song title: Number 13 Baby artist: Pixies album: Doolittle (1989) (buy their cds!) song tab by: caducho (ricardocobf@gmail.com) intro (whammy bar could be helpful): C#m e|-4- b|-5- g|-6- d|-6- a|-4- E|-x- [distorted solo] e|---------------------------------- b|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-- g|-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-12-12- d|---------------------------------- a|---------------------------------- E|---------------------------------- [G*] e|---- b|---- g|-12- d|-12- a|-10- E|---- [G*] .. .. black tear falling on my lazy queen gotta tattooed tit, say number 13 C# D vi-va G don't want no blue eyes C# D la lo-ma A# i want brown eyes c# D ri-ca... F E G (i'm in a state) C (bass & drums only. let the chord fade) i'm in a state i'm in a state i'm in a state i'm in a state Oh! (C# D) G (let fade & then Francis starts singin') choir in the yard in the house next door where a grandma brought some songs from the shore [distorted solo - see above] 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 [same from last chorus] C# D (etc...) vi-va don't want no blue eyes la loma i want brown eyes rica i'm in a state [repeat] [rythm guitar keeps repeating C G D# A#, lightly palm-muted. the following example shows how you're going to play the C chord] e|------------------------------ b|-------5s6---------5s6-------- (this slide is pretty fast and smooth) g|--x-x---------x-x------------- d|-5-5---------5-5-5------------ a|-3-3---------3-3-3------------ E|------------------------------ then G, D#, A# [lead guitar (solo):] e|--------------------------------------------------- -------------- b|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-x-11x11x-11x~--14x-14x-repeat this. ends w/:--14x-14x-13f- g|--------------------------------------------------- -------------- d|--------------------------------------------------- -------------- a|--------------------------------------------------- -------------- E|--------------------------------------------------- -------------- (not sure about how many times he plays this, you'll have to figure it out ;) e|----------------- b|-----6---8---6--- g|-5-7---7---7---7- (keeps repeating) d|----------------- a|----------------- E|----------------- [at the very ending of the song, solo guitar goes like:] e|-------------------------------------------------------- b|-6t-6t-6t-6t-6t-6t-------------------------------------- (repeat till the end of the song) g|--------------------8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t-8t- d|-------------------------------------------------------- a|-------------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------------- ~ - some tempo here x - mute f - let the sound fade t - tremolo that's all folks ;p caducho