The Pixies - Surfer Rosa Album guitar tab
************** * The Pixies * ************** tab. by JeannotLeFou, lefeuvre@titan.ENST-bretagne.fr BONE MACHINE D A C G... Through whole song.... Slow bit: D C F G Lead Guitar: e 5555------------ B 6666----8888---- G ----7-5-77777-5- D -------7-------7 A ---------------- E ---------------- bend bend This is a song for Carol You're into Japanese fastfood And I drop you off with your Japanese lover And you're going to the beach all day You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me You're looking like You've got some sun Your blistered lips Have got a kiss The days are lit like everyone Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh Your bones got a little machine You're the bone machine I was talking to peachy-peach about kissy-kiss You buy me a soda You buy me a soda You buy me a soda and you try to molest me in the parking lot Yep, yep yep YEP! I make you pray You make me hard Your Irish skin Looks Mexican Our love is rice and beans and horses lard Your bones got a little machine You're the bone machine Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh (3x) Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh ******************************************************************************** BREAK MY BODY Verse: G A# avec un D parfois for the chorus the rhythm plays : A G F Bb G C A break my body hold my bones hold my bones Lead guitar intro G A# ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- --9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- G A# ----------------------------12-12-12-12- ---------------------------------------- --9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- play above at end of verses -12--10---------- -10--10---------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- play above pattern through chorus and then --13-12-10------------------------ ------------13-12-10-------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- --13-12-10------------------------ ------------13-12-10/9/8/7/6/5-5-5 ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- then play note on 5th fret in similar way to the pattern on the 8th fret. At the end of the song play B D D# x 2 B D D# B Lyrics : I'm a hard loser You'll find me crashing through my mother's door I am the ugly lover You'll find us crawling on the dirty floor Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3 I'm a belly dancer I'll shake forever and I'll never care I'm a building jumper Roof to roof you see me flying in the air Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3 Somebody got hurt Somebody got hurt Somebody got her ******************************************************************************** SOMETHING AGAINST YOU Intro:(Barred chords) B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm Same riff thru the whole song with solo guitar: e------------------------------------- B------------------------------------- G-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- etc... I have something against you I have something against you I have something against you Break: F#/F#/E/E/ B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm *2 Here, bass play B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm and lead guitar play something like: e ------------------------------ B-11-12-11-11-12-11-11-12-11-11- I have something against you I have something against you And I'm gonna use it I am one happy prick ******************************************************************************** BROKEN FACE I got a broken face I got a I got a broken face A I got broken face *2 A There was this boy who had two Children with his sisters A They were his daughters C G They were his favourite lovers A D B E A I got no lips, I got no tongue D B E A Where there were eyes there's only space D B E A I got no lips, I got no tongue A I got a broken face, uh-hu, uh-hu I got a broken face There was this man who snapped his poke In little pieces And then they drilled holes And then they put 'em back in there I got no lips, I got no tongue Where there were eyes there's only space I got no lips, I got no tongue I got a broken face Uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, ooo I got a broken face The little thing who loves my mother Speaks no English But if you saw her You'd say "Hey isn't she lovely" I got no lips, I got no tongue Where there were eyes there's only space I got no lips, I got no tongue ******************************************************************************** GIGANTIC main riff (on bass): ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ______________5__5__7__7__2__2__2__2__3__3__5__5____ __3__3__3__3________________________________________ And this I know His teeth as white as snow What a gas it was to see him Walk her every day Into a shady place With her lips she said She said Feedback sur G Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball (3x) G5 D5 E5 B5 Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic C5 D5 A big big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big big love Lovely legs they are What a big black mask What a hunk of love Walk her every day into a shady