Well, everyone's talking 'bout what they know.
When tomorrow's where I want to go.
And everybody's talking 'bout who's their man.
As we're finding our way to the promise land.

But things just aren't as they seem to be,
And one day you're all locked up,
The next day you're free...

And it's dark outside.
All alone and it might slide by,
But now the king is gone,
And here we are Zex Sea,
In Aceetobee.

","

transcribed by Rich Steele

(intro/main riff)

E 8 5 8 5 7
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 > 7
G 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 > 7
D 5(sl)7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 > 7
A
E (use palm mutes in between chords)

(play similar riff over the 'well things just aren't as they seemed to
be', but using a D7 chord voicing instead)

E
B 5 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 > 7
G 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 > 7
D 5(sl)7 7 7 5 7 7 5 5 5 > 7
A
E

(riff after the Eb > Ebm buildup)
F#
E 2
B 6(sl)4 2
G 3(sl)5 3 3 2 2 2(h)3 3
D 5 3 4
A 5 4 4 4
E 2

E 2
B 2 4
G 3 3
D 4 5 (play 3 times,
A 4 6 then lead into
E 2 this riff over a Abm7 > C#)

E 4
B 4 6
G 4 6
D 4 6
A 6 4
E 4

then......

(the immortal ac2b riff :)

Eb F#
E
B 8~ 8 9 11 9 9(h)11(p)9(p)8 7~ 9 11 9 9(h)11(p)9 8~
G
D
A
E

this riff is played again during the ending jam, where jon does this
ascending type riff that follows that riff that goes something like this:

E
B 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14(sl)16
G 11 11 11 11 (sl)13 13 13 13
D
A
E

(the end is jammed over a Eb > F# with that B > C# > Eb added at the end
of each phrase)

","actob","

Supposedly written after Barber told his convenience store boss to fuck off, Aceetobee was one of the earliest originals debuted by the Biscuits, alongside Barfly, Pat & Dex, and Basis. It features an intro, a verse section, a composed bridge, a vamp on the middle section with a descending riff, and a jam section built around a captivating, uplifting riff.

In the early trance-fusion era, the most interesting Aceetobee jams were intro jams segued into from other songs. One of the earliest Biscuits jams of note is 11/18/97 Vassillios > Aceetobee. These two were also paired together on 8/28/98 at the Wetlands to similarly great effect.

Aceetobee began to develop into a more full-fledged jam vehicle in 1999. 3/14/99 was the first Aceetobee to divert from the usual formula. Instead of a triumphant rock jam, the main jam was brooding and atmospheric until turning on a dime back into Aceetobee. 3/27/99 is another lauded version, mainly for the type two intro jam.

Spring 1999 saw some of the first significant developments in Aceetobee, notably the expansion of the hitherto underutilized “first jam” section. 4/10/99 (another contender for greatest) is the first version to be split in the first jam section, sandwiching the underutilized Smoothie King (and featuring another fantastic intro jam and soaring main jam). 4/24/99 is perhaps the first Aceetobee to feature a lengthy first jam, one that is, in fact, nearly as long as the second or “main” jam. After these developments, Aceetobee remained largely stagnant for the remainder of the year, but some standout versions include 9/20/99 and 9/28/99. Beyond these, Aceetobee was mainly of interest for the jams into the song rather than the jams in the song itself. For some excellent segues into Aceetobee, see 5/29/99, 9/15/99 and 10/9/99.

From 2000 to 2002, Aceetobee did not develop much. Despite this, there are plenty of standout versions from this era. Aceetobees in this era were consistent if fairly predictable, and fans of the song have a variety of solid versions to choose from. Some of these are 7/12/00 (played with Jordan Crisman on bass), 8/26/00, 11/10/00, 9/19/01 (a beautiful, spacey 27 minute version), 12/31/01, 8/13/02 (first inverted), 8/18/02 (actually goes type two in the main jam) and 10/5/02 (from the legendary Haymaker festival).

