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Flesh For Fantasy Guitar Tablature
Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol - transcribed by Gary Chapman
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KEY:

w/   = push down whammy bar, strike note and release to proper pitch
<19> = 19th fret natural harmonics
/    = slide up

       _____________________Hit harmonics with volume down,
      |                     raise volume, depress whammy
      |                     then barre the fret and slide 
      |                     down the fretboard. 
      |
      v       D/E                                       |<--- palm mute -----
E --<19>--------------------------------------------------------------------
B --<19>---------7--------------------------7-------------------------------
G --<19>--------7-----------------------------7-----------------------------
D --<19>-------7--------------------------------7--------7-9-9--7--9--7--9--
A -------------9-----------------------------------9----9--------------------
E ------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          |_____ play twice_

                    There's a change in pace of fantasy and taste.

  ----->|                                    slides w/ whammy bar
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------7---------------------------10/(7)-/12--10/12--------------
G --------------7-----------------------------9/(6)-/11---9/11--------------
D -7-9---------7-------------------------------------------------------------
A ------9----9--------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------0----------------------------------------------------------------
  ______|
             Do you like good music ?                 Do you like to dance ?
                                                      (then play palm-muted 
                                                       riff as above) 

                                            F#min            Emaj
E ------------------------------------------9--9--9----------7-7-7---9--9--9-
B -------7----------------------------------10-10-10---------9-9-9---10-10-10
G ------7-----------------------------------11-11-11---------9-9-9---11-11-10
D -----7---------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----9----------------------------------------------------------------------
E --0------------------------------------------------------------------------
      
       Hangin' out for a body shop at night ain't it strange what we do to
       feel alright ?  (palm-muted riff yet again)  Yeah !  So
       when will you call ? I'm experienced... (see below)

E ------------------------------------------------------7-10----7-
B -------------------------------------------------7-10------10---
G -------------------------------------6-7-9---7-9----------------
D --7-9-9--7--9--7--9--7-9-----7-9---7-------9--------------------
A --------------------------9------9------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------7------------------------------10----------------------
G -------------w/4------4---------------------w/7--------7------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Face to face,             and back to back,                you
  see and feel               my sex attack.                  Sing it !


Chorus:
                        Bmin     Amaj
g  E -------------------14-14-14-12----------14-14-14-12-------------------
u  B -------------------15-15-15-14----------15-15-15-14-------------------
i  G -------------------16-16-16-14----------16-16-16-14-------------------
t  D ----------------------------------------------------------------------
.  A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

g  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
u  B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
i  G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
t  D --7--9-9--7--9--7--9--7-9-7-- (repeat through the whole chorus) ------
.  A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                   Flesh !!!           Flesh for fantasy.


Bridge:

  (w. disortion)      A5   B5
E -------------------------------------7-
B -------------------------------------7-
G ---------------------------------------  (play 3 times)
D --7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9--7/9--9---  
A --7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9-7/9--9-9--7/9--9---
E --5/9--7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--7-7--5/9--7---


  E                G     E        D 
  Father loves his son.  Mothers, daughters too.

  E       G              E         D 
  It's an old old story, cries the new world too. 

  E        F#
  Flesh !  Flesh !  Flesh for fantasy...


Enjoy!
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