#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu ============================================================ The Pixies -- ALEC EIFFEL (Trompe Le Monde) [Call this Riff 1] ----------------------------------------------------| -9--9--10-9--9--9--10-9--9--9--10-9--9--9--10-9-----| -9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----| -9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----| ----------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------| [Riff 1] pioneer of aerodynamics G F C (little eiffel, little eiffel) [Riff 1] they thought he was a real smart alec G F C (little eiffel, little eiffel) [Riff 1] he thought big and they called it phallic G F C (little eiffel, little eiffel) [Riff 1] G F C they didn't know it was panoramic B D little eiffel stands in the archway G E (little eiffel, little eiffel) D A B keeping low doesn't make no sense [Solo -- tough to figure out, really, but it's something like this:] ----------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------b(12)-11-9-b(12)-9-b(12)-11-9-b(12)-9-| --------------[something]---------------------------------------| --7~~~8~~~9~~~--------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------b(16)-15-13-15------b(16)-13-15-| -b(12)--b(12)-11-9-b(12)------------------15---------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------| E G F C sometimes people can be oh so dense [Riff 1] they didn't want it but he built it anyway G F C (little eiffel, little eiffel) B D little eiffel stands in the archway G E (little eiffel, little eiffel) D A B keeping low doesn't make sense D keeping low doesn't make no -- sense! G E (little eiffel, little eiffel) D A B little eiffel stands in the archway [Closing solo -- repeat ad lib to fade] ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| -10-10-9-9-10-10-9-9-10-10-9-9-7-7--------| -----------------------------------10-10--| ------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| -10-10-9-9-7-7-------------------------------------------| ---------------10-10-9-9-7-7-----------------------------| -----------------------------10-10-8-8-7-7-8-8-7-7-8-8---| oh alexander i see you beneath the archway of aerodynamics -----