Pixies - No. 13 Baby


Band: Pixies
Song: No. 13 Baby
Album: Doolittle (1989)
Guitarist: Black Francis
           Joey Santiago



[INTRO CHORD]
    G#m
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[VERSE] *just bass
     G*
 Got hair in a girl,
 That flows to her bones,
 And a comb in her pocket,
 If the winds get blown,

  (4 times)
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  Stripes on her eyes when she walks slow
  But her face falls down
  When she go, go, go
  G
  Black tear falling on my lazy queen
  Gotta tattooed tit say number 13


[BRIDGE]
C# D  G
 Viva,  Don't want no blue eyes
    C# D Bb
 La loma,  I want brown eyes
 C# D
 Rica

[CHORUS]
F    E    G
 I’m in a state
     C    G
 I'm in a state,
     D#   Bb
 I'm in a state
     C    G
 I'm in a state
     D#   Bb
 I’m in a state
        C# D
 I’m...


[VERSE]
 G*
 Choir in the yard
 In the house next door
 Where a grandma brought
 Some songs from the shore
  (lead part)
 Six foot girl gonna
 Sweat when she dig
 Stand close to the fire
 When they light the pig
 G
 Standing in her chinos shirt pulled off clean
 Gotta tattooed tit say number 13

BRIDGE

CHORUS

BRIDGE

then repeat CHORUS leaving off that C# D part.
then play CHORUS leaving off the F E G part


[Rest of the song]

I believe there are three guitars - one acoustic, two electrics.

The bass and acoustic guitar play the chorus minus the F E G and C# D parts

Main guitar:
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