The second show of 03 featured a gorgeous, fleshed out Aceetobee, and it seems like every version played that year was an attempt to top the last. For this reason, just about every Aceetobee played in 03 is spectacular and worth hearing. The highlights are 4/4/03, 4/25/03, 9/29/03, and 11/29/03. Two additional highlights merit further discussion: 7/26/03, spectacular in its own right, is the second inverted version, and is inverted middle > end > beginning unlike the 02 version which is inverted end > beginning > middle. 10/23/03 is the first ever techno Aceetobee; it was played at a Perfume show, but the techno Aceetobee was played a few times at standard Biscuits shows.

In 2003, Aceetobee was played more frequently than any year since 1999. 2004-2005 Aceetobee was relegated to a more secondary role. 11/27/04 stands out as a stellar version for any era, and 8/27/05 sandwiches an inverted Nughuffer in a poignant moment in Sammy’s last show.

When Allen joined the band, Aceetobee became considerably rarer, and was played almost always as a standalone, and frequently as a set closer. It had a brief mini-renaissance beginning in July 2007. 7/8/07 features Aceetobee inside a Bazaar Escape sandwich (rare in itself), and 7/13/07 is an excellent version, with an Aceetobee > Pilin’ it Higher > Aceetobee sandwich stuck in the middle of a Crystal Ball palindrome. 10/16/07 features an excellent type two jam in the main section, and 11/4/07 Aceetobee > Great Abyss > Aceetobee is maybe the best version of the year.

After a strong 2007, Aceetobee was only played twice in 2008, 4/18/08 and 6/6/08. Both of these versions are very solid. It may have ran out of steam from being played so infrequently, as the 09 versions were generally not as strong as the ones from 07-08. 7/1/09 is probably the only standout version from this year, and there are many versions that are the weakest part of significant segments (4/23/09, 6/25/09, 10/4/09).

Aceetobee continued to play second fiddle to the major heavy hitters throughout the rest of 2.0 and the setbreak era. On 11/22/09, the song Catalyst developed out of an Aceetobee first jam. The Aceetobee > Catalyst > Aceetobee pairing further limited Aceetobee’s jam potential, and was played a total of five times besides the debut.

Besides the revisiting of the techno Aceetobee on 6/8/10, there were very few significant versions of the song between 2009 and 2017. In 2017 the song had another mini renaissance; it was played on average once every six shows, more frequently than any year since 2011. Each of these versions is worth hearing. 4/29/17 at the Capitol Theatre features a fantastic split Aceetobee with a drawn out intro jam segued from Papercut. Aceetobee was inverted for the third time ever on 5/28/17, and the middle was played at the Ogden on 6/1/17, completing this first and only split inversion of the song. The Aceetobee > Abyss > Aceetobee pairing was dusted off, to great success, on 9/21/17 at Irving Plaza, and Aceetobee was segued into from the Mario theme, and used to sandwich an excellent set of video game music, on 12/31/17 at the Playstation Theatre. Easily the best version of the year, and possibly the best version with Allen, was the techno Aceetobee played 11/17/17 at the Fillmore in Denver.

After this mini-renaissance, Aceetobee remained a once-or-twice-per-year rarity. The song rarely delivers show-defining highlights, but there are still occasional versions worth checking out: 9/16/23 is the strongest since 11/17/17, and 12/1/23 the first techno version since that date.

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where growin' up was easy just the same.
I didn't know what I had,
And I didn't know what I was missing,
'Til I met Little Lai and he showed me the way.

Bert wouldn't tell me anything,
Even when I'd asked him everything.
Baby look inside,
For Little Lai you cannot hide,
And for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride.

Little Lai had a business proposition,
And he knew that I wouldn't say no.
He took me into the glow of the cabana,
And he asked all the ladies to go.
He used a key the kind I'd never seen,
And the box opened up in the light.
Lai assured me that the deal was good,
And that the ladies were the rest of the night.

Bert wouldn't tell me anything,
Even when I'd asked him everything.
Baby look inside,
For Little Lai you cannot hide,
And for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride.

Baby look inside,
For Little Lai you cannot hide,
And for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride.

Little Lai was on a path of self-destruction,
All the fun he had had was just a game.
He didn't know where he was,
And he didn't know where he was going,
Last I saw Little Lai he was boarding the train.

