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Hairspray

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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 :
 (play this on the gutiar all nice and skanky, except the first C chord
 played shouldn't be muted, same with the E. the three C chords inbetween
 should be muted all skanky sounding.)
 <go immediately="" to="" verse="">
 :
 (yes, i know this too should be with keyboards, the grouping of the three
 C chords to the E should actually be a big glissando played on the
 keyboards, but those are the basic chords, the first C should be allowed
 to ring, the E's afterward should be very skankily muted, the three other
 chord blocks that follow those should be played virtually the same.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  <repeat throughout="" verses="">
 i met a girl i knew the other day
  i said hello, she looked the other way
 
 shopping for fun may chase the blues away
  imeida marcos bought more shoes today
 
 bored housewives re-arrange the pottery
  hoping one day, they'll win the lottery
 
  <solo interlude="" olo="">
 i met a man that who swore that jesus saves
  i asked him for a loan 'til judgement day
  <repeat chorus="" 3="" times="">
 
 :
 (this is also done on keyboards, i believe, but to me, the same general
 sound can be achieved by playing a muted F on the guitars.)
 
  <repeat all="" through="" chorus="">
 oh oh oh you must need a hairspray
 oh oh oh your so set in your ways
 oh oh oh you must need a hairspray
:
 (this leads into the keyboard solo, played exactly the same as intro, the
 F chord is played same as the chorus, and the lyrics are sung during the
 chord progression which is identical to the intro.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 you're oh so hard
 you're oh so cool
 you're so so smart
 you're just a spray on fool
  <play until="" keyboard="" comes="" in="" to="" play="" solo="" (solo="" seems="" like="" simple="" scales="" ascending="" and="" descending,="" with="" a="" little="" variation="" here="" or="" there)="">
 
  <play the="" f="" chord="" same="" as="" in="" chorus="" during="" entire="" solo="">
 :
 (this is played same as the intro to the solo and the intro. play
 throughout the entire lyrics, song ends on a C chord.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 with your spray on suit
 and your spray on hair
 your spray on smile
 and your spray on stare
 your spray on curls
 and your spray on shirt
 you are spray on dirt...
 THE SELECTER - hairspray - "hairspray"
 Pauline Black: vocals
 "Gaps" Hendrickson: vocals
 Nick Welsh: bass
 Martin Stewart: keyboards
  <additional musicians="">
 Paul Seacroft: guitar
 B L Cole: pedal steel

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Readable chord sheet for Hairspray by Selecter

:

(play this on the gutiar all nice and skanky, except the first C chord
played shouldn't be muted, same with the E. the three C chords inbetween
should be muted all skanky sounding.)

[C]   [C] [C] [C]   [E]   [E] [E] [E]   [C]   [C] [C] [C]   [E]   [E] [E] [E]

<go immediately="" to="" verse="">

:

(yes, i know this too should be with keyboards, the grouping of the three
C chords to the E should actually be a big glissando played on the
keyboards, but those are the basic chords, the first C should be allowed
to ring, the E's afterward should be very skankily muted, the three other
chord blocks that follow those should be played virtually the same.)

 [C]
 [E]  [E]  [E]  [E]  [E]  [E]  [E]
 [E]
 [C]
 [C]  [C]
 [C]
 [E]

 <repeat throughout="" verses="">

i met a girl i knew the other day
          i said hello, she looked the other way

  

shopping for fun may chase the blues away
          imeida marcos bought more shoes today

   

bored housewives re-arrange the pottery
          hoping one day, they'll win the lottery

    

     <solo interlude="" olo="">

i met a man that who swore that jesus saves
          i asked him for a loan 'til judgement day

      <repeat chorus="" 3="" times="">

       

:

(this is also done on keyboards, i believe, but to me, the same general
sound can be achieved by playing a muted F on the guitars.)

        [F]

        <repeat all="" through="" chorus="">

oh oh oh you must need a hairspray
oh oh oh your so set in your ways
oh oh oh you must need a hairspray

[solo interlude/solo]:

(this leads into the keyboard solo, played exactly the same as intro, the
F chord is played same as the chorus, and the lyrics are sung during the
chord progression which is identical to the intro.)

         [C]
         [C]          [C]
         [C]
         [E]
         [E]          [E]
         [E]
         [C]
         [C]          [C]
         [C]
         [E]
         [E]          [E]          [E]

you're oh so hard
you're oh so cool
you're so so smart
you're just a spray on fool

         <play until="" keyboard="" comes="" in="" to="" play="" solo="" (solo="" seems="" like="" simple="" scales="" ascending="" and="" descending,="" with="" a="" little="" variation="" here="" or="" there)="">

          [F]

          <play the="" f="" chord="" same="" as="" in="" chorus="" during="" entire="" solo="">

:

(this is played same as the intro to the solo and the intro. play
throughout the entire lyrics, song ends on a C chord.)

           [C]
           [C]            [C]
           [C]
           [E]
           [E]            [E]
           [E]
           [C]
           [C]            [C]
           [C]
           [E]
           [E]            [E]            [E]

with your spray on suit
and your spray on hair
your spray on smile
and your spray on stare
your spray on curls
and your spray on shirt
you are spray on dirt...

THE SELECTER - hairspray - "hairspray"

Pauline Black:       vocals
"Gaps" Hendrickson:  vocals
Nick Welsh:          bass
Martin Stewart:      keyboards

           <additional musicians="">

Paul Seacroft:       guitar
B L Cole:            pedal steel

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