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Pixies - Surfer Rosa Album guitar chord

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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


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                          BREAK MY BODY

Verse:
G A#   avec un D parfois

for the chorus the rhythm plays :
A     G  F    Bb      G     C       A
break ..


Lead guitar
intro
G                           A#
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------

G                            A#
----------------------------12-12-12-12-
----------------------------------------
--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------

play above at end of verses
-12--10----------
-10--10----------
-----------------
-----------------
-----------------
-----------------

play above pattern through chorus and then

--13-12-10------------------------
------------13-12-10--------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------


--13-12-10------------------------
------------13-12-10/9/8/7/6/5-5-5
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------

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


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                           SOMETHING AGAINST YOU

Intro:(Barred chords)
 B/Ebm/G#m/Ebm

Same riff thru the whole song with solo guitar:
e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- etc...

I ..
I ..
I ..

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 ..
I ..
And ..
I ..

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                         BROKEN FACE

I got .
I ..
I ..

A
I ..*2

A
There ..

Children ..
              A
They ..
              C         G
They ..

A D      B       E      A
I ..
      D          B            E    A
Where ..
  D      B       E      A
I got ..

A
I ..
I ..

There ..
In ..
And ...
And ..

I ..
Where ..
I ..

I ..
Uh-hu, ..
I ..

The ..
Speaks ..
But ..
You'd ..

I ..
Where ..
I ..
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                             GIGANTIC

main riff (on bass):

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
______________5__5__7__7__2__2__2__2__3__3__5__5____
__3__3__3__3________________________________________


And ..
His ..
What a ..
Walk ..
Into..
With ..
She ..

Feedback sur G
Hey ..(3x)


G5    D5        E5        B5
Gigantic..
  C5       D5
A ..
Gigantic..
A ..

Lovely ..
What ..
What ..
Walk ..
He's ..

Hey ..(3x)

Gigantic..
A ..
Gigantic..
A ..

Gigantic..
A ..
Gigantic..
A ..

after the second verse, there is a guitar break that goes:

____________________________________________________|
____________________________________________________|
__0_______0_____1_________________________________._|
__0____0_____2________1_________2______4___5______._|
__2________________2_________3______5_______________|
__3_________________________________________________|

(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---------------
                    -4-4-------------
       		    -4-4-------------
                       Bend to 5

F#                   B   B   C
Ride, ride, ride, ...

Pendant couplet,solo:
---------------------
---------------------
---------------------
-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-
---------------------
---------------------
F#
Stuck ..
B                C
Out ..
F#
From ..

       B     F#        D      F#
Let's ..
E     A
Ride  ..

F#                   B   B   C
Ride, ..

Dead ..
One ..
Dead ...

Let's ..
********************************************************************************
                           WHERE IS MY MIND?

E  C#m  Abm  A [twice, then add this:]

------------------------------------
----9---9---9---9---9---9-----------
--9---9---9---9---8---8---9--9p8h8--
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

          E                        C#m                 Abm  A
With ..
E                C#m   Abm        A
   Try ..,
E                    C#m              Abm
  Your ..
           A
And ..

E           C#m
Where ..
Abm                 A
   Where ..
E           C#m   Abm  A
Where ..

E  C#m  Abm  A

E   Abm        A            Am         C#......  B
Way ..

I was ..
Animals ..
Except ..
But ..
Tryin' ..

[Chorus]
[Repeat first verse]
[Chorus]
[Repeat E C#m Abm A ad lib to finish]
********************************************************************************
                                 CACTUS

  E5      G5      Am  C   D
------------------0---0---2---
------------------1---1---3---
------------------2---0---2---
--2---2---5---5---2---2---0---
--2---4---5---7---0---3-------
--0---0---3---3-------0-------
     ^^^     ^^^
[Blues it up in the first verse by adding these
where appropriate]


E5
Sitting ..
     G5                      E5
Just ..
G5     E5        G5     E5
Put ..
         Am            C         D          E5
Will ..

I ..
And ..
Run ..
Make ..

I ..
And ..
So ..
Just ..

Sitting ..
Just ..

Bloody ..
Wipe ..

Sitting ..
Just ..

Outro:
-------------------------
----10-----10--8---------
------------------9--7---
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
********************************************************************************
                                TONY'S THEME

This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called: Tony's Theme

-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------|
-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------|
----------------0-2-0-------0-2-0---0-2-0-------0-2-0---|
--------------2-------2-2-2-------2-------2-2-2-------2-|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|

         Em             G           A      Em        A
She ..
Em      G          A    Em       A
Ride ..
Em    G       A    Em   A
I'm ..
Em    G          A
G-g-g-gimme ..
        Em      A
Gimme ..
Oh Tony

To-ny  (4x)

I ...
I'm ..
People ..
I'm ..
I ..
I'm ..
I'm ..

