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From: "Andrew Nicholson" 
Subject: c/citizen_fish/popsongs.tab
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:08:51 EST

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			Popsongs- Citizen Fish (from the album Thirst)
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tabbed by archer (archer10@hotmail.com)

Intro
   Bmin (x2444x@1)     Emaj (022100@1)              Cmin (x32010@1)     Gmaj (320003@1)e|-2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0--|     e|-3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--|
B|-3--3--3-3--0--0--0-0--|     B|-4--4--4-4--3--3--3-3--|
G|-4--4--4-4--1--1--1-1--| x4  G|-5--5--5-5--4--4--4-4--| x4
D|-4--4--4-4--2--2--2-2--|     D|-5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--|
A|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2--|     A|-3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--|
E|------------0--0--0-0--|     E|------------3--3--3-3--|

   F#maj (244322@1)      Be|-2--2--2-2-2--2--| (x2444x@1)B|-2--2--2-2-2--4--|
G|-3--3--3-3-3--4--| after those first two intro bits....
D|-4--4--4-4-4--4--|
A|-4--4--4-4-4--2--|
E|-2--2--2-2-2-----|


Chords fer the verse:

   Em1   B (x2444x@1)  G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)e|-7-----7----3---5---|
B|-8-----7----3---5---|
G|-9-----8----4---6---|
D|-9-----9----5---7---| all strummed 4x before the change
A|-7-----9----5---7---|
E|-------7----3---5---|

Verse Bit in ska rhythm (upstrummed chords... you know- it's a piece of
piss)

   Em1               B (x2444x@1)        G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)  You'll never make the charts if you sing about repression
   Em1                         B (x2444x@1)     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)  Because pretending to be in control is a national obsession
   Em1                B (x2444x@1)     G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)  Even when the self control is let loose as agression
   Em1                      B (x2444x@1)                   G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1) "Oh, you know, he doesn't mean it man, it's his natural expression"

Interludy bit betwixt verse 1 and 2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------0-0-0---0-2-------------| x2
D|-2-2-2---2-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-------0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-------2-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

  "It's his natural expression"

   Em1              B (x2444x@1)            G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)  Some say the constant hammering is following a beat
   Em1                B (x2444x@1)              G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)  And popsongs heard to pass the time will break up the routine


Chorus: (power chords)

        B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)              EIn (022100@1)some hazy day pre-radio, you hear the hammers sing
         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             F# (244322@1)            BNow (x2444x@1)they shout above the popsongs, go unnoticed and give in

      B (x2444x@1)  B (x2444x@1)     G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)  B (x2444x@1)     G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)     Go unnoticed and give in

Verse 3

   Em1                    B (x2444x@1)        G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)  Claims to break up the routine- becomes a part of it
   Em1                    B (x2444x@1)         G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)  But no signs of improvement in the way the hammers hit
   Em1                 B (x2444x@1)                  G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)  You see the way the workers act when the chains relax a bit
   Em1          B (x2444x@1)          G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)  It indicates their mental state as happy clean and fit

   Interlude bit again


  A bunch of B majors some ska, then some not.... and stuff


Chorus bit again

B (x2444x@1)            E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)            EAfter (022100@1)day long happy tunes it's prime reaction time
B (x2444x@1)           E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)       EBlob (022100@1)out horizontal to the spectacle sublime
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               GReplacing (320003@1)conversation space with pleasantries that rhyme
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                 F# (244322@1)                B"Have (x2444x@1)a good weekend folks just make sure you're back by 9"

      B (x2444x@1)       B (x2444x@1)         G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)       B (x2444x@1)         G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)     Just make sure you're back by 9

Verse 4

   Em1                        B (x2444x@1)          G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)  So when the batteries went flat and the DJ went off air
   Em1                   B (x2444x@1)     G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)  The atmosphere in the factory made everyone aware

Chorus again

            B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)         EThey'd (022100@1)been replacing conversation space with dependency on sound
   C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                F# (244322@1)                   BSo (x2444x@1)when the popsongs came back on, they turned the whole thing down
   C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                F# (244322@1)                   BSo (x2444x@1)when the popsongs came back on, they turned the whole thing down

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