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Subject: Undertones:   TEENAGE_KICKS.TAB



			UNDERTONES

	              TEENAGE KICKS


Transcribed by: 	STAMATIS VLASSOPOULOS

Email:        		[email protected]


NOTES: 	The song opens with the drums, so the guitar part starts from the
	second bar. I've writen the chords in TAB, and the time values
	(rhythem) above the tab. The song is quite easy to play. 
	I haven't transcribed the solos but the D# blues scale should do
	for both. Distortion is essential. 



INTRO:

    D#					      		   D       C
      __________     _________          ___________     ___________
 /   |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
||-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
||-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
||-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
||-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
||-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
||-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
 

    C							   D       D#
     __________     __________          ___________     ___________
    |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --||
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --||
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --||
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --||
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --||
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --||
								       /




VERSE I:

	A teenage dream's so hard to beat 

    D#					      		   D       C
     __________     __________          ___________     ___________
    |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|


	Everytime she walks down the street 

    C							   D       D#
     __________     __________          ___________     ___________
    |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 8 --|
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --|
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 6 --|


	Another girl in the neighborhood

     D#							   D       C
     __________     __________          ___________     ___________
    |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 --|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|----------------------- 5 ----- 3 --|

	Wish she was mine, she looks so good

    C							   A#      G#
     __________     __________          ___________     ___________
    |      |   |   | 	  |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 6 ----- 4 ----|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 6 ----- 4 ----|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 7 ----- 5 ----|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|----------------------- 8 ----- 6 ----|
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 8 ----- 6 ----|
|-- 3 ----------------------------|----------------------- 6 ----- 4 ----|





CHORUS:

	I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight 		    and get 

    G#                                                            A
     ___________     ___________       ___________     ___________
    |	|   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-- 4 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 5 ----|
|-- 4 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 5 ----|
|-- 5 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 6 ----|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 7 ----|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 7 ----|
|-- 4 ----------------------------|------------------------------ 5 ----|



    teenage kicks right through the night
	
    A#                                                C       D
     ___________     ___________       ___________     ___________
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

|-- 6 ----------------------------|------------------ 3 ----- 5 --------|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|------------------ 5 ----- 7 --------|
|-- 7 ----------------------------|------------------ 5 ----- 7 --------|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|------------------ 5 ----- 7 --------|
|-- 8 ----------------------------|------------------ 3 ----- 5 --------|
|-- 6 ----------------------------|------------------ 3 ----- 5 --------|





VERSE II :   like VERSE I

	I'm gonna call her on the telephone
	Have her over cos I'm all alone
	I need excitement I need it bad
	And it's the best I've ever had




CHORUS
	I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight 

	And get teenage kicks right through the night


SOLO I: On the VERSE rythem and chords


VERSE I


CHORUS


VERSE II


CHORUS


SOLO II: On the VERSE rythem and chords



ENDING

    D#              C                   A#          D#
     ___________     ___________         _______    
    |	|   |   |   |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |
|-- 6 ------------- 3 --------------|-- 6 --------- 6 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|
|-- 8 ------------- 5 --------------|-- 6 --------- 8 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|
|-- 8 ------------- 5 --------------|-- 7 --------- 8 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|
|-- 8 ------------- 5 --------------|-- 8 --------- 8 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|
|-- 6 ------------- 3 --------------|-- 8 --------- 6 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|
|-- 6 ------------- 3 --------------|-- 6 --------- 6 ^^^^^^^^ -----------|


From: Colin Watt 

-------------Teenage Kicks  by the Undertones-----------------------
     a)                 b)                               c)
--I-----------------I---------------------------------I----------------I
--I-----------------I---------------------------------I----------------I
--I-----------------I---------------------------------I----------------I
--I--12--11--9--11--I--12--11--9--7--5--6--7--11--12--I--12--5--7--12--I
--I--12--11--9--11--I--12--11--9--7--5--6--7--11--12--I--12--5--7--12--I
D-I--12--11--9--11--I--12--11--9--7--5--6--7--11--12--I--12--5--7--12--I

Notes:
Low E is tuned down to D.
I have not included the rhythm as I think you should be able to work it 
out.
I have not worked out the solos yet.  Anyone know them?
Here are the lyrics:
Verse 1.
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Every time she walks down the street.
Another girl in the neighbourhood.
I wish she was mine, she looks so good.
Chorus.
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night. (alright)
Verse 2.
I'm gonna call her on the telephone,
Have her over 'cos I'm all alone.
I need excitement, oh I need it bad,
And it,s the best I've ever had.

Playing order:
V1, chorus, V2, chorus, solo1, V1, chorus, V2, chorus ,solo2, chorus.

I hope this is okay.
I am Lucy Watt a drummer for an English band of the Herts/ Beds area. We 
are called Shrug, play mostly original indie / experimental loud guitar 
music. The only combined influences we have are Nirvana and Mark 
Radcliffe. Please contact me for more information.
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