D/G/A
This ..
It's ..

I ..
If ..
Some ..
He ..
That's ..
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                              OH MY GOLLY

Dm
Demtro ...
 G    Dm     G      Dm
Oh ..
Dm
Caminamos ..
 G     Dm      G    Dm
Oh ..
Dm
Besando..
Oh ..
Dm              Am     Bb
Entonces ..
Oh ..

Dm C            C Dm
Rosa..
Rosa..

Yo ..
Oh ..!
Bien ..
Oh ..
La ..
Oh ..
Me ..
Oh ..

Rosa..
Rosa..
.
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                                  VAMOS


Rhythm guitar

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-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-2--2--2--2--2--2--------------------
-0--0--0--0--3--3--------------------

ad lib on above throughout entire song except
for chorus which goes :

Bm                     G
That ..

        E      G      A      B
Vamos ..


Lead guitar


-------------------------------------
---9--7--11--14>>>(b)15--------------
---9--7--11--14>>>(b)15--------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------


---\15--\11--\11--\11--\11-----------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
repeat above 5 times


Chorus
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
--9--12--14--16----------------------
--9--12--14--16----------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
repeat above 4 times??


then
----------------------------------0--
--9--7--11--14>>>(b)15--14--14----0--
--9--7--11--14>>>(b)15----14--14--0--
----------------------------------0--
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
keep notes bent to pitch of fifteenth
until playing open notes.


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                           I'M AMAZED

Intro bass:

A-------------------------3-|
E-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---|

---------------------------3-|
-----------------------------|
-----0------0------0---------|
-0-4----0-4----0-4----0-4----|
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|

Em
The ..
I ..
She ..
And ..

Em(7fret)
I'm ..  (4x)

And ..
A ..
A ..
Might ..


Solo
-----------7-----9-8---------7--------7---------------------------|
-----8-------10------10--------10-------10--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-7-9---7-9---------------7-9------7-9-----------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|

Before ..
I ..
And ..
Too ..

I'm amazed  (4x)
********************************************************************************
                           BRICK IS RED


Intro:

-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----12----12-----|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----12----12-----|
-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--12----12----12-|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--12----12----12-|
-0-2-0--------------------14----14---|-0-2-0--------------------14----14---|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--8-7-5---------|------------------------12----12------|
-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------8-7-6-5-|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--12----12----12--|
-0-2-0------------------------------|-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-3-2-0------14----14----|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

----------------------3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-|---------------------|
-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0--------------------------------|-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-|
----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

----------------17-15-12---------------------------|
-12-----12----------------15-12--------------10----|
-15b16--15b16-------------------14---12-9-12----12-|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|

                                                     harm
----------------17-15-12------------------------------*----------|
-12-----12----------------15-12--------------10-------*----10b11-|
-15b16--15b16-------------------14---12-9-12----12-11-*-12-------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|


 G  A  C     G  A            G  A  C     G  A  Bm
-3--5--8-----3--5------------3--5--8-----3--5--7--|
-3--5--8-----3--5------------3--5--8-----3--5--7--|
-4--6--9-----4--6------------4--6--9-----4--6--7--|
-5--7--10----5--7-----12-----5--7--10----5--7--9--|
-5--7--10----5--7------------5--7--10----5--7--9--|
-3--5--8-----3--5--12~~~-----3--5--8-----3--5--7--|

G  A       G
A ..
     A       G
And ..
C    Bm
Hang ..

A ..
The ..
Hang ..
Bm                            C
It's ..
It's ..
No Chords
My ..
Just ..

G     A  C
diamond  ..
G          A        Bm
The ..

End:                         Slide down
-----------------------7-6-7-7-|
-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---8---8-8-|
-0-2-0-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-----------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|

********************************************************************************
                               CARIBOU

Intro:

e---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B-5-5-4\2-2-0-1-5-5-5-4\2-0-0-5-5-4\2-2-0-1-5-7-8-7-5-
G-------------0-------------1-------------0-----------
D-------------2-------------2-------------2-----------
A-------------3-------------2-------------3-----------
E---------------------------^-------------------------
			    ^whammy down

G	Cm	G	Cm

e-3---3---3--------
B-3h4-3h4-3h4---7b6
G-5---5---5--------
D------------------
A------------------
E------------------

G     Cm        G      Cm
I ..
G     Cm	 G      Cm
Give ..
G     Cm	G      Cm
This ..
G     Cm	G      Cm
I ..


