THE UNDEAD TAB
ALL SONGS 1981-Present
Disclaimer: All basses and guitars tuned to standard. All chords used are power chords (e.g., C# is -x-4-6-6-x-x-) unless otherwise indicated. These fan-authored transcriptions offer the basic chords and structure of the songs, and are not complete scores.
Although some transcriptions may not have distinct parts for each instrument, all are written for both bass and guitar.
A LIFE OF OUR OWN
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
noise... A D A F# G A D A (3x) E C# F# G# (2x) A D A D A (4x) G# slide A (4x) D E C# F# G# (2x) C# F# G# (2x) w/chorus and solo C# F# G# (4x) w/solo A D A D A (4x) G# slide A (4x) D E C# F# G# (4x) C# F# G#
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
transcription: Bobby Steele, Ryq
INTRO: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D VERSE 1: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D VERSE 2: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G SOLO: G D Em (2x) w/solo C G Bm Em w/solo D C Bm D w/solo CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G VERSE 3: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D fade out...
ELECTED
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
intro guitar riff: E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-----------------2---------------| D|-7---5---------------------------|-----------------2---------------| A|---7---5~--------7---5-----------|---------3-2-1-0-0---------------| E|-------------------5---3~--------|-3-2-1-0-------------------------| bridge section: (arranged for one bass) G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---6---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---5---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---6---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-7-------6-------9---------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| final chorus riff: (arranged for bass) G|-10--9--7----------------------------------------| D|----------10--8--7-------------------------------| A|-------------------10--8--6--5--3--------2--3--5-| E|-----------------------------------6--3----------| -songflow- A intro guitar riff A A G E A E C# (4x) F C A# D# G# A# G C (3x) F C A# D# G# A# G E A A G E A E C# (2x) F C A# D# G# A# G C (3x) F C A# D# G# A# G E A bridge section A G E A E C# (2x) final chorus riff (2x) with guitar over final chorus riff (4x): F C A# D# G# A# G C (4x) fade out...
EVE OF DESTRUCTION
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
G C (3x) G C G C D (5x) [bass only] G C D G E C D G C G C D (5x) G C D G E C D G C G C D (7x) G C D G E C D G E w/solo C D w/solo G C (3x) G G C D (7x; bass) & C C D D (7x; guitar) (staccato) G C D G E C D G C D G C C C G
EVENING OF DESIRE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
G1: -3-5-5-x-x-x- G2: -x-10-12-x-x-x- Notes: The first E in the "E G2 D E" sequence is heavily muted. B A G1 A B A G1 A D E E G2 D E (11x) B A G1 A B A G1 A D E E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (3x) - solo over E G2 D E then chorus - E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (7x) fade out...
GIMME YOUR AUTOGRAPH
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
B F# (7x) B E F# (4x) B F# (3x) B E F# (3x) B G# E F# B G# B (2x) w/solo E F# (3x) B G# E F# (3x) B F# (4x) B
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
(untranscribed)
I DON'T WANNA FEEL THE PAIN ANYMORE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. F1: -x-8-10-10-x-x- G1: -x-10-12-12-x-x- F2: -1-3-3-x-x-x- G2: -3-5-5-x-x-x- -songflow- C C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 C A F2 G2 w/solo A F2 D G2 w/solo C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 A w/solo F1 G1 C
I DON'T WANNA GO
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
C# C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break] C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break] F# B (3x) w/solo F# C# w/solo B C# (3x) w/solo B [break] C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (12x) fade out...
I WANT YOU DEAD
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
D A G (3x) D A D A G (3x) D A F# G A (4x) D A G (3x) D A F# G A (4x) D A G (3x) D A C# B D A w/solo C# B D A D A G (3x) D A D A G (4x) D
I'D RATHER DO MY DRINKING ALONE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
INTRO: C D G Em C D G VERSE 1: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D G VERSE 2: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D G BRIDGE: Bm Em G D C D G Em C D G SOLO: G Am B D w/solo C D G Em w/solo C D B w/solo C D G Em w/solo C D G w/solo BRIDGE: Bm Em G D C D G Em C D G VERSE 3: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D Bm Em C D G
I'M SO HAPPY
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E D A ABAB (2x) E D F# [break] B G# (2x) E A F# E F# B G# E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo B G# (2x) E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo E D A ABAB (3x) E D F# [break] B G# (2x) w/solo E A F# w/solo B G# (2x) w/solo E A F# w/solo E F# B G# E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo E D A ABAB (3x) E D F# B G# (2x) E F# (2X) B A F# E F# E (2x) F#
IN EIGHTY FOUR
transcription: Bobby Steele
INTRO: G A# (6x) G VERSE: G E (2x) G C (2X) CHORUS: G F C (2x) REPEAT VERSE REPEAT CHORUS 2X - sax solo over: - A D (4x) G F C LAST VERSE: A F# (2X) A D (2X) REPEAT CHORUS 3X
LIES
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. C D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A (c) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B B E (3x) B F# E F# (c) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B D (c) (2x) D (c) w/solo D (c) (2x) A w/solo B E (2x) (c) D G E B B E (3x) B F# E F# (C) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B B
MISFIT
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
drums... G F# A G# (4x) C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (3x) C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (4x) w/solo C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (3x) C# B D C# (2x) B A C# B A G# C#
MY KINDA TOWN
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E D (4x) E D (4x) E D F E E D F E w/solo E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A B G A (4x) B
NEVER SAY DIE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
A D A E (2x) A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E F# B F# B E A F# B w/solo A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E
NIGHTMARE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
intro riff: E|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| Near the end of the song G|------------------------------------------| the guitar plays this riff D|------------------------------------------| while the bass plays the A|-5---5----4---4----2---2----0-------------| "D A G A" progression. E|---7--------5--------3---------3---2---0--| -songflow- intro riff D A G A (3x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) w/solo G A (4x) w/solo D A G A (2x) G A (4x) intro riff (3x) D A G A D
NO VICES
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E F# A B (2x) E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E G# A B (2x) w/solo E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E F# A B (2x) E
PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON
transcription: Bobby Steele
Notes: The 'I' denotes a new measure.
