"Lost in Germany" by King's X  

    From the Album: King's X 
        Written by: D. Pinnick, T. Tabor, J. Gaskill, and S. Taylor  
            Tab by: John Myers 

    Note:  
      1) The E string is tuned down to D 
      2) This song has many portions that are "muffled" (or "heavily 
         damped") as well as pull-offs, hammer-ons, & slides. I have  
         not tried to included all of those things here. If I did, I  
         would  probably only get it wrong. Use your best judgement... 
      3) I have tried to show timing under each tab. If you know 
         the song, you probably won't need it, but I included it anyway 
         for the "timing" nit-pickers (of which I am a charter member) 
      4) If you use the tab, find it helpful, find something wrong, etc, 
         send an email to: myers@airmail.net  Feedback is appreciated. 

Main Riff (Intro & Chorus) 

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-7-----6---7-6-------------------|-------7-6-----------------------| 
D|-5-----5-------7---7-----------5-|-----------7---7---------0-------| 
A|-0-----0---------5---5-4---4-5---|---7---------5---5-4-0---0-------| 
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------------------0-0-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  



Verse 

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------6-|---------------------------------| 
D|-7-----7-------5-7-5-7---5-7-----|-------5-7-----5-7-6-5---7-------| 
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-------| 
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------6-|---------------------------------| 
D|-7-----7-------5-7-5-7---5-7-----|-------5-7---------------0-0-----| 
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-5-------3-------0-----| 
D|---------------------------------|-----------5-------3-------0-----| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  



PreChorus 

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|---------2-4---------------------| 
D|-----------------4-2-4---------4-|---------2-4---------------------| 
A|-2-------------2---------4-------|-----------------2-------------2-| 
D|-2-------------2---------4-------|-----------------2-------------2-| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-4-2-4---2-----4---------2-4-----|-----------------4-2-4---------4-| 
D|-4-2-4---0-----4---------2-4-----|-----------------4-2-4---------4-| 
A|---------0-----------------------|-0-------------0---------2-------| 
D|---------------------------------|-0-------------0---------2-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|---------2-4---------------------|-4-2-4---------4-------0---------| 
D|---------2-4---------------------|-4-2-4---------4-----------0-----| 
A|-----------------4-------------4-|---------5-----------------------| 
D|-----------------4-------------4-|---------5---------5-------------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  



Main Riff (alt) 

Coming out of the second verse/PreChorus, the main riff is played 
4 times, with several different notes being used in the third pass. 
The third pass is shown here (with the differences highlighted as *) 

             ******************* 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-7-----6-------------------------|-------7-6-----------------------| 
D|-5-----5---7-6-7-6-5-----------5-|-----------7---7---------0-------| 
A|-0-----0-------------7-5-4-5-7---|---7---------5---5-4-0---0-------| 
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------------------0-0-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  



Bridge (or "other part", depending on your musical knowledge & prowess) 

I broke the bridge into two levels of complexity. This way, the less  
dexterous guitar player can focus on the melody (bass) line before  
attempting to add the "fill" notes. 


Bridge: type a) this part shows just the promenant melody line) 

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---| 
A|---------------------3-------2---|---------------------3-----------| 
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------1-3-----------------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------3-------2---|---------------------------------| 
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------------------3-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  


Bridge: type b) this part shows all the notes 

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|-------3----------3--------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-----------0-------------0-------|-------------------0-----0-------| 
D|-----0---------------------------|---------0-------------------0---| 
A|---------------------3-------2---|-------1-------------3-----------| 
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------1-3-----------------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|-------3----------3--------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-----------0-------------0-------|---------------------------------| 
D|-----0---------------------------|-------------------------3-------| 
A|---------------------3-------2---|-------------------------3-------| 
D|-0-----------2-3-----------------|-1-----------------------3-------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  



Main Riff (alt) 

The Main Riff at the end of the song has a slight variation every other 
time (the 2nd and 4th) time it is played. It is shown below (with the  
differences highlighted as *) 
                                               ********************** 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-7-----6---7-6-------------------|-------7-6-----------------------| 
D|-5-----5-------7---7-----------5-|--------------------------0------| 
A|-0-----0---------5---5-4---4-5---|---7-------5-------3------0------| 
D|-0-----------------------7-------|-----------5-------3------0------| 
   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .   1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .  


Lyrics: 

Verse:     Moving in a bus too close for comfort  
           Listening to all the gibberish around me  
           wonder! How much longer can I stand it  
           Looking for a phone I cannot find  

PreChorus: Ohh woe is me  
           Like a politician in disguise  
           You know I had to look you in the eyes  
           and smile  
           While I crawled another mile in  

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany  

Verse:     Swimming in an ocean of your feelings  
           Counting every moment go one by one  
           Laughing to keep from crying out in anger  
           Praying that i can make it through this night  

PreChorus: Ohh woe is me  
           It was like a never ending week  
           But I learned to turn the other cheek  
           and smile  
           While I ran for one more mile in  

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany  
           Germany, lost in Germany  

Verse:     Shooting at a target that eludes me  
           Hammering on a nail that just won't go in  
           Biting on a tongue that wants to speak out  
           Searching for a light that I can shine  


PreChorus: Ohh woe is me  
           But now I have crossed that borderline  
           and I wonder if I'll ever find  
           your hand  
           `Cause I did not understand in  

Chorus:    Germany, lost in Germany 
           Germany, lost in Germany 



Well... that's it. 

I know that I haven't included all the pull-offs, slides, hammer-ons,  
etc, but I think that the notes and timings are all fairly accurate. 

Enjoy, Good Luck, & remember... Always pillage BEFORE you burn! 
John Myers 

If you use the tab, let me know what you think: myers@airmail.net