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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% THE UNDEAD %%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% ALL SONGS 1981-Present %%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% [Disclaimer: All basses and guitars tuned to standard. All chords used are power chords (e.g., C# is -x-4-6-6-x-x-) unless otherwise indicated. These fan-authored transcriptions offer the basic chords and structure of the songs, and are not complete scores. Although some transcriptions may not have distinct parts for each instrument, all are written for both bass and guitar.] A LIFE OF OUR OWN ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central noise... A D A F# G A D A (3x) E C# F# G# (2x) A D A D A (4x) G# slide A (4x) D E C# F# G# (2x) C# F# G# (2x) w/chorus and solo C# F# G# (4x) w/solo A D A D A (4x) G# slide A (4x) D E C# F# G# (4x) C# F# G# ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE ==================== transcription: Bobby Steele, Misfits Central INTRO: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D VERSE 1: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D VERSE 2: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G SOLO: G D Em (2x) w/solo C G Bm Em w/solo D C Bm D w/solo CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G VERSE 3: G D Em (2x) C G Bm Em D C Bm D CHORUS: G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D G A D A (2x) G Bm Em G C D fade out... ELECTED ======= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central intro guitar riff: E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-----------------2---------------| D|-7---5---------------------------|-----------------2---------------| A|---7---5~--------7---5-----------|---------3-2-1-0-0---------------| E|-------------------5---3~--------|-3-2-1-0-------------------------| bridge section: (arranged for one bass) G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---6---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---5---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-4---6---------------------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-7-------6-------4-------2-------|-7-------6-------9---------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| final chorus riff: (arranged for bass) G|-10--9--7----------------------------------------| D|----------10--8--7-------------------------------| A|-------------------10--8--6--5--3--------2--3--5-| E|-----------------------------------6--3----------| -songflow- A intro guitar riff A A G E A E C# (4x) F C A# D# G# A# G C (3x) F C A# D# G# A# G E A A G E A E C# (2x) F C A# D# G# A# G C (3x) F C A# D# G# A# G E A bridge section A G E A E C# (2x) final chorus riff (2x) with guitar over final chorus riff (4x): F C A# D# G# A# G C (4x) fade out... EVE OF DESTRUCTION ================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central G C (3x) G C G C D (5x) [bass only] G C D G E C D G C G C D (5x) G C D G E C D G C G C D (7x) G C D G E C D G E w/solo C D w/solo G C (3x) G G C D (7x; bass) & C C D D (7x; guitar) (staccato) G C D G E C D G C D G C C C G EVENING OF DESIRE ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central G1: -3-5-5-x-x-x- G2: -x-10-12-x-x-x- Notes: The first E in the "E G2 D E" sequence is heavily muted. B A G1 A B A G1 A D E E G2 D E (11x) B A G1 A B A G1 A D E E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (3x) - solo over E G2 D E then chorus - E G2 D E (11x) C D EEDE ED EEDE D (2x) C D G2 D E E G2 D E (7x) fade out... GIMME YOUR AUTOGRAPH ==================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central B F# (7x) B E F# (4x) B F# (3x) B E F# (3x) B G# E F# B G# B (2x) w/solo E F# (3x) B G# E F# (3x) B F# (4x) B HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD =================== (untranscribed) I DON'T WANNA FEEL THE PAIN ANYMORE =================================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. F1: -x-8-10-10-x-x- G1: -x-10-12-12-x-x- F2: -1-3-3-x-x-x- G2: -3-5-5-x-x-x- -songflow- C C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 C A F2 G2 w/solo A F2 D G2 w/solo C A (2x) F1 G1 [break] C (c b a#) A F2 G2 A F2 D G2 C A (2x) F1 G1 A w/solo F1 G1 C I DON'T WANNA GO ================ transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central