place He's dark, but I'd want him Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball (3x) Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big big love Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic A big big love after the second verse, there is a guitar break that goes: ____________________________________________________| ____________________________________________________| __0_______0_____1_________________________________._| __0____0_____2________1_________2______4___5______._| __2________________2_________3______5_______________| __3_________________________________________________| (bass) rest G5 E5 D5 |\ four times, then back to chorus main riff ******************************************************************************** RIVER EUPHRATES Intro: D/A/A D/A/A D/A/A->e--------------- -4-4------------- -4-4------------- Bend to 5 F# B B C Ride, ride, ride, ... Pendant couplet,solo: --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- -4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3- --------------------- --------------------- F# Stuck here out of gas B C Out here on the Gaza Strip F# From driving in too fast 2,3,4 B F# D F# Let's ride a tire down river Euphrates E A Ride ride, F# B B C Ride, ride, ride, ... Dead sea make it float One sip from the salty wine Dead sea make you choke Let's ride a tire down river Euphrates ******************************************************************************** WHERE IS MY MIND? E C#m Abm A [twice, then add this:] ------------------------------------ ----9---9---9---9---9---9----------- --9---9---9---9---8---8---9--9p8h8-- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ E C#m Abm A With your feet in the air and your head on the ground E C#m Abm A Try this trick and spin it Yeah, E C#m Abm Your head will collapse but there's nothing in it A And you'll ask yourself E C#m Where is my mind? Abm A Where is my mind? E C#m Abm A Where is my mind? E C#m Abm A E Abm A Am C#...... B Way out in the water see it swimmin' I was swimmin' in the Carribean Animals were hiding behind the rock Except the little fish But they told me, he swears Tryin' to talk to me to me to me [Chorus] [Repeat first verse] [Chorus] [Repeat E C#m Abm A ad lib to finish] ******************************************************************************** CACTUS E5 G5 Am C D ------------------0---0---2--- ------------------1---1---3--- ------------------2---0---2--- --2---2---5---5---2---2---0--- --2---4---5---7---0---3------- --0---0---3---3-------0------- ^^^ ^^^ [Blues it up in the first verse by adding these where appropriate] E5 Sitting here wishing a the cement floor G5 E5 Just wishing that I had just something you wore G5 E5 G5 E5 Put it on when I go lonely Am C D E5 Will you take off your dress and send it to me? I miss your kissin' and I miss your head And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead Run outside in the desert heat Make your dress all wet and send it to me I miss your soup and I miss your bread And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead So spill your breakfast and drip your wine Just wear that dress when you dine Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that I had just something you wore Bloody your hands on a cactus tree Wipe it on your dress and send it to me Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that I had just something you wore Outro: ------------------------- ----10-----10--8--------- ------------------9--7--- ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ******************************************************************************** TONY'S THEME This is a song about a superhero named Tony It's called: Tony's Theme -2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------| ----------------0-2-0-------0-2-0---0-2-0-------0-2-0---| --------------2-------2-2-2-------2-------2-2-2-------2-| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| Em G A Em A She put the oil in the chain for a ride today, no boloney Em G A Em A Ride around on my bicycle like a pony Em G A Em A I'm wavin hi hi hi hi hi Em G A G-g-g-gimme the speed Em A Gimme gimme the beat Oh Tony To-ny (4x) I can talk to my bicycle tire I'm racin', speed by, turn and pop a wheelie and burn People chasin' I'm wavin' bye bye bye bye bye I got a card in my spokes I'm practicin' my jokes I'm learnin' D/G/A This is a song about a superhero named Tony It's called: Tony's Theme I can get by this sort If you give me some pass Some glasses on the back of the road He was even dressed like a toad That's what class is ******************************************************************************** OH MY GOLLY Dm Demtro las pi~nones y las holas 'rique~na. G Dm G Dm Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Dm Caminamos bagala luna caribe G Dm G Dm Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Dm Besando, chichando con Surfer Rosa Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Dm Am Bb Entonces se fue en fus madera Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Dm C C Dm Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Yo soy playero pero no hay playa Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Bien perdida la Surfer Rosa Oh my golly! Oh my golly! La vida total es un porqueria Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Me hecho menos m'as que vida Oh my golly! Oh my golly! Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Huh Huh Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Huh Huh Translation: Walkin under the Carribean moon Kissing and hissing with Surfer Rosa And then, she fled into the woods Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa I'm a beachgoer but there is no beach Totally lost without my Surfer Rosa All of life is a pigsty ??? ******************************************************************************* VAMOS You fucking die" I said, to her I said "YOU FUCKING DIE", to her Huh? What? No, no! I was talking to Kim I said "you fucking die" No, I was just- we were just goofing around No, no. It didn't have anything to do with anything She said: "Don't tou- anybody touch this is my stuff" And I said "You fucking die" like that I was finishing her part for her You know what I mean? Rhythm guitar ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -2--2--2--2--2--2-------------------- -0--0--0--0--3--3-------------------- ad lib on above throughout entire song except for chorus which goes : Bm G That maid Maria she is really OK E G A B Vamos a jurgar por la playa Lead guitar ------------------------------------- ---9--7--11--14>>>(b)15-------------- ---9--7--11--14>>>(b)15-------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ---\15--\11--\11--\11--\11----------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- repeat above 5 times Chorus ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- --9--12--14--16---------------------- --9--12--14--16---------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- repeat above 4 times?? then ----------------------------------0-- --9--7--11--14>>>(b)15--14--14----0-- --9--7--11--14>>>(b)15----14--14--0-- ----------------------------------0-- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- keep notes bent to pitch of fifteenth until playing open notes. Esta pensando sobre viviendo con mi sister en New Jersey Echo me dijo que es una vida buena Enrique bien chevere We'll keep well bred We'll stay well fed We'll have our sons They will be all well hung They'll come and play Their friends will say Your daddy's rich Your mamma's a pretty thing That maid Maria she is really OK Vamos a jurgar por la playa I keep gettin' friends Looking like lesbiens If we get bored We'll move to California They'll come and play Their friends will say Your daddy's rich Your mamma's a pretty thing That maid Maria she is really OK Vamos a jurgar por la playa ******************************************************************************** I'M AMAZED -...girls and fucked 'em at school All I know is that There were rumours he was into field hockey players There were rumours -So he applied basically -He was gone the next day -And went off with the team -It's like - he was go-they just like It was so hush hush They were so... quiet about it And then the next thing you know... Intro bass: A-------------------------3-| E-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---| ---------------------------3-| -----------------------------| -----0------0------0---------| -0-4----0-4----0-4----0-4----| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| Em The day before I was wed She went upstairs And then she cut her head away Em(7fret) I'm amazed (4x) And when I was A little boy A ball of string Might get up to the rain Solo -----------7-----9-8---------7--------7---------------------------| -----8-------10------10--------10-------10--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| -7-9---7-9---------------7-9------7-9-----------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| Before I died I took my Honda And cranked it up up up Too bad it don't have no brakes I'm amazed (4x) ******************************************************************************** BRICK IS RED Intro: -------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----12----12-----|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----12----12-----| -------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--12----12----12-|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--12----12----12-| -0-2-0--------------------14----14---|-0-2-0--------------------14----14---| -------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| -------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| -------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| -------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-7-5---------|------------------------12----12------| -------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------8-7-6-5-|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--12----12----12--| -0-2-0------------------------------|-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-2-0------14----14----| ------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| ------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| ------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| ------