John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend

John Cale Tabs

Dancing Undercover

Tabs: Martijn Soenen [martijnsoenen@hotmail.com]
 
I saw John performing in September 2000 at Leffingeleuren (Belgium). A friend of mine recorded the show on minidisc. After listening to this song, I could figure out the general riffs for the song.

Author:
John Cale
Album: Walking on Locusts (1996)
Intro and Verses:

   D#  Mute       G# Mute	  D#  Mute       G#  Mute
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8--x-x-x-x-x--5--x-x-x-x-x-----8--x-x-x-x-x--5--x-x-x-x-x-----------|
D|--8--x-x-x-x-x--6--x-x-x-x-x-----8--x-x-x-x-x--6--x-x-x-x-x-----------|
A|--6--x-x-x-x-x--6--x-x-x-x-x-----6--x-x-x-x-x--6--x-x-x-x-x-----------|
E|--6--x-x-x-x-x--4--x-x-x-x-x-----6--x-x-x-x-x--4--x-x-x-x-x-----------|

Repeat tab throughout the verse.
Jump into the chorus with an F (barré) chord:

e|--1-1-1-1-1-1---/--|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1---/--|
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2---/--|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3---/--|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3---/--|
E|--1-1-1-1-1-1---/--|

Chorus:

    A#        G#        D#
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------5------------------------------------|
G|--------7----(x)--5-5--(x)--8-8--(x)-(x)---------------|
D|--------8-8--(x)--6-6--(x)--8-8--(x)-(x)---------------|
A|--------8-8--(x)--6-6--(x)--6-6--(x)-(x)---------------|
E|--------6-6--(x)--4-4--(x)--6-6--(x)-(x)---------------|

   You're dancing   under_____cover
          dancing   dancing   dancing
[This are some of the lyrics I guess he sang]

Repeat tab troughout the chorus.

The song ends live with the D# chord.


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