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I'm Scum by IDLES
I'm Scum
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro] x4
G Em
[Verse 1]
G Em
I'm council housed and violent
G Em
I'm laughing at the tyrants
G Em
I'm sleeping under sirens
G Em
Whilst wondering where the time went
G Em
I'm scum
G Em
I'm scum
[Instrumental] x4
G Em
G Em G Em
I'll sing at fascists 'til my head comes off
G Em G Em
I am Dennis Skinner's molotov
G Em
I'm lefty, I'm soft
G Em
I'm minimum wage job
G Em
I am a mongrel dog
G Em
I'm just another cog
G Em
I'm scum
G Em
I'm scum
G Em x4
G
This snowflake's an avalanche
[Chorus]
E D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long long while I'm known as
E D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long old while I'm known as scum
G Em
I'm scum
G Em
I'm scum
[Instrumental] x2
G Em
[Verse 2]
G Em
Spit in your percolator
G Em
I am procrastinator
G Em
I over-tip the waiter
G Em
Sarcastic computator
[Instrumental]
G Em
G Em
'Cause I'm scum
G Em
I'm scum
G Em x4
[Bridge]
G Em G Em
I don't care about the next James Bond
G Em G Em
He kills for country, queen and god
G Em G Em
We don't need another murderous toff
G Em G Em
I'm just wondering where the high street's gone
G Em
'Cause I'm scum
G Em
I'm scum
G
This snowflake's an avalanche
[Chorus]
E D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long long while I'm known as
E D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G E D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G E D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G E D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G E D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
[Outro]
G
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Version 2
Difficulty:beginner
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse][Lead]
Playing this part isnt an exact science, you've really got to be generous
with the picking and you probably hit both 16 and 12 at the same time in parts.
Listen to the song and feel the exact picking pattern.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----12--12--12--12------------------12----12--12--12--12-----12-12-12---|
G|-14b16---16--16--16--16r14--12---------14b16---16--16--16--14b16-----------|
D|------------------------------13-14----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----12--12--12--12----------------12--12--12----------------------------|
G|-14b16---16--16--16--16r14--12-------12--12--12----------------------------|
D|------------------------------13-14--12--14--12----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus][Lead]
Play the power chord until Joe starts singing "Dirty, rotten, filthy..." at which
point repeat this pattern.
Dir- ty Rot- ten fil- thy Sc- um x32
e|-------------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------4--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------5--------------------------|
E|--12br--12br--12br--12br--12br--12br--12br---14--3--------------------------|
[Chorus][Rhythm]
Whether Bobo goes up an octave is debatable, but it brings out that Idles sound
if you've got another gutar going to the lower octave. It's a bit of a guess but an
eduacated one because Bobo plays above the 12th fret alot. Strumming is pretty simple
just listen to the song.
|----x6---| x32
e|--x----x--x---x--x---x-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--x----x--x---x--x---x-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--13---13-13--13-11--16----------------------------------------------------|
D|--x----x--x---x--x---x-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--14---14-14--14-12--17----------------------------------------------------|
E|--12---12-12--12-10--15----------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
Then theres a lot of thrashing about above the 12th fret on the G, B and e
strings. Just trem pick the notes below and it should sound great.
Lee is doing his chorus parts.
e|-----18N-19N-21N-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17N----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm council house and violent
I'm laughing at the tyrants
I'm sleeping under sirens
Whilst wondering where the time went
I'm scum
I'm scum
I sing at fascists 'til my head comes off
I am Dennis Skinner's molotov
I'm lefty, I'm soft
I'm minimum wage job
I am a mongrel dog
I'm just another cunt
I'm scum
I'm scum
This snowflake's an avalanche
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long long while I'm known as
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
I'm scum
Spit in your percolator
I am procrastinator
I over-tip the waiter
Sarcastic amputator
'Cause I'm scum
I'm scum
I don't care about the next James Bond
He kills for country, queen and god
We don't need another murderous toff
I'm just wondering where the high street's gone
'Cause I'm scum
I'm scum
This snowflake's an avalanche
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long long while I'm known as
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
| r Release
| b Bend
| x Dead note
| br Bend release
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Version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Author Brands99 [a] 13,440. Last edit on Mar 2, 2020
*This is the tab for Mark Bowen's part. Guitar 2's riff is included at the bottom*
[Intro]
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
[Verse 1]
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|
PM PM
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x4)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|
PM PM
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
e|------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-3-3--x-5-5--|
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-3-3--x-5-5--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3--|
PM
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
[Chorus 1]
e|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5--|
B|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
G|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4--|
D|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
A|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
E|--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3--|
e|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5--|
B|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
G|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---5--|
D|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---7--|
A|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---7--|
E|--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---5--|
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
[Verse 2]
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x5)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--2-2-2-2-|--x-5-5--x-5-5--2-2-2-2-| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--2-2-2-2-|--x-5-5--x-5-5--2-2-2-2-|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--0-0-0-0-|--x-3-3--x-3-3--0-0-0-0-|
PM PM
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-13--13--|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-14--14--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-12--12--|
PM PM
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|--x-4-4--x-4-4----------|
D|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--| (x2)
A|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-2--2--|
E|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-0--0--|
PM PM
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--4--4--4-4-4---------------|--4--4--4-4-4---------------|
D|--5--5--5-5-5--2--2--2-2-2--|--5--5--5-5-5--2--2--2-2-2--| (x2)
A|--5--5--5-5-5--2--2--2-2-2--|--5--5--5-5-5--2--2--2-2-2--|
E|--3--3--3-3-3--0--0--0-0-0--|--3--3--3-3-3--0--0--0-0-0--|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
[Chorus 2]
e|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5--|
B|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
G|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4--|
D|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
A|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
E|--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3--|
e|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5--|
B|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
G|--9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-9br10-7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4--|
D|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
A|--5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5--|
E|--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3--|
[Outro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
B|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
B|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
B|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--4----------------|
D|--5----------------|
A|--5----------------|
E|--3----------------|
[Guitar 2 Riff]
e|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------|--12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
G|--14b16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--12--------|--14b16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16----|
D|------------------------------------14-15--|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------|---12----13----12------------------|
G|--14b16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--12--------|---12----12----12------------------|
D|------------------------------------14-15--|---12----14----12------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
I'm council house and violent
I'm laughing at the tyrants
I'm sleeping under sirens
Whilst wondering where the time went
I'm scum
I'm scum
I sing at fascists 'til my head comes off
I am Dennis Skinner's molotov
I'm lefty, I'm soft
I'm minimum wage job
I am a mongrel dog
I'm just another cunt
I'm scum
I'm scum
This snowflake's an avalanche
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long long while I'm known as
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
I'm scum
Spit in your percolator
I am procrastinator
I over-tip the waiter
Sarcastic amputator
'Cause I'm scum
I'm scum
I don't care about the next James Bond
He kills for country, queen and god
We don't need another murderous toff
I'm just wondering where the high street's gone
'Cause I'm scum
I'm scum
This snowflake's an avalanche
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long long while I'm known as
Dirty rotten filthy scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
For a long old while I'm known as scum
| x Dead note
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| PM Palm mute
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