Pixies – Bossanova Album tab

Cecilia Ann
                   Pixies

(amp sproing and feedback in key of E)

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(back to main verse, accent notes one octave higher)

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the second to last note (the G under the B chord) originally appeared
               
ROCK MUSIC -  THE PIXIES

[On the High e string]
(Guitar1)-
e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Guitar2)-
  F5  F5     C5-1/C#5     G#5/A#5-1    E5/F5   C5-1/C#5  G#5/A#5-1

(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY===================+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +======================(Guitar1)-e ---------------------------------------------4----3----------B -5---6------------------5---6--------------------------------G -------------------------------------------------------------D -------------------------------------------------------------A -------------------------------------------------------------E -------------------------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1
(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY===============+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +===========================(Guitar1)-e --------------------------------------------6----------B ------------5---4-------------------5---4--------------G --------------------6----------------------------------D -------------------------------------------------------A -------------------------------------------------------E -------------------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- C#5 F5(dive down with whammy bar)
(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH OH===================================================================(Guitar1)-e ---6-------6--------------6--4--7--------------B -----------------------------------------------G -----------------------------------------------D -----------------------------------------------A -----------------------------------------------E -----------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- A#5-2 C#5
(Lyrics)- IM AL - READY GONE====================================================================(Guitar1)-e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B ---------------------------------------------------------------G ----------------------------------------------------------------D ----------------------------------------------------------------A ----------------------------------------------------------------E ----------------------------------------------------------------
C#5 F5 A#5-1 C#5 (Lyrics)- HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA - TUSE =================================================================== Guitar1)- e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Guitar2)- F5 F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- =================================================================== (Guitar1)- e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Guitar2)- E5 F5/G5/F5 C5-1 C#5/D#5/C#5 G#5 A#5-1/C5-2/A#5-1
(Lyrics)-===================================================================(Guitar1)-e ---------------------------------------------4----3----------B -5---6------------------5---6--------------------------------G -------------------------------------------------------------D -------------------------------------------------------------A -------------------------------------------------------------E -------------------------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1
(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY=================+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +=======================(Guitar1)-e --------------------------------------------6----------B ------------5---4-------------------5---4--------------G --------------------6----------------------------------D -------------------------------------------------------A -------------------------------------------------------E -------------------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- C#5 F5(dive down with whammy bar)
(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH OH==================================================================(Guitar1)-e ---6-------6--------------6--4--7--------------B -----------------------------------------------G -----------------------------------------------D -----------------------------------------------A -----------------------------------------------E -----------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- A#5-2 C#5
(Lyrics)- IM AL - READY GONE===================================================================(Guitar1)-e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B ---------------------------------------------------------------G ----------------------------------------------------------------D ----------------------------------------------------------------A ----------------------------------------------------------------E ----------------------------------------------------------------
(Guitar2)- C#5 F5 A#5-1 C#5 (Lyrics)- HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA - TUSE =================================================================== (Guitar1)- e 8(----------------------hold with vibrato------------------) (Guitar2)- F5(hold) F5 F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1
(Lyrics)-===================================================================(Guitar1)-e ------------------------------------------4----3--------------B -----5---6------------5---6-----------------------------------G --------------------------------------------------------------D --------------------------------------------------------------A --------------------------------------------------------------E --------------------------------------------------------------(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1
(Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH=================+ PLAY ABOVE THREE TIMES+================(Guitar1)-e --------------------------B ----5---6-----------------G ---------------------------D ---------------------------A ---------------------------E ---------------------------
(Guitar2)- E5/F5 (Lyrics)- SOMEWHERE Velouria Pixies Intro: F-F#-Bb-B Eb B F# My Vel or i a Bb A G F F My Vel or i a Bb A Bb Bb Bb This is from watching the Dig For Fire/Allison video. I am not too sure about the chords over "Allison" at the end, so feel free to change them to something you think sounds better. Also, these chords are for standard tuning (EADGBe); from watching the video it looks like the guitars are tuned down a half step. Enjoy! --Ryan cygnusx1@prairienet.org Allison - The Pixies Fm C Em Fm C From distant star to this here bar C Em Fm C The me, the you, where are we now C Em Fm C Hooray the blues of everyone G F Fm Em Allison C Em Fm C Keeps a smile around a while C Em Fm C He took no fright and jettisoned C Em Fm C We'll go tonight to hear him tell G F Oh, well Fm Em C Fm Al - li - son B C Al - li - son over the solo, play C Em Fm C three times, then Em Fm And when the planet hit the sun I saw the face of Allison G F Al - li - son Fm Em C Al - li - son G F <-- play these G and F chords rooted on the A string Al - li - son Fm Em C Al - li - son Chord formations: Fm 8 8 10 10 9 8 C 8 10 10 9 8 8 Em 779987 G 355433 x 10 12 12 11 10 F 133211 x 8 10 10 9 8 B 799877 This is from watching the Dig For Fire/Allison video. I am not too sure about the chords over "Allison" at the end, so feel free to change them to something you think sounds better. Also, these chords are for standard tuning (EADGBe); from watching the video it looks like the guitars are tuned down a half step. Enjoy! --Ryan cygnusx1@prairienet.org Is She Weird Pixies Format is verse/chorus/verse2/bridge. The choruses & verse which follow the bridge contain a few variations from the ones shown, but none significantly different. Guitar comes in with bass: Verse starts: