:::::::::::: Factory Belt :::::::::::: Farrar/Tweedy/Heidorn Transcribed by Sean Winnie Notes: I tried very little to convey the rhythm of the piece; you know how it goes. Much of this was figured out off of an acoustic version I have of them doing this song. The LP version is the same distorted. The outro is anybody's guess - go crazy like they did. My best guess is moving A-shaped barres up and down the fretboard trying to break your strings. Main riff (Intro, Verses, beginning Chorus; various rhythms) G D/A G/B C e---3----3----3----3- b---3----3----3----1- g---0----2----0----0- d---0---(0)---0----2- a---2----0----2----3- E---3----X----------- Leading into Chorus G/B C g------0-----0---0-----0---- d----0-----0---------2------ a--2-----2-----2---3-------- Chorus G bmin C G G/F# G/B C e---3----2----0----3--3----3--3-- b---3----3----1----3--3----3--1-- g---0----4----0----0--0----0--0-- d---0----4----2----0--0----0--2-- a---2----2----3----2--X----2--3-- E---3--------------3--2----X----- D G e---2--0--0--3--- b---3--3--3--3--- g---2--2--0--0--- d---0--0--0--0--- (Twice & end on G) a---------2--2--- E---------3--3--- Not to Ride on the Factory Belt D e-----0------------ (sustain as much as possible) b--------3--------- g--2--------------- (Three times & end on D5) d--0------4b5-5r4-- (bend & release) Interlude (slide) e----5-----5-----5---3----/10-\- b------5-----5---------3--/-10\- d--0-----0-----0---0------------ (end on G) g--0-----0-----0---0------------ Lyrics and Structure: Verse 1: It's funny how it all works out Mad men in suits walking about I'd like to change their point of view someday But I feel my patience slipping away Chorus: Looks like it's time to lay this burden down Stop messing around Don't want to go to the grave without a sound Give this whole place a rest Not to ride on the factory belt Not to ride on the factory belt Verse 2: You do all you can just to get by With poison all around It needs no disguise You can see it on faces From the barstool to the door You know there ain't no chance our respect is no more Chorus: Looks like it's time to lay this burden down Stop messing around Don't want to hurry to the grave in the ground Give this whole place a rest Not to ride on the factory belt Not to ride on the factory belt Interlude Verse 3: It's funny how it all works out Madness is walking about I've heard it said That after seven years of factory belt It gets in your head Chorus: Looks like it's time to lay this burden down Stop messing around Don't want to go to the grave without a sound Give this whole place a rest Not to ride on the factory belt Not to ride on the factory belt Outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean Winnie 400 Dewey #312, St Paul, MN 55104 (612) 659-9409 swinnie@macalstr.edu