Genetix
The Stranglers - Genetix
Tabbed By: Reecy
Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
GENETIX
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
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drum intro with main riff:
(listen to the recording for the rhythm)
E-------------------------------
B-------4-5------------8-8p5----
G-----6-----6-------6--------6--
D-5-7----------5-7--------------
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------
keyboards and bass enter (underlying chord is A):
F G FG
See the little nuclei
F G F G
Bursting full of information
A (main riff)
E D E D
There's a need to regulate
E D E D
Bring it down to cells and plasma
E (second riff):
E----------------------------
B----------------------------
G-------3-4---------7-7p4----
D-----6-----6-----6-------6--
A-5-7---------5-7------------
E----------------------------
F G F G
Tell you what they're gonna do
F G F G
Started doing it already
A (main riff)
E D E D
Got to find something new
E D E D
Looking for it in genetix
E (second riff)
(as a sort of bridge, there is a kinda 'question and answer'
section where the guitar plays a riff followed by the bass)
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G-7-7p4---7p4---7p4---7--*bass*-|-7-7p4---7p4---7p4---7--*bass*-|
D-------6-----6-----6----*bass*-|-------6-----6-----6----*bass*-|
A-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
B-15-15p12----15p12----15p12----15--*bass*-|
G----------12-------12-------12-----*bass*-|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
B-------15---------15---------15---|
G-------12---------12---------12---|
D-12-13-13---12-13-13---12-13-13---| <-- keep playing this riff for however
A----------------------------------| long neccessary while the bass descends
E----------------------------------|
F G F G
Found a new game to play
F G F G
Think it's impossible to lose
A (main riff)
E D E D
Messing around at playing God
E D E D
Easy way to play genetix
E (second riff)
(question and answer section)
<..theres now an outro bit where there's a bass solo, the rest of the instruments
(especially the keyboards) jam on the two chord riff of the verses (F and G) and the
guitar plays a little riff (not 100% sure about this one, though)..>
FG
E--------------|
B--------------|
G--------------|
D--------------|
A------------2-|
E-1--1-1-1-3---|
<..after JJ has done his little bass solo, he plays a one note riff (which is just G),
over which Hugh plays the following..>
E-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------| <- this is repeated a number of times before he follows the
A--------------2--1-| bassline
E-3--3-3--3-3-------|
E------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A------------------|
E--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|
G F Bb A C D
Gene regulation, gene regulation, gene regulation
(repeat the chord sequence: G F Bb A C D, over Hugh's "laws of Segragation" speech)
Final outro chords:
G F G Bb G Bb G F (x4)
G F-F#-G F-F#-G F-F#-G
Song ends on a keyboard chord of G, which gets slowed down to exactly an octave
lower.