Chords with lyrics
Guitar 1: Black Francis (Acoustic)
Guitar 2: Joey Santiago (Electric)
Intro (Guitar 2):
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
BB|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8--------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (Guitar 1):
BB 
C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
G#G# C# minorC#m
He tried hard but he could not make it
BB C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
Riff 1
BB C# minorC#m
On a holiday
G#G#
For many miles
Riff 1
C# minorC#m BB
Looking for a place to stay
C# minorC#m
Near some friendly star
G#G#
He found this mote
Riff 1
C# minorC#m BB
And now we wonder where we are
BB C# minorC#m
How could this so great
G#G#
Turn so shitty
Riff 1
C# minorC#m BB
He ended up in army crates
C# minorC#m
And photographs in files
G#G#
His tiny boat
C# minorC#m
Sparked as he turned to
BB G#G#
Grazed our city
Chorus:
Riff 4
E MajorE G+G
I started driving on the motorway
Riff 5
BB E MajorE
I was feeling down
Bridge (Chords G1, Tabs G2):
BB C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-4-----------5---4--------4------------------4----------------------|x2
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 (Guitar 1):
(quiet)
Riff 1
BB C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
(loud)
BB C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
G#G# C# minorC#m
He tried hard but he could not make it
BB C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 3 (Guitar 1):
Riff 2
BB C# minorC#m
On a holiday
G#G#
For many miles
Riff 2
C# minorC#m BB
Looking for a place to stay
C# minorC#m
Near some friendly star
G#G#
He found this mote
Riff 2
C# minorC#m BB
And now we wonder
C# minorC#m
How could this so great
G#G#
Turn so shit
Riff 2
C# minorC#m BB
He ended up in army crates
C# minorC#m
And photographs in files
G#G#
His tiny boat
C# minorC#m
Sparked as he turned to
Bridge 2 (x2):
Riff 3
BB C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
G#G# C# minorC#m
He tried hard but he could not make it
BB C# minorC#m
Last night he could not make it
BB C# minorC#m
On a holiday
End Chorus (x7):
(After 3 or 4 times, just improvise something between Riffs 4 and 5)
Riff 4
E MajorE G+G
He started heading for the motorway
Riff 5
BB E MajorE
And he came right down
Outro (over piano):
Riff 5 x3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guitar 2 (Joe)
Riff 1
BB C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-4-----------5----4--------4------------4---------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2
BB C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-2-1--------------6-4-2-4---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3
BB C# minorC#m G#G#
e|----------------7---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-7----------9------9-7--9--7----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 4
E MajorE G+G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-0------------------3-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5
BB E MajorE
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-7b----------7b-7b-7b-----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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