One of my favourite songs, surprisingly hard to find a decent tab for it, here is the
complete song, with mouth organ transcribed for guitar as well. Pretty sure this is more
or less bang on the money, it's certainly enough to work with to learn the song.
Strumming Pattern: Pretty easy to figure out, I've tried to give a rough indication
within the tab, better limp up those wrists if you wanna play it exactly like Mr Molko.
Placebo - Flesh Mechanic
Verse
| f | | 2 2 2 3 2 3 0 |
| C | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G# | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| Eb | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Bb | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | |
| F | | |
Pre-Chorus
| f | | |
| C | | |
| G# | 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 9 7 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| Eb | 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| Bb | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| F | | |
Chorus
| f | | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | |
| C | 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | |
| G# | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | |
| Eb | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2 2 x x 8 x x 8 |
| Bb | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 x x 8 x x 8 |
| F | | 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 0 0 x x 6 x x 6 |
Instrumental
| f | |
| C | |
| G# | 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 7 7 7 7 14 14 14 11 11 |
| Eb | x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |
| Bb | 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 12 12 12 9 9 |
| F | |
| f | |
| C | |
| G# | 11/12 12 12 12 14 14 12 11 7 7 7 7 7 19 19 19 19 |
| Eb | x /x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |
| Bb | 9 /10 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 17 17 17 17 |
| F | |
| f | | |
| C | | |
| G# | | |
| Eb | 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 | 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 9 5 |
| Bb | x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x | x x x x x x x x x x |
| F | 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 | 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 3 |
Harmonica solo transcribed for guitar
| f | |
| C | 12 12 15 12 15 12 15 12 12 |
| G# | 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 14 12 14 12 11~ |
| Eb | 12 12 |
| Bb | |
| F | |