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Generator Guitar Tablature
I think this is one of the best songs from the album. 

Dave uses a Heil Talk Box for the guitar effect, but using a wah pedal  
gets you  
halfway there 

Standard Tuning  

          RIFF A                           RIFF B 
E|------------------------| E|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------| B|------------------------------|  
G|------------------------| G|------------------------------|  
D|-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--6-| D|-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--6--4--2-|  
A|------------------------| A|------------------------------|  
E|------------------------| E|------------------------------|  
       RIFF C                      RIFF D 
E|-------------------------| E|------------| 
B|-------------------------| B|------------| 
G|-------------------------| G|--------5---| 
D|-6--6--6--7--9--11--6--7-| D|-----3------| 
A|-------------------------| A|--5---------| 
E|-------------------------| E|------------|                              
          RIFF E                 RIFF F            
E|---------------------| E|-----------------| 
B|---------------------| B|-----------------| 
G|---6--4--6--7--6--4--| G|-7/--9/--11/--14-|   
D|---------------------| D|-----------------| 
A|---------------------| A|-5/--7/---9/--12-| 
E|---------------------| E|-----------------| 
              RIFF G                              RIFF H 
E|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| D|-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--9--7--| 
A|-7--7--5--4-----------------4-----| A|-------------------------7--| 
E|-------------7--5--4--5--7-----0--| E|-------------------------5--| 
                             
                             
  
INTRO 

RIFF A 
RIFF B 
RIFF B 
RIFF C 
RIFF B 
RIFF C 



(let chords ring out on every verse)  

A5                         E5 
Lately I'm getting better 
F#5 
Wish I could stay sick with you 
D5 
But there's too many egos left to bruise 



RIFF D 

A5                                  E5 
Call it a sin you call it what ever 
F#5 
Eating deep inside of you 
D5 
Well if were me it's all I'd ever do 

RIFF E  
RIFF E 
RIFF B 
RIFF C 
RIFF B 
RIFF C 

A5                       E5 
Stealing now and forever 
F#5 
I'll steal something good for you 
D5 
But the criminal in me is no-one new 

RIFF E (x2) 

A5                            E5  
Til you find something better  
F#5 
When there's nothing left to use 
D5 
And everything starts going down on you 

RIFF E (x2) 

chorus 

E5  
I'm the generator,  
                    F5 
Firing whenever you quit, 
                 F#5 
Yeah whatever it is, 
                    RIFF F 
You go out and it's on, 
A5 
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart, 
D5 
You're the one that started it. 

RIFF B 
RIFF C 
RIFF B 
RIFF C 

A5                       E5 
Standing out on a tether 
F#5 
Swing me around I'll spin your news 
D5 
You let it down I'll hang around with you 

RIFF E (x2) 

A5                            E5 
Til you find something better 
F#5 
And there's no-one left to use 
D5 
And everyone keeps going down on you 

RIFF E (x2) 

CHORUS 

Play an E chord for 16 beats then.... 

RIFF G (x4) 

CHORUS 

I'm the generator,  
I'm the generator, 
I'm the generator,  
I'm the generator you're on, 
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart, 
You're the one that started it. 

RIFF B 
RIFF H 


There, that's it. Once you've learned the riffs, it's quite easy. Listen to 
the CD if you want to get the exact timing. 


-- [ chords ] --

A5 = 577xx5	C = x32010	B = 224442
D5 = 5577x5	E = 022100	E5 = 02xxx0
F#5 = x03221	F5 = 133xx1

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