Chorus:
       G   Cm   G   Cm      G   Cm   G   Cm
Cari-bou		Cari-bou
       G   D#   A#   B   C#   G   D#   A#   B   C#
Cari-bou
D#   B   C#    D#   B   C#
  REPENT         REPENT


Give ..
And ..
Nothing ..
What I ..
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                      ISLA DE ENCANTA

Through verses: B     A#  A  C

"Isla De Echanta" part: B  E


Je, ..(2x)
Hay ..
Isla..
Irme hoy  (3x)

Donde ..(2x)
No ..
Isla ..
Irme h.. (3x)

Nuestro ..
Cantala ..
Hey ..

Laaaa
Laaa
Patria

Isla ..
Irme ..  (3x)


********************************************************************************
                             ED IS DEAD


G                          C (for 3 strums)
 Her ...

 A              F   F#
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 ------------>>>10--8---------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 Her ..

 G                                      C (3 strums)
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 ------5---4------------------------------
 -5------------5----3--h5-----------------
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 She's ...

 A                        F    F#
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 ------5---4----------->>>10--8-----------
 -5------------5----3---------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 It's ..

I'll ..
On ..

Ed ..(4x)

She's ..
With ..
Her ..
She ..
I ...
To ..

Ed ..(4x) .
Ed ..
Ed ..
Ed ..(3x)
E.I.D.  (3x)

No, ..

Lead guitar bits are just a high G note with a little string bending.
********************************************************************************
                          HOLIDAY SONG


Intro:
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-1-1-3-3-3-0-0-1-1-1-|
---------------------|
---------------------|
---------------------|
---------------------|

------------------------------------------|
-1-0------------------1-0------------0----|
-----2-0---0---0-2--------2-0---0------2--|
---------2---2----------------2---2-------|
------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------|

the chords for the verse go:
A              C         F     C       A      C           F      C
well ..
A          C        F         C        A    F    C       F
about ..

chorus:
G              F        A  C    F  C
this ..
G             F
but ..

D    f# g a g f#
here ..

verse

chorus

verse

This ..
But ..
Here ..
This ..
But ..
Here ..
********************************************************************************
                          NIMROD'S SON

Intro:
C#   G# G F#  F#/E [repeats]

[Solo starting third measure]
-----11s12-------12-------12--------------------------------------
-s13---------s13------s13-----------------------------------------
-s13---------s13------s13------12b(13)r12-11---------13>>>>-------
---------------------------------------------14-11---11>>>>-------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

[Continue intro chords]

One ..
through ..
And ..
All ..
My ..
and ..

[Tacet]
'You ..
one ..

  F#
I ..
  G                                C#  G# G F# F#/E
In ..
F#
Land ..
G                                C#  G# G F# F#/E   C#  G# G F# F#/E
To ..

B         A            G
  Oh ..
     F#
Bury me

[Repeat this]
--------------------
--------------------
--6-7s4-6--6-7s4-6--
--------------------
--------------------
--------------------
[And then add the chords:]
C# D B C#  C# D B C#

The ..


In ..
I ..
And ..
all ..
My ..
Yes ..
'You ..
One ...

Now ..
My ..
My ..
My ..
Land ..
To ..

Oh ..
Bury ..

The ...
********************************************************************************
                              I'VE BEEN TIRED

Intro bass: G/A/C

Rythm guitar: G

One ...
......
"Don't .."


G          A     C          G
I've ..
A          C     G          A
I've ..
C          G     A          C
I've ..

-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|

I ...
.....
But that's...


I've ...(6x)
e-------12------------12----|
B-12-13----12---12-13----12-|
G---------------------------|

I've ...(9x)
T-i-r-e-d ..
Spells ..
********************************************************************************
                             LEVITATE ME


Intro: E

Give ..
Give ..
You ..

Then ..
Off ..
Levitate ..

Higher ..
G#m      A
Levitate ..

Elevator .. (4x)
 E    G#m     A
Lady ..
B(7fret)
If ..(3x)
B(2fret)
If ..
           C          B     E
Won't ..(4x)

Solo guitar:
----------------------------8---7--0-|
----------------------------8---7--0-|
-9-9-9-8------9-9-9-8-------9---8--1-|
---------11-9---------11-9--10--9--2-|
----------------------------10--9--2-|
----------------------------8---7--0-|


Shaky ..
Levitate ..

Come ..
You ..
Levitate ..

Higer ..
He ..

Elevator (3x)
Lady
Elevator ..
Lady..

If ..(3x)
If ..
Won't ..(5x)
Me, me, me, me, ...
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