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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:50:59 -0400
From: Peg Murphy <pmurphy7@bellatlantic.net>
Subject: r/reagan_youth/jesus_was_a_communist.tab

"JESUS WAS A COMMUNIST"
Reagan Youth
off "A Collection of Pop Classics"
=======================
 
KEY:
t   := trill
T   := tap (as in with the finger or pick of your strumming hand on the
fretboard)
/,\ := upward,downward slide
X   := muted string
h,p := hammer-on,pull-off
^   := bend
(1) := degree of bend (in steps)
... := hold bend
R   := return bend
-----------------------
 
Standard Tuning.
 
RIFF no.1:
  T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7t0-8t0-9t0-5t0-7t0-8t0-9t0-10-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
RIFF no.2A:           (1/4)
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|-9---X-X-9---X-X-----10^------|-9---X-X-9---X-X-----|
|-9---X-X-9---X-X-7h8-----/10\-|-9---X-X-9---X-X-7t8-|
|-7---X-X-7---X-X--------------|-7---X-X-7---X-X-----|
 
RIFF no.2B:           (1/4)
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9---X-X-9---X-X-----10^------|-9---X-X-9---X-X--------------|
|-9---X-X-9---X-X-7h8-----/10\-|-9---X-X-9---X-X-7h8p7---/10\-|
|-7---X-X-7---X-X--------------|-7---X-X-7---X-X-------8------|
 
RIFF no.3:
Riff no.3 is just power chords with similar rhythm to Riff no.2:
The Chords:
   E5  F5   B5
 |---|----|---|
 |---|----|---|
 |-9-|-10-|---|
 |-9-|-10-|-9-|
 |-7-|-8--|-9-|
 |---|----|-7-|
The Riff:
|-E5-------F5-B5-|-E5-----Fill no.1-|-E5-------F5-B5-|-E5-----Fill no.2-|
 
FILL no.1:
|-12-12h15-15p12-----------------|
|----------------15-15p12----12\-|
|-------------------------14-12\-|
|----------------------------12\-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
 
FILL no.2:
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-7t8-|
|-----|
 
SOLO A: (Two guitar tracks playing the same thing)
   (1)......| (1)......| (1)....| (1)...R    (1)...R
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------12-12------12-12----12-12-15^------|-15^------17p15p12--------------------------|
|-14^--------14^--------14^---------------|-------------------14-12-14p12----12-----12-|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------14-12--14----|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
               (1) (1)
|----------12-15^-15^-12h15p12----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----12-15---------------------15-12-12h15p12-------|-----------------------------------------|
|-14------------------------------------------14-12-|-14--12\9-7h9p7--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------9-7-7h9p7---7----7-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------0---10---10-7\-|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 
SOLO B: (1/4)                           (1) (1).....R
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------7---7h9-|-12-14-14^-14^------14p12-|
|---------5^---5h7-7/9---9-----|--------------------------|
|-7---7-7----7-----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
                  (1).| (1)
|-------------------12-----------|--------------------------------------|
|---------12-----12-12-12--------|--------------------------------------|
|---------12-----14^---14^-12----|-12---9\7-9p7-------------------------|
|-14---14----14---------------14-|--------------9-7h9p7----7----7-------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------10---10---10-7\-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 
ARRANGEMENT of SONG
INTRO:
  Riff no.1
  Riff no.2A (2x)
1st VERSE:
  Riff no.2B (2x)
  Riff no.3
2nd VERSE:
  Riff no.2B (2x)
  Riff no.1
GUITAR SOLO:
  Solo A
  Solo B with Riff no.3
3rd VERSE:
  Riff no.2B (2x)
 End on an E5 chord, as in Riff no.3
 
That's it as far as I know, any corrections: pm22333@hotmail.com -- Pete
Murphy.  More to come {:?)>+++%===< ...