Alien Lanes chords by Guided By Voices

Special thanks to Michael Davidson for tabbing these







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AS WE GO UP

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The chorus and verse are both arpeggiated barre chords. These are the

notes I think they're playing, but the guitar is pretty hard to hear

for most of the song



Verse:



  G          C         E         D

e---3------------------------------------------------------------------

B------3--------5------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------5-------9--------7-----------------------------------

D---------------------------9--------7---------------------------------

A------------3-------3-7------7--5-------------------------------------

E-3-------3------------------------------------------------------------



Chorus:



  G         C         Bm        C

e----3-------------------2--------------------------------------------

B------3------5------------3------5-----------------------------------

G---------------5-------------------5---------------------------------

D---------------------------------------------------------------------

A-----------3------3--2------2--3-------------------------------------

E-3-------3-----------------------------------------------------------



For the bridge ("I speak in monotone...") play Bb and C, strummed

normally.



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BLIMPS GO 90

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The verse is a pretty simple little riff.



Play this thing a few times:



e------------------

B------------------

G------------------

D---4-------4------

A-2---2------------

E-------0-0---0----



Followed by:



e----------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------   etc.

D---------------------------4-------4----

A----6-------6-----4------2--2-----------

E--4---4-4-4---0-2---2----------0-0---0--

               ^ (This is kind of a grace note played as you move your

                  fingers from the G#5 to F#5.)



The transition from verse to chorus goes:



e-------------------

B-------------------

G-------------------

D----4-----4--------

A--2---2-1---1-2----

E-------------------



The chorus is just two note power chords:



  G#5   F#5   E5

  G#5   E5    F#5



The violin part is basically four notes played in different orders.



e---11---9----------   is the first riff; the violin plays these notes

B-----------12---9--   throughout the rest of the song.



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CLOSER YOU ARE

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The verse is just a change between C and G barre chords.

The chorus is G C Bm Bb A.

For "Now you can see the boys" play C then B. (It might be C then G,

I'm not really sure.)

The "dreaming, scheming" riff is this:



e-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------------------------------------------

B---0-------0---0-------0-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------------------

G---------------------------0-------0---0-------0---------------------

D---------------------------------------------------------------------

A-0-----------0-------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------0-----------0-------------------------------



The last part goes like this:



   C          G               Csus2



e--3-----3----3---------------3----------------------3----------------

B--5----------3---------------3----3--3--3-----------3----------------

G--5--5----5--4---------------5-5-----------5--------4----------------

D--5----------5---------------5----------------------5----------------

A--3----------5---------------3----------------------5----------------

E-------------3--------------------------------------3----------------



I get up      Seven o'clock   Drive ...



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LITTLE WHIRL

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The verse riff is:  D A G   E G A

The chorus is:  G  A

End on a D.



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MY SON COOL

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The intro is:  B   D

               B   D   E



The verse is:  A  D  A  F#  E  F#  D  B  D

 And then repeat the intro.



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PIMPLE ZOO

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The first part is E then G.

The break in between the two main parts is B G# D#.

Then the final part is E then Db.



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A SALTY SALUTE

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The guitar part to this is simply D and E. However, I think it sounds

better to follow the baseline, especially if you're just playing alone.

In that case, the chords are: D  A  D  G  F#  E  F#  G.



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WATCH ME JUMPSTART

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The opening riff is 3 barre chords: E F# A F# E

For the verse, I play the same chords, only leave the low E string open

and alternate it with the chords like this:



e-0-----0----------2-----2----------5------

B-0-----0----------2-----2----------5------

G-1-----1----------3-----3----------6------

D-2-----2----------4-----4----------7------

A-2-----2----------4-----4----------7------

E---0-0---0-0-...----0-0---0-0-...----0-0--



Followed by the main riff.

For the "Shoot me down part" play E followed by A.

Then, for "Cause I won't be around" play a Dbm. The little riff that

goes on there is just the B string; while making the Dbm, lift your

middle finger on and off, like this B-5-5-5-4-5. The rest of the bridge

goes like this:

       F#                              E

As you run from the places you ...



            C                  D         C

And they're pulling me back ...



Comments, corrections, etc.

michael.davidson@the-matrix.com




Special thanks to Dildozer







*a good flying bird/alien lanes



f g bflat c

f g bflat c

bflat g bflat c

f g bflat c

f g bflat c

f g bflat c

f g bflat c

bflat g bflat c

f g bflat c

f g bflat c

a bflat c f



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*don't stop now(not the one on the new album)



d|--0--0----0--0--------

a|-0--0--0-0--0--0------

e|2--2--2-3--3--3------- (keep doin this over and over)

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*my valuable hunting knife(sort of how they play it live)

first part:

c e c a g

hit it:

f e f e f e f e g e f e f e g f

third part:

c a g

c a g

c e c a g

c e c a g

hit it:

f e f e f e f e g e f e f e g f

i will run:

e f g f

e f g f

e f g f

e f

sixth part:

c a g

c a g

never know:

c a g f

c a g f

c a g f

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*striped white jets/alien lanes

(* = play the f over and over again at the start)

f* f a g

f* f a g

f* f a g

f* f a g

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b a f

b a

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riff

g-------------------------3333----------------------------333-----

d-3333333222222211111115555---3333333322222222111111115555---0-----

a------------------------------------------------------------------0770-0550

e-----------------------------------------------------------------1----1----



a--0330-01111(alot of times)-

e-1----1--------------------0



f* f a g f

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*king and caroline/alien lanes

this song is played on bass but it sounds fine on a six string

my notes on this one are far from perfect but they're good enough for me



first part: 4 times

a-------222553-23232-  <-this last note switches to 5 on 4th time

e-333555-------------



second part: 2 times

a-555---33322--232323

e----333-----5-------



first part: 2 times

second part: 2 times

first part: 2 times