PATRICK BATEMAN
Transcribed by Fung Mak fung.mak@strath.ac.uk and Henrik Middlethon madvrage@hotmail.com
 

Chords used:
D5: X577XX
C5: X355XX
B5: X244XX
A5: X022XX
E5: 022XXX
Em: 022000
G: 320033
B: X24442
C: X32010
D: XX0232
A: X02220
Main riff (JDB mutes and plays these chords staccato sometimes. Listen to the track for the 
correct rhythm and timing)
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G||------------------7--7-7----------5--5-5---------------7--5--4-|--------4---4-|
D||-2---------5--5-5-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-5--5-5-5-5----5-4-2--7--5--4-|-REPEAT-2---2-|
A||-2---------5--5-5-5--5-5-7-7--7-7-3--3-3-5-5----5-4-2--5--3--2-|--------2---2-|
E||-0---0-1-2-3--3-3--------5-5--5-5--------3-3--0-3-2-0----------|--------------|
Fill 1
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B||---------------|
G||---------------|
D||-----5-4-2-----|
A||-----------5-2-|
E||--3------------|
[INTRO] (I know the first bit isn't played but sounds good)
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D||------2-------------------------
A||---------------------------------
E||-------------------------------
e||----------------------------------------------------------------2---2-|
B||----------------------------------------------------------------4---4-|
G||------------------7--7-7----------5--5-5---------------7--5--4--4---4-|
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A||-2---------5--5-5-5--5-5-7-7--7-7-3--3-3-7-5----5-4-2--5--3--2--2---2-|
E||-0---0-1-2-3--3-3--------5-5--5-5--------5-3--0-3-2-0-----------------|
[VERSE 1]
(Main riff)
He's a real cool guy and he's a hero of mine
(Main riff)
Travis, Rhinehart rolled into one cute son
(Main riff)
Less than zero a grotesque nightmare
(Main riff)
Subtlety disturbing like normal behaviour
(Main riff)
I understand nothing and I cannot speak 
(Main riff)
I'd walk in the park but the trees are diseased
(Main riff)
No sweetheart and I am too confused
(Main riff)
I only love my watch and my snake skin shoes
[BRIDGE]
   D       C             B           A   E||-0-2b3r2-0-|
I feel so small in the supermarket queue
 Em              D                    C 
People seem to laugh at my choice of food
   D               C      B              A   E||-0-2b3r2-0-|
My personality is held together with sellotape
 Em              D                    C
A loose fit just like a numb junkies hate
[VERSE 2] (same as verse 2)
I pretty my face with all this cream and stuff
Ugliness inside much harder to cover up
I lack the thought to care about politics
Just do what I like ain't that democratic
Genesis, Huey Lewis, Filofax, CD5
A backdrop to discuss over expensive wine
Didn't even know when or why I should stop
I feel so stupid like a joke that belongs
[BRIDGE]
I guess all psychos are made out of money
I cannot be saved as liberals keep telling me
I don't wanna be understood I just wanna kill
Out of blandness I am your everyday thrill
[CHORUS]
 Fill 1
  G       B
Patrick Bateman
	 Fill 1
         G                  B
We are babies crippled in Christ
 Fill 1
  G        B
Patrick Bateman
  Fill 1
   G                 B
Therefore I must be God
   C               D
I must, I must be God
[SOLO 1]
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B||------------------------------20b22-20--19-20-19h20p19----19-------------------------------|
G||-19b21-19b21-19-------19-------------------------------21----21p19-------------19----19-21-|
D||----------------19b21----r19---------------------------------------21p19-19h21----21-------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                               
e||-17-17b19r17-15-17-15-17-17h19p17p15-17--19----------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------12------------12-14-|
D||---------------------------------------------------------12-14----------12-14------|
A||---------------------------------------------------12-14----------12-14------------|
E||---------------------------------------------12-15---------------------------------|
 
e||-------------------15-14-12----------------------|
B||-12-15-12-15-15b17----------14b15r14-12----------|
G||----------------------------------------12/14----|
D||----------------------------------------------14-|
A||-------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 3]
I touched your lips but now I just paint
Surface reflection all I desired babe
I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone
I am a crime everybody has at home
Papers hate me but they need my behaviour
The dignity amongst Hollywood trivia
Escape is so cheap of alcohol and whores
Mines the sanity of exclusive gun laws
[BRIDGE]
D5	     C5     	  B5      A5	 E||-0-2b3r2-0-|
Art critics say porno's easily obscene
E5		D5		C5
Late Show retards Dice Clay is true poetry
D5	     C5     	  B5      A5		 E||-0-2b3r2-0-|
They've never tried living underneath the water
E5		D5		C5
That's real end of the century nausea
[CHORUS]
Patrick Bateman
We are babies crippled in Christ
Patrick Bateman
Therefore I must be God
I must, I must be God
Patrick Bateman
We are babies crippled in Christ
Patrick Bateman
I fucked God up the ass
I fucked God up the ass
[SOLO 2]
guitar 2 (this is played under JDB's solo. Listen to track for timing
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G||-5--4--2--5--5-5-4-2--------------4----4------2-|
D||-5--4--2--5--5-5-4-2--5-----5-----4----4------2-|
A||-3--2--0--3--3-3-2-0--5-----5-----2----2------0-|
E||----------------------3-----3-------------------|
 
4.50
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B||-------------12-------12-15----------15----------------------|
G||-------12-14----12/14----------------------------------------|
D||-12-14------------------------------------16-16\14--14b16r14-|
A||-------------------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
4:56
e||--------------------------------------------12--------|
B||-----------------------------------------15-15b17-15v-|
G||-13b14r13--------------------------14-13--------------|
D||-----------14-------------------14--------------------|
A||---------------14--12--11/12/14-----------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------|
 
5:00
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G||--------------------14-12--12-14/16\14-12------|
D||-------------------------14--------------14-12-|
A||-----------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------|
 
e||-15-15-12----12-----------------------------------------------------|
B||----------15----15-12-15-12----12----12----13\12/13\12----12-13\12--| 
G||----------------------------14----14----14-------------14-----------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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D||--------------------15-12---14/15\14-14-12-14-12-14-12-------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------12-15-14/15\14-12-|

e||-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B||-15b17-15--12h15p12----12h15p12----12h15p12----12h15p12------| 
G||--------------------14----------14----------14----------14---| 
D||-------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------------|
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5:15
e||-13b(15)-15-15-15-|----------|-12b(13)-13-13-13-|----------|------------------|----------|-12----12----12----|
B||------------------|----------|------------------|----------|-15b(17)-17-17-17-|----------|-15b17-15b17-15b17-|
G||------------------|-REPEATx3-|------------------|-REPEATx3-|------------------|-REPEATx3-|-------------------|
D||------------------|----------|------------------|----------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
A||------------------|----------|------------------|----------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
E||------------------|----------|------------------|----------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
 
5:26
e||-15p12-------------|-----------|
B||-------15p12-------|-----------|
G||-------------14p12-|-REPEAT-x3-|
D||-------------------|-----------|
A||-------------------|-----------|
E||-------------------|-----------|
 
5:30
e||-12b13--12-10-------------------------------|
B||--------------12b13r12-10-------------------|
G||---------------------------11b12r11-9--8/9v-|
D||--------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------|
 
[OUTRO]
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A||-----7-----6-----5-----4-----3-----2-----7-5-7-|
E||-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------|
   Pat------rick Bat-------eman
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   Pat------rick Bat-------eman