Scott Walker – 30th Century Man (Chords)
It’s already turning into a sad year for musical deaths. This month has seen the loss of Dick Dale, Keith Flint and Scott Walker. I’ve already covered The Prodigy’s Out of Space and done tab a version of Miserlou here. So here’s a quick tribute to Scott Walker.
Walker is best known for his orchestral ballads and dramatic baroque arrangements. But I’ve gone with a stripped down song that really showed off his songwriting chops: 30th Century Man.
I’ve used the most common chord forms in the chart. But I prefer to play using these chord shapes:
Alternatively, you can use one of the alternative ways of playing the E chord or put a capo on the second fret and use these:
30th Century Man (Chords)(Capo Version)
Suggested Strumming
Intro: Since there’s nothing else going on at this point in the song, I recommend following the strum in the original which goes like this:
Verse: After the intro you use this strum:
d – d – d – d u
Play that once on E. You can then play it twice on D. Or throw in the Dsus4 and strum it like this:
Follow that with the main strum once on G and four times on A (or play the strum from the intro).
Chorus: Main Strum once per chord.
Outro: Main strum six times or intro strum one and a half times.
