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Set The House Ablaze by Jam
Set The House Ablaze
Chords used:
Bm: x24432
G: 320033
Eb: xx5343
Cm: x35543
D: xx0232
F#m: 244222
C#m: x46654
A: x02220
G/F#: 2x0033
Intro:
Guitar 1:
RIFF 1
N.C.
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--------3--3--2--2--0--0-- (x19)
--0--0--------------------
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The seventh time this riff is played guitar 2 comes in with a single chord:
Guitar 2:
RIFF 2
Bm
--2--
--3--
--4--
--4--
-----
-----
Verse One (repeat riff 1 throughout)
Bm <--------------------(riff 2)
I was in the pub...
The chords for the verse are Bm and G - the G is implied by the bass.
Chorus
Eb Cm
--3------------3----3---3---3-----3---3--3-
--4------------4----4---4---4-----4---4--4-
--3------------3----3---3---5-----5---5--5-
--5------------5----5---5---5-----5---5--5-
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Something you said .... (x2)
Eb Cm D
--3------------3----3---3---3-----3---2----
--4------------4----4---4---4-----4---3----
--3------------3----3---3---5-----5---2----
--5------------5----5---5---5-----5---0----
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Something you ...
Back to riff one (x12)
Verse two
(Bm)
'You was so open-minded...
Repeat riff one throughout (there is no guitar slash
at the start of this verse)
Middle eight:
The middle eight is in two sections:
Here you play the chords:
F#m C#m (x4)
I think we've lost our perception... etc.
Third time:
C#m
--4--4-----
--5--5-----
--6--6-----
--6--6-----
--4--4-----
--------x\ (scrape plectrum down string quickly)
..reason...
D C#m A (x3)
I wish that there was something.....do about it...
Repeat chorus.
Break:
Bm G
--2--|-----|--3--|-----|
--3--|-----|--3--|-----|
--4--|-----|--0--|-----| (x2)
--4--|-----|--2--|-----|
-----|-----|--3--|-----|
second time you play G - flick the rhythm/treble switch very quickly.
Then play this riff x6 during the indechipherable spoken part.
Bm G G/F#
--2--------------------
--3--------------------
--4--------------------
--4--------0--2--------
-----2--4--------------
-----------------3--2--
Note: 5th time the there is a pinch harmonic (?)on the
7th fret instead of a Bm chord.
Then play Riff 1 x 4 and repeat the chorus
Chorus.
Coda:
Riff 1 is played around 20 times then after about 15
times a rhythm guitar comes in playing Bm G G/F#
and the riff dissapears in the mix and then drops out.
Before coming back along with the rhythm guitar and it's continued until
the song ends on Bm.
So, a brief summary is
Intro: Bm G (x6)
Verse: Bm G (x3)
Chorus: Eb Cm (x3) D
Verse two: Bm G (x2)
Middle eight: F#m C#m (x4) D C#m A (x2) A
Chorus: as chorus 1
Break: Bm G (x2)
Spoken bit: Bm G G/F# (x6)
Chorus: as chorus 1
Coda: Bm G G/F# to end.
I was in the pub last night
A mutual friend of ours said
He'd seen you in the uniform
Yeah the leather belt looks manly
The black boots butch
But oh what a bastard to get off
Promises, promises
They offer real solutions
But hatred has never won for long
You was so open minded
But by someone blinded
And now your sign says closed.
Promises, promises
They offer real solutions
But hatred has never won for long
I think we've lost our perception -
I think we've lost sight of the goals we should
be working for
I think we've lost our reason
We stumble blindly and that vision must be restored!
I wish that there was something
I could do about it
I wish that there was some way
I could try to fight it
Scream and shout it -
But something you said set the house ablaze!
It is called indoctrination
And it happens on all levels
But it has nothing to do with equality
It has nothing to do with democracy
And though it professes to
It has nothing to do with humanity
It is cold, hard and mechanical.
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