Grey Matter

Song: Grey Matter

Artist: Oingo Boingo

Album: Good For Your Soul / Boingo Alive / Skeletons in the Closet / Farewell

Written by: Danny Elfman

Tabbed by: boingo692x@mail.telis.org

Very easy to play. This was adapted from a midi so it isn't all together

true. A good basis for future work though.

The intro/synth line goes like this:

E ----------------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------------------

G ----------------------------------------------------------

D -------0---4---------------0----4---------------0----4----

A -2--------------0-----2--------------0----2---------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------

The main synth/bass line goes like this:

E -----------------------------------------

B -----------------------------------------

G -----------------------------------------

D -----------------------------------------

A ----------------5------------------------

E -7-7-5-5-2-----------5-5-7----5-5-7------

Of course, most people find it easier to play like this, but for some

reason I don't:

D ----------------0-----------------

A -2-2-0-0-------------0-2----0-0-2-

E ---------2------------------------

During the verse, this little riff is played periodically:

G -------------------------------2-2-2-

D -4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-------

G -------------------------------4-4-4-

D -4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-4-------

The main guitar riff is:

E -------------------------------------------

B -------------------------------------------

G -4---4-4-4----7---7-7-7----9---9-9-9-------

D -4---4-4-4----7---7-7-7----9---9-9-9---9---

A -2---2-2-2----5---5-5-5----7---7-7-7---9---

E ---------------------------------------7---

At "Grey matter, grey matter, oh oh oh oh ..." it just alternates between

B and D. (2 and 5 on the A string, simply powerchorded)

The only slightly different part is "I... think you like it..."; the

bass/synth

line thingo steps down from B to A, so it ends up being:

E -----------------------------------------

B -----------------------------------------

G -----------------------------------------

D -----------------------------------------

A ----------------3------------------------

E -5-5-3-3-0-----------3-3-5----3-3-5------

And the other guitar part during this section goes:

E -----------------------------------------

B -----------------------------------------

G -7-7-7-5---------------------------------

D -7-7-7-5------5---5-5---5-7-5------------

A -5-5-5-3------5---5-5---5-7-5------------

E --------------3---3-3---3-5-3------------