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| ----------------------3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-|---------------------| -------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| -0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0--------------------------------|-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-| ----------------------------------------------------|---------------------| ----------------------------------------------------|---------------------| ----------------------------------------------------|---------------------| ----------------17-15-12---------------------------| -12-----12----------------15-12--------------10----| -15b16--15b16-------------------14---12-9-12----12-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| harm ----------------17-15-12------------------------------*----------| -12-----12----------------15-12--------------10-------*----10b11-| -15b16--15b16-------------------14---12-9-12----12-11-*-12-------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| G A C G A G A C G A Bm -3--5--8-----3--5------------3--5--8-----3--5--7--| -3--5--8-----3--5------------3--5--8-----3--5--7--| -4--6--9-----4--6------------4--6--9-----4--6--7--| -5--7--10----5--7-----12-----5--7--10----5--7--9--| -5--7--10----5--7------------5--7--10----5--7--9--| -3--5--8-----3--5--12~~~-----3--5--8-----3--5--7--| G A G A fist is fast A G And Jimmy's cast C Bm Hang me A white moon's hot The other side's not Hang me Bm C It's not time for me for me to go It's not time for me for me to go No Chords My eyes have turned Just the color of G A C diamond Just the color G A Bm The frayed color of ice End: Slide down -----------------------7-6-7-7-| -------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---8---8-8-| -0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-----------| -------------------------------| -------------------------------| -------------------------------| ******************************************************************************** CARIBOU Intro: e---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- B-5-5-4\2-2-0-1-5-5-5-4\2-0-0-5-5-4\2-2-0-1-5-7-8-7-5- G-------------0-------------1-------------0----------- D-------------2-------------2-------------2----------- A-------------3-------------2-------------3----------- E---------------------------^------------------------- ^whammy down G Cm G Cm e-3---3---3-------- B-3h4-3h4-3h4---7b6 G-5---5---5-------- D------------------ A------------------ E------------------ G Cm G Cm I live cement, I hate this street G Cm G Cm Give dirt to me, I bite lament G Cm G Cm This human form, Where I was born, G Cm G Cm I now repent, Chorus: G Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm Cari-bou Cari-bou G D# A# B C# G D# A# B C# Cari-bou D# B C# D# B C# REPENT REPENT Give me white, Ground to run And foregone, Lets me naive Nothing lets, I will get What I like ******************************************************************************** ISLA DE ENCANTA Through verses: B A# A C "Isla De Echanta" part: B E Je, Monito vien comigo (2x) Hay aviones cada hora Isla de Encanta Irme hoy (3x) Donde no hay sufrimiento (2x) No pidas rumpassa por la calle Isla de Encanta Irme hoy (3x) Nuestro proprio animal Cantala henta pragati Hey babe, what are we doing here? Laaaa Laaa Patria Isla de Encanto Irme hoy (3x) Translation: Hey, Monita, come with me There are planes each hour Enchanted island I'm leaving today Where there is no sufferng Don't ask for rooms next to the stree ??? ******************************************************************************** ED IS DEAD G C (for 3 strums) Her head is in a bitter way A F F# ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ------------>>>10--8--------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Her brain's on fire G C (3 strums) ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ------5---4------------------------------ -5------------5----3--h5----------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- She's just looking for the perfect wave A F F# ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ------5---4----------->>>10--8----------- -5------------5----3--------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- It's her brain's desire I'll think of her when I walk the strand On this true hormos a night Ed is dead (4x) She's just rotting in stupid bliss With music on her bars uh Her face burning in the L.A. sun She got no got no fear of cars I better kick my strand cruiser To the friendlier oh oh oh oh oh oh Ed is dead (4x) Ed is dead Ed is, yeah Ed is Ed is dead (3x) E.I.D. (3x) No, no, no, no, no Lead guitar bits are just a high G note with a little string bending. ******************************************************************************** HOLIDAY SONG Intro: -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| -1-1-3-3-3-0-0-1-1-1-| ---------------------| ---------------------| ---------------------| ---------------------| ------------------------------------------| -1-0------------------1-0------------0----| -----2-0---0---0-2--------2-0---0------2--| ---------2---2----------------2---2-------| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| the