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The Sound Of Music by Joy Division
The Sound Of Music
Capo:no capo
This is one of their wilder songs, and one of only two (the other being
"Interzone") where one of the band
members makes a lot of weird howling.
For this tab, I am referring mostly to the Peel session (November 1979)
version, NOT the regular studio version.
Comparing both, the Peel session is slower and has an overdubbed riff at the
end absent in the other version.
The studio version has the howling and a few other vocal/guitar overdubs. Live
versions include the ending riff
at the end of the song to replace the chords. The notes played should be
identical, however.
Song Structure:
Intro (x1)
Verse (x4)
Arpeggio 1 (x2)
Verse (x3)
Arpeggio 1 (x2)
Arpeggio 2 (x2)
Verse (Play until the end)
Ending Riff (x3)
Optional Last Chords (x1)
Intro. Finger the chord a bit at the beginning of the song before launching
into striking the whole chord
(dampened with your fingers, not your palm) and end the 32nd with the
undampened chord:
E|--7~-----7~|--x--|-7~-----------------------------------
B|--7~--7~---|--x--|-7~-----------------------------------
G|9----------|--x--|-9~-----------------------------------
D|-----------|--x--|-9~-----------------------------------
A|-----------|--x--|-7~-----------------------------------
E|-----------|--x--|-7~-----------------------------------
(x31)(x1)
Verse. Repeat the x sequence two times and then on the third, strike the
undampened chord four times as shown.
E|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7---------------------
B|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7---------------------
G|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-9~|---9-9--9-9---------------------
D|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-9~|---9-9--9-9---------------------
A|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7---------------------
E|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7---------------------
(x2)
Arpeggio 1. Make the bend on the 12th fret all the way up, then 1/2
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-12b~-7-9-9-9-9----
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Arpeggio 2. Finger the B, G, and D strings of the chord a bit at the end of
each arpeggio, dampened or not.
E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
G|--------------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
D|7-10-9~---7-10-9~---7-10-9~---10-7~---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------
Ending Riff. Most live versions play this at the end, or some minor variation
of it. Play after the ending
refrain, "Higher higher higher higher" or after the fourth time Ian and Peter
sing it.
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|5-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-5-0-3-3-0-
E|--------------------------------------------------
Optional Last Chords.
E|7~---5~---7~---------------------------------------------
B|7~---5~---7~---------------------------------------------
G|9~---7~---9~---------------------------------------------
D|9~---7~---9~---------------------------------------------
A|7~---5~---7~---------------------------------------------
E|7~---5~---7~---------------------------------------------
See my true reflection
Cut off my own connections
I can see life getting harder
So sad is this sensation
Reverse the situation
I can't see it getting better
I'll walk you through the heartbreak
Show you all the out takes
I can't see it getting higher
Systematically degraded
Emotionally a scapegoat
I can't see it getting better
Perverse and unrealistic
Try to make it all stick
I can't see it getting better
Hollow now, I'm burned out
Oh, I need to break out
I can't see life getting higher
Love, life, makes you feel higher
Love of life, makes you feel higher
Higher, higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher, higher
Love of life, makes you feel higher
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