Caught Up Tab

Death From Above (1979) – Caught Up
 
This fine song by DFA1979 can be played on guitar with an octave pedal (-1 octave setting) plus some
nice distortion/fuzz mirroring very nicely the bass sound in the original song.
 
 
[Intro/Chorus]
(tricky rhythm, listen and play along the bare bass introduction to get it right):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|
 
[Verse]
(kind of a chopped-down intro/chorus):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3-(slight bend)-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        On the final one, the last bending changes:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3b4-4-4-4-4-4-4r3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Bridge]
(“I come around…”):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
 
[Chorus]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|
 
[Verse]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3-(slight bend)-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
        On the final one, the last bending changes:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3b4-4-4-4-4-4-4r3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Bridge]
(“I come around…”):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
 
[Outro]
(take into account that in this part the tempo increases a lot AND the end parts change fron time
to time):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-1h3/0--|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3------------------------------|
 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|
 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-3-3------|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3------------------------------|
 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|
 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-|
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------|
 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                   ^
                          Tempo decreases from here on back to the original
 
[Chorus/End]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|  eight times, then...
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|
 
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-1--1--|
 
Any doubt you may have don't hesitate to send me a PM.
Blast that axe!!
Jorggo
 
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - muted, struck string
X