Smash It Up Part 2

The Damned

Tom:
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 97 09:55:55 GMT
From: Wayne Ellis

                  ------------------------------------ 

>From the album 'Machine Gun Etiquette'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis      email *

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

Rhythm Guitar Chord TAB Stave (Guitar1)

--------------------------------------- 

The stave below shows the TAB for the rhythm chords 
which are played
by Guitar1. They are included as TAB here, only, as 
they're standard
chords.
                  F   G   Am  C   D    E   O

                E----------------------------| 
                B----------------------------| 
                G-2---4---5---9---11---9-----| 
                D-3---5---7---10--12---9-----| 
                A-3---5---7---10--12---7---0-| 
                E-1---3---5---8---10---0---0-| 

The verticle lines above the TAB staves in the main 
transcription
show the rhythm pattern used by Guitar1. Play the 
indicated rhythm
chords at these points.

Intro (Guitar1 Guitar2)

------------------------ 

  G          F      OAm         F       OAm        F   
    G    F    G
  |          |   |  ||          |   |   ||         |   
|   |    |    |

|-Guitar1----------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E-Guitar2----------|------------------|-[CD-time-00:04]--|------------------|

B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|--------5-------5-| 
A|--|----5-7----5-h7---| 
E|3-(5)/7--------------| 

                                                       
         Whoo ......

  G          F      OAm         F       OAm        F   
    G    F    G
  |          |   |  ||          |   |   ||         |   
|   |    |    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------

||--|------------------| 


  ~~~~~            |   ^~~~~~         |   ^~~~~          |  ph              |

E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D-5-------------5--|-5h7-----------5--|-5h7-----------5
A---------5-h7-----|---------5-h7-----|---------5-h7---
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|-7b8r-p5-----5-5--| 
A|--|----------7-------| 
E|--|------------------| 


Verse 1 (Guitar1 Guitar2)

-------------------------- 


  G                  C                                 
|-Guitar1----------|------------------|----------------
   ~~~~~~~~        |                                   
                    G
||--|------------------| 
 |                       


  Well we've been    Much too long      And now we're 
gonna Dance to a
  crying now for                                       
     different song

                                        C
|------------------|------------------|----------------

||--|------------------| 

                     I'm gonna scream   Dying breath   
    I'm gonna smash it
                     and shout to my

                G
|------------------|------------------| 

  Up 'till theres
  nothing left

Chorus 1 (Guitar1 Guitar2)

--------------------------- 

  G         F       OAm         F        Am       F    
    G    F    G
  ||        |   |   ||          |        |        |    
|   |    |    |

|-Guitar1----------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|--[CD-time-00:30]-|

B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|-----------55-----| 
A|--|-------5-7----5-h7| 
E|--|3-(5)/7-----------| 

                     Ooh      Smash it  Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

  G          F       Am         F       Am        F    
  |          |       |          |       |         |    
     G    F    G
|    |    |    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------

