ROCK MUSIC – THE PIXIES

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

(Guitar2)-
[C5-1/C#5] [G#5/A#5-1] [E5/F5][C5-1/C#5][G#5/A#5-1]
(Lyrics)-
YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY
+ 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 MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY
+ 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]
(Lyrics)-
IM AL – READY GONE

(Guitar1)-
e —-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

[A#5-1]
(Lyrics)-
HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA – TUSE

Guitar1)-
e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Guitar2)-
[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)-
[F5/G5/F5] [C5-1] [C#5/D#5/C#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 MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY
+ 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]
(Lyrics)-
IM AL – READY GONE

(Guitar1)-
e —-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

(Guitar2)-
[A#5-1]
(Lyrics)-
HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA – TUSE

(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 MOUTH
+ PLAY ABOVE THREE TIMES+
(Guitar1)-

e --------------------------
B ----5---6-----------------
G ---------------------------
D ---------------------------
A ---------------------------
E ---------------------------

(Guitar2)-
[E5/F5]
(Lyrics)-
SOMEWHERE

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##This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the #
##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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#raellero@vela.acs.oakland.edu
#
#’Dig For Fire’
#By the PIXIES (charles t. aka black francis)
#>From the album ‘Bossanova’
#
#my apologies to the guy who sent me a request which i did not fulfill.
#i’m playing guitar less than ever these days, and i’m in my last year
#of obtaining my degree, so it’s likely that my transcription posts will
#be few and far between!
#
#/:hammer on,bend up
#:pull off
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# (new parts start fading in for verse)
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# “there’s this old
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# she lives down the road.
#
# (continue grooving on verse)
#You can often find her kneeling inside of her hole.
#And I often ask her
#Are you lookin for the mother lode? huh? no.
#No, my child this is not my desire.
#and then she says…..
# (chorus)
#
# E F# D # E F# D # E F# # D Bm 4/4 through end of chorus
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##This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the #
##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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#From: scuw5@central.susx.ac.uk (Jonathan Eyre)
#Hookayyy – Planet of Sound uses a drop D tuning, so tune yr low E to a
#D.
#
#The song uses only two chords – A5 and D5:
#

e---------
B---------
G--2------
D--2---0--
A--0---0--
D------0--

Start on A5, move to D5, and just alternate between the two. The solo is
just a cheesy blues lick.
You can actually buy a complete book of ‘Trompe Le Monde’ tab, but it’s
not very good.
Lyrics off the top of my head –
Planet of Sound (Black Francis)
One fine day in my odd past
I picked me up a transmission
I hit the fission ignition,
Went looking for the broadcaster
And when I first touched some ground
They simply asked me to leave
Was kind of hard to believe
Cause there was no-one around
This ain’t the planet of sound, etc.
I had a talented wine
That land of classical gas
And on the planet of glass
They sent me skipping through time
I got to somewhere renowned
For its canals, and colour of red
And lots of guys who shook their head
Rhythmically to resound
This ain’t the planet of sound…
This ain’t no rock and roll town
This ain’t no fucking around
This ain’t your planet of sound
Hope that’s helpful
Jon Eyre (scuw5@central.sussex.ac.uk)

Hang Wire – Pixies (Bossanova)

intro x 2

0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
7--5--3--5--8--7--7--5--3--5--8--7-
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verse

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they’re going higher…

chorus x 2

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8---7----------------------------------------------------
9---8---9-864---8---9--11--------------------------------
9---9--10-975---9--10--12--------------------------------
7---9--10-975---9--10--12--------------------------------
----7---8-753---7---8--10--------------------------------

Hang wire…

Then comes verse again added with lead guitar, something like this on the d
string:

d9-9-9101010-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-10----9--9-9-9--9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9------

Chorus

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88888888------------------------
99999999888888889-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-

99999999999999991010101010101010
77777777999999991010101010101010

--------777777778-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-

Every morning and everyday, I’ll bossanova with ya

Verse (instrumental), added with the same kind of lead guitar as intro

Verse with the same d-string lead guitar as above

Chorus x 3, with lead guitar:

e ------------15-12-10-15---9-10--15-12-10-15-12-10-

And then, an instrumental part

e 19--14---20--15---11---12---- this is played once with the normal chords
b ----------------------------- (Em B C G B C)

and then twice with new chords:
[(Em] [C)]
[(B] [Em)]
outro: Em C B G Em

Words :

They’re going higher
Wind is whistling on the barbs
Your head’s a hammer

Hang Wire x 3
(Meet you at the) Hang Wire

That man is a liar
The day is like a warm night
Salt rusts the cold line

Hang Wire x 3
(Meet you at the) Hang Wire

Every morning and every day
I’ll bossanova with ya

If there were a fire
Can we scratch beneath it

Hang Wire x 3
(Meet you at the) Hang Wire

Ana – Pixies

Opening chords: E E Bbm
Intro (solo played over chords appearing at top):

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----------------10-11-10-8-10---------8-------------------
---11---11-11-----------------11---11----11--11s8-8--7----
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-----10-11-10-8-10---------8--------
-------------------11---11---11-11--
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------------------12--9-----------------------------------
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------8-9-11-8-s11------------8-9-11-10-------------------
---11----------------------11--------------11-------------
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She’s my faith
Undressing in the sun
Return to sea I…
Forgetting everyone
Eleven heart
Ride away

She’s my faith
Undressing every sound
Return to sea I…
forgetting everyone
Eleven high

Ride away