-/8----------|
D|-10-10-10-#-----------------------------------10-10-10-10-#-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE (VARIATION III):
* * * * *
e|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#-------------------------------------|
B|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#--------7--7--#--6-/7-\6-/7-\6-/7----|
G|-8--8--8--#-----------------13-#--13-#--------8--8--8--8--#--------8--8--#--7-/8-\7-/8-\7-/8----|
D|-10-10-10-#-----------------------------------10-10-10-10-#-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS I:
* *
e|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-16-#-------------------------------|
B|-16-16-16-16-17-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-17-#-------------------------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-16-#-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
*
e|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----7-----/----------------|
B|-16-16-16-16-17-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----7-----/----------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----7-----/----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
(depress whammy bar and slow release)
e|--------------------------------------------------V(5)------/^8--~------------------------------|
B|-------------------------0------------------------V(5)------/^8--~------------------------------|
G|-------------------------x------------------------V(5)------/^8--~------------------------------|
D|-------------3-------3---3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4--4---4---4---4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5------5---5--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-post-Chorus/Verse improv skronk guitar solo, play clusters of random notes high on the neck----|| x 4
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
CHORUS II:
* *
e|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-16-#-------------------------------|
B|-16-16-16-16-17-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-17-#-------------------------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------16-16-16-16-16-#-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
*
e|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----6-/7-\6-/7-------------|
B|-16-16-16-16-17-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----6-/7-\6-/7-------------|
G|-16-16-16-16-16-#--------------------------------4--#--------6--6--#-----6-/7-\6-/7-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|--------------------------------------------------------------6-------6-------------------------|
B|-------------------------0------------------------------------6---6---6---6---------------------|
G|-------------------------x------------------------6--6--6--6--6---6---6---6---------------------|
D|-------------3-------3---3------------------------7--7--7--7------7-------7---------------------|
A|-4--4--4--4--4---4---4---4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5------5---5--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
e|-------------12------12--12~--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-13-13-13-13--13--13--13~--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-----14------14~--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
SONG STRUCTURE:
VERSE (VARIATION I) x 5
VERSE (VARIATION II)
VERSE (VARIATION I) x 5
VERSE (VARIATION II)
CHORUS I
REST
VERSE (VARIATION I) x 2
VERSE (VARIATION III)
VERSE (VARIATION II)
VERSE (VARIATION I) x 2
VERSE (VARIATION II) x 2
CHORUS II
I stumbled into an empty trap
I said I'm gonna cut you off
With just one way, a slap
I got no need to tell you
Just how it feels
All I want from you
Is to give up what you steal
You got nothing to show
And you know it
You're made of all I hate
I can taste it
I can't hurt you enough
But do you feel it?
You're useless
Ain't got no excuses
You're designed to kill
All that screaming's gonna rub off on you
They're gonna strip you raw
And beat you for your [?]
And I don't care what weapons you use
Just as long as you keep me amused
You want the world beneath you
So you can slice it
They made you draw blood
And not just taste it
You got what you bought, yeah?
So why waste it?
You're branded
Your mind's abandoned
You're designed to kill
You're designed to kill
I said you're designed to kill
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