Standard (EADGBE)

You're beautiful more beautiful than me

You're honorable more honorable than me

Loyal to the Bank of America

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

You're sharpening stones, walking on coals

To improve your business acumen.

Sharpening stones, walking on coals,

To improve your business acumen.

Vested interest united ties, landed gentry rationalize

Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America

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

You're sharpening stones, walking on coals

To improve your business acumen.

Sharpening stones, walking on coals,

To improve your business acumen.

Enemy sighted enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik

Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America

"Let us not assassinate this man further

Senator, you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir?

At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

You're sharpening stones walking on coals

To improve your business acumens

sharpening stones walking on coals

To improve your business acumens

Enemy sighted enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik

You've seen start and you've seen quit

(I'm addressing the table of content)

I always thought of you as quick

Exhuming McCarthy Exhuming McCarthy

(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

Vested interest United ties Land of gentry Rationalise

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

Enemy sighted Enemy met I'm addressing The

realpolotik

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

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

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

Enemy sighted Enemy met I'm addressing The

realpolotik

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

Exhuming McCarthy Exhuming McCarthy

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 (, )[3], - ( )[3] 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 (, )[3], - ( )[3] 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.