Bert wouldn't tell me anything,
Even when I'd asked him everything.
Baby look inside,
For Little Lai you cannot hide,
And for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride.","tabbed by Eric Zeiler (Moedat@aol.com)

Intro: C F Bb G

C F Bb G
I was born on the streets of New York City
C F Bb G
growin' up was easy just the sameC F
I didn't know what I had Bb G
and I didn't know what I was missing
C F Bb G
'til I met Little Lai and he showed me the way

chorus (a):D G C F F#
Bert! wouldn't tell me anything
D G C F F#
even when I'd asked him everythingG Cbaby look inside,
F Bb'cause Little Lai you cannot hide
D C G
and for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride

Verse (same as other):Little Lai had a business proposition
and he knew that I couldn't say nohe took me into the glow of the cabana
and he asked all the ladies to gohe used a key the kind I'd never seen
and the box opened up in the lightLai had shown me that the deal was good
and that the ladies were the rest of the night

[chorus (a) (same as other)]

jam (not sure about this part, have to work on it)

chorus (b):

G Cbaby look inside, F Bb
'cause Little Lai you cannot hide
D C G
and for a couple of days we'll take it all in stride

Little Lai was on a path of self-destruction
all the fun he had had was just a gamehe didn't know where he was
and he didn't know where he was going
as us all, Little Lai, he was born in the train

[chorus (a)][chorus (b)] x3

guitar tab by: nic coker ohmygord@hotmail.com
this also sounds quite nice acoustic/classical, have fun!

intro:
repeat (x4)
barber usually toys around with the end of this lick
e--------------------------------------------
b--3 4 5-------------------------------------
g--------5 5 5-----------3 32-------------
d-----------------3--3 5 3---------5 5-------
a--------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------

C F Bb G
i was born on the streets of new york city
growin' up was easy just the same
i didnt know what i had and i didnt know what i was missin'
till i met little lai and he showed me the way

D G C F F#
Bert wouldn't tell me anything
Even when i asked him everythang F F#

G C F Bb
Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em REPEAT INTRO x2
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride

C F B G
little lai had a business proposition and he knew that i couldnt say no
he took me in to the glow of tha cabana, and he asked all the ladies to go
he used a key, the kind ive never seen and the box opened up in the light
lai had shown me that the deal was good and the ladies for the rest of the night

D G C F F#
Bert wouldn't tell me anything
Even when i asked him everythang F F#

G C F Bb
Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em D(on the off beats)
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride

(ahh yeah here come the goods)
Composed Section

section 1: (x2)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g------2 3 5-2 3---------2 3-5 2---------2 3------3 2----------------- REPEAT
d--3 5-------------2 3 5-----------2 3 5-----5--------5 3 2-----3-----
a--------------------------------5--------------------------5 4---5---
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
section 2: (x2)
e-------------------------------------------------------------->>
b-------------------------------------------------------------->>
g--------------------------2---------------2 3 2-----2--------->>
d--2 2 3 5 3 2 3-----3 3 5---5 3 5 2---5 5-------5 3---5 3 2 2->>
a----------------5--------------------------------------------->>
e-------------------------------------------------------------->>
section 2 continued:
e-------------------------------
b-------------------------------
g-------2 3 2-------------------
d--3 5--------5-3 5 3 2---23--- REPEAT section 2
a-----------------------5-----5-
e-------------------------------
section 3: (x2)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>
g-----------------------------------14--------------------14 15 14-------14------------->>
d--14 14 15 17 15 14 15----15 15 17----17 15 17 14--17 17----------17 15----17 15 14 14->>
a-----------------------17-------------------------------------------------------------->>
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>
section 3 continued:
e----------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------
g--------14 15 14------------------------
d--15 17----------17 15 17 15 14----15--- REPEAT section 3
a--------------------------------17----17
e----------------------------------------

THEN REPEAT SECTION 1 x2 end with power D chords on the down beat

then...

