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Author/Artist: W.A.S.P.
Title: Mean Man
Album: The Headless Children
Type: Bass Tablature
Transcribed by: Joe Vahabzadeh
Email: king_v@excaliber.net
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                                  Mean Man
                                 by W.A.S.P.
                    From the album: The Headless Children
                               Bass Tablature
          transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@excaliber.net
                            Completed on: 3/24/97
              Please email me for any problems or corrections.
      I'm sure there's gotta be a flaw or two in there somewhere . . .
                  Lyrics are at the end after the tablature
h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note
R = Rest
X = slide down (to wherever)
() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous
note.
)|       |(
)|       |(
)|  and  |(   indicate the beginning and end of a set of measures to be
)|       |(   repeated, followed by how many times to be played.
Tuning: (corrected by Artur Capela)
 |G------|
 |D------|
 |A------|
 |E------|
Pre-intro measure:
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|
 |R-------------------------------|
  w
Intro: 8 measures
  Rest 6 measures, then:
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |R-----------------------153----|15--15--15--15--15--15--153----|
  h.                      q        e   e   e   e   e   e   q
Rhy fig 1. (play twice before lyrics start)
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|( X2
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
Verse 1:  Play Rhy fig 1 twice.
Pre-chorus:
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------1-----------1---1---1---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |R-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  q       q.          e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------1-----------1---1---1---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
 |R-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  q       q.          e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
Chorus:  Play Rhy fig 1 twice.
(The following 4 measures are only played after the first chorus)
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3-------------------------------(3)------------------------------|
  w                               (w)
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3/1515--15--15--15--15--15--153|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
Verse 2:  Play Rhy fig 1 twice.
Repeat Pre-chorus
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|( X8
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
  (bridge lyrics come in 5th time)
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|( X8
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3---R----------(R)--------------(R)------------------------------|
  e   q.         (h)              (w)
  *
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 (R)------------------------------(R)------------------------------|
 (w)                              (w)
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
  (starts very quietly and "fades in" to full volume)
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3/15|15--15--15--15--15--15--153----|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   q
Repeat Rhy fig 1 three times
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
repeat
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|( to
)|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|( fade
  e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e    e   e   e   e   e   e   e   e
          (occasionally slides up to 15th fret G, then back down)
LYRICS:
Verse 1:
        A tatooed madman, I'm hell on wheels
        Born a wicked child, left alone in the fields
        My father was the wind, my mother was fire
        Raised by the wolves and I grew up wild
        A kamikaze man, a-hollerin' "banzai"
        Never crash and burn, never gonna die
        Cannibal is me, ya squeal and shout
        I'll chew you up and spit you out
        Storm's a c-c-comin' and it's gonna be me
        Ah here comes trouble  with a capital T
Chorus:
        'Cause I'm a mean motherfucking man
        I gotta scream that's what I am
        All the way, all the way
        'Cause I'm a mean motherfucking man
        Riding the wind, and I know I'll be damned
        All the way, all the way
        All the way  (1st chourus only)
Verse 2:
        Chewbacca in the rye, the water of fire
        A terror in the flesh, a killer for hire
        California man, I'm white-line "Homer"
        The unruly one they call the "Blonde Bomber"
        Ah scooter gypsy, I'm a renegade
        An orphan on the road, a live hand grenade
        Never gonna quit before my time
        When the moon gets high then I'll be blind
        Mad dog 20-20 is king
        Ooh I drink that stuff and start getting obscene
(repeat chorus)
Bridge:
        I'm a motorcycle man, don't never give a damn
        I lie when the truth serves better
        The Marquis de Sade, I cheat and steal and rob
        A heavy metal creature
Final Chorus:
        'Cause I'm a mean motherfucking man
        I gotta scream that's what I am
        All the way, all the way
        'Cause I'm a mean motherfucking man
        I gotta scream that's what I am
        All the way, all the way
        'Cause I'm a mean motherfucking man
        Riding the wind, and I know I'll be damned
        All the way, all the way