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Rock Music Tab by The Pixies

Rock Music tab by The Pixies

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ROCK MUSIC - THE PIXIES

   Thanks to everybody who gave me the correct lyrics. Here is the my
most recent transcription to the noisiest song the Pixies ever owned.
  Anyway, they only use power chords in this song and here they are.

    (X = deaden)
    F5  C5-1  C5-2   C#5   G#5  A#5-1  A#5-2  E5  G5  D#5
e   X    X   X    X    X   X    X   X  X   X
B   X    X   X    X    X   X    X   X  X   X
G   5    X   X    X    X   X    X   4  7   X
D   3    5   X    6    X   X    3   2  5   8
A   X    3   10   4    6   8    1   X  X   6
E   X    X   8    X    4   6    X   X  X   X
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
    When I play this song I turn up my distortion and Reverb as high as
they can go and I get pretty close to the right sound. I realize that some
people don't like power chords or are playing accoustic, so if you play the
Major barre chord in place of the power chord, it still sounds alright. It
is just really hard to slide from one chord to another and get the stepping
down effect from the chords. Enough talking, here's the song:
    / = Slide.
    ~ = speed picking.

    (Opens with feedback)

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

(Guitar2)-

(Lyrics)-
======================================================================
(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)-
======================+ PLAY ABOVE TWICE +==========================
(Guitar1)-
e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

(Lyrics)-
 YOUR ..
===================+ 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 ..
===============+ 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  ..
====================================================================
(Guitar1)-
e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

    C#5       F5      A#5-1  C#5

(Lyrics)-
    HEY   ..
===================================================================
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 ...
=================+ 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 ..
==================================================================
(Guitar1)-
e ---6-------6--------------6--4--7--------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------
(Guitar2)-
  A#5-2            C#5

(Lyrics)-
  IM    ..
===================================================================
(Guitar1)-
e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

(Guitar2)-
    C#5       F5      A#5-1  C#5

(Lyrics)-
    HEY   ..
===================================================================
(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 ..
=================+ PLAY ABOVE THREE TIMES+================
(Guitar1)-
e --------------------------
B ----5---6-----------------
G ---------------------------
D ---------------------------
A ---------------------------
E ---------------------------

(Guitar2)-
   E5/F5

(Lyrics)-
   SOMEWHERE

==========================================================

    That's the whole thing. If you have any comments, additions, or
     improvements (Lyrics!) write me at pancreas@vt.edu.

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