G C F Bb
Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em REPEAT INTRO x2
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride

C F Bb G
little lai was on a path of self destruction
all the fun he'd had was just a game
he didn't know where he was and he didn't know where he was goin'
as us all little lai, he was born on the train

D G C F F#
Bert wouldn't tell me anything
Even when i asked him everythang F F#

G C F Bb
Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em REPEAT several times/end on G
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride ","lai",100,"e2397ce3-857e-425f-925e-1cb30de780d7","Marc Brownstein","

Originally titled "Bert"

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E
B
G 7~ 5 4 4 4
D 7 5 4 5(h)7 7 5 4 5 5 7 7 5
A 7 5 5
E

E
B
G 7~ 5 4 4
D 7 5 4 5(h)7 7 5 4 5 5 7 5 5
A 7 5 5 5
E

that's all for now....

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

transcribed by Bill (mrparker@OWLNET.RICE.EDU)

I'm bored, so I figured I'd give all the bass players in the house a
little finger workout.....I've got some more of this tabbed, but it's
trapped on my crippled computer....might drop it at a later date.

It's the bass melody toward the beginning, which is a recurring theme on
all three instruments throughout. You can play it as is on guitar, but
it would definitely not be the ideal position. I leave it to you to
figure out what would be.

G
g---------------11-12-11-9-----------------------------------
d-----------9-12----------12-10-9-12-10--9---9---9-10-11-12----
a----10---12---------------------------12--12--12--------------
e------------------------------------------------------------

(repeat)

Em
g------------9-11-12-11-9------------------------------------------
d-----------9------------12-10-9-12-10-------------------9-10-11---
a---------10--------------------------10-12--10-12--10-12----------
e----12------------------------------------------------------------

D
g---------------11-12-11-9---------------------------------
d----12-------10----------12-10-9-12-10-9------------------
a-----------12---------------------------10---10---10------
e---------10--------------------------------10---10---2-3--","overture",134,160,["D",1752278400000],["D",905299200000],{"_219":300,"_97":391,"_99":300,"_101":392,"_103":393,"_105":98,"_107":117,"_109":57,"_110":394,"_112":42,"_114":108,"_115":111,"_116":117,"_118":117,"_119":121,"_122":57,"_124":117,"_125":121,"_126":108,"_127":117,"_128":57,"_130":123,"_131":121,"_132":117,"_133":57,"_134":121},35,12,18,11,{"_396":397,"_400":401,"_405":406,"_154":409,"_412":413,"_417":418,"_421":422,"_426":427,"_324":431,"_176":435},"126",{"_25":310,"_140":398,"_142":399},"2009-10-04",333,"132",{"_25":402,"_140":403,"_142":404},"2012-10-04","2011-09-02",398,"133",{"_25":407,"_140":402,"_142":408},"2014-01-23",476,{"_25":410,"_140":411,"_142":315},"2015-02-21","2014-06-14","138",{"_25":414,"_140":415,"_142":416},"2016-09-09","2015-07-17",420,"144",{"_25":247,"_140":419,"_142":420},"2018-01-12",331,"148",{"_25":423,"_140":424,"_142":425},"2021-02-06","2019-11-17",447,"153",{"_25":428,"_140":429,"_142":430},"2022-09-08","2021-12-05",277,{"_25":432,"_140":433,"_142":434},"2024-11-06","2024-02-07",273,{"_25":436,"_140":432,"_142":437},"2025-07-12",248,2012,"http://sickbarberlicks.weebly.com/the-overture.html",[],{"_21":200,"_51":22,"_52":442,"_54":196,"_56":121,"_58":351,"_31":443,"_33":444,"_35":36,"_23":445,"_62":-5,"_63":64,"_65":-5,"_67":194,"_39":36,"_41":36,"_46":-5,"_68":446,"_191":514},"36706496-2190-47fe-a002-ec0af441d70e",["D",1582389142983],["D",1582389142983],"2002-03-05-run-like-hell",{"_21":442,"_70":447,"_23":448,"_31":449,"_33":450,"_75":451,"_77":452,"_27":28,"_79":453,"_29":454,"_82":455,"_83":456,"_85":457,"_87":-5,"_88":-5,"_89":430,"_91":458,"_93":459,"_95":460,"_135":463,"_185":346,"_187":512,"_189":513,"_46":447},"Run Like Hell","run-like-hell",["D",1582386623147],["D",1756174200841],"You better make your face up,
In your favorite disguise,
With your button-down lips,
And your roller blind eyes.
With your empty smile,
And your hungry heart,
Feel the bile rising,
From your guilty past.
With your nerves in tatters,
As the cockleshell shatters,
And the hammers batter,
Down your door,
You better run.

