King Of The Kerb by Echobelly
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KING OF THE KERB - Echobelly
Written and composed by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson
1995
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Tabbed by: JPJ
Tuning: Standard
INTRO.
Variations on:
e|----4-------2---|----------------|----4-------2---|----------------|
B|----------2-----|------------2---|----------------|----2-4b5b4-2---|
G|6-------4-------|3b4b3-----3---3-|6-------4-4-----|3b4-----------4-|
D|----------------|------2h4-------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-----4------2---|----------------|----4-------2---|0-0---0-0---------------:|
B|----------2-----|------------2---|----------------|0/(7)-0---0/(7)-0-------:|
G|6-------4-------|3b4b3-----3---3-|6-------4-4-----|------------------------:|
D|----------------|------2h4-------|----------------|------------------------:|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------:|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------:|
VERSE.
There are two guitars playing here, one plays a similar pattern to the first two bars of the intro
The other seems to just be playing the chords
C# B F# F#
Sugar smile savvy the king of the kerb
C# B F# F#
Got a temper in the style of a bomb
C# B F# F#
Got his friends in his pocket and safe behind bars
C# B F#
All the local boys know what he's done
E F#
He turns it on
E F#
He turns it on
E F# F#
He turns it on
Lead Guitar Fill in to the chorus:
e|--------------6-----7---|
B|------7-----------------|
G|3/4/6-----4/6---6/8-----|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Bar 5th block chords will do here, up to the very last F# in the chorus, e.g.
B: e|- D#m: e|- G#m: e|-
B|- B|- B|-
G|6 G|8 G|13
D|6 D|8 D|13
A|4 A|6 A|11
E|- E|- E|-
and so on
B D#m G#m F#
Same boys are doing it for themselves
E D#m E D#m E F#
There's somebody out there doing it for you
B D#m G#m F#
Safe while you're paying out for your health
E D#m C#m D#m
They're the kings of the kerb
E D#m F#
And everybody knows what their worth
INTRO REPEAT
C# B F# F#
C# B F# F#
C# B F# F#
Sugar smile savvy the king of the kerb
C# B F# F#
Keeps the order in this part of town
C# B F# F#
All the shadows in the alley the shapes at the bar
C# B F# F#
Like to service him when he does the rounds
E F#
He turns it on
E F#
He turns it on
E F# F#
He turns it on
Lead Guitar Fill in to the chorus:
e|--------------6-----7---|
B|------7-----------------|
G|3/4/6-----4/6---6/8-----|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
B D#m G#m F#
Same boys are doing it for themselves
E D#m E D#m E F#
There's somebody out there doing it for you
B D#m G#m F#
Safe while you're paying out for your health
E D#m C#m D#m
They're the kings of the kerb
E D#m F#
And everybody knows what their worth
MIDDLE 8
C#m D#m
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Safe from harm and safe from
C#m D#m
Greed. A little protection is all that you
C#m D#m E
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Need. Safe from harm and safe from
F# F# E
(Block chord at 9th fret) 022300
Greed. You're just a racket ma-
F#
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Lead Guitar Fill in to the chorus:
e|--------------6-----7---|
B|------7-----------------|
G|3/4/6-----4/6---6/8-----|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
B D#m G#m F#
Same boys are doing it for themselves
E D#m E D#m E F#
There's somebody out there doing it for you
B D#m G#m F#
Same boys are doing it for themselves
E D#m E D#m E F#
There's somebody out there doing it for you
B D#m G#m F#
Same boys are doing it for themselves
E D#m E D#m E F#
There's somebody out there looking out for you
B D#m G#m F#
Safe while you're paying out for your health
E D#m C#m D#m
They're the kings of the kerb
E D#m F#
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They're the kings of the kerb
E D#m C#m D#m
They're the kings of the kerb
E D#m F#
And everybody knows what their worth
OUTRO:
e|:------2---------|--2-------------:|
B|:----2-----5-----|----5-----------:|
G|:3/4-----------3-|------3---------:|
D|:----------------|----------------:|
A|:----------------|----------------:|
E|:----------------|----------------:|
After a couple of repeats the rhythm guitar and bass start climbing up in semitones...to fade.
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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