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Band:     			The Bates (Zimbl, Klube, Pogo, Reb)
Song:     			HELLO
Album:    			the Bates (their first one on Virgin)
Originally recorded by:	Shakespeare Sisters
(Or Badfisch or Stinkfish or something like that at aol.com, whatever...)

Here's one of the Bates' great cover-versions. This song's an all time classic and just rocks if played this way. But to cut a long story short, you already know this song well and will hopefully be happy about the tab. You find the chordchart as usually below the song. Have Fun:

HELLO  - THE BATES

Intro/Verse(play with some echo effect(or vibrato) and let each chord ring):

AA Piano Chord 
                            BB Piano Chord 

Woke up this morning and the streets were full of cars,
DD Piano Chord 
                                AA Piano Chord 

all bright and shiny like they'd just arrived from mars,
AA Piano Chord 
                              BB Piano Chord 

and as I stumbled through last night's drunken debris,
DD Piano Chord 
                             AA Piano Chord 

the paperboy screamed out the headlines in the street.

Verse(now guitar 2 starts with the rhythm,which is kinda folk-rock, but just listen to CD):

EmEm Piano Chord 
                      DD Piano Chord 

Another war and now the pound is looking weak,
CC Piano Chord 
                          BmBm Piano Chord 

and tell me have you read about the latest freak?
EmEm Piano Chord 
                          DD Piano Chord 

We're bingo numbers and our names are obsolete.
C                            B7(gradually add distortion)
Why do I feel bitter, when I should be feelin' sweet?

Chorus(w/ distortion, all powerchords now, and palm muted punk rhythm):

E5E5 Piano Chord 
           C#5C#5 Piano Chord 
                G#5G#5 Piano Chord 
   B5B5 Piano Chord 

Hello , hello,  turn your radio on,
E5E5 Piano Chord 
               C#5C#5 Piano Chord 
                G#5G#5 Piano Chord 
    B5B5 Piano Chord 

is there anybody out there,  help me sing my song,

F#5               G#5 - A5  (guitar stops, bass is playing alone)
la la la life is a strange thing:
E (then pick through)
Just when you think you know how to use it, it's gone.

Verse 2 (played the same way as intro/verse):

AA Piano Chord 
                           BB Piano Chord 

Woke up this morning and my head was in a dace,
DD Piano Chord 
                             AA Piano Chord 

a brave new world has dawned upon the human race,
AA Piano Chord 
                               BB Piano Chord 

where words are meaningless and everything's surreal,
DD Piano Chord 
                                 BB Piano Chord 

gonna have to reach my friends to find out how I feel.

Verse 2 (played like verse 1, start with the rhythm):

EmEm Piano Chord 
                        DD Piano Chord 

And if I taste the honey "Is it really sweet?"
CC Piano Chord 
                       BmBm Piano Chord 

And do I eat it with my hands or with my feet?
EmEm Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

Does anybody really listen when I speak?
CC Piano Chord 
                         B7B7 Piano Chord 

Or will I have to say it all again next week?

-Repeat first part of chorus twice over E5-C#5-G#5-B5 chord progression, change the lyrics of the last line(when played 2nd time) to:
E5E5 Piano Chord 
               C#5C#5 Piano Chord 
                  G#5G#5 Piano Chord 
    B5B5 Piano Chord 

Is there anybody out there,  tell me what went wrong.

-During the solo the rhythm guitar sticks with the Chorus chord progression and repeats the la la la life part.

-Repeat first part of chorus twice, then play la la - part, which is the OUTRO:
guitar 2 lets E - chord ring then guitar 1 fades out silently with A - chord and echo effect. Got it ? :-)

CHORD CHART:
AA Piano Chord 
    E5E5 Piano Chord 
   BB Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
    BmBm Piano Chord 
   B7B7 Piano Chord 
   C#5C#5 Piano Chord 
  G#5G#5 Piano Chord 
  B5B5 Piano Chord 
   F#5F#5 Piano Chord 
  A5A5 Piano Chord 

e--0----x----2----0----2----0----0----2----2----x----x----x----x----x--|
B--2----x----4----0----3----0----1----3----4----x----x----x----x----x--|
G--2----x----4----1----2----0----0----4----2----6----x----4----x----x--|
D--2----2----4----2----0----2----2----4----4----6----6----4----4----7--|
A--0----2----2----2----x----2----3----2----2----4----6----2----4----7--|
E--x----0----x----0----x----0----x----x----x----x----4----x----2----5--|

It took me a while getting this one typed. One of the reasons is that they forgot to put the lyrics in the cover, so I had to find those out by myself and I'm not sure, if they're right. Mail me corrections ?
:-)