SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 Lesson Aims: 1) To learn about the song She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals) 2) To learn the guitar part for She Drives Me Crazy 3) To learn the form of She Drives Me Crazy, in order to play and sing (and/or accompany a vocalist). 1) ABOUT SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Artist: Fine Young Cannibals Album: The Raw and The Cooked Date: 1988 Percussive guitarist Eric Roche created a solo guitar arrangement of She Drives Me Crazy for live performance. His version included the vocal melody in the guitar part. Our version of She Drives Me Crazy is arranged for performance with a vocalist, therefore the vocal melody is omitted. Instead, more details from the synth, drum and bass parts are included. © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 1 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 2) THE GUITAR PART FOR SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY The Verse riff contains some percussive hits. The first note of each bar requires the RH to Here is the bass-drum location used. play a bass note with the thumb whilst simultaneously making a bass-drum hit with the heel of the hand. The first snare in each bar can be sounded by tapping the top of the guitar with the RH The 2nd snare in each bar of the verse riff can be sounded by tapping the side of the guitar near the neck with the LH fingers, as shown. The 4 chords in the song are D, G, Bm and A. These are notated above the stave line in this simple form for ease of use, regardless of the fact that sometimes the use of open strings in a chord voicing will create complex extensions to each chord. The open strings form a Dsus4 chord for example, rather than the D chord listed. What other interesting chord extensions can you find? How would you name each of the chords in the Chorus? © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 2 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY – Fine Young Cannibals arr. Kimwei Westbury © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 3 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 4 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 See following page for chords and lyrics. © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 5 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy WEEK 4 3) CHORDS/LYRICS FOR SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY INTRO D5 C5 X2 |D G | Bm A | X2 VERSE 1 D G Bm A I can't stop D G Bm A The way I feel D G Bm A Things you do D G Bm A Don't seem real Tell you what I got in mind Coz we're running outta time Won't you ever set me free This waiting round’s killing me CHORUS 1 D G Bm A She drives me crazy uh-uh D G Bm A Like no one else uh-uh D G She drives me crazy Bm A D G Bm A And I can't help myself VERSE 2 I can't get any rest People say I'm obsessed Everything that's serious lasts But to me there's no surprise What I have, I knew was true Things go wrong, they always do STRUCTURE INTRO 1 VERSE 1 CHORUS 1 VERSE 2 CHORUS 2 INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE CHORUS 3 CHORUS 4 END CHORUS 2 D G Bm A She drives me crazy uh-uh D G Bm A Like no one else uh-uh D G She drives me crazy Bm A D G Bm A And I can't help myself INSTRUMENTAL |D G | Bm A | X4 BRIDGE D G Bm A I won't make it, D G Bm A On my own D G Bm A No on likes, D G Bm A To be alone CHORUS 3 CHORUS 4 END © Perform Music Ltd 2012 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 6 SOLO GUITAR-4 She Drives Me Crazy © Perform Music 2012 WEEK 4 Material prepared by Kimwei Westbury This PDF document is protected with a code encrypted digital signature 7