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Alice Cooper Tablature: Woman Machine

Woman Machine

Words and music by Michael Bruce and Alice Cooper
From the album Muscle Of Love (1973)
Transcribed by ???

This is an old one. The song's original title was "Man Machine" or
"Mr. Machine", depending on which source you read. The song was written
in the late '60's and eventually evolved into "Woman Machine".
Here are some of the major guitar parts.

   Intro
   Guitar two
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|----------2-------0------2--------------2-------0------2-------------------|
A-|--12\--------2/4------2-----2--------------2/4------2-----2----------------|
E-|-------0-----------------------3-----0-----------------------3-------------|


E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----2-------0------2--------------2-------0------2------------------------|
A-|--------2/4------2-----2--------------2/4------2-----2---------------------|
E-|--0-----------------------3-----0-----------------------3------------------|


   Guitar one
E-|-----7\-----------------------------7\-------------------------------------|
B-|-----8\-----------------------------8\-------------------------------------|
G-|-----7\-----------------------------7\-------------------------------------|
D-|-----9\-----------------------------9\-------------------------------------|
A-|-----7\-----------------------------7\-------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |                                                                           |
  |Guitar two                                                                 |
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------0-----2------------------------0-----2----------------------|
A-|----------0h2-----2-----2----------------0h2-----2-----2-------------------|
E-|--0------------------------3-----0------------------------3----------------|
  |                                                                           |
  |Guitar three                                                               |
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----8------------------------------8--------------------------------------|
G-|-----7------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
D-|-----9------------------------------9--------------------------------------|
A-|-----7------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Guitar two's part is mostly what goes on behind the verses.
   Guitar one
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G-|--/9~~-----------------------|----------------(9)\-------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
  |                                                                           |
  |Guitar two                                                                 |
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
D-|-----2-----------------------|-----2--------------------0------------------|
A-|--------------------2--0-----|--------------------2--0---------------------|
E-|--0-----0--2--3--0--------3--|--0-----0--2--3--0---------------------------|


  Chorus
    "Oh,         woman machine..."
   Guitar one                      Chorus ends with an A chord
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G-|-----4--------2-----2-----4--|-----4--------2-----2------------------------|
D-|--4-----2--4-----4-----4-----|--4-----2--4-----4-----4--2------------------|
A-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


   Guitar one's part has a little change-up approximatley 1:56 in
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----4--------2-----2-----4-------4--------2------2------------------------|
D-|--------2--4-----4-----4-------------2--4-----4------4--2------------------|
A-|--2----------------------------2-------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    2:39 in
            "She can't talk back   with no playback.  But she'll listen
   [Muted percussive scratchings not transcribed]
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------7----4-----------7--4---------------------7--4---------|
D-|--7---4---7---9-----7----4-----------7--4---------------------7--4---------|
A-|--7---4---7---9-----5----2-----------5--2---------------------5--2---------|
E-|--5---2---5---7------------------------------------------------------------|


    "to all your woe.           Trade your old one   for a new one.
E-|--------------------(12b~\)------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------9b~\--------------7---4-----------7---4--------------|
D-|----------------------------------------7---4-----------7---4--------------|
A-|----------------------------------------5---2-----------5---2--------------|
E-|-----2---5----7------------------------------------------------------------|


    "They just don't make 'em like they used to, no."
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|------------------7-----4----------------------------------------2h4-------|
D-|------------------7-----4-----------------------------------2h4-------2h4--|
A-|------------------5-----2------------4----7---9--------2h4-----------------|
E-|-------------------------------------2----5---7----------------------------|


  The song's ending is based around these chords.
E-|------7--6\----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--8---8--7\----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--7---7--6\----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--9---9--8\----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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