
"See, the beauty of Cale in the beginning was that he really didn’t know very much about rock. In fact, he knew next to nothing. So, if you turned him loose on an instrument he wasn’t able to play any kind of cliched anything because he didn’t know any of the cliches. It was all original."
Sterling Morrison
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (Est. 1999) is the ultimate unofficial John Cale website
John Cale Tabs
Sister Ray
Lyrics
* 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}
....