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Song : Union
Written by: Steve Jones
Artist : Neurotic Outsiders
Album : Neurotic Outsiders
Track #9
A great song from an even better album!! Buy it!!
For those who don't know Neurotic Outsiders,
this is the line-up (says it all):
guitar, vocals: Steve Jones (guitarist in Sex Pistols)
guitar, vocals: Duff McKagan (bass in Guns N' Roses)
bass, vocals: John Taylor (bass in Duran Duran)
drums, vocals: Matt Sorum (drums in Guns N' Roses)
Chords:
E A D G B E
E 0 2 2 x x x
F# 2 4 4 x x x
G# 4 6 6 x x x
D# 6 6 8 8 8 6
B 7 9 9 x x x
E2 7 7 9 9 9 7
Figure 1: E F# G# 3x||--------------------------------------------------------------||||.----------0---------------2-------------4--------------4----.||||-------1-------1-------3-------3------5------5-6p5---------5--||||.--2---------------4---------------6-----------------6-------.||||--------------------------------------------------------------||||--------------------------------------------------------------||
B F#||--------------------------------------------------------------||||-----------7-------------7---------------2-------------2------||||-------8-------8-9p8---------8-------3-------3-4p3---------3--||||---9-----------------9-----------4-----------------4----------||||--------------------------------------------------------------||||--------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus chords: D# - E2 - F# - F#
Intro: Figure 1 1x
Verse 1 (Figure 1 1x):
Tell me mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the sickest Sex Pistol of them all?
Verse 2 (Figure 1 1x):
Is it Johnny Rotten? I don't know
I'd really like to ask him, but he drives me up the wall
Verse 3 (Figure 1 1x):
Now take old Sidney Vicious, he's a clown
He'd turn his mother in for less than half a crown
Chorus (chorus chords 2x):
but i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
Verse 4 (Chords in Figure 1 palm muted on distorterd electric, 2x)
now take my mate, old cookie, he's off his head
just give him his daily mirror and a pint of whatney's red
Verse 5 (Chords in Figure 1 palm muted on distorterd electric, 2x)
now here comes stevie jonesy, he's a slag
he loves to get his knob sucked wrapped in a union jack
Chorus (chorus chords 4x):
but i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
During solo: (C# - E2 - D# - D#) 3x
C# - E2 - D# - F#
Verse 6 (Figure 1 1x):
never trust a hippie, they killed bambi
we gave a little filth and fury for all your mugs to see
Verse 7 (First half picked, 2nd half palm-muted chords)
there's nothing like the real thing, so they say
just like a creepy cockroach, we'll never fade away
Chorus (chorus chords 4x):
but i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
i wish i had a union
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Piet Marcus van der Meulen
HI-Leeuwarden
meule301@hio.tem.nhl.nl
3 KINDS OF PEOPLE: THOSE WHO CAN COUNT & THOSE WHO CAN'T
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