• Song:

    I Am A Scientist

  • Artist:

    Guided By Voices

  • Album:

    Bee Thousand: The Direc...

This should have all the correct chords to the song with the main intro riff.

I didn't tab the lead part that comes in halfway through the song.

I play the chords as simple power chords, which gives more of a low-fi sound than
open or full bar chords.


Tuning: Standard

Main Riff/Intro:
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A--0-0-2-0--0-5--0-4--0-2-0-|
E-0--------0----0----0------|

Verse 1:
E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)      C#i (x43121@1)am a scientist - i seek to understand me
E (022100@1)                     D (xx0232@1)        C#all (x43121@1)of my impurities and evils yet unknown
E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)          C#i (x43121@1)am a journalist - i write to you to show you
E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)          C# (x43121@1)         Ei (022100@1)am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me

Chorus:
Aand (x02220@1)i know what's right
Gbut (320003@1)i'm losing sight of the clues
E (022100@1)         Dfor (xx0232@1)which i search and choose to abuse
E (022100@1)       Bto (x2444x@1)just unlock my mind
Eyeah, (022100@1)and just unlock my mind

Verse 2:
i am a pharmacist
prescriptions i will fill you
potions, pills and medicines
to ease your painful lives
i am a lost soul
i shoot myself with rock & roll
the hole i dig is bottomless
but nothing else can set me free

Chorus 2:
and i know what's right
but i'm losing sight of the clues
for which i search and choose to abuse
to just unlock my mind
yeah, and just unlock my mind

Play the Intro Riff:
i am a scientist - i seek to understand me
i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me

Outro:
E (022100@1)       Deverything (xx0232@1)is right
E (022100@1)        Deverything (xx0232@1)works out right
E (022100@1)        Deverything (xx0232@1)fades from sight
E (022100@1)        Dbecause (xx0232@1)that's alright with me

End with a offbeat version of the Intro Riff

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