Exhuming Mccarthy Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 You'reG♯ beautC♯iful more G♯beautC♯iful than me G♯ C♯

 You'rF♯e honorable morG♯e honorC♯able than me G♯ C♯

 LG♯oyal to C♯the BD♯ank of AmeC♯rica

(It's a sign of the times) (It's a sign of the times)

 You'reF♯ sharpeningB stonesF♯, walking on cBoals

 ToF♯ improBve your C♯busineBss acumen.

F♯Sharpening Bstones,F♯ walking on coBals,

 ToF♯ improBve your C♯busineBss acumen.

 VG♯ested inC♯terest uG♯nited tC♯ies, G♯landed C♯gentry F♯rationalize

 LG♯ook who boC♯ught the mG♯yth,C♯ byG♯ jingC♯o, buyD♯ AmeriC♯ca

(It's a sign of the times) (it's a sign of the times)

 You'reF♯ sharpeningB stonesF♯, walking on cBoals

 ToF♯ improBve your C♯busineBss acumen.

F♯Sharpening Bstones,F♯ walking on coBals,

 ToF♯ improBve your C♯busineBss acumen.

G♯Enemy C♯sighted G♯enemy C♯met, G♯I'm addC♯ressing the F♯realpolitik

 LG♯ook who boC♯ught the mG♯yth,C♯ byG♯ jingC♯o, buyD♯ AmeriC♯ca

C C D♯"Let us noD♯t assassinate this man further

CSenator, Cyou've done enough. Have you no D♯sense of D♯decency, sir?

 At long last, Chave you lCeft no sense of decency?" D♯ D♯

F D♯ C♯ B

 You're F♯sharpening sBtones F♯walking on cBoals

F♯To imBprove your bEusiness acumens

F♯sharpening sBtones F♯walking on cBoals

F♯To imBprove your bEusiness acumens

F♯Enemy Bsighted F♯enemy Bmet, F♯I'm addBressing the Erealpolitik

 YF♯ou've seen sBtart and yoF♯u've seen Bquit

(I'm addressing the table of content)

 IF♯ always tBhought of yoEu as quick

 EF♯xhuming McCaBrthy F♯ B ExhuF♯ming McCBarthy E

(Meet me at the book burning) (Meet me at the book burning)

EXHUMING MCCARTHY (Version 2)

The guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E (from low to high)

Intro

Verse 1

X X X

You're beautiful More Beautiful Than me You're honourable More

X X X

Honourable Than me Loyal to the Bank of America

Guitar solo 1

X *

(It's a sign of the times) (It's a sign of the times)

Chorus 1

X X U X

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumen

stones

X X U X X

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumen

stones

Verse 2

G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯

Vested interest United ties Land of gentry Rationalise

G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ C♯

Look who bought the myth Buy a jingle Buy America

(Look who bought the myth)

Verse 2 is the same as verse 1, except where fill 1 is indicated.

Guitar solo 2

(Its a sign of the times) (Its a sign of the times)

Chorus 2

X U X

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumen

stones

slight rake

X U

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumen

stones

Verse 3

G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯

Enemy sighted Enemy met I'm addressing The

realpolotik

G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ C♯

Look who bought the myth Buy a jingle Buy America

(Look who bought the myth)

Verse 3 is the same as verse 1, except where fill 2 is indicated.

Spoken Quote Section

Let us not assasinate this man

further than the truth

C5 C5 D♯5 D♯5

but you've done enough have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last

C5 C5 D♯5 D♯5

have you left no sense of decency ?

Verse 4

X X X

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumens

stones

X X X

You're sharpening Walking on coals To improve your Business acumens

stones

Verse 5

F♯ B F♯ B F♯ B E

Enemy sighted Enemy met I'm addressing The

realpolotik

F♯ B F♯ B F♯ B C♯ B

You've seen Stalin You've seen Dresden I always thought of You as quick

Verse 5 is the same as verse 4, except where fill 3 is indicated.

Outro

F♯ B F♯ B F♯ B E

Exhuming McCarthy Exhuming McCarthy

F♯ B F♯ B F♯ B C♯ B

Exhuming McCarthy Exhuming McCarthy

The Outro is the same as verse 4, except where fills 4 and 5 are indicated.

TAB Key

b - bend a semitone (1 fret)

YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch

as the note found at fret Z

mb - microtone bend (see record for further details)

r - release previous bend

rZ - release previous bend to the same pitch as

the note found at fret Z

Y[Z]- Play the note at fret Y which has been previously bent

to the same pitch as that found on fret Z. (The bend

is silent when playing this note)

h - hammer on

p - pulloff

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

X - mute with palm of picking hand

U - upstroke

D - downstroke

tr - tremolo picking

( ) - incidental note

Notes

The verses of the song are all quite similar. Verses 1,2 and 3 are

 made up of A (G♯, C♯)[3],F♯ - (G♯ C♯)[3] F♯ C♯ progression over

8-bars. Each verse differs slightly an bars 4 and 8 - after the

first verse these changes are shown as 'fills'. The differences are

only slight.

In verses 4 and 5 (and also in the Outro) the original verse riff is

transposed down by a whole tone (by moving the original chords down

 by 2 frets) giving A (F♯, B)[3],E - (F♯ B)[3] E B progression. Again,

the riff played over the (F# B)[3] section is constant with only

slight changes occurring in bars 4 and 8. (These are also shown as

fills)

The 2 guitar solos are based on the F# minor pentatonic scale, using

the 'standard box' pattern (with extension) found at the second fret.

Both solos share the same first 4-bars.

Some of the notation in the guitar solos may need clarification....

The term '4brp2' (in the 4th bar of solo 1) is an attempt to notate

a fluid movement of the wrist used to fret the notes.

The note on the 4th fret is bent by 1 semitone (the same as the note

found on the 5th fret) then released and then pulled-off to the 2nd

fret - all in one movement. Other terms, such as 4mbp2, can be

explained in a similar way. The note at the 4th fret is bend slightly

(i.e. less than a semitone - listen to the record for the exact bend)

and the pull-off to fret 2. All in one movement. Listen to the record

and it should become clear.

The spoken word section contains 2 guitars. Guitar 1 plays the main

rhythm part, which is based on playing partial power chords. Guitar 2

plays diads, - these have a reggae type of feel to them, as they are

played on beats 2 and 4 of each bar. Guitar 3 is used to add a melody

over the C5 sections these are shown as double_fills 1 and 2. The fills

also sound as if they may have been doubled, to get a thicker sound.

The choruses are all different, but follow the same structure. They

are made up of partial chords - its just a matter of playing the

chords shown above the TAB to match the vocal phrasing to get the

'loose effect' heard on the record.

Comments, corrections, requests and idle banter welcome.