John Frusciante - The Slaughter

hi everybody . there’s a few other versions of the chords of this song on this
site , and although they are good , they have a few obvious mistakes . i’d like to
address all of these errors in this tab , and show what i feel is the correct way
to play this song .

artist : john frusciante
album : shadows collide with people
song : the slaughter

standard tuning : ( E A D G B E )

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chords : ( notes in parentheses optional ) |
|
E : 022100 |
G#m : 466444 |
A : x02220 or 577655 |
G# : 466544 |
C#m : x46654 |
Amaj7 : x02120 |
A#dim7 : x1202 ( 0 ) |
B : x24442 |
Cdim7 : ( 2 ) 3424 ( 2 ) |
F#dim7 : ( 4 ) x4545 |
F#m6 : 2x122x |
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note : the lyrics i used were taken directly from the booklet with official lyrics
that comes with the “shadows collide with people” cd .

song starts off strumming an E chord .

chorus
E G#m A C#m
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m A C#m
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know her face a mile . . .

C#m A
. . . away

verse
G# A
you’ll be there in the slaughter
A#dim7 B
freeing me when i’m cornered
C#m Cdim7
being arrested by the mind cops
E F#m6 C#m
they’re the only ones worth changing what you do for
B A
and i try to be in line
F#m6 E
i guide my fate

Cdim7 C#m
and what it’s good for there’s no telling
B
it’s blood
A
it’s a flood

chorus
C#m B A F#dim7
i’ll know her face a mile away
C#m B Amaj7 A
she’ll take me straight through that gate
C#m B A F#dim7
i’ll know her face a mile away
C#m B Amaj7
she’ll take me straight through that gate

verse
G# A
living there in a flower
A#dim7 B
you wouldn’t have made it without her
C#m
though she seems to stay in one place
Cdim7
she grows with your life
E
so cry for time
F#m6 C#m
what’s slow is fast at the same time
B A
it comes to life
F#m6 E
and if it dies
Cdim7 C#m
you’d never notice cause it
B A
it slides as it climbs

chorus
E G#m A C#m
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m A C#m
i’ll know her face a mile away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know her face a mile away

E G#m A C#m
i’ll know my pains a life away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know my pains a life away
E G#m A C#m
i’ll know my pains a life away
E G#m C#m A
i’ll know my pains a life . . .

C#m A
. . . away

outro

C#m – B – A – F#dim7
C#m – B – Amaj7 – A x3

C#m – B – A – F#dim7
C#m – B – Amaj7

that’s it . i hope you enjoyed it , and recognized the key areas that this chord tab
is different that the others . thank you and happy strumming = )