Talking Heads - Animals Tabs

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Tuning: Standard

Time Signature: intro and outro are 4/4, verse is 5/4, chorus is in 7/4

Notes: One of my favorite tracks off Fear of Music. Let me know if you found it useful.


  intro rhythm (both guitars):

     |     |     |     | 
e|---5--------5--------5-------|
B|.--7--------7--------7-----.-|
G|---7--------7--------7-------|
D|---7--------7--------7-------|
A|.--0--------0--------0-----.-|
E|-----------------------------|



  guitar 1 verse:

          |     |     |     |     |
e|-----|---------------------------------|
B|-----|.------------------------------.-|
G|-----|---------------------------------|
D|-----|---------------------------------|
A|-----|.------------------------------.-|
E|-1/6-|--6--7--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6---|
       pm .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
         
         "I'm   mad              
    and that's a fact
          I've found out 
          animals don't help" 

  guitar 2 verse:

          |     |     |    |     |
e|-----|-----7-----6-------6-6-6----------|
B|-----|.----7-----6-------6-6-6--------.-|
G|-----|-----7-----6-------6-6-6----------|
D|-----|-----9-----8-------8-8-8----------|
A|-----|.-------------------------------.-|
E|-1/7-|---------------------------1/7----|







  guitar 1 chorus:

         |      |      |      |       |      |      |      
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|.------12--------12---------12------10---------------.-|
G|-------12--------12---------12------10-----------------|
D|-------12--------12---------12------10-----------------|
A|.------10--------10---------10------8----------------.-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

             "They wander around like a crazy dog" 

  guitar 2 chorus:

       |      |      |         |         |      |       |   
e|-----7----------7------------7---------7--------12-11----8----|
B|.--------10-8--------10-8------10-8-10---10-----------10----.-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|.-----------------------------------------------------------.-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|



   

  guitar 1 outro:

     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |     
e|---2-----------------------|---2------------------------|
B|.--2-----------------------|---2------------------------|
G|---2-----------------------|---2------------------------|
D|---4-----------------------|---4------------------------|
A|.--4-----------------------|---4------------------------|
E|---2-----------------------|---2------------------------|

     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
e|---5-----------------------|---5------------------------|
B|---5-----------------------|---5----------------------.-|
G|---6-----------------------|---6------------------------|
D|---7-----------------------|---7------------------------|
A|---7-----------------------|---7----------------------.-|
E|---5-----------------------|---5------------------------|

          "They say they don't need money.."

  guitar 2 outro:

     |         |       |           |
e|-------------------------------------17-----|
B|.------14\13/14------14\13/14\13/14--14---.-|
G|-------14\13/14------14\13/14\13/14--14-----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|.-----------------------------------------.-|
E|--------------------------------------------|




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| pm  palm muted
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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