INTRO:
E / / / I C# / A / I (2x)
VERSE 1:
E / / / I C# / A / I (4x)
B I C# I A I B I B I
CHORUS:
E / / / I A / / / I B / / / I B / / / I
E / / / I A / / / I F# / / / I A / / / I B / / / I B / / / I
VERSE 2:
E / / / I C# / A / I (4x)
E / / / I C# / / / I A / / / I
B / / / I C# / / / I A / / / I B / / / I
(chorus)
(intro)
BRIDGE INTRO:
F# / / / I A / / / I (3x)
E / / / I E / / / I
BRIDGE:
A / / / I C# / / / I F# / / / I B / / / I
A / / / I C# / / / I F# / / / I F# / / / I
B / / / I B / / / I B / / / I B / / / I
BREAK:
E / / / I E / A E I (4x) (bass stays on 'E')
(repeat VERSE 1)
(fade on CHORUS)
R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
solo tab: Bobby Steele B w/solo B E B F# B (3x) B E B F# B w/solo B E B F# B C F C G C C w/noise second solo: E|--11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12--| B|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| Play this riff 4 times. G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| E|-------12---12--------12----12----| Play this riff 2 times. B|-------12---12--------12----12----| G|--14^------------14^--------------| Bend this note up a full step; D|----------------------------------| the note will be the same as the A|----------------------------------| 12th fret of the B string. E|----------------------------------| E|---------------------------| B|--15-15-15-15-16-16-16-16--| Repeat this riff 4 times. G|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| Playing it here makes the D|--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--| transition to the next A|---------------------------| riff easier. E|---------------------------| E|------------14-----------------| Repeat this 4 times FAST - real FAST! B|-------14--------17---14---14--| Barre the E and B string at the 14th G|--16^--------------------------| fret with the index finger; use the D|-------------------------------| ring finger to bend the G string; A|-------------------------------| use pinky on 17th fret. E|-------------------------------|
SHADOWS
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. pick scrape... A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) with feedback, bends, and noise F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (2x) F# G A w/solo F# G E A w/solo A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) with feedback, bends, and noise F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (2x) A A#
SLAVE TO FASHION
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
INTRO: G (bass plays G over all of intro) G A# C D# (2x) G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 1: bass plays G A# C D# over part of verse G A# C D# (4x) CHORUS: G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 2: G A# C D# (4x) CHORUS: G A# C D# (4x) C (staccato) - solo over G A# C D# - drums... G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 3: bass plays G A# C D# over part of verse G A# C D# (heavily muted) G A# C D# CHORUS: G A# C D# (3x) D# D# D# G
SOCIAL REASON
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
riff: E|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-9-9-9-9-9-7-----| E|-7-7-7-7-7-5-----| pm------> riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A riff (2x) G A (2x) riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A B D B (3x) A riff (8x) B
STRANGE CREATURES
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: The transcription for the "TIL DEATH intro" section contains only
the basic chords and is not the full score. The "songflow"
section is the same for all versions of "Strange Creatures."