You better run all day,
And run all night.
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside.
And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight,
You better park the car well out of sight.
cause if they catch you in the back seat,
Trying to pick her locks,
They're gonna send you back to mother,
In a cardboard box.
You better run!","transcribed by Rich Steele

(intro)

E 10 10 9 9 7 7
B 10 10 10 10 8 8 7 7
G 11 11 9 9 7 7 7 7
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0
A (play open D for
E 4 beats)

E 5 5 3 3
B 5 5 3 3 0 0 3 3
G 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4
A 0 0
E

(chords over the Run....Run.. Run part are F > Em > C)

(verse)

Em
E 0
B 0
G 0
D 2
A 2
E 0

You better make your face up in your favorite disguise.

F
E 1
B 1
G 2
D 3
A 3
E 1

With your button down lips, and your roller blind eyes.

Em
E 0
B 0
G 0
D 2
A 2
E 0

With your empty smile, and your hungry heart.

C
E 8
B 8
G 9
D 10
A 10
E 8

Feel the bile rising from your guilty past.

E 7
B 7
G 8
D 9
A 9
E 7

With your nerves in tatters, as the cockle shell shatters.

Em
E 7
B 8
G 9
D 9
A
E

As the hammers batter down your door, you better run.

Everything above is the only part of the actual song they do the same
way everytime. Just the basic structure of the original Floyd song for
the most part. Everything before and after this is different everytime.
:)
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Hopping, hopping.
Crickets in the night,
Look out! Splattums!","transcribed by Rich Steele

the jam into the middle section is over looping D > C > Bm > A
progression.

middle section riff
E 14
B 15 14 15 17 17 14 15 17 17 14 15 17 17
G 14 14 16 16 16 16
D
A
E

E
B 14 15 17 17 14~
G
D
A
E
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Manilla was a crude machine who'd taken his fair share
He gobbled up the world he owned as petals paved his stairs
Manilla thanked the very moon for money and his life
He triffled nothing miniscule including one, his wife

Leora, his arranged wife, did not need his greed
She asked that stars, the very moon, to one day cross the sea
Manilla gazed an empty stare nothing there could grow
She cherished dreams of flying high and leaving him below

Leora stands on her head
Doin' the two step on her hands
As her eyes move round the room
To catch somone watching

Leora stands on her head
Doin' the two step on her hands
Underneath the very moon each one was watching

Manilla wanted worldly things and everything he'd have
He built castles, moats, battleships and troops in iron clad
Manilla heard Mulberry's name under the very moon
His troops went running the next day to find the air balloon.

Leora, his arranged wife, cooked the men a feast
And cleaned herself up solemnly before she faced the beast
That night she asked the very moon was this her fate to be
At lunch she met the flying man whose airships crossed the sea

Leora stands on her head
Doin' the two step on her hands
As her eyes move round the room
To catch somone watching

Leora stands on her head
Doin' the two step on her hands
Underneath the very moon each one was watching

","transcribed by Bill

Just figured this one out yesterday....too fun not to share. The only
parts I'm still a little shaky on are The Riff from the intro and the
chords under the chorus....but both are reasonable approximations.

FWIW, all the HAB tunes I've tabbed are from the 12/31/98 version, since
those performances are pretty grounded and manageable. Things evolve over
time, so YMMV.

Intro:

C jam

Brownstein defines the chord like so:
d-------2-5--
a----3-3-----

(repeat a lotta buncha times....jam.....)

Magner's playing arpeggios than can be approximated on guitar like so:
e----0----1--3--1-1------
b-----1-0--1--1----1-1---
g------0----0--0----0----

Or something...listen to it and you'll hear what I mean.

