Husker Du - Powerline Chords & Tabs

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From gary@mc.com Sun Apr 27 11:29:35 1997
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 97 09:53:43 EDT
From: Gary Von Colln 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Powerline by Husker Du


Note to archivist: This is an updated version of this tab.  The first
version which is currently in OLGA has mistakes. Please replace it
with this new version.  Thanks


@Song: Powerline
Written by Bob Mould
Recorded by Husker Du on album "New Day Rising" (SST)
File format: tab
Transribed by Gary Von Colln
version 2


Intro Riff (play notes as harmonics, except for last measure)

e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
B-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
G-|----------12----12--|----------12----12--|----------12----12--|------------|
D-|-12-12-12----12-----|-12-12-12----12-----|-12-12-12----12-----|------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|

e-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
G-|-12---p11-11-11-11-11--|---------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

Verse progression
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/husker_du/powerline_tab_ver_2.html ]
   What's this hummin' in my head
e-|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--3-p2--2--2--2--|------------|
B-|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--3-----3--3--3--|------------|
G-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--2-----2--2--2--|------------|
D-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--0-----0--0--0--|------------|
A-|-----2--2--2--|--1-----------|--3-----------|-----------------|------------|
E-|--3-----------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------|

Chorus progression

   It aggravates and it pacifies, hear the power in the lines
e-|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--3-p2--2--2--2--|------------|
B-|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--3-----3--3--3--|------------|
G-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--2-----2--2--2--|------------|
D-|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--|--0-----0--0--0--|------------|
A-|--1-----------|--3-----------|-----2--2--2--|-----------------|------------|
E-|--------------|--------------|--3-----------|-----------------|------------|

Outro progression
                                                 Powerline
e-|--3--3--5--3--|--6--6--8--6--|--8--8-10--8--|-10-10-12-10--|---------------|
B-|--3--3--3--3--|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--|-10-10-10-10--|---------------|
G-|--4--4--4--4--|--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--9--|-11-11-11-11--|---------------|
D-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
E-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

Song structure and words
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[Intro 2x]

[Over verse progression 4x]
What's this hummin' in my head?
Was it something that someone said?
It's connecting us to them.
Electric wires turned on again.

[Over chorus progression 2x]
It aggravates and it pacifies
Hear the power in the lines

[Over verse progression 4x]
Strung up high on every pole,
How can this power be bought and sold?
Trying to harness solar rays,
Making minutes seem like days.

[Over chorus progression 4x]
It captivates, as it hypnotize,
Hear the power in the lines.

[Over outro progression, 4x]
Powerline

[Repeat intro riff 2x]