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The Machman by Gary Numan
The Machman
The main riff is as follows:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------7----------------------7--------------7--------------------------|
E---7-----7/9--9--7--5-----7-----7--9-----7-----7/9--9--7--5-----10-----|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---9--10--9------------------------------------------------------------|
The main riff can also be played using the following chords:
B E B C# C# B A
B E B C#
B E B C# C# B A D C# D C#
The chorus is as follows:
E B
I'd give it all up for you
D A
I'd even be a number just for you
E
The strangest living boy
D C# C
You could ever wish to see
C
That's me
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I saw him turn on
Like a machine in the park
Saying `please come with me'
But you've been there before
I saw him whirr away
Into the night
Like a nightmare on wheels
Saying `never again'
I'd give it all up for you
I'd even be a number just for you
The strangest living boy
You could ever wish to see
`That's me'
Yellowed newspapers
Tell the story of someone
`Do you know this man?'
Tomorrow the cure
Only police ever
See night time for real
Turn on the light
And cry `no more, no more'
I was standing outside your door
Waiting for the grey men to go
When my mind turned on me
With a vengeance I had never known
My own
Everyone heard
The voice on the radio
Saying `why move around
And waste my time'
There are no
Independents anymore
The tape is a circle
But who really cares
I saw you behind the wall
I even heard you laugh at me
You disgust me tonight
With your answer to something new
That's you
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----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6---| Tap
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----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------|
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----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7--| Pop
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----58--- Slide Down ---------- --5-----| Slap
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----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^---| Bend
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-4:------- Time ---------- --------|
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Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd
x = 64th note X = dotted 64th
^ = triplet
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