Here is a mostly complete transcription of Dada's tune, "Dim".


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Dada, "Dim"
	from the album, _Puzzle_

	transcription by ryan@odouls.stx.com (patrick m. ryan)
	comments, corrections, cash donations welcome


[intro riff]
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--3------------3------------3-----------------------|
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[intro riff played once with just guitar then
 twice along with drums & bass]

[cool verse riff]
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--3---3-------------3--------------|

[verse riff played 2x with no vocals
 then verse riff played over each line (4x)]

[verse 1]
If you've got pictures of your face
Could you leave it on your way out the door
I don't care if it's color or black or white
I just need something to remember you by

[chorus]
G             D             C              C
                           Before my life, before my life went dim

G             D             C              C
                           Before my life, before my life went dim

Em            D             C              C
       No one told me the trouble I was in

G             D             C              C
      Before my life went dim

[intro riff 2x]

[verse 2]
I painted half my face green
I painted half my face blue
In hopes of showing you both sides of me both sides of me
I guess it came down to don't you love don't you love me


[chorus]
Before my life went dim
Before my life went dim
No one told me the trouble I was in
Before my life went dim

[guitar solo
 part 1]

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-10-10-10--8--8--8--8----10-10-10--8--8--8--8---|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---| o
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[guitar solo, part 2 (under construction) ]

[intro riff 2x]

[verse 3]
[rhythm carried by drums & bass.  verse riff not played.]
Can't this car go any faster

[arpeggio fades in under lines 2-4]
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--8-------8-------8--|
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Can't this car go any faster
Can't this car go any faster
Cause I can still see where I am

[chorus]

Before my life went dim
Before my life went dim
You should have told me The trouble I was in
Before my life went dim

[intro 4x and end]

--
"Now about those pictures..."
"I can explain!  I was young!  I needed the money!.."

                                                             patrick m. ryan
       nasa / goddard space flight center / hughes stx / eosdis ims v.0 team
   patrick.m.ryan@gsfc.nasa.gov / pryan@ccmail.stx.com / ryan@odouls.stx.com