Chessboards Chords & Tabs
CHESSBOARDS Part. Album: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (1986)
INTRO Let ring
D----------------------------0-------|
A--7-----7--9-----9--7----------7----|
F--7--7--------7-------7----------7--|
C--0----------------------0----------|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
MAIN RIFF/VERSES
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------0---0--0--0-|
F-------------------------------------------------------9---9--9--9-|
C-------------------------------------------------------9---9--9--9-|
G-11-----9-11-------11-----11---13---11------9-11-------7---7--7--7-|
D-----11------0-0-0----0-0----0----0----0-11------0-0-0-------------|
CHORUS Here's what i've found, not sure it's accurate...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killing_joke/chessboards_tab.html ]
D----------------------------------------------0-------0------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
F--0---0---------14------14-------10--10----10------10-----10-|
C-12--12------12------12------12--10--10--10-----10-----10----|
G-10--10---10------10-------10-----8---8----------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF1/BREAK Let ring (A-12 & D-12 notes with little finger/barred)
D----12--12--------------------|
A--12----12--------------------|
F---------------9------9-----9-|
C-----------------10-----10----|
G------------------------------|
D------------------------------|
RIFF 2/BREAK Let ring
D--------------------------------------------|
A------------------9---10------------10----9-|
F------11-11----11---11---11-11----11----11--|
C----11---11--11---11-----11-11--11----11----|
G--9-------9---------------9--9--------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A--------------9-------------------10----10-------|
F----11-----11-------11----11----11-----11---11---|
C----11--11-------11-------11--11-----11-------11-|
G-9--9-----------9-------9--9---------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