GUIT_________________5________|_______6___5_______7___5___2___1_/_2__1_/_2_____ ________________5_____________|___2____________________________________________ ___________3__________________|________________________________________________ ______4_______________________|________________________________________________ ______________________________|________________________________________________ ______________________________|________________________________________________ BASS__________________________|________________________________________________ ______________________________|_________________________2_2_2_2________________ ______________________________|_________0_0_0_0_4_4_4_4_________2_2_2_2_4_4____ _____2__2__2__2__2__2__2__2___|_2_2_2_2_____________________________________0_1 I know you're rich in GUIT______6__5_____11___9_____________________2_____2_\_1___2__2____ ______2______________________12___11___9____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Good clothes and velvet. ________6___5___7__5__2___1_/_2___1_/_2____5_\_4_\_3____________________ ____2_________________________________________________5__4__3__2__3__4__ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your mind is fancied. "And your car is bitchin'." BASS__________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ________2__2__2__2__2__2__2__2________________________________________ Is she weird? Chorus (3 X) GUIT F# A C# E B C# BASS________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________2_2_2_2________________________ __________________0_0_0_0__4_4_4_4______________2_2_2_2___4_4_______ ________2_2_2_2________________________________________________0__1_ Is she weird is she..... ....has no room... GUIT D Bm BASS_____________________________________________________________ ________________0________________________________________________ ___________________________________________2_____________________ _________________________________________________________________ And her head has no room. VERSE 2 GUIT______6__5____7__5__2__1_/_2__1_/_2____2__6__5___11_\_10_\_9______________ _______2__________________________________________________________12__11__9___ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Your heart is ripshit. Your mouth... GUIT____2__2_\_1_/_2__2___________6__5___7__5__2___1_/_2__1_/_2_____ _______________________________2____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ....is everywhere. I'm lying in it. GUIT________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ _______14___13__12_____________________________14____16____18_______ _____________________14___13___12___13___14_________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Is she weird? GUIT: D B C# E A E B BASS_________________________________________________________________ __________0__________________________________________________________ _________________2______4_____________________0______________2_______ ___________________________________0_________________0_______________ Is she over me? Like the stars & the sun the stars, the sun.... ( on to later verse & choruses, played like the above). Ana Pixies Opening chords: E E Bbm Intro (solo played over chords appearing at top):
Bbm A C# F# A Bbm A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-11-10-8-10---------8----------------------11---11-11-----------------11---11----11--11s8-8--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C# F# A C# Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-11-10-8-10---------8---------------------------11---11---11-11--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C# Ab A Bbm E Bbm------------------12--9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-9-11-8-s11------------8-9-11-10----------------------11----------------------11--------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bm Bb She's my faith D G Undressing in the sun Bb Bm Bb Return to sea I... D G Forgetting everyone Bb D Eleven heart A C# Ab A Bbm E Bbm Ride away Bbm A She's my faith C# F# Undressing every sound A Bbm A Return to sea I... C# F# forgetting everyone A C# Ab Eleven high D A Bb Bm F Bm Ride away All over The World' Pixies INTRO: G------------------------------------ B--15----14--12---14--12-12-----10--- E------------------------------------ CHORDS: F# D G D play 3 times. F# D G D A pet at my side, God in the sky, F# D G D snow falling down, freeze my body F# D G D to the ground. I can't ride, F# D G D but one more time I will ride F# D G D F# D G D all over the world. Continue With F# D G D: Washed over the side,top of the sky, Slow diver down.Two feet land on a diff'rent ground.You can't live easily, you can't even speak.But all of them speak all over the world,all over the world, all over the world,all over the world, all over the world,all over the world, ,all over the world. G D Here there's a Bridge: A# Gm I will meet you over there. F# D G D F# D I am... A# Gm F# D G D F# D G D going to meet you over there. During the Solo the Chords used are:Bm ,Gmaj7 and C There is two others parts but you can find the Lyrics in the album. The Chords used are the same. PIXIES - BLOWN AWAY (Chords) ---------------------------------- INTRO : Gm Cm }X8 VERSE1 : Now the sun is burning Am In deepest space Cm That's the way things are G E Through a storm I called you Am It fell each day Cm I din't get so far G E My words get blown away Am Cm D Gm Cm... VERSE2 : (same chords as first verse) My lips are moving If you touch my face Did you hear my screams ? While we were sleeping I tried to say Even in my dreams My words get blown away BRIDGE : Am Cm Am Cm VERSE3 : Now the sun is burning Am In deepest space Cm I didn't get so far... G E Am Hang Wire - Pixies (Bossanova)
intro x 2 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0- 7--5--3--5--8--7--7--5--3--5--8--7- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
verse Em B C G B C E B C G B C ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -----------78787--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- they're going higher...
chorus x 2Em B C BAG B C D---------------------------------------------------------8---7----------------------------------------------------9---8---9-864---8---9--11--------------------------------9---9--10-975---9--10--12--------------------------------7---9--10-975---9--10--12------------------------------------7---8-753---7---8--10--------------------------------Hang wire...
Then comes verse again added with lead guitar, something like this on the d string: d9-9-9101010-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-10----9--9-9-9--9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9------ Em B C G B C Em B C G B C
ChorusEm B C --------------------------------88888888------------------------99999999888888889-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
9999999999999999101010101010101077777777999999991010101010101010--------777777778-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-Every morning and everyday, I'll bossanova with ya
Verse (instrumental), added with the same kind of lead guitar as intro Verse with the same d-string lead guitar as above Chorus x 3, with lead guitar: e ------------15-12-10-15---9-10--15-12-10-15-12-10- Em B C G B C
And then, an instrumental parte 19--14---20--15---11---12---- this is played once with the normal chordsb ----------------------------- (Em B C G B C) and then twice with new chords: (Em B C G B C) B G C G D#m Em (B G C G D#m Em)
outro: Em C B G Em Words : They're going higher Wind is whistling on the barbs Your head's a hammer Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire That man is a liar The day is like a warm night Salt rusts the cold line Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire Every morning and every day I'll bossanova with ya If there were a fire Can we scratch beneath it Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire
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