Intro melody 1 (I know Barber plays these in a different position, but
whatever):
C * F
e-------0--3--7--8--8s5---0--3--1-----
b----1--------------------------------
g----------0--4--5--5s2------0--------
d-------2-----------------2-----3-----
a----3--------------------------------

F piano arpeggio is like this:

e----1-----3----5----3-3------
b-----1-1---1----1------1-1--- (x 2)
g------2-----2----2------2----

Then repeat Melody 1, except from the * on play:

C Dm
e----8s5---0-----------
b--------------3-------
g----5s2---------------
d----------2---0-------

Dm arpeggio (again, all of these are just to give you an idea of what's
going on- listen to it, you'll hear what I mean):

e----------0----1----0-------
b----3------3----3----3-3---- (x 2)
g-----2-2----2----2----2-----
d------0---------------------

Melody 1 again, from the * on play
G
e----10--12--13-15--17--19-----
b------------------------------
g----7---9---10-12--14--15-----

G arpeggio:

e-------------------1s3-1---------
b----0----1----3---------3-1-3----
g-----0----0----0----------------- (x 2)
d------0----0----0----------------

Intro melody 2:
G C
e----19---15---17---17-15-17-15-13---13-13--10--8----
b----------------------------------------------------
g----15---12---14---14-12-14-12-10---10-10--7---5----

C arpeggio (Barber actually plays this one):
e-------------------3s5---------
b---------3----5-------6-3-5----
g----5-----5----5--------------- (x 4)
d-----5-----5----5--------------
a------3------------------------

The Riff (best I can figure it):
e-----------------------13------15s17----------12-12----------
b----13--13-15s17-13--13--13--13-------15-15--------13-13----- (x 4)
g------12-----------12------12--------------------------------

Intro melody 3:
e----19--17--15--13--12-13-12----12-13------------
b----------------------------14-------15------------
g-----------------------------------------14-14----

(and Brownstein adds:)
a----2-------
E-----3-3----

(x 4, and then the last time add this transition lick into the verse):
F D/F# G
e----------------------------------
b----12-12h13-12--12-13-13-14----15
g---------------14-----------------

C/G A5 Bb5 A5 C C (x 4)

(the 5's indicate power chords- no thirds)

A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 G G (x 3)

A5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 G G7

C/G A5 Bb5 A5 C C

C F Em Dm
Manila was a cruel machine, he'd taken his fair share
C F Em Dm
He gobbled up the world he owned, petals paved his stairs
C F Em Dm
Manila thanked the very moon for money and his life
C F Em Dm
He trifled nothing miniscule, including one, his wife
F Em Dm G
Leora, his arranged wife, did not need his greed
F Em Dm G
She asked the stars and very moon to one day cross the sea
F Em Dm G
Manila's gaze a vacant stare, nothing there could grow
F Em Dm G
She cherished dreams of flying high and leaving him below

G7

C G Em F C
Leora stands on her head, doing the two-step on her hands
F Em G C G7
As her eyes go round the room to catch someone watching
C Dm Em F C
Leora stands on her head, doing the two-step on her hands
F Em G C G7
Underneath the very moon that each one was watching

C/G A5 Bb5 A5 C C

2d verse and chorus same as first

Then the melody referred to by some as the Don Cote lick:
*
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
b--------8-8-6-5---------5----------------5---5h6-5---5-8-8-----8----
g----5--5---------7-7-7-7-7-5-5--7--7-7--7---7-----7---------7-7-7---

(x 4) The fourth time it stops at the * and they hit these chords:

