- "That was a riff I'd been playing around with for a few days before. Really nasty, in open D. I didn't know the lyrics but I knew the song was gonna be called 'Meat Is Murder' so it all just came together in the take."
"I think 'Meat Is Murder' is in open G tuning,or open D,it might have a capo on the second fret."
- Johnny Marr
Until reading the above quote, I had no idea that this song was played in an open tuning. I haven't investigated any live performances to see if he played it in standard tuning as well, but I know he tuned his les paul up to E when playing Headmaster Ritual.
I haven't ever seen a tab for the song in open D, and I haven't seen anyone on youtube play it this way. Maybe someone will pick it out[edit: buckleyboyben has done it, video below]?
However, I do have a good Guitar Pro tab of this, and I have uploaded it here.
Here are the scans from the Complete Chord Dictionary:
Here are the scans from the Meat Is Murder songbook:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvq0T990FyOPxeg6iIxVNsTiGpiZ61pDK8u3-hSgSrgsrcc40W9HB4b1icUAySRLyIDUP0jPSyPe16WxcicU1KdPhC24nAst1Bqf-xxV5nM8YRIg5yv5xUd4ZUZkHHPk8jYVx5Si0o6wA/s400/meat1.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NOb52DGdj2ofpd-8GvS90ZQuCet1A1I12LKDfa1z62z-ZGwtOX_D7w2gsBrHCnl_UBERiI9IGGcdgb8t5opbokgV-EqUBgFSDM1Yy3rso70A0zIoBwr_hZ3rulS6VWTGsB7uyWPint0/s400/meat2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaE2CS9ycQky9avq2B6IEkpa5Q6uCjFjcqf1i1W4rJhjkfO9rNmbvaQW7dS0yNwHQqR68h747jyK6Pz0Y46Z61UsOIZ_FODC8i6NwdARlB-WR-KOf193v7WYXu2SShPgsfNC5cSWCyCt4/s400/meat3.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0N5TlVu10FARVFDOAMB2F5CPnOnN9ub-OT8S1pr7LRCB8CvOLVYGB_8-tU78wZEz6I0rh3B257yYnLDtf4o4b6ix4a7blJUCRc6163PeB2-TNQaSvbZiE2Dj0_a79Y1KijjnUb24v8pI/s400/meat4.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKyvEZEO84_M_KIs1xGJNlYUyZ4hyphenhyphen2ion3Lkq75oWzewp_eBEyY3ORfjqA3z8moff5hBQhQypn24F18btaEgzfuGkr6_1d7IXD05allBZrqiHkx2L9A3k8AeiEDO8UAZ2RgTIfqcUVw4/s400/meat5.jpg)
Thanks to Ted Maul for these scans.
pljnr did a near perfect cover here:
Oscar80It did a really great job with this cover, in standard tuning:
buckleyboyben has done a cover of the live version, in open D with a capo on the second fret:
1 comment:
l think this song was played in open D tuning with capo at 2nd
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