To better prepare any bedroom rockers, tribute bands, and/or future Depravity's Rainbow hopefuls, there are five chords in "Mike on the Mic" (a.k.a. The Mike Show Theme), not two, as Dave from Knoxville suggested.
To channel the late-great Mel Bay for a minute...
There's one chord for the first set of verses plus a moving note. Two chords for the chorus. But on the last set of verses after the guitar solo, there's a surprise two-chord hook snuck in there to give the whole thing a twist before hitting the final interlocking "Mike on the Mic" anthem chorus.
Here's the Mike on the Mic breakdown:
FIRST SET OF VERSES
E-chord root with a moving hi D-to-hi E-to low E note at the end of each vocal line
The Mike Show is on the air!
You say you wanna compete?
You're matching wits with the master
And he's playing for keeps
You got Mike on the Mic
He's got his very own show
You got Mike on the Mic
Stand back we're telling you so!
you got...
CHORUS chords:
D-D-B
D-D-B
D-E-E
D-D-B
D-D-B
D-E-E
Mike on the Mic
on the Mike Show, yeah!
you got...
Mike on the Mic
on the MIke Show, yeah!
you got...
Mike on the Mic on the Mike Show, yeah!
you got...
Mike on the Mic on the MIke Show, YEAH!
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
static E chord with overlaid guitar solo
SECOND SET OF VERSES
chords: E root with B flat-to-C at the end of each vocal line then back to E.
The Mike Show is on the air!
Another fait-accompli
Yeah, even movie directors
Are bowing down at his feet
You got Mike on the Mic
You lived to see the day
You got Mike on the Mic
Well fate is funny that way
you got...
FINAL CHORUS
Mike on the Mic on the Mike Show, yeah!
you got...
Mike on the Mic on the MIke Show, yeah!
you got...
MIKEONTHEMIC, ONTHEMIC, ONTHEMIC, ONTHEMIC, ONTHEMIC, ONTHEMIKESHOWYEAH!
"Mike on the Mic"
© 2010
lyrics/music by Hank IV
I love TAB!
Of course, as a fellow player, Fredericks, you and I realize that this is not tab.
Intro w/ light distortion
e|-2p0-----5p0-----2p0-----4p0-----|
B|-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-|
G|---------------------------------| Repeat a couple of times
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-4-2---------------------|
G|-----4-3-2---------------|Not to sure on this part
D|-----------4-2-----------|
A|---------------5-4-5-4---|
E|-------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|Repeat 3 times
D|----------2--------2-------|
A|-2--------0-2-3h4----------|
E|-0-2-3-4-------------------|e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9--9/6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9|
A|-7--9--9/6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9|
E|----7--7/4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7|
e|------0----------------0----------------0---------------|
B|--------0----------------0----------------0-------------|
G|-9--9------9--9-----------------------------------6-----|
D|-9--9------9--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--6--9--|
A|-7---------7--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--4--9--|
E|--------------0--7----------7/4--4--4-------4--5-----7--|
e|------0----------------0----------------0------------------------|
B|--------0----------------0----------------0----------------------|
G|-9--9------9--9--------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9------9--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
A|-7---------7--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
E|--------------0--7----------7/4--4--4-------4--5--5--5--5--5--7--|
e|------0----------------0----------------0---------------|
B|--------0----------------0----------------0-------------|
G|-9--9------9--9-----------------------------------6-----|
D|-9--9------9--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--6--9--|
A|-7---------7--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--4--9--|
E|--------------0--7----------7/4--4--4-------4--5-----7--|
e|------0----------------0----------------0------------------------|
B|--------0----------------0----------------0----------------------|
G|-9--9------9--9--------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9------9--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
A|-7---------7--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
E|--------------0--7----------7/4--4--4-------4--5--5--5--5--5--7--|
e|------4-0---------------8--------------4-0-----------------------|
B|------------------------8----------------------------------------|
G|-9--9------9--9--------------------------------------------------|Repeat
D|-9--9------9--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
A|-7---------7--0--9--9-------9/6--6--6-------6--7--7--7--7--7--9--|
E|--------------0--7----------7/4--4--4-------4--5--5--5--5--5--7--|
e|----|--2p0-----5p0-----2p0-----4p0------|
B|----|------3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0--|
G|-9--|-----------------------------------|Repeat a couple of times
D|-9--|-----------------------------------|
A|-7--|-----------------------------------|
E|----|-----------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--------------------9-------------------------------9--|
D|-9--9--6--7-7-7-7--9--9--9--6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--|
A|-7--9--6--7-7-7-7--9--7--9--6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7--|
E|----7--4--5-5-5-5--7-----7--4--5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
e|-2p0-----5p0-----2p0-----4p0-----|
B|-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-|
G|---------------------------------| Repeat a couple of times
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-4-2---------------------|
G|-----4-3-2---------------|Not to sure on this part
D|-----------4-2-----------|
A|---------------5-4-5-4---|
E|-------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|Repeat 4 times
D|----------2--------2-------|
A|-2--------0-2-3h4----------|
E|-0-2-3-4-------------------|
e|-4--4--5--7--4--4-4--5--7--|
B|-5--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|Repeat 4 times
D|----------2--------2-------|
A|-2--------0-2-3h4----------|
E|-0-2-3-4-------------------|
e|-4--4--5--7--4--4--5--7--|
B|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|Repeat 2 times
D|----------2--------2-------|
A|-2--------0-2-3h4----------|
E|-0-2-3-4-------------------|
The solo comes after that, but I don't know what it is. So it's up to you on how it goes.
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|Repeat 2 times
D|----------2--------2-------|
A|-2--------0-2-3h4----------|
E|-0-2-3-4-------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|Repeat 2 times
D|-----------2--------------2--|
A|-2-2-------0--2-2---------0--|
E|-0-0-2-3h4----0-0---2-3h4----|
e|-2p0-----5p0-----2p0-----4p0-----|
B|-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0-|
G|---------------------------------| Repeat 2 of times
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|----|---|
B|----|---|
G|-1--|-9-|Repeat a couple of times
D|-2--|-9-|
A|-2--|-7-|
E|----|---|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
Now THIS is TAB! Run back the tape and play along! Oh wait, there's no tape? Since WHEN?