C C G Am G D Am D

Jam riff:

d-----------------------------------------------2-2---------------
a-------2-4-5-4-2-----2-4-5-4-2h4p2------2-4-5-4------2-4-5-4-2---
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Transcription by Rich Steele:\\n\\nE 3(sl)5(sl)3\\nB 3(sl)5(sl)3\\nG 2(sl)3(sl)2 0 0 0 \\nD 0 2 2 2\\nA\\nE\\n\\nE\\nB\\nG 2(sl)3(sl)2 0 0\\nD 0(h)2\\nA\\nE\\n\\n\\n(next riff)\\nE\\nB 15~ 13(p)12\\nG 12~ 9 10~~\\nD\\nA\\nE\\n\\n(verse riff)\\nE\\nB\\nG 12 12 12 12 12 12 \\nD 14 12 12\\nA\\nE\\n\\nE\\nB\\nG 14 14 14 14 12 14 12 10 10\\nD 14\\nA\\nE\\n\\nE\\nB\\nG 16 16 16 16 14 16 16\\nD 16 16\\nA\\nE\\n\\nE\\nB\\nG 14 14 14 14 12 10 10 10 10 12 14 12\\nD\\nA (start the 2nd riff from above \\nE after that last G)\\n\\nTranscription by Evan Leon:\\n\\n\\ne 3 sl 5 sl 3\\nB 3 sl 5 sl 3 3 sl 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1\\nG 2 sl 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0\\nD 0 h 2 2 2 0 h 2\\n\\nrepeat a bunch of times.. (sl=slide up/down)\\n\\ne\\nB 15 12 h 13 p 12\\nG sl 12 12 12 12\\nD 14 15\\n\\nand repeat that a bunch, as well.\\n\\nI did figure out the other parts after that... let's see.. there's a\\nvariation on the second part:\\n\\ne 15\\nB 12 h 13 p 12\\nG 15 15 15 15\\nD 14 15\\n\\nthere's a part right before the vocals where Barber\\nplays the vocal line.. something like:\\n\\ne\\nB\\nG 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 12 14 12\\nD 15 12 15 15 15\\n\\ne\\nB 12 12 12 12 12 12\\nG 14 12 14\\nD .......... and on and on.. just play\\naround up there until you get it.\\n\\nTranscribed by Eric Smith:\\n\\nRiff 1\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------\\nB--7/-9--/-7------------------------------------------------\\nG--8/-10-/-8--7/9--7--7-------------5---5-------5---------5-\\nD-------------7/9--7--5-------------5---5h7p5---5h7p5-----5-\\nA-------------------------------5h7---7-------7-------5h7---\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------\\n *\\nrepeat 2x, then w/ band 8 times\\n\\nMess around with the beginning of Riff 2 (up to *) using \\nthe end of Riff 1 (starting at *)\\n\\nRiff 2 *\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------\\nB------15~-------13p12--------------------------------------\\nG-/12--------12--------10--12~------------------------------ repeat 8x\\nD-----------------------------------------------------------\\nA-----------------------------------------------------------\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------\\n\\nJam around with Riff 2 in the key of E then into Riff 3\\n\\nRiff 3\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\nB-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\nG-12-12-12-12--------12----12------14-14-14-14-12---14-12-------12--14--\\nD-------------15--12----15------------------------15------15-15---------\\nA-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\nB-12-12-12-12-------12----12--------------------------------------------\\nG-------------14-12----14------14-14-14-14--12----14--------12-14-------\\nD----------------------------------------------15-----15-15-------------\\nA-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\nE-----------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\\nRepeat Riff 3 a bunch with singing\\nJam out in E\\nRiff 3 again then with lyrics\\nRiff 2 4x\\nRiff 1 4x

","splat",179,"

When the song first debuted, it didn't have a name, and a group of fans took to calling it "Splattums" (a description of what happened to your brain when you listened to it). After the band gave the song it's official name, those same fans refused to call it anything but Splattums and continued to label it as such on recordings. Eventually, the band wrote Crickets, and added the "Lookout, splattums!" line in the chorus in the hopes that it would confuse people just enough to force the fanbase to start calling this song Svenghali.

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Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Know a little agent who has set her sight.
Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Give it up! Give it up!

It took a few months to infiltrate,
In just one night he bit the bait.
It didn't seem Lai would give it up.
Even when Shelby spiked his cup.

He ran a tight ship and closed his mouth,
Every time the ladies were in the house.
Everything she did was done in vain.
Couldn't get a wire tap in the drain.

Give it up! Give it up!

Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Know a little agent who has set her sight.
Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Give it up! Give it up!

