Surfer Rosa
Guitar tab
[Bone Machine|
Break My Body|
Something Against You|
Broken Face|
Gigantic|
River Euphrates|
Where Is My Mind?|
Cactus|
Tony's Theme|
Oh My Golly!|
Vamos|
I'm Amazed|
Brick is Red]
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* The Pixies *
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tab. by JeannotLeFou, lefeuvre@titan.ENST-bretagne.fr
BONE MACHINE
D A C G... Through whole song....
Slow bit: D C F G
Lead Guitar:
e 5555------------
B 6666----8888----
G ----7-5-77777-5-
D -------7-------7
A ----------------
E ----------------
bend bend
This is a song for Carol
You're into Japanese fastfood
And I drop you off with your Japanese lover
And you're going to the beach all day
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me
You're looking like
You've got some sun
Your blistered lips
Have got a kiss
The days are lit like everyone
Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh
Your bones got a little machine
You're the bone machine
I was talking to peachy-peach about kissy-kiss
You buy me a soda
You buy me a soda
You buy me a soda and you try to molest me in the parking lot
Yep, yep yep YEP!
I make you pray
You make me hard
Your Irish skin
Looks Mexican
Our love is rice and beans and horses lard
Your bones got a little machine
You're the bone machine
Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh (3x)
Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh
BREAK MY BODY
Verse:
G A# avec un D parfois
for the chorus the rhythm plays :
A G F Bb G C A
break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Lead guitar
intro
G A#
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G A#
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play above at end of verses
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play above pattern through chorus and then
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then play note on 5th fret in similar
way to the pattern on the 8th fret.
At the end of the song play
B D D# x 2
B D D# B
Lyrics :
I'm a hard loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us crawling on the dirty floor
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3
I'm a belly dancer
I'll shake forever and I'll never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3
Somebody got hurt
Somebody got hurt
Somebody got her
SOMETHING AGAINST YOU
Intro:(Barred chords)
B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm
Same riff thru the whole song with solo guitar:
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G-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- etc...
I have something against you
I have something against you
I have something against you
Break:
F#/F#/E/E/ B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm *2
Here, bass play B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm and lead guitar play
something like:
e ------------------------------
B-11-12-11-11-12-11-11-12-11-11-
I have something against you
I have something against you
And I'm gonna use it
I am one happy prick
BROKEN FACE
I got a broken face
I got a
I got a broken face
A
I got broken face *2
A
There was this boy who had two
Children with his sisters
A
They were his daughters
C G
They were his favourite lovers
A D B E A
I got no lips, I got no tongue
D B E A
Where there were eyes there's only space
D B E A
I got no lips, I got no tongue
A
I got a broken face, uh-hu, uh-hu
I got a broken face
There was this man who snapped his poke
In little pieces
And then they drilled holes
And then they put 'em back in there
I got no lips, I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there's only space
I got no lips, I got no tongue
I got a broken face
Uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, ooo
I got a broken face
The little thing who loves my mother
Speaks no English
But if you saw her
You'd say "Hey isn't she lovely"
I got no lips, I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there's only space
I got no lips, I got no tongue
GIGANTIC
main riff (on bass):
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And this I know
His teeth as white as snow
What a gas it was to see him
Walk her every day
Into a shady place
With her lips she said
She said
Feedback sur G
Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball (3x)
G5 D5 E5 B5
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
C5 D5
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Lovely legs they are
What a big black mask
What a hunk of love
Walk her every day into a shady place
He's dark, but I'd want him
Hey Paul, Hey Paul, Hey Paul, let's have a ball (3x)
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic, gigantic, gigantic
A big big love
after the second verse, there is a guitar break that goes:
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(bass) rest
G5 E5 D5 |\ four times, then back to chorus main riff
RIVER EUPHRATES
Intro:
D/A/A D/A/A D/A/A->e---------------
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Bend to 5
F# B B C
Ride, ride, ride, ...
Pendant couplet,solo:
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F#
Stuck here out of gas
B C
Out here on the Gaza Strip
F#
From driving in too fast 2,3,4
B F# D F#
Let's ride a tire down river Euphrates
E A
Ride ride,
F# B B C
Ride, ride, ride, ...
Dead sea make it float
One sip from the salty wine
Dead sea make you choke
Let's ride a tire down river Euphrates
WHERE IS MY MIND?
E C#m Abm A [twice, then add this:]
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E C#m Abm A
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
E C#m Abm A
Try this trick and spin it Yeah,
E C#m Abm
Your head will collapse but there's nothing in it
A
And you'll ask yourself
E C#m
Where is my mind?
Abm A
Where is my mind?
E C#m Abm A
Where is my mind?
