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- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:27:16 -0700
- From: brucea@tic.ab.ca (Bruce Armstrong)
- Subject: /d/devo/gates_of_steel.crd
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- Gates of Steel - Devo
- Words and Music by Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale,
- Susan Schmidt, Deborah L. Smith
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- Intro
- C
- (keyboard and drums x 8 bars) then enter guitar
- C B+ A G
- / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / x 2
- F Am G
- / / / / | / / / / x 3
- F Am G F
- / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /
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- B+ A G C
- Twist away the gates of steel
- B+ A G F
- Unlock the secret voice
- Am G F
- Give in to ancient noise
- Am G F
- Take a chance a brand new dance
- Am G F x 4 bars
- Twist away the gates of steel
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- C B+ A G C
- Twist away now twist and shout
- B+ A G F
- The earth it moves too slow
- Am G F
- But the earth is all we know
- Am G F
- We pay to play the human way
- Am G F x 4 bars
- Twist away the gates of steel (a man is real not made of steel)
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- (C x 2 bars G x 2 bars) x 2 (keyboard solo)
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- F Am G F
- But the earth is all we know
- Am G F
- We pay to play the human way
- Am G F x 4 bars
- Twist away the gates of steel
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- C B+ A G
- The beginning was the end (of everything now)
- C B A G
- The ape regards his tail (he's stuck on it)
- F Am G F
- Repeats until he fails
- Am G F
- Half a goon and half a god
- Am G F x 4 bars
- A man's not made of steel
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- C B+ A G C
- Twist away now twist and shout
- B+ A G F
- The earth it moves too slow
- Am G F
- But the earth is all we know
- Am G F
- We pay to play the human way
- Am G F x 4 bars
- Twist away the gates of steel (a man is real that's how he feels)
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- outro
- C B+ A G
- / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / x 2
- F Am G
- / / / / | / / / / x 3
- F Am G F C
- / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /| /
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- Performance notes:
- - most of the guitar is just strummed once and held for the two beats,
- four beats or even two bars!!
- - major 'chunky' (as opposed to 'smooth' like the peanut butter)
- distortion with little treble on the guitar
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- Have fun with it and enjoy!
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- Bruce
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