chords for the verse go: A C F C A C F C well sit right down my wicked son and let me tell you a story A C F C A F C F about the boy who fell from glory and how he was a wicked son chorus: G F A C F C this ain't no holiday no, no G F but it always turns out this way D f# g a g f# here i am with my hands He took his sister from his head And then painted her on the sheets And then rolled her up in grass and trees And they kissed 'till they were dead This ain't no holiday But it always turns out this way Here I am, with my hand Well sit right down my evil son And let me tell you a story About the boy who fell from glory And how he was a wicked son This ain't no holiday But it always turns out this way Here I am, with my hand This ain't no holiday But it always turns out this way Here I am, with my hand ******************************************************************************** NIMROD'S SON Intro: C# G# G F# F#/E [repeats] [Solo starting third measure] -----11s12-------12-------12-------------------------------------- -s13---------s13------s13----------------------------------------- -s13---------s13------s13------12b(13)r12-11---------13>>>>------- ---------------------------------------------14-11---11>>>>------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Continue intro chords] One night I upon my motorcycle through the desert spead And smashed my body so that All my friends thought I was dead My sister held me close and whispered to my bleeding head [Tacet] 'You are the son of a mother-fucker' one two three four F# I shook all night and held her hand G C# G# G F# F#/E In tropic heat well I'll be damned F# Land of plenty, land of fun G C# G# G F# F#/E C# G# G F# F#/E To find out I'm Nimrod's Son B A G Oh bury me far away please F# Bury me [Repeat this] -------------------- -------------------- --6-7s4-6--6-7s4-6-- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- [And then add the chords:] C# D B C# C# D B C# The joke has come upon me In my motorcycle mirror I think about the life I've led And how my soul's been asking all the holes where I had bled My image spoke to me Yes to me and often said 'You are the son of incestuous union' One two three Now my head is clear My luke hands washed My daughter's pure My son is whole Land of plenty, land of fun To find out I'm Nimrod's Son Oh bury me far away please Bury me The joke has come upon me ******************************************************************************** I'VE BEEN TIRED Intro bass: G/A/C Rythm guitar: G One two three She's a real left winger 'cause she's been down south And held peasants in her arms She said "I could tell you stories that could make you cry" "What about you?" I said "Me too" "I could tell you a story that would make you cry" And she sighed "Aaahh" I said "I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed" "I like Lou Reed" she said sticking her tongue in my ear "Let's go, let's sit, let's talk" "Politics go so good with beer" "And while we're at it baby, why don't you tell me one of your biggest fears?" I said "Loosing my penis to a whore with disease" "Just kidding" I said "Loosing my life to a whore with disease" I said "Please... I'm a humble guy with a healthy desire" "Don't give me no shit because..." G A C G I've been tired I've been tired A C G A I've been tired I've been tired C G A C I've been tired I've been tired -------------------------| -------------------------| -3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -------------------------| -------------------------| I tell a tale of a girl, but I call her a woman She's a little bit older than me Strong legs, strong fase, voice like milk, breasts like a cluster of grapes I can't escape the ways she raise me She'll make you feel like Solomon be one of your babies even if you had no one (And while we're at it baby, why don't you tell me one of your biggest fears?) I don't wanna sleep after setting my loins on fire But that's OK because... I've been tired (6x) e-------12------------12----| B-12-13----12---12-13----12-| G---------------------------| I've been tired (9x) T-i-r-e-d spells it Spells it ******************************************************************************** LEVITATE ME Intro: E Give me help Give me help You can... levitate me Then take off them rings Off them hose Levitate me Higher place G#m A Levitate me Elevator lady (4x) E G#m A Lady levitate me B(7fret) If all in all is true (3x) B(2fret) If all is true C B E Won't you please fawn over me (4x) Solo guitar: ----------------------------8---7--0-| ----------------------------8---7--0-| -9-9-9-8------9-9-9-8-------9---8--1-| ---------11-9---------11-9--10--9--2-| ----------------------------10--9--2-| ----------------------------8---7--0-| Shaky shake... Shakey Levitate me Come on Pilgrim You know he loves you Levitate me Higer place He kicked a baby Elevator lady (3x) Lady Elevator Lady Lady. Lady. Levitate me If all in all is true (3x) If all is true Won't you please run over me (5x) Me, me, me, me, ... ********************************************************************************