||--|------------------| 


   ~~~~~           |  ~~~~~~    ^     | ~~~~~~     ^     | ph           ~~~~|

E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D-5--------------5-|-7-------------55-|-7-------------5
A-----------5-h7---|----------5h7-----|----------5h7---
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|5-|-7b8r-p5-----5----| 
A|--|----------7-------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Up                 Ooh      Smash it  Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

* Let the last note of bar 8 (5th fret, D-string) ring 
out over the first bar
of Verse 2.

Verse 2 (Guitar1)

----------------- 


  G                  C                                 
|*Last-Note-of-Solo|------------------|----------------
                    G
||--|------------------| 

  Never call me      Such a shame               Maybe 
If   My clothes must be
  bitter, No its                                       
               to
  (Up)

                                       C
|------------------|------------------|----------------
   
||--|------------------| 

  Blame              I don't even care  If I look a 
mess        Don't wanna
                     if

               G
|------------------|------------------| 

  Be a sucker like
  all the rest

Chorus 2 (Guitar1 Guitar2)

--------------------------- 

  G         F       Am          F       Am       F     
  ||        |   |    |          |        |       |    |
    G    F    G
    |    |    |

|-Guitar1----------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|-[CD-time-00:55]--|

B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|-5b--5b--5b--5brp3| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

                      Ooh    Smash it   Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

  G         F        Am         F        Am       F    
  |         |        |          |         |       |    
    G     F    G
    |     |    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
    ~~~~~~~~~      |      ~~~         |  ~~~~~~~       


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D-5----------------|-5-/-7--------55--|-7------------55
A------------------|---------5/7------|----------5/7---
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|-7br-p5-----5-----| 
A|--|---------7--------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Up                  Ooh    Smash it   Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

   C                 B                  D              
  |    |    |   |  \ |    |    |   |  / |    |    |   |
    G
  \ |    |    |   |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B-8---8-----8------|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|-8--8----8--8--8--| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Up                                    Smash it Up

  C                  B                  D              
  |    |    |   |  \ |    |    |   |  / |    |    |   |
    D
    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--3--33--33--3
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|3-|-33---------------| 
G|--|---Drum-Fill------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

                     E                                 
                     |                                 
    E
    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
                   |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~       

||--|------------------| 
 |  |   ~~~~~~~~~~~    | 


E------------------|------------------|---------------0
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G---Drum-Fill------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|-0----------------|----------------

E|0-|-00---------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

          Smash it  Up                                 
    Smash it Up

                     E                                 
                     |                                 
    E
    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B--------------0-00|0--0-0--5--0-0--8-|0-0--5--0-0--8--
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|-10---10------10--| 
B|-0|-10b-----10b------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

                     Smash it Up                       
    Smash it Up
                 ~~

E---10-------------|-2--2--2---2-2----|----------------

E|--|-------2----------| 


B10b-10[11]p8--8-\-|----2--2---2-2----|-4----2------2-22-|-4b------4--2--4--|

G-------------9----|------------------|-4b---2---------
D------------------|------------------|---------4------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 


E------------------|-2---2--2---------|-2---2-2----2--2
B-4-p2-------------|-2---2--2---------|-2---2-2----2--2
G------4----4b6-\--|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|-/9tr-------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 


                   ~~        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~
E9-1212(p9)-9-12-14|-14-14-14---------|------------------|--14-----12-11-12-|
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

                     Smash it Up        You can keep 
your  Smash it Up
                                        Chris De 
Burgh-ers
                                         ~~~~          
            ~~~

E---11-12-12-------|11-12tr----\11-\5-|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|-5-5---7----------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  And your           Smash it Up        You can keep 
your  Smash it Up
  Glastonbury hippies                   frothy lager

  And your blow-wave
  hairstyles

Verse 3 (Guitar1/Guitar2)

------------------------- 


  G                  C                               
E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A-5----------------|-10---------------|-----------10---
E-3-----------///--|-8----------------|-----------8----
                 ~~~  G
E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|---------10-------| 
E|--|-----8------------| 

  Well we've been    Much too long      And now we're 
gonna Dance to a
  crying now for                                       
     different song

                                        ~~~~~        
E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|--------------2---|-3--------------
E-------------/12\-|-3---3---5--------|----------------
               ~~~~~~
E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|---------3--------| 
E|--|------------------| 

                     I'm gonna scream   Dying breath   
    I'm gonna smash it
                     and shout to my

                G~~~~~~~~~~
E------------------|------------------| 
B------------------|------------------| 
G------0----2--0---|------------------| 
D--0---------------|------------------| 
A------------------|------------------| 
E------------------|------------------| 

  Up 'till theres
  nothing left

Chorus 3 (Guitar1 Guitar2)

--------------------------- 

  G         F        OAm       F        OAm       F    
    G    F    G
  ||        |   |    ||        |   |    ||        |   |
    |    |    |

|-Guitar1----------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E-Guitar2----------|------------------|------------------|-[CD-time-02:09]--|

B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|-----------55-----| 
A|--|-------5-7----5-h7| 
E|--|3-(5)/7-----------| 

                     Ooh       Smash it Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

  G         F        OAm       F        OAm       F    
    G    F    G
  ||        |   |    ||        |   |    ||        |   |
    |    |    |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
  ~~~~~            |   ~~~~~          |  ~~~~~         

||--|------------------| 
 |  |            ~~~~~~| 


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D-5--------------5-|--7---------------|-7-------------5
A----------5-h7----|------------------|----------5-7---
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|--7b8r-p5---5-----| 
A|--|----------7-------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Up                 Ooh      Smash it  Up             
  Smash it Up Smash it

  C                 O B                O D             
     G
  |    |    |   |   |\|    |    |   |  |/|    |    |   
|    |    |    |   |

|------------------|------------------|----------------
                   |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E------------------|------------------|----------------
B-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8--|-8--8----8--8--8
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|--|-8--8---88--8--8--| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Up

