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Thread started 11/29/02 5:43am

howcomeudontca
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Scandalous chords

Hi everyone,
I wonder if any of u may be able to help, i am searching for the chords to Scandalous from the batman album. im hoping to play it as part of my piano set in a bar whee i work. i thought it may go down well if i injected it with some more soulful touches or altered some of its chord progression to more jazz influenced structures.

Do u have the sheet music for this song? would u be willing to email me a copy? i mean your own interpretation, we dont want to violate copyright laws now do we. wink nudge nudge, wink wink.

Failing this, could someone just post the basic chord sequence here?


i am also looking for a transcription of 'Electric Chair'. Once again, not by violating copywright laws by emailing me a scanned copy because that would be very very wrong. wink


email me on jimmynothing@aol.com


thanx

Louis
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Reply #1 posted 11/29/02 6:03am

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c'mon, u talanted bunch, someone please help.
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Reply #2 posted 11/29/02 6:18am

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Chord sequence:

4/4 Key of Ab (First sung note is Bb - Come)

Verse

|Abmaj7///|Dbmaj7/No chord/|Abmaj7///|Dbmaj7/No chord/|

|Gb(add Ab)///|Fm///|Bbm7///|Fbdim7/No chord/|

|Abmaj7///|Dbmaj7/No chord/|Abmaj7///|Dbmaj7/No chord/|

|Gb(add Ab)///|Fm///|Bbm///|Fbdim7/No chord/|

|Abmaj7///|Dbmaj7(sus4)/Dbmaj7/|Abmaj7(addFb)/Abmaj7(add Bnat)/|Dbmaj7(add Anat)/Dbmaj7/|

|Gb(add Gnat)///|Fm6///|Bbm///|Fbdim7///|

Chorus:

|Ab///|Db/No chord/|Ab///|Db/No chord/|
|Gb///|Fm///|Bbm///|Fbdim7/No chord/|


That's the gist of it.

There's Bbm7-5 with Fb in the bass later on to replace the Fbdim7 prior to the chorus

The sheet music has some chords labeled in error.
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Reply #3 posted 11/29/02 6:20am

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isn't that funny how the sheet music sometimes has chords labeled in error? damn, i used to hate that.
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Reply #4 posted 11/29/02 11:21am

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Thanks so much langebleu, im very gratefull. i'll have the girls wetting their pants in the bar next week when i throw this in my set! I wish!

how about 'electric chair'? or am i just being a cheeky monkey?

thanks again.
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Reply #5 posted 11/29/02 12:22pm

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howcomeudontcallme said:

Thanks so much langebleu, im very gratefull. i'll have the girls wetting their pants in the bar next week when i throw this in my set! I wish!

how about 'electric chair'? or am i just being a cheeky monkey?

thanks again.


Electric Chair

In Gm 4/4 time

Introductory riff is transcribed in descending chords as:

| _ Bb Am Gm|/ C / Gm|

With the high note in each chord being:

D, C, Bb, C, G respectively

You'll have to play around with that because it doesn't fall on the full beat,.

The rest of the official book has the lyrics starting on the note of G ... gives you an exciting: 'No Chord' throughout. Not even a Gb Major with an E in the bass!!! The bass is virtually all G throughout
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