Song: This Is Hardcore
Band: Pulp
Album: This Is Hardcore (1997)
Tabbed by: Trifonas
E-mail: trifwnas@hotmail.gr
Tuning: Standard EADGBe (Low to high)
OK, in this I have tabbed the guitar parts and the chords
are mostly taken from the chords version of this song in this site
(I have made some corrections though).
Hope you enjoy playing these amazing riffs!
Intro:
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9
Em9 Gmaj7/Eb Gmaj7/D Gmaj7/C#
Em B/D# G/D A
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9
Riff 1 (on piano)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------4~--4-2-------|
G|-1-2--4~---1-2--5~---1-2----------4~----|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Riff 2 (on piano)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/8-10--8-7-8--7/8-10--8-7---7/8-10--8p7/8/12~--10~---|
G|----------------------------9---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Em9 Gmaj7
You are hardcore you make me hard
Em9 Gmaj7/F#
You name the drama and I'll play the part
Em9 Gmaj7
It seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream
Em9 Gmaj7/F#
I like your get-up if you know what I mean
Em9 Gmaj7/Eb
I want it bad
Gmaj7/D Gmaj7/C#
I want it now
Em9 B/D#
Oh can't you see
G/D A
I'm ready now
Em9 Gmaj7/Eb
I've seen all the pictures, I've stu_died them for ever
Gmaj7/D Gmaj7/C#
I wanna make a movie so let's star in it together, oh_
C5 G5 Em9
Don't make a move till I say 'Action'
C5 G5 Em9
Oh, here comes the Hardcore life
Riff 3 (Link: Don't make a move...
Oh, here comes the hardcore life...)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5-5----|
A|--3-3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5-5----|
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-3----|
Riff 4 Riff 5 (Riff 4 is played when he says
'till I say 'Action' along with the Em9 chord
and Riff 5 is played when he says
'...the Hardcore life' along with the Em9 chord - these two are played on piano)
e|-------------------------|----------------|
B|---7/8-10-10h11h12p10\7--|--7/8-10--8\7---|
G|-------------------------|-------------9--|
D|-------------------------|--------9-------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pulp/333547.html ]
Riff 6 (strum very fast)
e|--7/10/12\8------|
B|-----------------|
G|--4/7/9\5--------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Bm
Put your money where your mouth is tonight
F
Leave your make up on and I'll leave on the light
Bm
Come over here babe and talk in the mic
F
Oh, yeah I hear you now it's gonna be one helluva night
E A F
You can't be a spectator - oh, no
F E
You gotta take these dreams and make them whole
Riff 7 (this is played when he says: '..one helluva night')
e|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
B|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
G|--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-------|
D|--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-------|
A|----3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-----|
E|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-----|
Chorus:
C Esus4 E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am F C
There is no way back for you
Esus4 E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am F C
This is me on top of you
Esus4 E Em
And I can't believe that it took me this long
Em
That it took me this long
Riff 8
e|------------------------------------|
B|---12b13br12p10-12b13br12p10--------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Riff 8a (...it took me this long..)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0--------------|
G|--14~--14\--12~---------0-------------|
D|-------------------------2------------|
A|--------------------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------0----------|
Bridge:
Em9 Bm/D
Oh, this is the eye of the storm
C#7
It's what men in stained raincoats pay for
Cmaj7 C6
But in here it is pure, yeah
Em9 Bm/D
This is the end of the line
C#7
I've seen this storyline
C#7 Cmaj7 C6
Played out so many times before
Em9 Em9
Oh that goes in there, then that goes in there_
Bm/D Bm/D
Then that goes in there, then that goes in there_
C#7 Cmaj7 C6
Oh, and then it's over
Em9 Bm/D
Oh, what a hell of a show
C#7
But what I want to know
Cmaj7 C6
What exactly do you do for an encore?
Em9
'Cos this-is hardcore
Outro:
Em9
end on Em9
Legend:
| / slide up |
| \ slide down |
| h hammer-on |
| p pull-off |
| ~ let it ring |
| b Bend |
| br Bend release |
