Black Girls Violent Femmes
Song: Black Girls
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Hallowed Ground
Guitar transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu>
Bass transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu> and
<therapy@student.adelaide.edu.au>
Intro:
drums
bass enters
Bass Line
[Am] [Em] [AmEmEm]
G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-0-------0-----| E|-----0-----0-3-|
guitar and horns enter
Guitar: (play with bass line before each line of Verse)
[Am] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Em] [Am]
Verse 1:
I dig the black girls, oh so much more than the white girls
I was so pleased to learn they were faster
yeah guess guess guess guess guess who I'm after
Along comes little faggot white boy
Said look, look, look first kind of joy
They come around so queer and quiet
but inside rebel and riot
Shall I dig the white boys
so much more that the black boys
I was so pleased to learn they're not smarter
Go on, give, give, give it to me harder, harder, harder, just say harder
Solo:
1:32
scale up:
G:|--------|--------| D:|--------|------4-| A:|0-2-3-5-|7-5-7---| E:|--------|--------|
1:34
!scales
1:42
main solo pattern:
G:|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:|7-55----|7-55----|7-55----|5-------| 2 times A:|------7-|------7-|------7-|--7-8-7-| E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
1:49
!scales
2:05
main solo down an octave thing (ie: similar to verse):
G:|--------| D:|--------| A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-|
2:13
down and up scale right after:
G:|----------------|----------------| D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-| A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---| E:|----------------|----------------|
2:17 <guitar> 2:18 <bass>
guitar and bass alternate. bass plays:
G:|--------| D:|----2-0-| 4 times A:|0-2-----| E:|--------|
2:25
jazz thing
G:|--------| --------| D:|7-5-----|77-5-----| 4 times A:|----8-7-| ----8-7-| E:|--------| --------|
2:33
scale down and up, i think guitar also plays this.
G:|----------------|----------------| D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-| 2 times A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---| E:|----------------|----------------|
2:41
low octave (guitar is playing a jazzy riff here and is
loudest instrument. not sure bass is playing, but if it is, it is this).
G:|--------| D:|--------| A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-|
2:49
main solo pattern (I can't really tab the timing properly here, so have
gaps to indicate it's kinda fast in those bits :^)):
G:|-- ------|--------|--------| D:|7-77755----|7-55----|7-55----| A:|-- ----7-|------7-|------7-| E:|-- ------|--------|--------| G:|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|7-55----| A:|--------|------7-|------7-|------7-| E:|--------|--------|--------|--------| G:|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|7-55----| A:|--------|------7-|------7-|------7-| E:|--------|--------|--------|--------| G:|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:|7-7-7-7-|7755----|7-55----|5-------| A:|--------|------7-|------7-|--7-5-7-| E:|--------|--------|--------|--------|
3:04
!low scales #
scales to high A # some bends and slides...
G:|----------------| # the pattern here is played at about 3:12 D:|--------------4-| # and 3:19 with varying slides... A:|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---| ???? # E:|----------------| #
3:28
low octave
G:|--------| D:|--------| A:|--------| 8 times
E:|5-33-00-|
3:36
main solo
G:|--------|
D:|7775----|
A:|------7-| 3 times E:|--------| G:|--------|
D:|7-55----|
A:|------7-| E:|--------|
3:42
down and up scale
G:|----------------|----------------| D:|7-5-------------|--------------4-| 2 times A:|----8-7-5-7-5-3-|0-2-3-5-7-5-7---| E:|----------------|----------------|
3:46
!scale things which are played earlier on the song as well...
!ending thing? # I had something for this, but it isn't really right...
"my bit" <:^)> of the solo ends at 3:59, going into what Wes Torres
<wtorres@bucknell.edu> says are bass chords from 3:59.5 to 4:13.5:
3:59 4:01
G|-14-------14-14----14-----12----12----14--------| D|-14-------14-14----14-----12----12----14--------| (horns) A|-12-------12-12----12-----10----10----12--------| E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
4:03 4:05
G|-14---------14-----14---\---17----17----14------| D|-14---------14-----14---\---17----17----14------| (conch shell) A|-12---------12-----12---\---15----15----12------| E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
4:07 4:09
G|-14-14-14----14-14-14----12-12-12----14--------| D|-14-14-14----14-14-14----12-12-12----14--------| (jaw harp) A|-12-12-12----14-14-14----10-10-10----12--------| E|-----------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
4:11 4:13
G|-14^------14^------14^------14^------14^--------| D|-14^------14^------14^------14^------14^--------| (horns followed A|-12^------12^------12^------12^------12^--------| by guitar solo) E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Good Luck :)
Verse 2: (drums only)
You know I love the Lord of hosts
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
I was so pleased to learn that he's inside me
In my time of trouble he will hide me
(other instruments enter)
I dig the black girls
I dig the black girls
I dig the black girls
I dig the black girls
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