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Holiday In Cambodia Tabs

(ver. 2)
Dead Kennedys
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                HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA

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By The Dead Kennedys   (Composed by Jello Biafra)


A fantastic song.....from my formative years [ B-) ] .....just get the 
evil power of the opening riff right and you're there!

This is an alternative tab for this song to the one already here.

I've tabbed it for the different riffs.....individually spelt out first, 
then the way I play them together with the words.

(P.S. I can't take credit for working it out.....Raymond Amour did that 
for me)


Bass Riff                                                               
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Rakes      
((17----\---8\---||
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((---------------||
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"A" Octaves                                           
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||---14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--||
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||---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--||
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Riff 1                                                                          
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-5-----9--8-----5--5--5--4--11--10-----14--14--5-----9--8-----5--5--5---
----0---------------------------------------------0---------------------
-3-----7--6-----3--3--3--2--9---9------12--12--3-----7--6-----3--3--3---
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--------------!!
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4--11--10-----((
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2--9----9-----((
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Arpegiated Chords1                                                             
-----------7-----------------10------------7----------------10----------
--------7-----7----------10------10-----------7-----------------10------
-----7---------------11-----------------7--------7------11----------10--
--9--------------12------------------9--------------12------------------
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----------7---------
-------7-----7------
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---9------------7---
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Riff 2                                                                          
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-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------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-------------

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7--7--7--7--7--7--7--||
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3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||


Arpegiated Chords 2                                                     
-------------5--5--------------------7--7------------------------8------
-------6--6--------6--6--------8--8--------8--8----------10--10---------
-7--7--------------------9--9--------------------10--10-----------------
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8----------------------7--7--------||
---10--10--------8--8--------8--8--||
-----------9--9--------------------||
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Chorus                                                                  
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-2--5--7--5--2--5--7--5--2--5--7--5-----------14--||
-0--5--7--5--0--5--7--5--0--5--7--5--7--5--3--15--||
-0--3--5--3--0--3--5--3--0--3--5--3--7--5--3------||
-------------------------------------5--3--1------||

Solo                            
-17--17--18--18--19--19--18--\||
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Bridge 1
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||*---------9--10--*||
||*--10--9---------*||
||----------7--8----||
||---8---7----------||

Bridge 2
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7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------5--5--5-----
------------------------------------------------5--5--5--5--------------
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5--------------------------
---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--
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Bridge 3 
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||*-----2-----2-----2-----2-----5-----5-----5-----5-----7-----7---------
||---0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5------
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"Pol....Pot....Pol....Pot..
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(Bass Riff)  x2

(Rakes)

(A Octaves)  x8

(Riff 1)

(Bass Riff)

(Bass Riff - muted)  x4
So you been to school for a year or two
And you know you've seen it all
In daddy's car thinkin' you'll go far
Back east your type don't crawl

(Arpegiated Chords 1)  x2
Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
On your five grand stereo
Braggin that you know how the niggers feel cold
And the slums got so much soul

(Riff 2)  x2
It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here

(Arpegiated Chords 2)  x2
Brace yourself, my dear
Brace yourself, my dear

(Chorus)
It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough kid but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack a wife


(Riff 1)

(Bass Riff) x2


(Bass Riff - muted)   x4
You're a Star-Belly Sneech you suck like a leech
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you b**ch so you can get rich 
But your boss gets richer off you

(Arpegiated Chords 1)   x2     
Well you'll work harder with a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake

(Riff 2)   x2
Now you can go where the people are one
Now you can go where they get things done

(Arpegiated Chords 2)    x2
What you need, my son
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What you need, my son


(Chorus)
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack


(Solo)

(Riff 1)

(Bridge)
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, ...


(Chorus)
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what your told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul

(End)
Pol Pot


Enjoy!

Cheers!
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 * RM 1.3 U0414 * Why are we adding to upload/download time with these things?



Here you go Marc, I don't directly connect to the net so if you want
you can post this for other DK fans.
                                              Dennis Kaptain
                                              power!igor!djkap
                                              AT&T Bell Laboratories
                                              Mesquite, Texas

Holiday in Cambodia  by Dead Kennedys

    intro
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------7-7-7------------------------------------------
A----------7-6---------9-8---------7-6---------9-8------------------------
E--8-8-8-5-----8-8-8-5-----------5-----8-8-8-5----------------------------



    <-       repeat   4x?   -> |  <-               riff 1               ->
E------------------------------|------------------------------------------
B------------------------------|------------------------------------------
G------------------------------|------------------------------------------
D------------------------------|------------------------------------------
A------------------------------|------------------------------------------
E------8-8-8-7---6---5-5-5-----|----------8-8-8---7------6-----5-5-5------
                               |   so you been to school for a year or two


riff1
So you been to school for a year or two

And you know you've seen it all

In daddy's car thinkin' you'll go far

Back east your type don't crawl
     
     G                D                          <- switch to chords
Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
        G               D
On your five grand stereo
G                             D
Braggin that you know how the niggers feel cold
        G                 D
And the slums got so much soul
     D       C          G   C    A
It's time to taste what you most fear
D           C        G    C   A
Right Guard will not help you here
A         B        C   B
Brace yourself, my dear
A         B        C   D
Brace yourself, my dear

       A          C  D
It's a holiday in Cambodia
C    A             C    D
It's tough kid but it's life
C      A          C  D
It's a holiday in Cambodia
C     A              G F           riff1
Don't forget to pack a wife


riff1
You're a Star-Belly Sneech you suck like a leech

You want everyone to act like you

Kiss ass while you b**ch so you can get rich 

But your boss gets richer off you
     
     G                         D
Well you'll work harder with a gun in your back
      G              D
For a bowl of rice a day
G                  D
Slave for soldiers till you starve
          G                     D
Then your head is skewered on a stake
D           C            G      C   A
Now you can go where the people are one
D           C             G   C      A
Now you can go where they get things done
A        B        C   B
What you need, my son
A        B        C   D
What you need, my son


       A       C     D
It's a holiday in Cambodia
C     A            C  D
Where people dress in black
C A          C  D
A holiday in Cambodia
C     A               G  F         riff1
Where you'll kiss ass or crack


A   C    D   F    A   C    D   F    A   C    D   F 
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, ...

            
            < THE LEAD GOES HERE,...     PERHAPS ANOTHER DAY >

       A          C  D
It's a holiday in Cambodia
C     A              C    D
Where you'll do what your told
C A          C  D
A holiday in Cambodia
C         A            G    F       C    A
Where the slums got so much soul    Pol  Pot

       A          B          C          D          F          G
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