Psycho Killer

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Verse}
reproduced with chords at the end of the file) is, I think,
from the accoustic demo version of PK that is widely available on
ROIOs.

This is my arrangement--I've tried to incorporate the bass, etc.
into one guitar line, so of course this will not be identical to
the guitar on the record.

  PSYCHO KILLER  by the Talking Heads

{Starts with bass, playing this riff twice:}

{sot} A  |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------|
 E  |-----------------------0--3--|{eot}

{Then comes seven beats of A and one beat of G, played twice.}
{You can emphasize these any way you like, really--I usually play}
{the A's as a lock-step march, then do a kind of jangle with the G.}

  [A]  [G]
  [A]  [G]

{Hit the G's hard, then immediately get soft on the A's}

[A] I can't seem to face up to the facts [G]
[A] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax [G]
[A] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire [G]
[A] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire [G]

  [F] Psycho kil[G]ler, qu'est-ce que c'est
  [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
  [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
  [F] Psycho kil[G]ler, qu'est-ce que c'est
  [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better
  [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a[C]way
  Oh oh oh [F] oh [G] ay ay ay ay ay

{As intro}

  [A]  [G]
  [A]  [G]

[A] You start a conversation, you can't even finish it [G]
[A] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything [G]
[A] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [G]
[A] Say something once, why say it again [G]

  Chorus

{There is a four-note descending bass riff over the Bm and C, played
twice in each key, but I try to keep it simple during periods when
my hands and mouth have to move at the same time. :) }

[Bm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [C] la    (What I did that night)
[Bm] Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [C] la    (What she said that night)
[A] Realisant mon espoir                 (Realizing my hopes)
[G] Je me lance, vers la gloire          (I rush towards glory)

{Back to hitting G's hard.}

[A] Okay [G]
[A] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [G]
[A] We are vain and we are blind [G]
[A] I hate people when they're not polite [G]

  Chorus

{Again, as intro.}

  [A]  [G]
  [A]  [G]

  Alternative Verse:
[A] I passed out hours ago [G]
[A] I'm sadder than you'll ever know [G]
[A] I close my eyes on this sunny day [G]
[A] Say something once, why say it again [G]