IMPENDING HALFHEAD - propagandhi
Band: Propagandhi
Album: Potemkin City Limits (2005, G7 Welcoming Committee)
Song: Impending Halfhead
Legend:
pm... - Palm mute
x - Dead note
~ - Let ring
% - Rest
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
h - Hammer on
(x) - Note tied over from previous bar
Note: I'm not 100% certain about the order of the chords in the chorus (the
A#/A/A#... pattern). But is there a better thing to do at 1 am? I think not.
Also, fuck MXtabs.net.
Chords Used:
G5 E5 A#5 C5 D5 D#5
| e | |
| b | |
| G | 3 7 8 |
| D | 5 2 3 or 8 10 7 8 |
| A | 5 2 1 8 10 5 6 |
| E | 3 0 6 8 |
Intro (0:00-0:04):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | | | 3 3 3 |
| D | 5 2~ | | 5 2~ | 3 3 3 |
| A | 5 2~ | | 5 2~ | 1 1 1 |
| E | 3 0~ | | 3 0~ | |
| |
| |
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 3 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 1 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 |
Verse (0:04-0:14):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
He had a stack of dimes for a dink that he kept hidden from his young tormentors.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
She crapped in her pants and when it started to stink they laughed her up a
railing high above the river.
Chorus (0:14-0:23):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7~ | | 7 7 7 7~ | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| E | | 6 5 6 5 3 0 | | 6 5 6 8 6 5 |
pm . . .
A goddamn beige curse. She couldn't imagine worse.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7~ | | 7 7 7 7~ | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| E | | 6 5 6 5 3 0 | | 6 5 6 8 6 5 |
pm . . .
She was once known for her art. Not anymore!
Verse (0:23-0:32):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
His mom caught him jerking when she came home from work and it drove him to
stick needles in his arm.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
She gave one blow-job in the back of a van and the clap quickly spread
across her lips.
Chorus (0:32-0:41):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7~ | | 7 7 7 7~ | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| E | | 6 5 6 5 3 0 | | 6 5 6 8 6 5 |
pm . . .
Oh fuck! There's a fucking curse! She couldn't imagine worse.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7~ | | 7 7 7 7~ | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 7 7 7 7~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 7 5 2 | 5 5 5 5~ | 8 7 8 10 8 7 |
| E | | 6 5 6 5 3 0 | | 6 5 6 8 6 5 |
pm . . .
They thought she was such a nice kid... not anymore!
Interlude (0:41-1:00):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 | (7) | 8 | (8) |
| D | 7 | (7) | 8 | (8) |
| A | 5 | (5) | 6 | (6) |
| E | | | | |
A bumpy road for thimble dicks and pube-less dweebs. You with the natural
perm!
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 | (7) | 8 | (8) |
| D | 7 | (7) | 8 | (8) |
| A | 5 | (5) | 6 | (6) |
| E | | | | |
The brown tooth, bald-spot, the bottle-glass puds. (Fucking halfhead.)
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 | 9 9 | 8 | 8 8 |
| D | 7 | 7 7 | 8 | 8 8 |
| A | 5 | 5 5 | 6 | 6 6 |
| E | | | | |
Boneracked spazzes with limp handshakes, zit cream ordered by mail.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | 7 | 9 9 | 8 | |
| D | 7 | 7 7 | 8 | |
| A | 5 | 5 5 | 6 | |
| E | | | | (Pick Scrape) |
No-boobed girls, man-boobed boys. His mom picks his clothes and SHE
smells like PEE!
Outro (1:00-1:14):
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
These are the mean streets. Don't kill yourself yet.
| e | | | | |
| b | | | | |
| G | | 3 3 | | 3 3 3 3 |
| D | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 | 5 2 2 2 2 | 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 |
| E | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 | 3 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
Adulthood's worse. Don't kill yourself at all. Yet.