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WELCOME TO THE OCCUPATION (Version 1)
Intro: Am7 / / / D2 / G D/F#
Em G Em D2 note: when going from the Em to the G Hang your collar up inside and back, walk the bass notes up Hang your dollar on me and down: E--0--2--3- (up) Listen to the water still E--3--2--0- (down) Listen to the cause where you are
Fed and educated, primitive and wild Welcome to the occupation
Here we stand and here we fight All your fallen heroes Held and dyed and skinned alive Listen to the Congress fire
Offering the educated primitive and loyal Welcome to the occupation
Hang your collar up inside Hang your freedom higher Listen to the buyer still Listen to the Congress
Where we propagate confusion Primitive and wild Fire on the hemisphere below
{Break}: Fmaj7 Em (x2)
Sugar cane and coffee cup Copper, steel and cattle An annotated history the forest for the fire
Where we open up the floodgates Freedom reigns supreme Fire on the hemisphere below
^ ^ ^ E-0----0----0------|-0---0----0-------|------0----0------|-333--3---22-2----| B---------1---1----|-------1----1-----|-0-------0----0---|-333--3-0-33-3----| G---------------2--|--------------2---|----------------0-|-000--0-0-22-2----| D------------------|------------------|----------------0-|-000--0-0---------| A------------------|------------------|------------------|-222--2-----------| E------------------|------------------|------------------|-333--3-----------| X X Slightly emphasise the first note in each bar.
E-0----------------| B-0----------------| G-0----------------| rake the B5, D5 and Em chords. D-2----------------| A-2----------------| -----------------| Em (let ring)
'Buskers' Version (Verses) ---------------------------
If you aren't playing in a band, the verses aren't very inspiring to play. Below are the 2 bars used in the verses, which include the bass line arranged for guitar. It may take practice to get the picking and string skips working together. The bracketed notes are optional - they aren't part of the bass line but fill out the wide interval skips, giving the part a fuller sound.
X - mute with palm of hand ~ - hold note ^ - emphasise note rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)
Notes ------
The song mix is pretty infuriating if you are trying to unravel what all the instruments are doing in it. The guitar is less prominant than the bass, drums and vocals. The drums contain alot of high-hat work and general percussion which can be mistaken for low level acoustic guitar.
The guitar has a clean tone throughout.
The guitar in the verses is very sparse, the bass and drums fill things out. The verses are nominally the same, slight differences are labelled as 'fills'.
The choruses are easier to hear, all are similar. The differences are labelled as fills. Make sure the open-E-string is emphasised (when indicated). All the notes are shown as occuring on a beat, this isn't strictly true, the guitar plays 'around' the beat - but it's as accurate as ascii tab can show, listen to the record to get the proper 'feel'.
The interlude may countain an acoustic guitar deep down in the mix. Its very difficult to hear exactly whats going on. The chords above the tab show what the guitar is likely to be playing.
This Transcription (c) Copyright DarkMusic 1994. ReVamped for '96.
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