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Found A Job Stop Making Sense Tabs

(ver. 1)
Talking Heads
"Found A Job" - Talking Heads


Tuning: standard

Basic verse pattern: Change this up and make it funky, but be sure to hit most of
the major chords. Listen to the recording for style ideas.      

      A7
      S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|
|-----x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-4:--x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-4:--x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-----x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|
|-------------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

(Don't play the next four measures until the second line in the verse!)

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S      S S S S S S S S 
|-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|----x-x-x-x-3---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|----x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-2:-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|-4:-x-x-x-x-2---x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|----x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|

  D7                                  
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-x-x-x-x-8---x-x-x-x-x-x-8---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-8---x-x-x-x-x-x-8---x-x---||
|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x---||
|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x--o||
|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-7---x-x-x-x-x-x-7---x-x--o||
|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-|-x-x-x-x-0---x-x-x-x-x-x-0---x-x---||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

Chorus (Studio):

E      A      E   G        E       A    E G
Judy’s in the bed-room, in-venting situ-a-tions.
E      D      E         D    E        A     E  G
Bob is on the street to-day, scouting up lo-ca-tions.
E          G      E         G
They’ve en-listed all their family.
E          G      E         F#  
They’ve en-listed all their friends.
   B            D        B      D
It helped saved their re-lation-ship,
    B       D    E
And made it work again.

Chorus (Stop Making Sense): 
E      A      E   G        E       A    E G
Judy’s in the bed-room, in-venting situ-a-tions.
E      A      E         D    E        A     E  G
Bob is on the street to-day, scouting up lo-ca-tions.
E          A      E         A
They’ve en-listed all their family.
A          D      A         B  
They’ve en-listed all their friends.
   B            D        B      D
It helped saved their re-lation-ship,
    B       D    E7
And made it work again.


Outro: verse pattern.

In the live version, guitar plays the outro melody:

(play staccato 2x, then let notes ring)

         H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q    H    H      H    H          Q  Q  
||-----------------|----3--5--3--|-----------|------3----|-----5--3--|
||-------2----3----|-5-----------|-2----3----|-5---------|-----------|
||o--4:------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-2:--------|
||o--4:------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-4:--------|
||-----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||-----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

      W         +H    Q  Q  
|------------|--------5--3---||
|-----3------|--(3)----------||
|-4:---------|--------------o||
|-4:---------|--------------o||
|------------|---------------||
|------------|---------------|| play 4x
            
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