G#1: -4-6-6-x-x-x- G#2: -x-11-13-13-x-x-
-TIL DEATH intro-
D# (f# e) D (2x)
E F# E D#
G# F# E D# (2x)
G# B (2x)
D# E F# E
B G# (2x)
E F# E D#
-songflow-
B G# (4x) w/solo
B G# (2x)
E F# E D#
B G# (2x)
E F# E D#
G# B (2x) w/solo
Eb E F# E w/solo
B G# (2x)
E F# E D#
B G# (3x)
E F# G#2 F# (3x)
E F# G#2
THE FUTURE KID
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
bass riff: G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| The guitars play an A chord over A|-0-------0-------5p4p3p2-0-------| this riff. E|---------------------------------| fade in drums... riff (5x) G riff (5x) G riff (2x) G A D (2x) G A (3x) G riff (5x) G riff (2x) G A D (2x) G A (3x) G riff (5x) G riff G riff G A
THE INVISIBLE MAN
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) w/solo C D A (2x) w/solo C D B E C D w/solo A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x)
THE NIGHT HAS EYES
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. C# (d# e) B (2x) C D F# B A F# A G# (2x) C# (d# e) B (2x) C D F# B A F# A G# (2x) D C# E D# F# B A F# A G# (2x) D C# E D# C# B A G# C# (d# e) B (2x) C# D# G C A# G A# A (2x) G A# A (7x) G
THE THORN IN YOUR SIDE
transcription: Ryq
INTRO: G C D (2x) VERSE 1: G C D (7x) G CHORUS: C D G (2x) C D G Em C D G VERSE 2: (keyboards enter) G C F (7x) G CHORUS: C D G (2x) C D G Em C D G (2x) C D G
THE WAY WE BEHAVE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E1: -0-2-2-x-x-x- E2: -x-7-9-9-x-x- A F# (8x) E1 F# (2x) D E2 A F# (4x) A E1 F# (2x) D E2 A F# (4x) A F# A D E2 [break] (E F# G#) A F# (12x) E1 F# (2x) D E2 A D E2 (2x) A
THERE'S A RIOT IN TOMPKINS SQUARE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
G F G (16x) A C G (2x) A C B A F G G F G (4x) A C G (2x) A C B A F G G F G (5x)
THEY LIED
transcription: Ryq
riff 1: riff 2:
E|-----------------||-----------------|
B|-----------------||-----------------|
G|-----------------||-----------------|
D|-7---7-7-7-7-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-|
A|-7---7-7-7-7-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-4-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|
pm throughout
-songflow-
riff 1 (4x)
riff 2 (2x) G# A B
riff 1 (2x)
riff 2 (2x) G# A B
A B
riff 2 (2x) G# A B [2x]
G# A B
A G# A B (3x) w/solo
C# A B C#
A B
riff 1 (4x)
riff 2 (2x) G# A B
riff 1 (4x)
A
TIL DEATH
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
A F G (4x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) w/solo F G w/solo F G E w/solo D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E (3x) A
UNDEAD
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: "A->B" denotes a slide between the two chords. intro: E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|---7-------5----| E|--------------7-| -songflow- intro drums... A->B (2x) G F# A A->B [3x] A->B (2x) A G A->B F# G A E B (2x) G F# A A->B A->B (2x) G F# A A->B [2x] G F# A A->B (4x) A F# G A E B F# G A E B w/solo G F# A A->B (4x)
VERBAL ABUSE
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E1: -x-7-9-9-x-x- E2: -0-2-2-x-x-x- G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) F# E2 (5x) F# G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) F# E2 (5x) F# G#
WE DON'T WANT THE POOR IN NEW YORK CITY
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
Notes: The song begins with a Hendrix-esque rendition of
"The Star-Spangled Banner".
E
A G D E A E
D C# B E
A G D E A F#
D E A
D C# F# (2x)
E
A G D E A E
D C# B E
A G D E A F#
D E A
D C# F# (2x)
E
A G D E A E
D C# B E
A G D E A F#
D E A
C# D B A E
A G D E A E
D C# B E
A G D E A F#
D E A E
A G D E A E
D C# B E
A G D E A F#
D E A
WHEN THE EVENING COMES
transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Ryq
E1: -x-7-9-9-x-x- E2: -0-2-2-x-x-x- figure 1: a|---12-11----| -songflow- D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 A F# (2x) D [break] G# A (4x) E1 D A F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 A F# (2x) D E1 F# D E1 A
All songs written by Bobby Steele except: "A Life Of Our Own," "I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore," "I'd Rather Do My Drinking Alone," "Put Your Clothes Back On," "Social Reason," "The Future Kid," and "The Way We Behave" by Bobby Steele / Dave Street, "All You Need Is Love" by John Lennon / Paul McCartney, "Elected" by M. Bruce / G. Bruxton / A. Cooper / D. Dunaway / N. Smith, "Eve Of Destruction" by Philip Sloan, "In Eighty Four" by Patrick Blanck / Chris Natz / Bobby Steele, "Lies" by Beau Charles / Buddy Randell, "Nightmare" by Patrick Blanck, "R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K." originally by Allan Sherman / Wills / Anderson, "The Night Has Eyes" by Eddie Migraine / Steve Keesler / Bobby Steele, "They Lied" by Sam Herman / Bobby Steele, All Bobby Steele songs copyright Herpes Music, "All You Need Is Love" copyright Sony ATV Music, "Elected" copyright Bizarre Music / Ezra Music, "The Night Has Eyes" copyright Sick Duck Records. All songs performed by The Undead except: "The Night Has Eyes" by The Migraines / Bobby Steele. Transcriptions by: Aaron Pacitti [] Marc Stauffer [marc@ksac.com] Bobby Steele [undead@juno.com] Ryq [misfits@jyrq.com] The latest version of this file is located at: http://www.misfitscentral.com/