  C                 O B                 D              
    D
  |    |    |   |   |\|    |    |   |   |    |    |   |
    |    |    |   |
                   |                  |                
  |                  |

E------------------|------------------|----------------
B-8--8---88--8--8--|-8--8---88--8--8--|-8--3---3---3---
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

E|--|------------------| 
B|3-|---3---3---3---3--| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 


Outro (Guitar1 Guitar2)

------------------------ 

  F                  C                  G
  |                  |                  |

|-Guitar1-Rake-all-|-Chords-----------|----------------
                   |                  |  ~~            

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E-Guitar2----------|-[CD-time-02:31]--|------------------|------2--3--5--7--|

B------------------|---------3--5--0--|-3--------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|-3--5-------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Everybody's        Smashing graves    Down           
    Yeah     I said

  F                  C                  G
  |                  |                  |

|-Rake-all-Chords--|------------------|----------------
      ~~~          |                  |                

||--|------------------| 
 |  |                  | 


E(7)/8---------7-8-|-7--5--7--5--7--5-|-3/5--\3----------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|----------------
G------------------|------------------|----------------
D------------------|------------------|----------------
A------------------|------------------|----------------
E------------------|------------------|----------------

B|--|------------------| 
G|--|------------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 

  Everybody's        Smashing graves    Down           
                 Yeah

  F                  C
  |                  |

|-Rake-all-Chords--|------------------|----------------

||--|------------------| 

         |rake      fades.. |
E|--|-8--7-------------| 
B|--|-8----88-8b-r-----| 
G|--|-0----------------| 
D|--|------------------| 
A|--|------------------| 
E|--|------------------| 


E------------------|------------------| 
B------------------|-6-5--6-5-\3--\1--| 
G------------------|------------------| 
D------------------|------------------| 
A------------------|-(very-low-in-mix)| 
E------------------|------------------| 


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
        r  - release previous bend
        Y[Z]- Play the note at fret Y which has been 
previously bent
             to the same pitch as that found on fret Z.
        h  - hammer on
        p  - pulloff
        /  - slide up
        \  - slide down
        tr - tremolo picking
        ~  - hold note
        () - incidental note
              (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes

------ 

The song is in 4/4 time, and uses 2 guitars.

Throughout the track there is a rhythm guitar buried 
low in the mix,
well below the organ - which provides the main backing 
throughout. In
the choruses its possible to make out the rhythm guitar
 part. In the
verses it isn't possible to tell exactly what the 
rhythm guitar is
playing. So, in Verses 1 and 2 only the chord names are
 shown above the
stave.

There are quite a few live CDs and 2 discs of session 
material which
contain alternate versions of 'Smash It Up' - on most 
of these its
possible to hear the guitar quite clearly. Probably the
 best one to
listen to is the version on 'The Radio One Sessions' 
CD.

Guitar1 plays rhythm, along with the Organ. All the 
rhythm chords are
barre chords, as shown in the Rhythm Chord TAB stave.

Verse 3 includes simple lead guitar lines, based on C 
and G chords.

The guitar solos are played by Guitar2. The CD times 
for each are
included in the TAB stave.

The solos in the Intro and Chorus 1 are very similar. 
The emphasis and
timing of the notes produced by the hammer-ons and 
slides are important
to making it sound right. Bar 1 of each solo is played 
at a brisk pace,
don't dwell on the first slide (as you might if you 
were playing blues).
The 'Pinched Harmonic' (bar8) is played by catching the
 string with the
side of the thumb (picking hand) whilst striking it 
with the plectrum.

The solo in Chorus 3 is an epic by Punk standards, 
lasting 40 bars.
Bars 1-8 are based, loosely, on the pattern used in 
earlier solos.
Bars 9-15 use a repeated figure (B-string, 8th fret), 
this works
due to the changing bassline beneath it.
Bars 21-23 make use of melody with a pedal note (the 
open B-string).
Bars 24-31 make use of doublestops, combined with 
hammer-ons and pull

Bars 33 and 39 use tremelo picking.

The solo in chorus 3, reverts closely to the original 
pattern. This
solo is extended by 8-bars, using the repeated figure 
first used in
bars 9-15 of the solo in chorus 2.

This Transcription (c) DarkMusic 1997.

Other Transcriptions available at:
                http://*~mandy/tabs/

Comments and corrections welcome.

        Wayne Ellis     email *