Overkill Acoustic

This tab contains both the rhythm part and the solo of Colin Hay's "Overkill". All

the x's are palm mutes (as in the acoustic recording), but when he plays it live,

he sometimes strums the chord instead. Hope you have fun playing this great song! :)

Verse rhythm pattern:

I can't get to sleep

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7-----------7-----------7-------6-----------6-----------6-------|

D|-7-----------7-----------7-------7-----------7-----------7-------|

A|-5---x---x---5---x---x---5---x---4---x---x---4---x---x---4---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

I think about the impli- cations

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-5-----------5-----------5-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-------5-----------5-----------5-------|

A|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Of diving in too deep

And possibly the complications

Especiallyyyy at night

I worry over situations

I know will be al- right

Perhaps its just i- magination

Bridge rhythm pattern #1:

Day after day it rea-

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

D|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

A|-2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

ppears

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-3-----------3-----------3-------2-----------2---3---2---2---2---|

G|-2-----------2-----------2-------2-----------2---2---2---4---2---|

D|-2-----------2-----------2-------2-----------2---2---2---2---2---|

A|-0---x---x---0---x---x---0---x---0---x---x---0---0---0---0---0---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge rhythm pattern #2:

Night after night my heartbeat

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

D|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

A|-2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

shooooooooooooooooooows the fear

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7-----------7-----------7-------6-----------6-----------6-------|

D|-7-----------7-----------7-------7-----------7-----------7-------|

A|-7-----------7-----------7-------7-----------7-----------7-------|

E|-5---x---x---5---x---x---5---x---5---x---x---5---x---x---5---x---|

Ghoooooooooooooooooosts appear and faaaaaaaaaaade

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-4-----------4-----------4-------3-----------3-----------3-------|

D|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

A|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

E|-2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---|

a- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-4-----------4-----------4-------4-----------4-----------4-------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-------5-----------5-----------5-------|

A|-5---x---x---5---x---x---5---x---5---x---x---5---x---x---5---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge rhythm pattern #3:

Come back another daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-3-----------3-----------3-------2-----------2-----------2-------|

G|-2-----------2-----------2-------2-----------2-----------2-------|

D|-2-----------2-----------2-------2-----------2-----------2-------|

A|-0---x---x---0---x---x---0---x---0---x---x---0---x---x---0---x---|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo:

(Guitar 1: Verse rhythm pattern x 4, Bridge pattern #2 x 1)

(Guitar 2: Solo)

e|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

B|--3-----------3/5---3---|--2---------------0---|--0h1----------1/3---1---|

G|------------------------|--------------2-------|-------------------------|

D|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

A|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

E|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

--0--------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

--------------2--0-----|--------------------------|-------------------------|

--------------------4--|---------4--5p-4----------|--2p-0----0--0-----------|

-----------------------|-----------------5--2--5--|-------2--------2--------|

-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

-----------------------------|--------------------------|

-------------3/5---3---------|------------5\--3---------|

-----2/-4----2/4---2---------|-----2/--4----------------|

-----2/-4--------------------|--------------------------|

-----------------------------|--------------------------|

-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

--2----3---------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

----------2------4-----|-------------------------|--------------------------|

--------------------2--|-------4-----------------|-----------------0--------|

-----------------------|-----------2p0-----------|-----0-----2--3--------3--|

-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------2--3-|

-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------2--3--5-------|

-----------------------|--------------------------|--0--2--4----------------|

-----------------------|-----------------0--2--4--|-------------------------|

--2-----------0--------|--------0--2--4-----------|-------------------------|

-----------------3--2--|-----3--------------------|-------------------------|

--5--7--9--10--12--10--12--12/14--|------14--12p10-----10--10--------|

----------------------------------|----------------12----------12~~~-|

----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

---------9/10--10----9---7--|--5----------------|-----------------------|

--------11/12--12---10---8--|--7----------------|--3------3-------3--2--|

----------------------------|-------------------|--2-----------2--------|

----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|

-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

-------------------|---------0-------0-----|--------------------2--|

-------------------|--4-----------------3--|------------3---4------|

-------------------|--2-----------2--------|-----------------------|

-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

------------------------|------------------------||

----2h-3----------------|------------------------||

------------------------|------------------------||

(Verse rhythm pattern)

I can't get to sleep

I think about the implications

Of diving in tooooooo deep

And possibly the complications

Especiallyyyy at night

I worry over situations that

I know will be al- right

It's just o- verkill

(Bridge rhythm pattern #1)

Day after day it reappears

(Bridge rhythm pattern #2)

Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear

Ghosts appear and fade a- way (last line x 3)

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