White Wedding by Billy Idol

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It's a nice day for this 80's hard rock classic...


BASS

This tune is driven by one of the most propulsive basslines known to man.  The main bassline for the intro looks like this:



The verse is all steady eighth notes on the bass:





...as is the chorus:



GUITAR

 The guitar is also most interesting in the intro section as it navigates some arpeggiated  tones over the driving bass riff.  With these you want to keep it ringing as much as possible:




In the verse and chorus the guitar is back to playing power chords which lock in with the bass.





UKULELE

There are a few challenging ukulele chords here but totally doable:




                WHITE WEDDING

words and music by: Billy Idol, 1982
 

Intro:
Bm Bm Bm E D 
Bm Bm D E Bm 

Bm     A E   
Hey little sister what have you done
Bm     A E 
Hey little sister who's the only one
Bm  
Hey little sister who's your superman
A 
Hey little sister who's the one you want
Bm 
Hey little sister shot gun!


A  E 
It's a nice day to start again
Bm E  D  
It's a nice day for a white wedding
Bm E  D Bm 
It's a nice day to start again.


Bm     A E 
Hey little sister what have you done
Bm     A E 
Hey little sister who's the only one
Bm 
I've been away for so long (so long)
A 
I've been away for so long (so long)
Bm 
I let you go for so long

Chorus and Intro
Good luck and remember; if you stumble learning this one, start again!

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