Chords with lyrics
From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 11:29:40 1997
@Song: Here
Written by Pavement
Recorded by Pavement on album "Slanted and Enchanted" (Matador)
File format: tab
Transcription by Gary Von Colln
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Verse 1
A augmentedA 
E6E6 
Dmaj7Dmaj7
I was dressed for succes, but success it never comes
A augmentedA E6E6
And I'm the only one who laughs, at your jokes when they are so bad
Dmaj7Dmaj7 A augmentedA
And you jokes are always bad, but they're not as bad as this.
Chorus
E6E6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Come join us in a prayer, we'll be waiting, waiting where
A augmentedA
Everything's ending here.
Post chorus 1
D MajorD 
E MajorE A augmentedA
And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
And rain upon you forehead where the mist's for hire if it's just too clear
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Lets spend out last quarter stance randomly
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Go down to the outlet once again
Verse 2
E6E6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Paved portraits of minions and slaves, crotch mavens and one night plays
A augmentedA E6E6
Are they the only ones who laugh? At the jokes when they are so bad
Dmaj7Dmaj7 A augmentedA
And the jokes are always bad, but they're not as bad as this.
Chorus
E6E6 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Come join us in a prayer, we'll be waiting, waiting where
A augmentedA
Everything's ending here.
Post chorus 2
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
And all the spanish candles unsold have gone away to this
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
And a "Run on piece of mount on" trembles shivers runs down the freeway
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
D MajorD E MajorE 
G+G E MajorE
I guess a guess is the best I'll do
Outro
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA (several times)
D MajorD E MajorE G+G E MajorE (last time)
Standard tuning tab
Verses
A augmentedA (repeat 4x) E6E6 (4x) Dmaj7Dmaj7 (4x)
e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------
B-|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------
G-|--2--2--2--2--|--------1-----|--2--2--2--2--|--------
D-|--2--2-----2--|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--------
A-|--0--0-----0--|--2--2-----2--|--------------|--------
E-|--------------|--0--0-----0--|--------------|--------
Chorus
A/Asus4 E/E6/E7 D MajorD
e-|-----------------|--0--------------------------------|--2-----
B-|--2--3--2--3--2--|--0-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2--|--3-----
G-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|--2-----
D-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--0-----
A-|--0--0--0--0--0--|--2--------------------------------|--------
E-|-----------------|--0--------------------------------|--------
come join us in a prayer, we've been waiting, waiting where
D/Dmaj7 A augmentedA
e-|-----------------|--------
B-|--3--3--2--3--2--|--2-----
G-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--2-----
D-|--0--0--0--0--0--|--2-----
A-|-----------------|--0-----
E-|-----------------|--------
everything's ending here.
Post chorus
Dsus2Dsus2 E MajorE
e-|--------------------------------|-----------0-----------------|-----------
B-|-----------5--------------5-----|--------0--------------0--2--|--3--2--2--
G-|--------2--------------2--------|--------------------2--------|--2--2--2--
D-|-----0--------------0-----------|-----2-----------2-----------|--2--2--2--
A-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--0--0--0--
E-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------
And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away
Alternate tuning tab
I played around with alternate tunings and came up with this which
sounds pretty good to me. It's a slack tuning, meaning strings are
lowered in pitch by slackening the tension. You tune the strings (low
to high) to: D-A-D-G-A-C#. You can do this by tuning the 1st string
(the high e) down until it matches the sound of the 2nd string played
on the 2nd fret (
C#C#). Then tune the 2nd string down until it matches
the sound of the 3rd string played on the 2nd fret. Finally, tune the
6th string down two semi-tones to D. You can tune it so that it
sounds an octive lower than the 4th string. If you're not good at
hearing octives, tune it so the 6th string played on the 12th fret
matches the 4th string. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings are not
altered.
Verses
A augmentedA (repeat 4x) E6E6 (4x) Dmaj7Dmaj7 (4x)
C#-|--------0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|--
A augmentedA -|--------0-----|--------2-----|--------0-----|--
G+G -|--2--2-----2--|--1--1-----1--|--2--2-----2--|--
D MajorD -|--2--2-----2--|--X--X-----X--|--0--0-----0--|--
A augmentedA -|--0--0-----0--|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--
D MajorD -|--------------|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--
Post Chorus
Dsus2Dsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA
C#-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--1--0--0--
A augmentedA -|-----------7-----------7-----|-----------7-----------7-----|--0--0--0--
G+G -|-----------7-----------7-----|-----------9-----------9-----|--2--2--2--
D MajorD -|--------7-----------7--------|--------9-----------9--------|--2--2--2--
A augmentedA -|-----5-----------5-----------|-----7-----------7-----------|--0--0--0--
D MajorD -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------
And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away
Outro chords
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE G+G E MajorE
C#-|----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -|----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G -|--------------2-------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -|--0-----2-----2--------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------
A augmentedA -|--0-----2-----0--------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------
D MajorD -|--0-----2--------------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------
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