DEVO - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Tabbed by ]]]Stapler[[[ (J.F.)


Rhythm Guitar (Bob 2 in the video)

(Repeat this a bunch)

1-------|-------------------------|------------------|
2-------|-------------------------|------------------|
3-----5-|-2--2--1--2------------5-|-2--2--1--2-------|
4--0--0-|-0--0--0--0---0-----0--0-|-0--0--0--0---0---|
5-------|-------------(0)---------|-------------(0)--|
6-------|-------------------------|------------------| 

"And I try, and I try..." etc.

1--------|------------------------|-----------------------|
2--------|------------------------|-----------------------|
3---2--1-|-2----2--1--2-----------|-----------------2--1--|
4---0--0-|-0----0--0--0------2--1-|-2----2--1--2----0--0--|
5--------|-------------------0--0-|-0----0--0--0----------|
6--------|------------------------|-----------------------|

1---------------------|----------------------|
2---------------------|----------------------|
3---2----2--1--2---5--|--5----5----5-------5-| (to main riff)
4---0----0--0--0---3--|--3----3----3----0--0-|
5---------------------|----------------------|
6---------------------|----------------------|

(Articulate all notes short or with palm mute.)


Bass (Jerry) enters during the intro after the guitar.
Makes a quick slide from a high note down (third string?) before the bass riff begins
  (and repeats those two measures for a while).


1------|-------5^7/(0)-|---------------|
2------|-0-0-0---------|---------------|
3-(r)/-|---------------|---------------|
4------|---------------|-3-3-1-2-3-3---|

"And I try.." etc.

1------|--------------|--------------|------------|
2--5^4-|5--5^4-5------|----------5^4-|5-----------|
3------|----------5^4-|5--5^4-5------|------------|
4------|--------------|--------------|----3-------|


Other Guitar (Bob 1) - Begins right before the second verse.

(Repeat this measure continuously, again using short notes)

1-----------------------------------|
2-----------------------------------|
3-----------------------------------|
4-----------------------------------|
5--0------3^5-------5---0-------5---|
6------1--------3-----------1-------|

"And I try..." etc.

1----|-----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
2----|-----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
3----|-----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
4----|-----------------|---------------|-------------5-|--5---5---5---|
5--5-|--5---5---5------|-------------5-|--5---5---5----|--------------|
6----|--------------3--|-3---3---3-----|---------------|--------------| (back to riff above)


Other Other Guitar Part (played by Mark Mothersbaugh)

-Right before Jerry enters on bass, he plucks some string twice, sliding up and then down

1----------------|
2----------------|
3----------------|
4----------------|
5-(r)\-----(r)/--|
6----------------|

Opening: (only in live versions), after Jerry enters.

1---|-------------|-----------|
2---|-------------|-----------|
3---|-------------|-----------|
4---|-------------|-----------|
5-0-|-0----0-2--3-|-3-3-2--0--|
6---|-------------|-----------|

(all notes held through)

Near the end: "I can't get me no..." "Sa-tis-fac-tion!"

1----------------|
2----------------|
3----------------|
4----------------|
5-0^2-^3-(hold)--|
6----------------|

NOTES

-One fun aspect of Devo's music is how they will begin with a simple music idea, then build on it by adding
multiple layers of intruments. This cover as well as "S.I.B" and the opening of "Time Out For Fun" are good examples
of this feature.  Here we open with Alan's robotic drumming, then soon enters Bob 2 plucking on a soft guitar riff,
leading to Jerry's smooth but puncturing bass line, then a blast of guitar noise on Mark's part*. Then after a
whole verse of repetition Bob 1 is finally thrown into the mix; later we hear something, possibly synths, copying
Bob 1 in high register.  Near the end we hear a subtle throwback to the riff from the original "Satisfaction".

*I have yet to figure out what exactly Mark does in the opening of the album version.  Some ascending bend pattern.


ADDITIONAL NOTES

Key:

/ = Slide/glide/gliss (down)

\ = Slide/glide/gliss (up)

^ = Hammer-on/Pull-off

(r) = Random fret

(#) = Unsure if note is present in the song; may also be part of a chord whose "fullness" is hard to determine


Note on Bass parts:

Jerry Casale actually plays bass left-handed but with a right-handed bass, but the transcription here is for
normally oriented bass so the reader may have to invert the strings as they appear to get an idea of how to
play it Jerry-style.  I have not embarked on such a thing, but I imagine some of the fretting choices would
differ in Jerry's actual bass parts.  This is approximate, right?


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