Under the Influence
status quo
under the influence
1. Chords
Intro: G5 G5
EADGBE EA D GBE
355XXX X1012XXX
Verse: G5 E5 A5 D5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355XXX 022XXX 577XXX X577XX
Chorus: G5 C5 D5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355XXX X355XX X577XX
Solo: A5 D5 G5 B5 C5 C#5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X022XX X577XX 355XXX X244XX X355XX X466XX
Last
Chorus add: E5
EADGBE
X799XX
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: |G5 |G5 |G5 |G5 | 2x
Chromatic riff: |G5 |G5 |G5 |G5 | 2x
Verse 1:
n.c. G5
On a train to nowhere, in another nightmare
E5
In a dream about falling for someone and taking her
A5
back to my room
D5
Tangled up in her hair and believing everything goes
G5
and then anything more is al- right
Verse 2:
n.c. G5
On a road to somewhere, where it goes I don't care
E5 A5
but it keeps on winding and winding and winding a- way
D5
Sitting next to me are lovely seno- ritas
G5 fast riff
Reality way in the back of my mind
Chorus:
C5 D5 C5 D5
I'm under the influence I find it's all in my mind
C5 D5 G5
and under the influence the blind will lead the blind
C5 D5 C5 D5
Thunder and lightning in my head but only in bed
C5 D5 G5
I'm under the influence of something from the blue
Chromatic riff 2x
Verse 3:
n.c. G5
When I wake a new day, on a better do day
E5 A5
But the dreams keep calling and calling and calling me back
Definitely no no
D5 G5 fast riff
need a new a- migo to help me get my reality right
Chorus
Chromatic riff 1x
Solo:
|A5 |D5 |G5 |G5 |A5 |D5 |G5 |G5 B5 C5 C#5 |
|D5 |C5 |G5 |G5 |D5 |C5 |D5 |C5 |G5 |G5 |
Verse 4:
n.c. G5
What the hell will I do
Facing up to tell you
E5 A5
Will I be breaking the ice and falling through?
Definitely no no
D5 G5 fast riff
Found a new a- migo to help me get my reality right
Chorus:
C5 D5 C5 D5
I'm under the influence I find it's all in my mind
C5 D5 G5
and under the influence the blind will lead the blind
C5 D5 C5 D5
Thunder and lightning in my head but only in bed
C5 D5 E5
I'm under the influence of something from the blue
C5 D5 G5
I'm under the influence of something from the blue
Break (like intro):
8 bars
|G5 |
Chromatic riff 4x
|G5 | repeat and fade out
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3. Tabs
Intro:
2x palm muted throughout the intro
E||---------------------------|-------------------------||
Gtr 1. B||*--------------------------|------------------------*||
G||---------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-3/5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||
A||*--------------------------|------------------------*||
E||---------------------------|-------------------------||
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||
A||*------------------------|------------------------*||
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
E||------------------------|------------------------||
B||------------------------|------------------------||
Gtr. 2 G||------------------------|------------------------||
D||5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----||
A||------------------------|------------------------||
E||------------------------|------------------------||
2x
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5------||
A||*5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----*||
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
bend slowly
E||------------------------|------------------------||
B||------------------------|------------------------||
G||------------------------|------------------------||
D||5-----5-----5-----5-----|------------------------||
A||5-----5-----5-----5-----|------8b10--------------||
E||------------------------|------------------------||
Chromatic riff:
3x
E||--------------------------||------------------------||
Gtr 1. B||*------------------------*||------------------------||
G||--------------------------||------------------------||
D||-----5-4---3-2---3-4---5--||------------------------||
A||*------------------------*||------------------------||
E||--------------------------||------------------------||
E||--------------------------||
Gtr 2. B||*------------------------*|| Listen for this rythm for
G||--------------------------|| example to Rolling Home
D||-5---5-----5-5---5-----5--|| (Blue for you) as it is hard
A||*5---5-----5-5---5-----5-*|| to hear on this one.
