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"Scissorman" - XTC
From "Drums And Wires"

I love this song. It's like a mini-opera. Fabulous Andy Partridge lyrics, too.

This was written with the help of Powertab98 - a great little tab-writing program.

Legend
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h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up/down



Intro:

E|-------------------------------||-------------------||
B|-3---0---1---0-----------------||*-------0-------0-*||
G|-----------------2---4---0---4-||------0-------0----||
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||--0-2-----2-0------||
A|-------------------------------||*-----------------*||
E|-------------------------------||-------------------||



"Snippin', snippin', snippin'......."

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-0-1-0---0---0---0---0---0---3-0-1-0---0---0-|
G|--0-0-0-0-2---0-----------------0-0-0-0-2---0---|
D|------------------2---0---0---------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|


"Evil doers' ways"

Gtr 1 Gtr 2
E|------------------------|---------------------|
B|---4-----4-----4-----4--|---------------------|
G|---3-----3-----3-----3--|---------------------|
D|1------1-----1-----1----|------10----8---10---|
A|------------------------|----6----6----6------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|

Above lead and rhythm play simultaneously


"Maybe you are in his book of names"


E||------------------------------------------------------------||
B||*----------------------------(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---------------*||
G||-------5-------7--------------4-h-5---4-h-5-----------------||
D||-----5-------7----------------5---5---5---5-----------------||
A||*--6-----6-5------5----------------------------------------*||
E||---------------------3--------------------------------------||


"Nyow, nyow, nyow, nyow"

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3h5p3---------- ------------3-3h5p3--------|
G|------------4----(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)----------4------|
D|--------------4---4-h-5---4-h-5-------------4----|
A|------------------5---5---5---5------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Bass guitar:

G|----------------------|
D|-----------0----------|
A|-------2--------------|
D|---5------------0-----|

The bass introduces the next section. Play the initial D chord below with the first bottom D of the above bass line.


"All self-made bad boys"
<----- play twice ------------>                              *
E||----------------||----3---||----------------------------|------5------8--|
B||*-3------------*||----3---||-------Follow chord---------|----------------|
G||--2--2-4-2-4-2--||----0---||-------sequence-------------|---/5----/10----|
D||--0--0-0-0-0-0-*||----0---||-------below----------------|----------------|
A||*---------------||--------||----------------------------|----------------|
E||----------------||-3------||----------------------------|----------------|


Rhythm guitar chords - position of lead guitar licks shown with asterisks


               *(above)    **(below)
F | C | Am |F |%| C | A | A D | A D | A D



"You're on his list"

   **        (x4) End run up
E||--5-7-5------||------------*|
B||*-5-----5-7-*||----4-5-6-7-*|
G||-------------||--7---------*|
D||-------------||------------*|
A||*-----------*||------------*|
E||-------------||------------*|

The end run up is a bit of a guess. I can't really hear what's played very clearly, but it fits.

It could be played an octave lower:

E|--------------||
B|--------------||
G|--------------||
D|-0-1-2-3-4----||
A|--------------||
E|--------------||

There may be a harmony guitar in there as well, but I can't be sure enough to tab it.

As for the dub section, just get the delay pedal out and have fun with it!