Fall of Because Tabs & Lyrics by Killing Joke

Fall of Because

guitar tabs lyrics

Killing Joke

From: Eka Suma
[email protected]

Song: Fall of Because
Album: What's THIS for! (1981)
Artist: Killing Joke
Composer: Killing Joke

Guitarist: Geordie Walker

This song uses the open string extensively to create an
echo/sliding effect.


INTRO RIFF (SOLO)

||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|
||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|

1ST RIFF
* Thumb is used

||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|
||--------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|-----------|
G G G

MAIN RIFF
! Third finger is used in conjunction with thumb

||--------|----------|----------|----------|--0--------|
||--------|23---3----|23---3----|23---3----|2---3------|
||--------|---0------|---0------|---0------|------4----|
||-------4|---------4|---------4|---------4|---------4-|
||--------|-----!555-|------555-|------555-|-----------|
||--------|-----*333-|------333-|------333-|-----------|
G G G


||----------|
||999-------|
||999-------| 4 TIMES THEN BACK TO MAIN RIFF
||999-------|
||777-------| (CHORUS)
||----000000|
E


REPEAT UNTIL END OF SONG

||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0---------|
||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3-------|
||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4-----|
||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4-|
||---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333--|
G G G G

||---------|--0--------|--0--------|--0--------|--0---------|
||---------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3------|2---3-------|
||---------|------4----|------4----|------4----|------4-----|
||--------4|----------4|----------4|----------4|----------4-|
||---------|-------555-|-------555-|-------555-|-------555--|
||---------|------*333-|-------333-|-------333-|-------333--|
G G G G

Just drop me a line and let me know what you think. I transcribed
this song in a way that only appears logical, unless of course
Geordie decided to use different open tunings, which I doubt very much!

Happy strummin'

by Eka Suma

([email protected])