E||-3---3-----3-3---3-----3--||
The heavy distorted guitar at the end of the riff
E||--------------------------------|-----------||
Gtr 3. B||--------------------------------|-----------||
G||--------------------------------|-----------||
D||12-12-12-12-----12-12-12-12-----|12\--------||
A||10-10-10-10-----10-10-10-10-----|10\\-------||
E||--------------------------------|---\\------||
Verse:
4x
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
B|------------------------||*------------------------*||
G|------------------------||--------------------------||
D|------------------------||--------------------------||
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-||*----5-7---5-8---5-7---5-*||
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||
skip the first count here
to make it swing
4x
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
B|------------------------||*------------------------*||
G|------------------------||--------------------------||
D|2---2-x---x-2---2-x---x-||--------------------------||
A|2---2-x---x-2---2-x---x-||*7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-*||
E|0---0-x---x-0---0-x---x-||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||
2x
E||--------------------------||------------------------|-------||
B||*------------------------*||------------------------|-------||
G||--------------------------||------------------------|-------||
D||-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--||------------------------|-------||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-*||5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5------||
E||--------------------------||3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------||
Stop here or
skip these two
bars (depending on
which verse your in.
Second rythm guitar during verse 3 and 4:
5x
E||-----15-----x-15------------||----12-----x-12-----------|
B||*----15-----x-15-----------*||----12-----x-12-----------|
G||-----16-----x-16------------||----13-----x-13-----------|
D||----------------------------||--------------------------|
A||*--------------------------*||--------------------------|
E||----------------------------||--------------------------|
2x
E||----8----8----7---|7---5\----------------||
B||*---10---10---8---|8---5\\--------------*||
G||------------------|------\\--------------||
D||------------------|----------------------||
A||*-----------------|---------------------*||
E||------------------|----------------------||
Chorus:
2x
E||--------------------------||
B||*------------------------*||
G||--------------------------||
D||-------------------2------||
A||*------------2h3h5-----5-*||
E||-3---3-3---3--------------||
u
3x
E||------------------------|-----------------------||
B||*-----------------------|----------------------*||
G||-------5---5------------|------7---7------------||
D||-------5---5------------|------7---7------------||
A||*3----------------------|5---------------------*||
E||------------------------|-----------------------||
Repeat the whole thing to complete the chorus.
Play this after to the last chorus:
E|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|------9---9------------|------9---9----------|
D|------9---9------------|------9---9----------|
A|7----------------------|7--------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------||
B|-----------------------|----------------------||
G|------5---5------------|------7---7-----------||
D|------5---5------------|------7---7-----------||
A|3----------------------|5---------------------||
E|-----------------------|----------------------||
Rythm part for solo:
2x
E||------------------------|----------------------|
B||*-----------------------|----------------------|
G||------------------------|------7---7-----------|
D||-------7---7------------|------7---7-----------|
A||*------7---7------------|5---------------------|
E||-5----------------------|----------------------|
first time
E|------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------------------|------------------------*||
G|------------------------|-------------------------||
D|------------------------|-------------------------||
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|----5-7---5-8---5-7---5-*||
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||
second time
E|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------|------4-----5-----6------|
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5-----2-----3-----4------|
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|7---7-9---7-7---7-9---7-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|
A|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
2x
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-7---7-9---7-7---7-9---7-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5--||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-*||
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
E||------------------------|-------||
B||------------------------|-------||
G||------------------------|-------||
D||------------------------|-------||
A||5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5------||
E||3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------||
Outro:
E||--------------------------||------------------------||
B||*------------------------*||------------------------||
G||--------------------------||------------------------||
D||--------------------------||------------------------||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-*||5---5-7---5-8---5-------||
E||-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||3---3-3---3-3---3-6---7-||
Solo:
E|------9/10--9/10--9/10--|-9/10-------------------|
B|-----11/12-11/12-11/12--|11/12---10-10---------8-|
G|------------------------|----------------7/9-----|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------10----------------|------------------------|
B|10b12----12b10--8-------|8---8-------8---8-------|
G|------------------9---7-|------9---7-------9---7-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------10--10--|10--10--10--10--12--12--|
B|8---8-------8---12--12--|12--10--10--10--13--13--|
G|------9---7-------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|12--10--10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--12--12--|
B|13--12--12--12--12--12--|12--10--10--10--13--13--|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
E|12--10--10--10----------|------10----------------|
B|13--12--12--12----------|10b12----12r10-8------8-|
G|------------------------|------------------9-----|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
bend slowly
E|------------------------|
B|10b12-------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|