Cardiacs – To Go Off And Things (Guitar)

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As played on "The Seaside" album. Time Signature: 7/4 at approx.230 bpm [Intro with octaved root] D D D D [Verse 1]

D
Squalor is at large in tidy suburbia

D
Filth and dirt abound in every corner yes

D                             D
Things... left... on... the floor

D
  Abandoned foodstuffs and things left on the floor

D
Piles of dirty stuff left to go off and things

D                        D
To... go... off... and things

[Post-Verse] A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# [Verse 2]

D
Got to tidy up my ro-om tidy my room

D
Put my things away and make it spick and span-n-n-n

D                                D
Make... things... spick... and span

[Post-Verse] A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# [Verse 3]

        D
Cast as-persions on my lifestyle

        D
Cast as-persions on my lifestyle

        D
Cast as-persions on my lifestyle

        D
Cast as-persions on my lifestyle (take it Sarah!)

[Post-Verse] A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A#

[Solo]
e|-------8--10-------8--10-8-10-8-------8-10-8-------|
B|-9--11-------9--11--------------11-9---------11-9--|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|--------10--12--------10--12-10-12-10--------10-12-10--------|
B|-11--13--------11--13-----------------13-11-----------13-11--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------12--14--------12--14-12-14-12--------12-14-12--------|
B|-13--15--------13--15-----------------15-13-----------15-13--| x4
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-14-12-------14-12-------14-12----------|
B|-------15-13-------15-13-------15-13----| x2
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

[Part in 6/4] D A# F# D A# F# D A# F# D A# F#

E      C     G#
  Squa-  lor is

E    C    G#
     At      large

E    C    G#
  In   ti-dy

E     C   G#    A# C
Su-bur-   bi-a

[Fast pick octaved root] D D [Random shredding for 3 bars] N.C.

e|-------------------18-18-18-----|
B|----------------------------18--|
G|-12--12-11--11------------------|
D|-12--12-11--11------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Verse 4]

D
Squalor is at large in tidy suburbia

D
Filth and dirt abound in every corner yes

D                        D
To... go... off... and things

[Post-Verse] A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# A# F# A# [End] D