E C#m Abm A
E Abm A Am C#...... B
Way out in the water see it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Carribean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me to me to me
[Chorus]
solo:
guitar 1:
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B||--9b--r-9b--r-------------------------8\10--|
G||--9b--r-9b--r--9b--9r-9-9-7----7---9--------|
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E||--------------------------------------------|
B||--7-----7-----------------------------------|
G||--9b--r-9b--r--9b--9r-9-9-7-7----7--9--7----|
D||------------------------------9-----------9-|
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E||--------------------------------------------|
E||--------10-12-12-12b-r-13b--r-13b--r-13b--r-----|
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E||-------------10---12b--r-12b--r-12b--r-12b--r---|
B||-----7-10-12------------------------------------|
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[Repeat first verse]
[Chorus]
[Repeat E C#m Abm A ad lib to finish]
CACTUS
E5 G5 Am C D
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[Blues it up in the first verse by adding these
where appropriate]
E5
Sitting here wishing a the cement floor
G5 E5
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
G5 E5 G5 E5
Put it on when I go lonely
Am C D E5
Will you take off your dress and send it to me?
I miss your kissin' and I miss your head
And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
Run outside in the desert heat
Make your dress all wet and send it to me
I miss your soup and I miss your bread
And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
So spill your breakfast and drip your wine
Just wear that dress when you dine
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
Bloody your hands on a cactus tree
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
Outro:
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TONY'S THEME
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called: Tony's Theme
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Em G A Em A
She put the oil in the chain for a ride today, no boloney
Em G A Em A
Ride around on my bicycle like a pony
Em G A Em A
I'm wavin hi hi hi hi hi
Em G A
G-g-g-gimme the speed
Em A
Gimme gimme the beat
Oh Tony
To-ny (4x)
I can talk to my bicycle tire
I'm racin', speed by, turn and pop a wheelie and burn
People chasin'
I'm wavin' bye bye bye bye bye
I got a card in my spokes
I'm practicin' my jokes
I'm learnin'
D/G/A
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called: Tony's Theme
I can get by this sort
If you give me some pass
Some glasses on the back of the road
He was even dressed like a toad
That's what class is
OH MY GOLLY
Dm
Demtro las pi~nones y las holas 'rique~na.
G Dm G Dm
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Dm
Caminamos bagala luna caribe
G Dm G Dm
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Dm
Besando, chichando con Surfer Rosa
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Dm Am Bb
Entonces se fue en fus madera
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Dm C C Dm
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa!
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa!
Yo soy playero pero no hay playa
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Bien perdida la Surfer Rosa
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
La vida total es un porqueria
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Me hecho menos m'as que vida
Oh my golly! Oh my golly!
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Huh Huh
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! Huh Huh
Translation:
Walkin under the Carribean moon
Kissing and hissing with Surfer Rosa
And then, she fled into the woods
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa
I'm a beachgoer but there is no beach
Totally lost without my Surfer Rosa
All of life is a pigsty
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VAMOS
You fucking die" I said, to her
I said "YOU FUCKING DIE", to her
Huh? What?
No, no! I was talking to Kim
I said "you fucking die"
No, I was just- we were just goofing around
No, no. It didn't have anything to do with anything
She said: "Don't tou- anybody touch this is my stuff"
And I said "You fucking die" like that
I was finishing her part for her
You know what I mean?
Rhythm guitar
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ad lib on above throughout entire song except
for chorus which goes :
Bm G
That maid Maria she is really OK
E G A B
Vamos a jurgar por la playa
Lead guitar
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repeat above 5 times
Chorus
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repeat above 4 times??
then
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keep notes bent to pitch of fifteenth
until playing open notes.
Esta pensando sobre viviendo con mi sister en New Jersey
Echo me dijo que es una vida buena
Enrique bien chevere
We'll keep well bred
We'll stay well fed
We'll have our sons
They will be all well hung
They'll come and play
Their friends will say
Your daddy's rich
Your mamma's a pretty thing
That maid Maria she is really OK
Vamos a jurgar por la playa
I keep gettin' friends
Looking like lesbiens
If we get bored
We'll move to California
They'll come and play
Their friends will say
Your daddy's rich
Your mamma's a pretty thing
That maid Maria she is really OK
Vamos a jurgar por la playa
I'M AMAZED
-...girls and fucked 'em at school
All I know is that
There were rumours he was into field hockey players
There were rumours
-So he applied basically
-He was gone the next day
-And went off with the team
-It's like - he was go-they just like
It was so hush hush
They were so... quiet about it
And then the next thing you know...
Intro bass:
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Em
The day before
I was wed
She went upstairs
And then she cut her head away
Em(7fret)
I'm amazed (4x)
And when I was
A little boy
A ball of string
Might get up to the rain
Solo
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Before I died
I took my Honda
And cranked it up up up
Too bad it don't have no brakes
I'm amazed (4x)
BRICK IS RED
Intro:
[2x]
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harm.
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G A C G A G A C G A Bm
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G A G
A fist is fast
A G
And Jimmy's cast
C Bm
Hang me
A white moon's hot
The other side's not
Hang me
Bm C
It's not time for me for me to go
It's not time for me for me to go
No Chords
My eyes have turned
Just the color of
G A C
diamond Just the color
G A Bm
The frayed color of ice
End:
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