NICE 'N' SLEAZY
As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1978 Album BLACK AND WHITE )
Words and Music by Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield & Jet Black
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hugh Cornwell - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=103
Bm
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
W W E e e e e e e e E e e e e e e e 3x
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|----------|----------||o---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|----------|----------||----9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|----------|----------||o---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-o||
|----------|----------||----7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||
||o---7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7-o||
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||
||----9---9-9---9---9-9-|---9---9-9---9---9-9--||
||o---9---9-9---9---9-9-|---9---9-9---9---9-9-o||
||----7---7-7---7---7-7-|---7---7-7---7---7-7--||
E e e e e e e e E e e e e e e e
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7--||
1st & 2nd Verses
$
Bm A
2/4 4/4
E S S E S S e e e e E e E S S e e e e e e e e E e E S S E S S e E
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|
|---9-9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---9-9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-9---9---9-|---9---9-|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---7-7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-7---7---7-|---7---7-|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|
Bm
2/4
E e E S S E S S e E E e e e e e e e E e e e e e e e e e e e
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9-|
|---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9-|
|---5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7-|
To Coda
A G F# BmA G F#
4/4
E e E S S E e E e E S S E e E e E e Q E E e e e e
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---6---6-6---6---6-|---4-4---4---4---4--|-3------7-6-4-3-|
|---7---7-7---7---7-|---5-5---5---5---5--|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|
|---7---7-7---7---7-|---5-5---5---5---5--|-4------9-7-5-4-|
|---5---5-5---5---5-|---3-3---3---3---3--|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|
Bm A5B5 Bm
E e e e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E E E S S
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|
|---9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|
|---9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|
|---7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|
A5B5 Bm A5B5 Bm A5B5 Bm
E S S E e E E E S S E S S E e E E E S S E S S E e E E E S S
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--||
|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--||
|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--||
|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7--||
Chorus
A DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2
2/4
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|
Bm A
4/4
E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E E E S S E E
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2 Bm
2/4 4/4
E S S E E E E E E E E E E E S S E e E S S E e
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|
A G F# BmA G F#
E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e Q E E e e e e
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2------7-5-3-2-|
|---6-6---6---6-6---6-|-4-4-4---4---4-4---4-|-3------7-6-4-3-|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-4------9-7-5-4-|
|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-3-3-3---3---3-3---3-|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|
Synthesizer Solo
Bm
E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e 4x
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|
||o---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-o||-|
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|
||----9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||-|
||o---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-o||-|
||----7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||-|
A5B5 Bm A5B5 Bm
E S S E e E E E S S E S S E e E E E S S
||----7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7---||
||o---7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7--o||
||----7-7---7-------7-7-|---7-7---7-------7-7---||
||----9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9---||
||o---9-9---9-7-9---9-9-|---9-9---9-7-9---9-9--o||
||----7-7---7-5-7---7-7-|---7-7---7-5-7---7-7---||
Chorus
A DsAmDsAm2 DsAmDsAm2
2/4
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|---5---5-|
1.
Bm
4/4
E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-o||
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-9-9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-o||
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
2.
A G
E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3---|
|---5-5---5---5-5---5-|---3-3---3---3-3---3---|
|---6-6---6---6-6---6-|-4-4-4---4---4-4---4---|
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5---|
|-7-7-7---7---7-7---7-|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5---|
|-5-5-5---5---5-5---5-|-3-3-3---3---3-3---3---|
D.S. al Coda
F# BmA G F# Bm
Q E E e e e e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-3------7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-4------9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9---9-9---9-|---9-9---9---9-9---9--||
|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---7-7---7---7-7---7--||
Outro
&
F# BmA G F# Bm A G F# Bm A G F#
Q E E e e e e E S S E e e e e e E S S E e e e e e
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|
|-2------7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|
|-3------7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|
|-4--4s9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|
|-4------9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|
|-2--2s7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|
Bm A G F# B5
E S S E e e e e e W +W
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|----------|--------*|
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|----------|--------*|
|---7-7---7-7-6-4-3-|----------|--------*|
|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|-9--------|-(9)----*|
|---9-9---9-9-7-5-4-|-9--------|-(9)----*|
|---7-7---7-7-5-3-2-|-7--------|-(7)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