C# C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break] C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (3x) B [break] F# B (3x) w/solo F# C# w/solo B C# (3x) w/solo B [break] C# B (2x) F# G# E F# B C# (12x) fade out... I WANT YOU DEAD =============== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central D A G (3x) D A D A G (3x) D A F# G A (4x) D A G (3x) D A F# G A (4x) D A G (3x) D A C# B D A w/solo C# B D A D A G (3x) D A D A G (4x) D I'D RATHER DO MY DRINKING ALONE =============================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central INTRO: C D G Em C D G VERSE 1: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D G VERSE 2: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D G BRIDGE: Bm Em G D C D G Em C D G SOLO: G Am B D w/solo C D G Em w/solo C D B w/solo C D G Em w/solo C D G w/solo BRIDGE: Bm Em G D C D G Em C D G VERSE 3: G Am B D C D G Em C D B C D G Em C D Bm Em C D G I'M SO HAPPY ============ transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E D A ABAB (2x) E D F# [break] B G# (2x) E A F# E F# B G# E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo B G# (2x) E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo E D A ABAB (3x) E D F# [break] B G# (2x) w/solo E A F# w/solo B G# (2x) w/solo E A F# w/solo E F# B G# E F# (2x) B A F# w/solo E D A ABAB (3x) E D F# B G# (2x) E F# (2X) B A F# E F# E (2x) F# IN EIGHTY FOUR ============== transcription: Bobby Steele INTRO: G A# (6x) G VERSE: G E (2x) G C (2X) CHORUS: G F C (2x) REPEAT VERSE REPEAT CHORUS 2X - sax solo over: - A D (4x) G F C LAST VERSE: A F# (2X) A D (2X) REPEAT CHORUS 3X LIES ==== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. C D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A (c) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B B E (3x) B F# E F# (c) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B D (c) (2x) D (c) w/solo D (c) (2x) A w/solo B E (2x) (c) D G E B B E (3x) B F# E F# (C) D (c) (2x) D (c) D (c) (2x) A B E (2x) (c) D G E B B MISFIT ====== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central drums... G F# A G# (4x) C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (3x) C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (4x) w/solo C# B D C# (2x) G F# A G# (3x) C# B D C# (2x) B A C# B A G# C# MY KINDA TOWN ============= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E D (4x) E D (4x) E D F E E D F E w/solo E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A E D (6x) B D A B G A (3x) B G A B G A (4x) B NEVER SAY DIE ============= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central A D A E (2x) A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E F# B F# B E A F# B w/solo A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A D E (2x) F# B F# B E A F# B A F# (3x) E NIGHTMARE ========= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central intro riff: E|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| Near the end of the song G|------------------------------------------| the guitar plays this riff D|------------------------------------------| while the bass plays the A|-5---5----4---4----2---2----0-------------| "D A G A" progression. E|---7--------5--------3---------3---2---0--| -songflow- intro riff D A G A (3x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) G A (4x) D A G A (2x) w/solo G A (4x) w/solo D A G A (2x) G A (4x) intro riff (3x) D A G A D NO VICES ======== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E F# A B (2x) E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E G# A B (2x) w/solo E B (2x) A B [2x] C# E B G# F# B E F# A B (2x) E PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON ======================== transcription: Bobby Steele Notes: The 'I' denotes a new measure. INTRO: E / / / I C# / A / I (2x) VERSE 1: E / / / I C# / A / I (4x) B I C# I A I B I B I CHORUS: E / / / I A / / / I B / / / I B / / / I E / / / I A / / / I F# / / / I A / / / I B / / / I B / / / I VERSE 2: E / / / I C# / A / I (4x) E / / / I C# / / / I A / / / I B / / / I C# / / / I A / / / I B / / / I (chorus) (intro) BRIDGE INTRO: F# / / / I A / / / I (3x) E / / / I E / / / I BRIDGE: A / / / I C# / / / I F# / / / I B / / / I A / / / I C# / / / I F# / / / I F# / / / I B / / / I B / / / I B / / / I B / / / I BREAK: E / / / I E / A E I (4x) (bass stays on 'E') (repeat VERSE 1) (fade on CHORUS) R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K. ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central solo tab: Bobby Steele B w/solo B E B F# B (3x) B E B F# B w/solo B E B F# B C F C G C C w/noise second solo: E|--11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12--| B|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| Play this riff 4 times. G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| E|-------12---12--------12----12----| Play this riff 2 times. B|-------12---12--------12----12----| G|--14^------------14^--------------| Bend this note up a full step; D|----------------------------------| the note will be the same as the A|----------------------------------| 12th fret of the B string. E|----------------------------------| E|---------------------------| B|--15-15-15-15-16-16-16-16--| Repeat this riff 4 times. G|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| Playing it here makes the D|--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--| transition to the next A|---------------------------| riff easier. E|---------------------------| E|------------14-----------------| Repeat this 4 times FAST - real FAST! B|-------14--------17---14---14--| Barre the E and B string at the 14th G|--16^--------------------------| fret with the index finger; use the D|-------------------------------| ring finger to bend the G string; A|-------------------------------| use pinky on 17th fret. E|-------------------------------| SHADOWS ======= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. pick scrape... A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) with feedback, bends, and noise F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (2x) F# G A w/solo F# G E A w/solo A A# G (4x) A (a b c) G E G (4x) with feedback, bends, and noise F# G AAA F# G E A A A# G (2x) A A# SLAVE TO FASHION ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central INTRO: G (bass plays G over all of intro) G A# C D# (2x) G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 1: bass plays G A# C D# over part of verse G A# C D# (4x) CHORUS: G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 2: G A# C D# (4x) CHORUS: G A# C D# (4x) C (staccato) - solo over G A# C D# - drums... G A# C D# (2x) VERSE 3: bass plays G A# C D# over part of verse G A# C D# (heavily muted) G A# C D# CHORUS: G A# C D# (3x) D# D# D# G SOCIAL REASON ============= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central riff: E|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-9-9-9-9-9-7-----| E|-7-7-7-7-7-5-----| pm------> riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A riff (2x) G A (2x) riff (6x) G riff (4x) G riff D B (3x) A B D B (3x) A riff (8x) B STRANGE CREATURES ================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: The transcription for the "TIL DEATH intro" section contains only the basic chords and is not the full score. The "songflow" section is the same for all versions of "Strange Creatures." G#1: -4-6-6-x-x-x- G#2: -x-11-13-13-x-x- -TIL DEATH intro- D# (f# e) D (2x) E F# E D# G# F# E D# (2x) G# B (2x) D# E F# E B G# (2x) E F# E D# -songflow- B G# (4x) w/solo B G# (2x) E F# E D# B G# (2x) E F# E D# G# B (2x) w/solo Eb E F# E w/solo B G# (2x) E F# E D# B G# (3x) E F# G#2 F# (3x) E F# G#2 THE FUTURE KID ============== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central bass riff: G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| The guitars play an A chord over A|-0-------0-------5p4p3p2-0-------| this riff. E|---------------------------------| fade in drums... riff (5x) G riff (5x) G riff (2x) G A D (2x) G A (3x) G riff (5x) G riff (2x) G A D (2x) G A (3x) G riff (5x) G riff G riff G A THE INVISIBLE MAN ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) w/solo C D A (2x) w/solo C D B E C D w/solo A F A GA (2x) w/solo A F A GA (2x) C D A (2x) C D B E C D [break] A F A GA (2x) THE NIGHT HAS EYES ================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: Lower-case notes in parens are transitional notes. C# (d# e) B (2x) C D F# B A F# A G# (2x) C# (d# e) B (2x) C D F# B A F# A G# (2x) D C# E D# F# B A F# A G# (2x) D C# E D# C# B A G# C# (d# e) B (2x) C# D# G C A# G A# A (2x) G A# A (7x) G THE THORN IN YOUR SIDE ====================== transcription: Misfits Central INTRO: G C D (2x) VERSE 1: G C D (7x) G CHORUS: C D G (2x) C D G Em C D G VERSE 2: (keyboards enter) G C F (7x) G CHORUS: C D G (2x) C D G Em C D G (2x) C D G THE WAY WE BEHAVE ================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E1: -0-2-2-x-x-x- E2: -x-7-9-9-x-x- A F# (8x) E1 F# (2x) D E2 A F# (4x) A E1 F# (2x) D E2 A F# (4x) A F# A D E2 [break] (E F# G#) A F# (12x) E1 F# (2x) D E2 A D E2 (2x) A THERE'S A RIOT IN TOMPKINS SQUARE ================================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central G F G (16x) A C G (2x) A C B A F G G F G (4x) A C G (2x) A C B A F G G F G (5x) THEY LIED ========= transcription: Misfits Central riff 1: riff 2: E|-----------------||-----------------| B|-----------------||-----------------| G|-----------------||-----------------| D|-7---7-7-7-7-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-| A|-7---7-7-7-7-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-| E|-5---5-5-5-5-4-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-| pm throughout -songflow- riff 1 (4x) riff 2 (2x) G# A B riff 1 (2x) riff 2 (2x) G# A B A B riff 2 (2x) G# A B [2x] G# A B A G# A B (3x) w/solo C# A B C# A B riff 1 (4x) riff 2 (2x) G# A B riff 1 (4x) A TIL DEATH ========= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central A F G (4x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) w/solo F G w/solo F G E w/solo D A B C# D E A F G (2x) w/riff A F G (4x) F G F G E D A B C# D E (3x) A UNDEAD ====== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: "A->B" denotes a slide between the two chords. intro: E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|---7-------5----| E|--------------7-| -songflow- intro drums... A->B (2x) G F# A A->B [3x] A->B (2x) A G A->B F# G A E B (2x) G F# A A->B A->B (2x) G F# A A->B [2x] G F# A A->B (4x) A F# G A E B F# G A E B w/solo G F# A A->B (4x) VERBAL ABUSE ============ transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E1: -x-7-9-9-x-x- E2: -0-2-2-x-x-x- G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) F# E2 (5x) F# G# E1 (4x) G# E2 (4x) F# E2 (5x) F# G# WE DON'T WANT THE POOR IN NEW YORK CITY ======================================= transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central Notes: The song begins with a Hendrix-esque rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner". E A G D E A E D C# B E A G D E A F# D E A D C# F# (2x) E A G D E A E D C# B E A G D E A F# D E A D C# F# (2x) E A G D E A E D C# B E A G D E A F# D E A C# D B A E A G D E A E D C# B E A G D E A F# D E A E A G D E A E D C# B E A G D E A F# D E A WHEN THE EVENING COMES ====================== transcription: Aaron Pacitti, Marc Stauffer, Bobby Steele, Misfits Central E1: -x-7-9-9-x-x- E2: -0-2-2-x-x-x- figure 1: a|---12-11----| -songflow- D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 A F# (2x) D [break] G# A (4x) E1 D A F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 F# D E1 G# A (4x) F# G# A (4x) E2 w/figure 1 G# A (4x) F# D E1 A F# (2x) D E1 F# D E1 A %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% All songs written by Bobby Steele except: "A Life Of Our Own," "I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore," "I'd Rather Do My Drinking Alone," "Put Your Clothes Back On," "Social Reason," "The Future Kid," and "The Way We Behave" by Bobby Steele / Dave Street, "All You Need Is Love" by John Lennon / Paul McCartney, "Elected" by M. Bruce / G. Bruxton / A. Cooper / D. Dunaway / N. Smith, "Eve Of Destruction" by Philip Sloan, "In Eighty Four" by Patrick Blanck / Chris Natz / Bobby Steele, "Lies" by Beau Charles / Buddy Randell, "Nightmare" by Patrick Blanck, "R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K." originally by Allan Sherman / Wills / Anderson, "The Night Has Eyes" by Eddie Migraine / Steve Keesler / Bobby Steele, "They Lied" by Sam Herman / Bobby Steele, All Bobby Steele songs copyright Herpes Music, "All You Need Is Love" copyright Sony ATV Music, "Elected" copyright Bizarre Music / Ezra Music, "The Night Has Eyes" copyright Sick Duck Records. All songs performed by The Undead except: "The Night Has Eyes" by The Migraines / Bobby Steele. Transcriptions by: Aaron Pacitti [] Marc Stauffer [marc@ksac.com] Bobby Steele [undead@juno.com] Send comments/suggestions/corrections to [fiend@misfitscentral.com]. 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