Little Shelby Rose, this is how it goes,
And you know what it takes.
Careful what you say, careful what you do,
Can't afford a mistake.

Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Know a little agent who has set her sight.

Little does he know she has him read.
In a couple minutes, they're off to bed.
Takes another name and sculpts her clay,
And not before long she's got her prey.

Come on all the ladies, get down tonight.
Know a little agent who has set her sight.

Give it up! Give it up!

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Ladies was first played by Electron on 8/18/00, debuted on the same night as the full Chemical Warfare Brigade opera, along with Floodlights, Shelby Rose and Confrontation. The lyrics are largely the same, but the structure of the song is slightly different: there are shouts of “give it up! give it up!” in the introduction and before the jam, and there is a brief synth jam in between the verses. The jam in this Electron version is also considerably slower and mellower than in Biscuits versions, and there is no peak; rather, the jam just resolves back into the same verse from the intro.

The first and only Biscuits version of Ladies in 2000 is tightened up considerably from the Electron version. It is much faster than the Electron version, and the peak has that much needed Barber “oomph.” Although slightly slower than modern versions, in all other ways the song is virtually indistinguishable.

Ladies was played a whopping 27 times each in 2001 and 2002, the years of the song’s first golden age. It was a staple of the early spring tour, and was mostly played standalone, although it was split on its second performance on 3/22/01 and segued into on 4/12/01 and 4/20/01. It was inverted for the first time at the Bisco Knights festival on 8/25/01. In the fall tour the song became a powerhouse, with standout versions including the set closing standalone on 9/8/01 and the massive inverted version on 9/22/01.

2002 was the year Ladies really took off. 4/25/02 is the first dyslexic version, and the standout version from the spring tour. The summer tour included many excellent versions, including 7/26/02 and 8/11/02, but the real apex for the song came in the fall tour, with two legendary versions on 10/4/02 and 10/18/02.

Ladies became less common after 2002, and although the 2003 versions aren’t as legendary as the late 2001 or 2002 versions, there are a couple with unmistakable merit, such as the unfinished 4/25/03 or the split-up 11/28/03 (which was a part of the fourth complete performance of the Chemical Warfare Brigade. Ladies was only played seven more times with Sammy after 2003.

When Allen joined the band, Ladies became a catalog staple once again. Its second golden age lines up nicely with the second golden age of the band overall, beginning in mid-2007 and lasting into early 2010. The Astronaut > Ladies (><) > Astronaut from 11/19/06 is arguably the first great Ladies with Allen, but the spectacular 5/27/07 Ladies > O Fortuna > Spacebird (><) > Ladies and the over 35 minute Ladies > Gangster from 10/23/07 definitively assured Ladies’ place in the pantheon of trance-fusion juggernauts.

Ladies remained a powerhouse staple through 08 (standout versions including 1/16/08, 4/18/08, 5/24/08, 6/13/08 and 12/30/08), but the song hit another level in 2009, when it was played 21 times (the most of any year since 2002). In a year of furious lightspeed trance jams, Ladies flourished. Notable versions including 2/15/09, 4/24/09, and 6/25/09 are hailed as some of the best ever. The song was played twice in 2010 before wristgate, on 1/29/10 and 3/17/10, and both versions are excellent.

Ladies remained a setlist staple in the setbreak era, and in addition to the numerous versions played during this time, the band frequently used a Ladies style jam to get from A to B in this era. In fact, the year where Ladies was most common was 2012, when it was played on average once every 3.3 shows. Notable versions from the setbreak era include the 1/26/14 Tractorbeam version, 3/26/16, 6/02/16, and 8/20/16.

In the post-setbreak era, Ladies continues to be a setlist staple. It is still frequently played inverted, although well-known exceptions include the set bookending 9/23/23 and the dyslexic 1/28/24 (part of a full set palindrome). Ladies is one of the most frequently played Biscuits songs, appearing on average once every five to six shows since its debut. It has only disappeared from the rotation for more than a dozen shows a few times, and never for more than sixteen shows. It is an indisputably important part of the Biscuits’ catalog.

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