Bauhaus – Bela Lugosis Dead (Guitar)

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This is an interpretation for a standalone guitar, mixing both bass and guitar elements, based on the original version recorded on the 26th January 1979: https://www.discogs.com/fr/Bauhaus-The-Bela-Session/release/12834114 For the guitar noises, hear some live version to find inspiration. You can stroke B and e strings while muting them with the left hand and sliding it along the neck. Play with a lot of distorsion, flanger and delay. The D C# B and F# chords are played with B and e opened strings:
D5  10-12-12--x-x-x        D  10-12-12-11--0--0
C#5  9-11-11--x-x-x        C#  9-11-11-10--0--0
B5   7--9--9--x-x-x        B   7--9--9--8--0--0
F#5  2--4--4--x-x-x        F#  2--4--4--3--0--0
A 577655 A# 688766 B 799877 [Intro] (drums) (distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises...) (play only the fundamental string)
| D5 | D5 |
(in the following lines, play one string, then two, then three)
D5 C#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 D5 F#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 (first strokes of each chord on loud strings, then on all the strings) D5 C#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 D5 F#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 D C# B D C# B D C# B D C# B D F# B D C# B D C# B D C# B D C# B D F# B D C# B D C# B D C# B [Verse 1]
         D                 C#          B
White on white translucent black capes,  back on the rack

D  C#  B
          Bela Lugosi's dead

     D                 C#              B
The bats have left the bell tower, the victims have been bled, red velvet 

D                F#   B
lines  the black box      Bela Lugosi's dead
[Chorus 1] A A# B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
A  A#  B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
             Bela Lugosi's dead
D C# B
D  C#  B
          Undead undead undead
D C# B
D  C#  B
          Undead undead undead !
[Verse 2]
    D        C#     B
The virginal brides file past his tomb

D                       C#        B
Strewn with time's dead flowers bereft in deathly bloom

  D            C#        B
Alone in a darkened room,  the Count 

D  F#  B
         Bela Lugosi's dead
[Chorus 2]
A  A#  B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
             Bela Lugosi's dead

A  A#  B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
             Bela Lugosi's dead

D5  C#5  B5
            Undead undead undead 

D5  C#5  B5
            Undead undead undead 

D5  C#5  B5
                   Undead
D5 C#5 B5 [Outro] (distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
| D5 | F#5 |
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
| D5 | F#5 | B5 | D5 C#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 D F# B D C# B D C# B
D    C#    B
(sing crescendo)

D5   C#5    B5
Oh   Be_____la_

D5   C#5    B5
Be___la's undead_

D    C#     B
Oh   Be_____la__

D    F#     B
Be___la's undead__

D    C#     B
Be___la's undead__

D    C#     B
Oh   Be_____la____

D    C#     B
Be___la's undead____

D    C#     B     D    C#      B
Oh   Be_____la___________________
D C# B D C# B D C# B
| D5 | F#5 |
             Undead
D5 F#5
D5
   (pick scraping)

| D5 | F#5 |
             Undead
(pick scraping)