Biography:
Talking Heads were a new wave band which formed in 1974 in New York City, New York, United States. The band originally consisted of David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums), who had met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. The band added Jerry Harrison (keyboards & guitar) in early 1977. The band released eight studio albums before disbanding in 1991. Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Other songs:
- Burning Down The House
- Love -> Building -> Fire
- Love For Sale
- Nothing But Flowers
- Psycho Killer
- Psycho Killer (intro)
- Road To Nowhere
- The Big Country
- This Must Be The Place (naive Melody)
- A Clean Break Lets Work
- Air
- And She Was
- Building On Fire
- Cities
- City Of Dreams
- Creatures Of Love
- Dont Worry About The Government
- Dream Operator
- Electric Guitar
- First Week Last Week Carefree
- Found A Job
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Give Me Back My Name
- Happy Day
- Heaven
- Heven
- I Wanna Live
- I Want To Live
- I Wish You Wouldnt Say That
- Life During Wartime
- Lifetime Piling Up
- Listening Wind
- Love Building On Fire
- Memories Cant Wait
- Once In A Lifetime
- People Like Us
- Perfect World
- Pulled Up
- Radio Head
- Stay Hungry
- Stay Up Late
- Sugar On My Tounge
- Take Me To The River
- Television Man
- Tentative Decisions
- Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
- The Book I Read
- The Good Thing
- The Lady Dont Mind
- This Must Be The Place
- This Must Be The Place Naive Melody
- Totally Nude
- Turn To Salt
- Uh
- Wild Wild Life
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Psycho Killer
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ARTIST: Talking Heads
ALBUM: Talking Heads: 77
YEAR: 1977
tabbed by : pp1pete
Difference from other tabs
[full, correct lyrics - English and French - and chords
[correct rubric
[full song
CAPO: 0
TUNING: Standard
TEMPO: 115
---INTRO---
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||-------------------|---------------------------|
G||-------------------|---------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||--5x--5x--5x--5x---|--5x--5x--5-0-3------------|
repeat 6x
add on third pass
G/A
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||---12--------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fourth pass
G6/A
e||---12--------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fifth and sixth pass
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
---VERSE 1---
A7 G
e||------0-------0----|-------0------------------|
B||---2------------2--|----------2------0--------|
G||--------0--0-------|----0------------0--------|
D||-------------------|-------------2------------|
A||-0-----------------|--0-----------------------| x each line
E||-------------------|--------------------------|
A7 G
I can't seem to face up to the facts
A7 G
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
A7 G
I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire
A7 G
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way Ah oohhh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ooooh
A7 G x2
or
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7-7--------------| x2
A||------------------|---------------------------|
E||------------------|---------------------------|
---VERSE 2---
A7 G
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
A7 G
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
A7 G
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
A7 G
Say something once, why say it again
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay
---BRIDGE---
( first two lines)
Bm G
e||------------------|------------------------------|
B||------------------|------------------------------|
G||------------------|------------------------------|
D||-4-2-0------------|--5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-------------|
A||--------4-2-0-2-4-|------------------------------|
E||------------------|------------------------------|
Bm G
Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir là (What I did that night)
Bm C
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là (What she said that night)
A
Réalisant mon espoir (Realizing my hopes)
G
Je me lance vers la gloire (I rush towards glory)
A G
Okay
A G
Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yah
A G
We are vain and we are blind
A G
I hate people when they're not polite
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oooh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
---ENDING---
Layer these in order depending on how many players you have - (recording goes 25 measures )
A A A A A A A Em G
e||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---0--3-------|
B||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--3-------|
G||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--0-------|
D||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---2--0-------|
A||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---2--2-------|
E||--------------------|--------------0--3-------|
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
e||--------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------------|
E||--5--5------5--5----|--5--5----5---0--3--------|
Chorus Alt/Bass Part first line
F G
e||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|
D||-3-------3-------5-------7-------|
A||-----5-3-----5-3-----7-5-----7-5-|
E||---------------------------------|
Psycho Killer
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ARTIST: Talking Heads
ALBUM: Talking Heads: 77
YEAR: 1977
tabbed by : pp1pete
Difference from other tabs
[full, correct lyrics - English and French - and chords
[correct rubric
[full song
CAPO: 0
TUNING: Standard
TEMPO: 115
---INTRO---
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||-------------------|---------------------------|
G||-------------------|---------------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||--5x--5x--5x--5x---|--5x--5x--5-0-3------------|
repeat 6x
add on third pass
G/A
e||-------------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||---12--------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fourth pass
G6/A
e||---12--------------|---------------------------|
B||---12--------------|---------------------------|
G||---12--------------|---------------------------|
D||---12--------------|---------------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------------|
E||-------------------|---------------------------|
add on fifth and sixth pass
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
---VERSE 1---
A7 G
e||------0-------0----|-------0------------------|
B||---2------------2--|----------2------0--------|
G||--------0--0-------|----0------------0--------|
D||-------------------|-------------2------------|
A||-0-----------------|--0-----------------------| x each line
E||-------------------|--------------------------|
A7 G
I can't seem to face up to the facts
A7 G
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
A7 G
I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire
A7 G
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way Ah oohhh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ooooh
A7 G x2
or
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7-7--------------| x2
A||------------------|---------------------------|
E||------------------|---------------------------|
---VERSE 2---
A7 G
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
A7 G
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
A7 G
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
A7 G
Say something once, why say it again
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay
---BRIDGE---
( first two lines)
Bm G
e||------------------|------------------------------|
B||------------------|------------------------------|
G||------------------|------------------------------|
D||-4-2-0------------|--5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-------------|
A||--------4-2-0-2-4-|------------------------------|
E||------------------|------------------------------|
Bm G
Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir là (What I did that night)
Bm C
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là (What she said that night)
A
Réalisant mon espoir (Realizing my hopes)
G
Je me lance vers la gloire (I rush towards glory)
A G
Okay
A G
Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yah
A G
We are vain and we are blind
A G
I hate people when they're not polite
---CHORUS---
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way oooh oh oh
F G
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est
Am
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
F G C
Run run run run run run run run a-way
F G
Oh oh oh oooooooh Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
---ENDING---
Layer these in order depending on how many players you have - (recording goes 25 measures )
A A A A A A A Em G
e||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---0--3-------|
B||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--3-------|
G||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---0--0-------|
D||--2--2-0----2--2-0--|--2--2-0--2---2--0-------|
A||--0--0------0--0----|--0--0----0---2--2-------|
E||--------------------|--------------0--3-------|
A A7
e||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
B||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A||--------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------|-------------------------|
e||--------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------------|
E||--5--5------5--5----|--5--5----5---0--3--------|
Chorus Alt/Bass Part first line
F G
e||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|
D||-3-------3-------5-------7-------|
A||-----5-3-----5-3-----7-5-----7-5-|
E||---------------------------------|
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