Song: Personal Jesus
Artists: Depeche Mode
Album: Violator, 1990/2006 [Remastered]
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNcPjPgbR5M;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Jesus
Tempo: 4|4
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
Chords:# ##
FBEACF
E 022100 = F#
A X02220 = B
G 355433 = A
F# 244322 = G#
D XX0232 = E
C X32010 = D
INTRO:(Lead over)
|E |(Backward lilting tones)
A E
Reach out and touch faith.
Riff 1: (Repeat at selected intervals over E chord passages)
e||——X—————————————|—————————————|—————————————|X2
B||——X—————————————|—————————————|—————————————|
G||——X—————————————|—————————————|—————————————|
D||——X———————2—————|——————2——————|——————2——————|
A||——X—————————————|—————————————|—————————————|
E||——X—0^3^0———3^0—|—0^3^0———3^0—|—0^3^0———3^0—|
2nd Fret
|E |E |E |E |
|E |E |E |E |
CHORUS 1:
E
Your own personal Jesus,
Someone to hear your prayers.
A G F#
Someone who cares,
E
Your own personal Jesus,
Someone to hear your prayers.
A G F#
Someone who's there.
BRIDGE 1:(Riff 1 over E chords)
|E |E |E |E |
VERSE 1:
E
Feeling unknown,
And you're all alone,
G
Flesh and bone,
D
By the telephone.
A
Lift up the receiver,
E C E
I'll make you a believer. Uh-oh!
VERSE 2:
E
Take second best,
Put me to the test.
G
Things on your chest,
D
You need to confess.
A
I will deliver,
E F#
You know I'm a forgiver. Uh-oh!
BRIDGE 2:
F E F#
Reach out and touch faith,
F E
Reach out and touch faith.
CHORUS 2:
E
Your own personal Jesus,
Someone to hear your prayers.
A G F#
Someone who cares,
E
Your own personal Jesus,
Someone to hear your prayers.
A G F#
Someone who's there.
BRIDGE 3:(Riff 1 over E chords)
Hoo-i-oh-huh, Hoo-i-oh-huh, Hoo-i-oh-huh, Hoo-i-oh-huh.
|C |E |E |E | (Riff 1 over with Keyboards under)
Hoo-i-oh-huh, Hoo-i-oh-huh, (Hoo-i-oh-huh, Hoo-i-oh-huh).
|E |E |E |E |
VERSE 3:
E
Feeling unknown,
And you're all alone.
G
Flesh and bone,
D
By the telephone.
A
Lift up the receiver,
C E
I'll make you a believer. Uh-oh!
A
I will deliver,
C E F#
You know I'm a forgiver. Uh-oh!
LINK 1:
F
Reach out and touch faith.
E A G F#
Your own personal Jesus.
F E F#
Reach out and touch faith.
F E F#
Reach out and touch faith.
F
Reach out and touch faith.
:: CODA & INSTRUMENTAL :: (Riff 1 over E chords)
|E |E |E |D |
|D |C |E |E |
|D |C |E |E |
Reach out and touch faith.(faith)
|E |E |A |G F#|(Electronic drums over)
|E |E |A |G F#|
|E |E |A |G F#|(Owwwh!)
Reach out and touch faith.(faith)
|E |E |A |G F#|
|E |E |A |G F#|(Chorused Electronic drums over)
|E |E |A |G F#|
Reach out and touch faith.(faith)
|E |E |A |G F#|
|E |E |A |G F#|| [Fade Out]
[End]
NOTES:
1. This version concurs with this UG ‘Personal Jesus’ lead TAB
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/d/depeche_mode/personal_jesus_ver2_guitar_pro.htm
2. Although TAB’ed as just E, the long E Chord passages throughout, can take the form of E - E11 - E.
Where E11 is 000100, as it highlights the lead accompaniment.
3. “…In mid-1989, the band began recording in Milan with record producer Flood.
The result of this session was the single "Personal Jesus", which featured a catchy bluesy riff and
drum-based sound, radically different from anything the band had released thus far.
The song became a big hit across the world, and is one of Depeche Mode's most successful songs,
along with the following single, "Enjoy the Silence". Although not the first Depeche Mode song to
feature guitar parts ("Behind the Wheel" and their cover of "Route 66" featured a guitar;
"Love, in Itself" from Construction Time Again featured an acoustic guitar), it was the first time
a guitar was used as a dominant instrument in a Depeche Mode song….”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Jesus.
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