"Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you to make those improvisations successful most of the time."John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Est. 1999) is the ultimate unofficial John Cale website
John Cale Tabs
Sister Ray
* all strings downtuned a whole-tone
1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)
intro {A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D} (Duck and Sally inside ...)
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D} (Who's staring at Miss Rayon ...)
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D} (I'm searching for my mainline ...)
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D} (I said I couldn't hit it ...)
guitar {A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}
{A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}
{A}{A/G.D}
....
ending {A}{A}{A}{A}
{A}{A}{A}{A}
{A}{A}{A}{A}
{A}{A}{A}{A}
....
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* chords for standard-tuning
intro {G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C}
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C}
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C} (Duck and Sally inside ...)
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C} (Who's staring at Miss Rayon ...)
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C} (I'm searching for my mainline ...)
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C} (I said I couldn't hit it ...)
guitar {G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C}
{G}{G/F.C}{G}{G/F.C}
{G}{G/F.C}
....
ending {G}{G}{G}{G}
{G}{G}{G}{G}
{G}{G}{G}{G}
{G}{G}{G}{G}
....
