Psycho Killer Talking Heads

Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:

(A) |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
(E) |-----------------------0--3--|

**Edit: 13th January, 2012** - G is correct for the bass line of the verses, but other instruments need to play C there.

[Eb7] [F#] [Eb7] [F#]

[Eb7] I can't seem to face up to the facts. [F#] [Eb7] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax.[F#]

[Eb7] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire; [F#] [Eb7] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire. [F#]

[B] Psycho killer, [Db]qu'est-ce que c'est

[Ebm] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

[B] Run run run [Db] run run run run a[F#]way

[B] Psycho killer, [Db]qu'est-ce que c'est

[Ebm] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

[B] Run run run [Db] run run run run a[F#]way

Oh oh oh [B] oh [Db] ay ay ay ay ay

As intro

[Eb7] [F#] [Eb7] [F#]

[Eb7] You start a conversation, you can't even finish; [F#] [Eb7] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. [F#]

[Eb7] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [F#] [Eb7] Say something once, why say it again [F#]

Chorus

[Fm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [F#] la [Fm]Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [F#] la

[Eb] Realisant mon espoir [Db]Je me lance, vers la gloire

[Eb] Okay [F#] [Eb] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [F#]

[Eb] We are vain and we are blind [F#] [Eb] I hate people when they're not polite [F#]

Chorus

[Eb7] [F#] [Eb7] [F#]

Alternative Verse:

[Eb7] I passed out hours ago [Db] [Eb7] I'm sadder than you'll ever know [Db]

[Eb7] I close my eyes on this sunny day [Db] [Eb7] Say something once, why say it again [Db]

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Joe Hartley - jh@cadre.com - Cadre Technologies, Inc.

Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - Frank Zappa

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From: jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley)

This came over recently; I've just converted it to ChordPro.
In loading it up, I realized I've lost the attribution to the person
who originally wrote this up; I'm sorry.

{t:Psycho Killer}
{st:Talking Heads}
{c:Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:}
{sot}
(A) |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
(E) |-----------------------0--3--|
{eot}
#{Then comes seven beats of A and one beat of G, played twice.}
#{You can emphasize these any way you like, really--I usually play}
#{the A's as a lock-step march, then do a kind of jangle with the G.}

**Edit: 13th January, 2012** - G is correct for the bass line of the verses, but other instruments need to play C there.

[A7]    [C]    [A7]    [C]
#{Hit the G's hard, then immediately get soft on the A's}
[A7] I can't seem to face up to the facts. [C]    [A7] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax.[C]
[A7] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire; [C]    [A7] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire. [C]
 
{soc}
  [F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est
  [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
  [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
  [F] Psycho killer, [G]qu'est-ce que c'est
  [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
  [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
  Oh oh oh [F] oh [G] ay ay ay ay ay
{eoc}

{c:As intro}
  [A7]    [C]    [A7]    [C]
[A7] You start a conversation, you can't even finish; [C]   [A7] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. [C]
[A7] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [C]   [A7] Say something once, why say it again [C]

{c:Chorus}

#{There is a four-note descending bass riff over the Bm and C, played
#twice in each key, but I try to keep it simple during periods when
#my hands and mouth have to move at the same time. :) }
[Bm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [C] la    [Bm]Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [C] la    
[A] Realisant mon espoir                 [G]Je me lance, vers la gloire           
[A] Okay    [C]    [A] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [C]
[A] We are vain and we are blind [C]     [A] I hate people when they're not polite [C]

{c:Chorus}
  [A7]    [C]    [A7]    [C]

{c:Alternative Verse:}
[A7] I passed out hours ago [G]   [A7] I'm sadder than you'll ever know [G]
[A7] I close my eyes on this sunny day [G]   [A7] Say something once, why say it again [G]

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         Joe Hartley - jh@cadre.com - Cadre Technologies, Inc.
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - Frank Zappa
       Loostner's Castor Oil Flakes - The All-weather Breakfast!

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