xPerson: Evilyam song: Sexxlaws artist: Beck tab: "Sexx Laws" by Beck, from Midnite Vultures, 1999 send comments to [email protected] I tried to note what instruments Beck had on this song. This transcription is all arranged for guitar. You should be able to arrange it for whatever instruments you have in your band. Listen to the song and you'll be able to figure out anything I didn't explain. / = slide up from one halfstep below I'm not sure if these chords are supposed to be major or 7... either sounds fine Intro - trombone 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 B G# /B G# /B G# /A F# Riff - trumpet, trombone 1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+| e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|-----4-1-----1--|-----4-5--------|-----4-1-----1-2|-------3--------| D|----4-------1--4|----4-----------|----4-------1---|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Verse (G#) means the band plays G#, the trombone doesn't 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 B (G#) /B (G#) /B (G#) /A (F#) /B (G#) /B (G#) /B (G#) /A (F#) Chorus 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E E7 G# C# G G F# F E D D A A# B - back to intro chords First chorus - slide guitar I wantto de- fy the lo- 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|----12--------------------------|12----10----9---7-------9-------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G/13----------------------------13|----11----9---------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| gic of our sex laws 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|----8-----------9---11----------|----13----------14--16----------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G/8-------------------------------|13------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ..halfway home I'm a fullgrown man but I'm 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|----10--------------------------|7---5---------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G/11------------------------------|--------7-------7---------------| D|--------------------------------|----------9-7-----------9-------| Not a- fraid to cry 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|----9---------------10----------|11------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G/9--------------/10------10------|11------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Second and Third chorus - wah-wah guitar *** quick phaser effect ~~~ slower wah wah 1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234| e|12**|----|----|9~~~|10~~|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----| B|12**|----|9~~~|----|----|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----| G|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|2~3~|4~--| Second chorus - banjo let the hand cuffs slipoff yourwrists I'll 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|--------?-?-?---?-?-?---?-?-?---|7-------7-5-3-------3-----------| B|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---| let you be my cha per one at the 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|--------------------------------|4-0-----?---?-?-----------------| B|--------------------------------|----0---------------------------| halfway home I'm a fullgrown man but I'm 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|----------------------------?-?-|?-?-?---?---?-?---1-?---?---?-?-| B|--------------------------------|----------------3---------------| Not a- fraid to cry 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Interlude - banjo well, I tried... 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-------4-----4---4-----2-------| B|0---------------0---2-4-----0---|--------------------------------| G|------------1-------------------|1-------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|2-2-2-2-2-2-4---7---4---2-------|--------4-----4-----4---2-------| B|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|1-------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|2-------------------------------|--------4-----2-----4-----2-----| B|--4-2-0-2-------0---------------|--------------------------------| G|------------1-------------------|--------------------------------| 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a | e|--------5---5-5---------------2-|----2---2-----------------------| B|------------------5-------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Interlude - pedal steel guitar 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | e|------------------------|------------------------| B|------------------------|------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------| B|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------| B|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | e|------------------------|------------------------| B/10----------------------|7-----------------------| Third chorus - banjo ??? Third chorus - pedal steel guitar ??? Outro - banjo ??? Outro - slide guitar ??? Lyrics Can't you hear those cavalry drums Hijacking your equilibrium Midnight hags in the mausoleum Where the pixilated doctors moan Carnivores in the Kowloon night Breathing freon by the candlelight Coquette bitch slap you're so polite Till you thank them for the tea and sympathy [chorus] I want to defy the logic of all sex laws Let the handcuffs slip off your wrists I'll let you be my chaperone at the halfway home I'm a full grown man but I'm not afraid to cry Neptune's lips taste like fermented wine Perfumed blokes on the Ginza line Running buck wild like a concubine Whose mother never held her hand Brief encounters in Mercedes Benz Wearing hepatitis contact lens Bed and breakfast getaway weekends With Sports Illustrated moms repeat chorus interlude repeat chorus outro
