Suicide Machine

standard tuning

C#dim x4545x
Ebdim xx1212
D7/F# 2x021x

G C C#dim C Ebdim G

G  C          C#dim        C   Ebdim          G
   baby got a place in the sun selling people shade
G             C           C#dim       C         Ebdim         G    /Ab
renting out a room in a remote little corner of profit's promenade
Am             C     /B
talking on the phone
Am           D
waitin for a ring
     Em   /F#             G       C#dim  C    D7/F#  G
well everybody's tryin to turn me into a suicide machine
G  C              C#dim       C    Ebdim                 G
   I'll be riding forth on my pony if you wanna see me tonight
G          C               C#dim     C          Ebdim          G     /Ab
dressed in black up at the line of attack by my counterpart in white
Am               C   /B
can't look every way
Am             D
gonna move the street
Em   /F#             G       C#dim  C    D7/F#  G
everybody's tryin to turn me into a suicide machine
Am             C     /B
everything's alright
Am                D
except for how it seems
    Em   /F#           G       C#dim  C    D7/F#  G
but everybody wants to turn me into a suicide machine
G  C          C#dim        C   Ebdim             G
   baby got a place in the sun I had to shade my eyes
G       C               C#dim   C           Ebdim              G     /Ab
I don't think I'll ever know anyone besides you but it's no surprise
Am              C    /B
I know what you want
Am                 D
and I got what you need
Em   /F#             G       C#dim  C    D7/F#
everybody's tryin to turn me into a suicide machine
Em   /F#             G       C#dim  C    D7/F#
everybody's tryin to turn me into a suicide machine
Em   /F#             G       C#dim  C    D7/F#  G
everybody's tryin to turn me into a suicide machine

16 thoughts on “Suicide Machine”

  1. hey j. just had a go at this for the first time. fine work as always! regarding the Ebdim chord, had you considered xx4545? would technically make it an F#dim7.
    the A chord could be major instead of minor, though i’m not sure.

    hope you’re well.

  3. Yeah, Glenn is right the Ebdim just doesn’t sound quite right. The C is definitely a C if you listen to the instrumental version, that’s correct.

    But whatever he’s playing during that Eb I can’t figure out for the life of me.

  6. Nice work man.
    Just one thing…. the [b]Ebdim[/b] doesn’t sound quite right to me.
    Perhaps it is right, and its just that the other guitar that is overdubbed for the line “selling people shade” is more prominent.
    I’ve been trying to work out a chord that works for that part, and trying to incorporate a lick that follows that line in the song without any luck so far.
    Thoughts?

  7. Also, have you heard the instrumental version (called “Tiny Time Machine”)? Without the lyrics you can hear the C pretty clearly I think.

  8. Nah, I think the C is right. I’m pretty sure I hear the C to C#dim to C repetition. But I’m sure you have better ears than me.

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