Tablature hairspray - The Selecter

          



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  THE SELECTER - hairspray - "hairspray"

  

  Tab written by:  Michael Raven (ska@cet.com)

  

  gruss gott. this is one of my favorite songs from the new selecter album, 

  "hairspray", called "hairspray". i know, i know, they use mostly 

  keyboards for all their kewl sounds, but this is for guitar, heh, so it 

  should still work out just fine =)

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  [intro]:

  

  (play this on the gutiar all nice and skanky, except the first C chord 

  played shouldn't be muted, same with the E. the three C chords inbetween 

  should be muted all skanky sounding.)

  

  C / C C C / E / E E E / C / C C C / E / E E E

  

  <go immediately to verse>

  

  [verse]:

  

  (yes, i know this too should be with keyboards, the grouping of the three 

  C chords to the E should actually be a big glissando played on the 

  keyboards, but those are the basic chords, the first C should be allowed 

  to ring, the E's afterward should be very skankily muted, the three other 

  chord blocks that follow those should be played virtually the same.)

  

  C / E E E E E E E E / C / C C C / E

  

  <repeat throughout verses>

  

  verse 1:  i met a girl i knew the other day

  	  i said hello, she looked the other way

  

  <chorus>

  

  verse 2:  shopping for fun may chase the blues away

  	  imeida marcos bought more shoes today

  

  <chorus>

  

  verse 3:  bored housewives re-arrange the pottery

  	  hoping one day, they'll win the lottery

  

  <chorus>

  

  <solo interlude/solo>

  

  verse 4:  i met a man that who swore that jesus saves

  	  i asked him for a loan 'til judgement day

  

  <repeat chorus 3 times>

  

  <outro>

  

  [chorus]:

  

  (this is also done on keyboards, i believe, but to me, the same general 

  sound can be achieved by playing a muted F on the guitars.)

  

  F 

  

  <repeat all through chorus>

  

  oh oh oh you must need a hairspray

  oh oh oh your so set in your ways

  oh oh oh you must need a hairspray

  

  [solo interlude/solo]:

  

  (this leads into the keyboard solo, played exactly the same as intro, the 

  F chord is played same as the chorus, and the lyrics are sung during the 

  chord progression which is identical to the intro.)

  

  C / C C C / E / E E E / C / C C C / E / E E E

  

  you're oh so hard

  you're oh so cool

  you're so so smart

  you're just a spray on fool

  

  <play until keyboard comes in to play solo (solo seems like simple scales 

  ascending and descending, with a little variation here or there)>

  

  F

  

  <play the F chord same as in chorus during entire solo>

  

  [outro]:

  

  (this is played same as the intro to the solo and the intro. play 

  throughout the entire lyrics, song ends on a C chord.)

  

  C / C C C / E / E E E / C / C C C / E / E E E 

  

  with your spray on suit

  and your spray on hair

  your spray on smile

  and your spray on stare

  your spray on curls

  and your spray on shirt

  you are spray on dirt...

  

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  THE SELECTER - hairspray - "hairspray"

  

  Pauline Black:       vocals

  "Gaps" Hendrickson:  vocals

  Nick Welsh:	     bass

  Martin Stewart:      keyboards

  

  <Additional musicians>

  

  Paul Seacroft:       guitar

  B L Cole:	     pedal steel

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 Hairspray, de The selecter 

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