Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Date: Sat,  7 Nov 1992 07:38:34 -0500 
From: "Andrew N. Westmeyer" <aw36+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: REQ: Anarchy in the UK

Hey guys,
     What's going down?  I don't have the time to write the entire song
out, but this should be enough to whet your appetite.  I am getting it
from Guitar for the Practicing Musician, September, 1991, Volume 8 No.
11.  All the chords in the song are like this:
G  x 10 12 12 12 x
F   x 8 10 10 10 x
E  x 7 9 9 9 x
D  x 5 7 7 7 x
C  x 3 5 5 5 x
FI  1 3 3 2 x x 
Em  0 2 2 0 0 x
GIII   3 5 5 4 x x
Dm  x 5 7 7 6 x
EmVII  x 7 9 9 8 x
DII  x x 0 2 3 2
F#m  2 4 4 2 x x 
I'm new at this, so it's pretty sloppy, but you get the idea (I hope).

                                                  Right           now!
G / / / / / / /  | / F | / / / / / / / E | / D / / C | / / / / / (start
PM) / / | / / / / / / / / | 
                                                              I         
                am  an
/ / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / | (end PM) C / A (5 open) C / / A (5
open) C |
antichrist!                  And I
/ / A (5 open) C FI Em | 

The magazine calls from where the pick hand mute ends to the end of what
I just wrote Rhythem Figure 1.  This basicly continues throughout the
whole song.  For the "No dogs body!" part, Steve Jones plays the G
chord.  The lyrics as this magazine has them are wrong; I've seen DOA,
and there are some relatively minor variations.  The lyrics continue for
the most part like this.

am an anarchist!  Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it.  I
wanna destroy passers-by.  'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy!  No dogs body! 
Anarchy for the U. K. is coming sometime, maybe.  I'll give the wrong
time, stop a traffic line.  Your future dream is a shopping scheme. 
'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy!  In the city!

The background guitar here goes like this, with slides between each measure.

Dm / / / / / / / | EmVII / / / / / / / | Dm / / / / / / / | EmVII / / /
/ / / / |
Dm / / / / / / / | EmVII / / / / / / / | Dm / / / / / / / | G / / / / /
/ / | / / / / / / / / |
GIII / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / / |

The lead guitar there is a mess.  I'll post it later.  The lyrics continue.

Many ways to get what you want.  I use the best, I use the rest.  I use
the enemy.  I use anarch!  'Cause I wanna be anarchy.  It's the only way
to be!

The bridge here is basicly just a bunch of D chords and some microphonic
feedback.  The rhythem guitar goes like this.

DII / / / / / / |          (1, 2, 3) / / / GIII / F#m / |
                                 (4) D / / / / / / / / |

This next part has some lovely feedback at pitch G. 

Is this the M. P. L. A.?  Or is this the U. D. A.?  Or is this the I. R.
A.?  I thought it was the U. K.!  Or just another country.  Another
counseltenancy!  I wanna be anarchy!  And I wanna be anarchy!  Know what
I mean?  And I wanna be anarchist!  I get pissed!  Destroy! 
 
The song ends with some feedback at pitch C.  The bassline is included
in this magazine, and it is surprisingly more complicated than I would
expect from the Pistols.  Perhaps this is because they still had Glen
Matlock when they recorded Bollocks.  Well, I have some tab to "Pretty
Vacant" and "God Save the Queen" (although not the entire songs).  If
anyone's interested, I'll tab both of them on here.  Until then, may you
not break too many strings.  Happy playing!

Andrew Westmeyer
aw36+@andrew.cmu.edu
The Barking Spiders Live!