Chords for "Brainwashed"
Date: April 20, 1997 2:44 PM
From: IAN GRANT
Brain Washed By Ray Davies
Tuning DADGBE is necessary for the intro bass, but is a pain everywhere
else!
Intro
G
e|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
b|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
g|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
d|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
a|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------1-|
d|---5---5-----0--0-3-|---5---5------0-0--3-|---5---5------0-0--3-|---5---5-----5--5----|
C G
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
b|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
g|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
d|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
a|---3---3-----------1-|---3---3-------------|---------------------|--------------------|
d|-------------5--5----|--------------0-0--3-|---5---5------0-0--3-|---5---5------------|
D C Bb G ^ ...etc
e|---10-----10-----10--|-10--10----8----6-----|----3----------------|
b|---10-----10-----10--|-10--10----8----6-----|----3----------------|
g|---11-----11-----11--|-11--11----9----7-----|----4----------------|
d|---12-----12-----12--|-12--12---10----8-----|-5--5----------------|
a|---12-----12-----12--|-12--12---10----8-----|-5--5----------------|
d|---12-----12-----12--|-12--12---10----8-----|-5--5----------------|
G
You look like a real human being
But you don't have a mind of your own
Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe
You can work, you can stitch, you can sew
But you're brainwashed
C9 Bb F
Yes you are, yes you are
Bb F C Melody Riff in C...GmGm BbBb CC DD x2..D C Bb (G)
Get down on your knees
G
You've got a job and a house
And a wife, and your kids and a car
Yeah, you're conditioned to be
What they want you to be
C9
And be happy to be where you are
Bb F
Yes you are
Bb F C Melody Riff in C
Get down on your knees
Bb F C <=Rallendo
Get down on your knees
GmGm BbBb CC DD
Gm Bb
The aristocrats and bureaucrats
C D GmGm BbBb CC DD
Are dirty rats For making you what you are
Gm Bb
They're up there and you're down here
C D GmGm BbBb CC DD
You're on the ground and they're up with the stars
Cm Cm(+7)/B Cm7/Bb
All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around
Cm6/A Cm Cm/B Cm/Bb Cm/A
Till you can't take any more
G Bb
To them you're just a speck of dirt
C D Gm GmGm BbBb CC DD
But you don't want to get up off the floor
D D D D C Bb <= rall. like intro
Mister you're just brainwashed
G
They give you social security
Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity
Yeah, you're conditioned to be
What they want you to be
And to do what they want you to do
C9 Bb F
Yes you are, yes you are
Bb F C (hold, swell)
Get down on your knees
Main Melody Riff in G
e|--3---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------6-3-6----3----3---------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------5--------5--3--5----3-----3---------------------------|
<=10point
d|-----------------------------------------5------5--3--5---3-------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------5--3-------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------6--3-|
You look like a real human being, but you don't have a mind of your own
<=make this line 8point
Melody Riff in C
e|--8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----11-8-11----8----8-----------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------10-------10--8--10----8-----8----------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------10-----10--8--10---8-------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------------10--8--10---|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Some pull-offs here
may help
The C minor section 'All your life they've kicked you around' can be played like
this:
Cm Cm(+7) Cm7 o Cm6 Cm Cm(+7) Cm7 Cm6
x||||x x||||x xo|||x x||||x 3xooooo 3|ooooo 3|ooooo 3|ooooo
|||||| |o|||| |||||| |||||| or ||||o| ||||o| ||||o| ||||o|
|o|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||oo|| ||o||| ||o||| o|o|||
||||o| ||||o| ||||o| ||||o| |||||| o||||| ||||||
||oo|| ||oo|| ||oo|| ||oo|| 7o||||| 7|||||| 7||||||
From: Arthur music book
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996
Words and Music by: RAY DAVIES
Intro notes: F F C C Eb F (4x) Bb Bb F F Ab Bb (2x) F F C C Eb F (2x)
F
You look like a real human being
But you don't have a mind of your own
Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe
You can work, you can stitch, you can sew
But you're brainwashed
Bb9 Ab Eb
Yes you are, yes you are
Ab Bb
Get down on your knees
F
You've got a job and a house
And a wife, and your kids and a car
Yeah, you're conditioned to be
What they want you to be
Bb9
And be happy to be where you are
Ab Eb
Yes you are
Ab Bb
Get down on your knees
Ab Eb Bb
Get down on your knees
Fm Ab Bb C
Fm Ab
The aristocrats and bureaucrats
Bb C Fm Ab Bb C
Are dirty rats For making you what you are
Fm Ab
They're up there and you're down here
Bb C Fm Ab Bb C
You're on the ground and they're up with the stars
Bbm Bbm(+7) Bbm7
All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around
Bbm6 Bbm Bbm(+7) Bbm7 Bbm6
Till you can't take any more
F Ab
To them you're just a speck of dirt
Bb C Fm Ab Bb C
But you don't want to get up off the floor
Bb Ab
Mister you're just brainwashed
F
They give you social security
Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity
Yeah, you're conditioned to be
What they want you to be
Bb9
And to do what they want you to do
Ab Eb
Yes you are, yes you are
Ab Bb
Get down on your knees
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