One of my mostest favoriteist of Todd songs. It's Electric, it's Hendrixian, it's psychedelic to the max, it's satirical, it's scarey, it's funny!. It's very fun to play, too. Crank it! Contrast the bluesy into/verse section with the "On the outside" section with all the major 7 chords - reminds me quite a lot of Hendrix' "When 6 was 9". I'm afraid these EZ guitar transcriptions are getting a little harder than I hoped. The problem is, if you play common "cowboy chords" and barre chords, the songs just don't sounds Toddish enough. Plus, I'm getting all excited finally figuring out the magic TR chord voicings after all these years, and I have to tell SOMEone - lucky you! If anyone wants, I can easily make a true EZ version of this for you that will be easier to play, but it will lose some of the sparkle. When you see something like "(*2)", see the corresponding note at the bottom. Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator ---------------------------------- Intro [the second measure is elongated in this diagram so I can squeeze those pulled-off triplets - the tempo and time signature stays the same throughout]: E-|--------|0---------------------|--------|--------|--------| B-|--2-3---|----2---3---5p3p0-----|--2-3---|--------|--------| G-|--1-1---|----2---2--------3p2p0|--1-1---|--------|--------| D-|--2-2---|--------0-------------|--2-2---|5-5-5---|--------| A-|--------|----------------------|--------|-----2-3|-4-5-6-7| E-|0-------|----------------------|0-------|-3-3----|--------| I wanna... (*1) E E6 E7 A Aus4 E E6 E7 A Aus4 ...see your number 1 lowest common denominator (*2) E Fdim7 A/F# You're so hot! (So hot!) So hot! (So hot!) So hot! (So hot!) Asus4/G So Hot (What choo got?) (*3) A/D D/G Cmaj7 Gmaj7 On the outside I'm a good boy A/D D/G Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Let me inside 'cause I'm full of joy A/D D/G Cmaj7 Gmaj7 I don't want to shock you but I'm an electric eel A/D D/G C How's that make your denominator feel? Think I'll surprise her I can always depend on my great equalizer I wanna grind, lose your mind I kissed you once, but will I kiss you again? Be certain with sex and you'll always have friends Your glands wanna freak, your hands wanna speak And your mind slips away at the peak... (*4) Time stops - the light goes on A thundering head and no body Washed up and woke up on the beach, seaside breakfast A tender egg on white sand Legs long and tan without a break, even to the neck Suddenly, simultaneously, an eclipse and a snowfall Flakes melt instantly on the shoulders like wet silver Burning little holes all the way to the marrow Puckered flesh like avocado sags into a green pool All the birds leave raking turquoise ruts across the Velveeta sky It's time to scream I wanna be your number 1 lowest common denominator ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (*1) This riff is played through the verses. |--------|0-------| |--2-3---|--2-3---| |--1-1---|--2-2---| |--2-2---|----0---| |--------|--------| |0-------|--------| (*2) So hot so hot... E Fdim7 A/F# Asus4/G ______ _x__0_ ______ ______ 1|||1|| 2||3|| |||||| |||||| |23||| |||||| 2|333| ||11|| |||||| |||||| |||||| 2|||3| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| (*3) On the outside... A/D D/G Cmaj7 Gmaj7 xx____ _x____ x |||||| |||||| 3|1|||| 31|||2| |||12| |||111 |||2|| ||34|| |||||| 2|||3| ||3|4| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| (*4) Time stops... E-|--------|--------|--------|--------| B-|--------|--------|--------|--------| G-|----7-9-|--------|----7-9-|--------| D-|5-7-----|5-7-----|5-7-----|5-7-----| A-|--------|----7---|--------|----5---| E-|--------|--------|--------|--------| Notes: The letter to the left of the slash in chord names like "A/D" refers to a triad, and the letter to the right refers to the bass note only. The number directly to the left of the chord diagram is the position on the guitar neck (or closest fret). "x" means mute or deaden that string, "o" means let it ring open. -- ...Lin Sprague................................................ lsprague@user1.channel1.com -OR- lsprague@crater.ma02.bull.com