xARTIST: Placebo ALBUM: Sleeping With Ghosts 2003 SONG: Protect Me From What I Want Tabbed By: Brett Jackman - [email protected] I think the intro is played on a keyboard, but it is 100% correct. Tuning: Standard ----------------------------------- Intro: ----------------------------------- e |----7------7------7------7--| B |---8------8------8------8---| G |----------------------------| D |----------------------------| A |-7------7------7------7-----| E |----------------------------| e |----7------7------7------7--| B |---8------8------8------8---| G |-5------5------5------5-----| D |----------------------------| A |----------------------------| E |----------------------------| e |----7------7------7------7--| B |---8------8------8------8---| G |----------------------------| D |-7------7------7------7-----| A |----------------------------| E |----------------------------| e |----7------7------7------7--| B |---8------8------8------8---| G |-0------0-------------------| D |----------------------------| A |---------------9------9-----| E |----------------------------| ----------------------------------- Verse: 1 ----------------------------------- E C It’s that desease of the age Am It’s that desease that we crave G Alone at the end of the race/rave F# E We catch the last bus home E C Corporate america wakes Am Coffee republic and cakes G We open the latch on the gates F# E Of the hole that we call our home ----------------------------------- Chorus: ----------------------------------- E C Protect me from what I want Am Protect me from what I want G Protect me from what I want F# Protect me, protect me ----------------------------------- Verse: 2 ----------------------------------- Maybe we’re victims of fate Remember when we’d celebrate We’d drink and get high until late And now we’re all alone Wedding bells ain’t gonna chime With both of us guilty of crime And both of us sentenced to time And now we’re all alone ----------------------------------- Chorus: ----------------------------------- Protect me from what I want x3 Protect me, protect me ---------------- Chords Used: ---------------- E [0,2,2,1,0,0] C [0,3,2,0,1,0] Am [0,0,2,2,1,0] G [3,2,0,0,0,3] F# [2,4,3,3,2,2] ---------------- Let me know if you enjoyed the tab or have any improvements. Thanks Brett "the future is no place to put your better days..." - Dave Matthews THIS TAB IS PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a complete version of the song with drop tuning that I found at: http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/p/placebo/protect_me_from_what_i_want-tab.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ tuning (F A# D# G# C C) Tabbed By: jean-marc the dead([email protected]) piano part(intro and verse): ------------------------------| -----5------5------5------5---| ---5------5------5------5-----| --------3---------------------| -0------------3-------2-------| ------------------------------| chorus: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---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---| --------------------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------------------------------| -0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------------3-----3-----3----3-----3-| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------| -5-----5------5-----5--------| ---5------5-----5-----5------| -----------------------------| -----2------2-----2-----2----| -----------------------------| 2nd guitar dist: -------------------------| -------------------------| -------------------------| --8-10-10-8-10-10-11-----| -------------------------| -------------------------| Post-chorus: guit1 dist *play 3 times then: ------------------------------| ------------------------------| ------------------------------| -14-12----12~*----14-12-------| -------15---------------15~~--| ------------------------------| guit2: play 4 times -----------------------------| -----------------------------| -7-7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4--5-5-5--| -----------------------------| -5-5-5--3-3-3--2-2-2--3-3-3--| -----------------------------| Chorus 2: guit2 hard dist with vib: *several times then: ----------------------| --12~10~12*-----17~~--| ----------------------| ----------------------| ----------------------| ----------------------| Then Bridge: *several times then: --------------------------------------------| -----5--------5----------5------------------| --------------------------------------------| -0-3---3~-0-2---2~*--0-3--------------------| ---------------------------2~-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-| --------------------------------------------| then repeat chorus 2 times,the 2nd time like chorus 2. It's not 100% accurate but it sounds quite good I think. please e-mail me if you have any comments or suggestions please download some Angst songs, like "Religious Sin"
