Joy Division – Isolation (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
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Album: Closer (1980)
There is no guitar in that song, Barney playing keyboards. This is an
interpretation for a standalone guitar mixing bass and synth elements.
As there is a drone G along the song, I propose to play it with powerchords
plus the open G string:
B5 7990xx
A5 5770xx
G5 3550xx
F5 1330xx
It sounds interesting with delay and either flanger or chorus.I give the base bass riff, but there are variations in the song.
[Intro] (drums) (bass riff) e|----------------------|----------------------| B|----------------------|----------------------| G|----------------------|----------------5555--| D|-3555-3555-3555-------|-3555-3555-3555-------| A|----------------3333--|----------------------| x3 E|----------------------|----------------------|
(synth)
B5 A5 G5 F5 G5
B5 A5 G5 F5 G5
B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 G5
[Verse 1]
G5 F5 G5 In fear every day, every evening F5 G5 He calls her aloud from above F5 G5 Carefully watched for a reason F5 G5 Painstaking devotion and love F5 G5 Surrendered to self preservation F5 G5 From others who care for themselves F5 G5 A blindness that touches perfection F5 G5 But hurts just like anything else
[Chorus]
B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation
(bass riff)
[Verse 2]
G5 F5 G5 Mother I tried please believe me F5 G5 I'm doing the best that I can F5 G5 I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through F5 G5 I'm ashamed of the person I am
[Chorus]
B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 Isolation
(bass riff)
[Verse 3]
G5 F5 G5 But if you could just see the beauty F5 G5 These things I could never describe F5 G5 These pleasures a wayward distraction F5 G5 This is my one lucky prize
(bass riff)
(synth)
G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
[Outro]
G5 F5 G5 G5 G5 Isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation, isolation.