Ramones/I Wanna Be Sedated
Album: Road To Ruin
I am amazed at all the incorrect versions of Ramones songs,
so I figured I'd set em' straight. Johnny wails away on FULL
barre chords, not power chords and plays only downstrokes-
get the rhythm and the chords right.
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8/9-9-----------|
D|-8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8/9-9-----------|
A|-6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6/7-7-777777777-|
E|-----------------------------000000000-|
Slight P.M. and crunch.................
Verse-play the rhythm like this-the open E
and the chord are not picked simutaneously. To chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------|----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|----------------|
G|----------------------(6)6666------------|(6)7777-9999999-|
D|---9---9---9---9---9---7-7777-9--9--9--9-|-7-7777-9999999-|
A|---7---7---7---7---7---7-7777-7--7--7--7-|-7-7777-7777777-|
E|-0---0---0---0---0-----5-5555--0--0--0---|-5-5555-0000000-|
Twenty p.m..........xn| p.m......xn|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8888888-99999-8888888-99999-8888888-99999-66666/888888-|
D|-9999999-99999-9999999-99999-9999999-99999-77777/999999-|
A|-9999999-77777-9999999-77777-9999999-77777-77777/999999-|
E|-7777777-00000-7777777-00000-7777777-00000-55555/777777-|
Oh no........
Chords during solo:
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-99-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-9999-|-9-9-9-99-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-|
A|-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-7777-|-7-7-7-77-7-7-7-77-9-99-9-9-|
E|-0-0-0-00-5-5-5-55-7-77-7-7-0000-|-0-0-0-00-5-5-5-55-7-77-7-7-|
Slight p.m. and crunch........................................
One of the greatest solos of all time-
e|-0000000000000000000000000xnxnxnxnxn-|
B|-5555555555555555555555555xnxnxnxnxn-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
End of solo back to verse-chords move up a whole step/same beat.
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|-8/9999999999-8/99999999999-|--10--10--10--10-88888--10101010--10--10-|
D|-8/9999999999-8/99999999999-|--10--10--10--10-99999--10101010--10--10-|
A|-6/7777777777-6/77777777777-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-99999---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|--------------------0-00000-|-9---9---9---9---77777---9-9-9-9-9---9---|
p.m.........xnxnx| |p.m.xnxn
Chorus again whole step up
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-9--------10---------88888/-9----------|
D|10--------10---------99999/10----------|
A|10-xnxnxnx-9-xnxnxnx-99999/10-xnxnxnxn-|
E|-9---------9---------77777/-9----------|
Oh no.............
>Notice after chorus the pinch harmonics the
guitar produces before the singing starts again.
Repeat and p.m. these chords to fade
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|10------------------------|
D|10-xnxnxn-9-xnxnxn10xnxnxn|
A|-9--------9-------10------|
E|-9--------7--------9------|
Second guitar plays these notes
e|--------------------------|
B|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go, I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no o no o no o no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I gotta go
I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes