Under The Bushes Tab by Guided By Voices
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Under the Bushes/Under the Stars
Graciously contributed by Bill Chartier
12 Acorns & Orioles
F#m-Em-Bm
Bm A G
D
Over the summer somehow I'm waiting somehow straining
Bm A G
D
and I gave it all away let my strength slip away kept everyone away
Bm F#m
I can't tell you anything
D Em
you don't already know
Em Bm
I can't tell you anything
F#m Cm
you don't already know
Bm F#m
I can't tell you anything
Repeat intro
Bm A G
D
I am the minister and an imposter you said I am on my own
Bm A G
D
but I am not alone you are the militant fighting to bring me home
Name="Ghosts_of_a_different_dream"
11. Ghosts of a Different Dream Intro--A-C#m-D-E
A
You dreamt of wine but did you find
F#m
the dregs of a another night dissipated
A
I read the sign you know that wine
F#m
the ghosts of a different dream are waiting
A
a different kind of kiss
F#m
the songs of a different mist are rolling
A
I?ve been inside your mist
F#m
the ghosts of another kissed are calling A-B-C-D-A-C#m-D-E
A
The troops are led and turning red
F#m
they smile with the oldest trumpet blaring
A
a world of hate, can?t penetrate
F#m
the ghost of a different shield your wearing
A
a different kind of fight
F#m
keep those telephones a ringing
A
I've been inside alright
F#m
the ghosts of a different dream are singing
9. Lord of Overstock
Intro--D-A-G Bb--C
D A G
Straight to the Lord of Overstock
D A F
He spoke for the millonth time
D A G
Don't be late for the superdeal will save you alot
D A F
and take every cent you earn
G F G F
(no clue what the lyrics are here)
D A G
So trust in the King of Overstock
D A F
invest in his wisdom & learn
D A G
there's less to go around if everyonecounts
D A F
but if you got the money to burn
G F
then you will be in always get fake
G D A G
Bb C rpt to end...
but what's all worth in heaven on earth
1. Man Called Aerodynamics
Intro: F-Gm-Am-Gm-F (very fast)
F Gm
find deep within your ole memory coat
Am Bb
a cricket bag you ate from
F Gm
its sweet-smily apology
Acceptance awaits you
Am Bb C
Don't be afraid to cherish it
Dm C Bb (F-Gm-Am)
Look it up in the bookmobile
Dm C Bb Am
Look it up in the gun rack
Bb
in the magazine rack
Dm
in the map
F Gm Am Bb
for it.. only after the fence comes down
F Gm Am Bb
that the cartoon bubble explodes
C
and the new party begins
Dm C Bb F-Gm-Am
invitation only here in the senator's suitcase
Dm C Bb
Let them out and dance for the ant-god
Am Bb C
like scary magnets to pounce
F G
upon command
Am Bb
upon the man
C Dm C (Rpt intro to end)
the man called aerodynamics
6. To Remake the Young Flyer
Em D G
To remake the young flyer
C G D
yes, we must define the time desire
C Bm
standing erect to not detect the anything
Am C
that we could not admire
Em D G
Through the long lonely mire (?)
C G D
number one is that the one to send
C Bm
?? on the child
Am
national pride
C
in my own
G C D
a question to the lunatic
C
do your days seem like nights?
Bm D
Do your worlds go together
G C D
dash forth (?)
C
he takes his place
Bm
he da da da ??
Am C
G
takes his softness from his hand and goes
Em D G
To remake the young flyer
C G D Em
yes, we must define the time desire
16. Atom Eyes
opening riff is top 3 strings of C chord to B note and back
G Em
I'm dreaming it so it must be true
C D
Nothing else could look as good as you do
G Em
And so where the rocket goes
C D
Up to where the astros flow into space
Em D
Don't hold me down
Chorus
G C
Atom Eyes don't worry your brain
Am D
Take a break from everyday
G C
sell the house, the car, the pain
Am D
Atom Eyes
riff, then chords repeat til end
19. Big Boring Wedding
Opening riff (tune top E down to D)
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Chords to opening--D--Em--F#m-----|G
D Em
I have entered a shiny new realm
F#m G
Of very different and very spoiled world
D Em
Its with great pleasure I introduce myself
F#m G
To come and thank you for such delicious pie
repeat opening riff
D Em
The irony's sweet bird is paralyzed
F#m G
With one good finger you try me on for size
D Em
Its hard to imagine that you just want to leave
F#m G
With yellow photos pocket sized
riff again, then start it backwards for the chorus...
G F#m Em
Revealing mobility of psychedelic eyes
G F#m Em
Spontaneous and violent but private to the mind
A
With no where left to go
D Em
Pass the word the chicks are back
F#m
The chicks are back yeah
G
The chicks are back
D Em F#m G
The chandelier is spinning shaking
D Em F#m G
The vibrachord is already waking
Pass the word the chicks are back...repeated until fade
21. Drag Days
Opening chords--E--A--F#m--A--B
E
Drag days are not so bad but move to slow
If I were them I'd want them not to linger so
E A
Now we come to drag days
E A
Now we come to drag days
E
Fake capes baby they're too hard to wear
Put them on and everyone will stare
E A
We have come to drag days
E A
We have come to drag days
F#m G#m
A
We escape them sometimes and the feeling is different more intensified
F#m G#m
A B
We escape them within the walls of our fidgety hearts where we hide
E
Way up and out beyond the factory yards
Up and over the security guards
E A
We have come to drag days
E A
We have come to drag days
F#m G#m
A
We escape them sometimes and the feeling is different more intensified
F#m G#m
A B
We escape them within the walls of our fidgety hearts where we hide
E A F#m A B
They will turn around
E A F#m A B
The will turn around X 11
13. Look At Them
opening riff and 1st verse
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It's crippling
Never really knowing
We're huddling
Where its always nice
Chorus
F
And plus there is a flame
a flame that should be hot?
Bb G
In spite of being small and being still
Bb
Following where ever you will
Back to riff for verse
Look at them
They're sensitive
And they inch out
Oh look at them
Chorus
F
And plus there is a flame
a flame that should be hot?
Bb G
In spite of being small and being still
Bb
Following where ever you will
18. Office Of Hearts
A D
Roll out the pain killers
A F#m
We'll have a killer wig out
A D
Sleepy boys don't look
A F#m
It's not ?????
A D
Or a statistical occurrence
A F#m
Its octopus caveman
A D
Drinking with the enemy
A F#m A
He's got a girl on every arm
F#M D F
He sits down and circulates
A F#m
In the office of hearts
D F
He's case closed middleman
A F#m D F
In the office of hearts he'll steal you away
A D A F#m twice
F#m A F#m
He sits down and circulates
D F
Come feel the softest parts
A
In the office of hearts
repeat 4 times and fade
23. Redmen & Their Wives
Opening---Dm--C--Bb
Bb Am
Roll out of bed
F G
Bb
They?re issuing lives for redmen and their wives
Am F
Offering hands and twiddling thumbs
G Bb
For dreams that never come
Am F G
Am
Often said you better not look away you'll lose the day
Dm
The way I see it
Bb Am
It?s already lost
Dm
So then be it
Bb
They say
Am
They're sharpening knives
F G
Bb
And primitive lives for Redmen and their wives
Am
Bread winner and klutz
F G Am
And losing it all before the one eye shuts
Dm Bb Am
Well I see it as paying the price
Dn=m Bb
Nobody feels it these days
repeat intro
Bb F
Well I'd like to go
C Bm(?)
And kiss them away
Bb F
Well I'd like to know
C Bm (?)
Another way
Bb F
Did you notice that
C Bm (?)
They're taking back lives for Redmen just to
Bb Am
Give them time to find the light
F G
And other things that bind with pride
Bb Am
A killers waking up this time
F G
To honest gleam and needless pride
Bb Am
We'll never see it shine
F G
We'll never find the time
20. Its Like Soul Man
D--E----D--E A
I never liked you until I took a good look at myself
D--E----D--E
And when I saw you there
A
I saw the best part of me was your soul
G A
It's like soul man
G A
It's like soul man
Crocker's Favorite Song
A--C#m--D--F#m throughout
Everybody's got their hands up high
Everybody should be touching the sky
But you know you never never can go down
So you slow down
And you walk away
She says good morning to you
And you look away
She asks you just what to do
You don't know what to say
But what can be done
And what can be done for you
I'll tell you now
Where will you go
When nothing's laid out for you
Dust Devil (from King Shit)
F Dm C
Don't make promises you can't keep
F Dm C
I've been hearing them in my sleep
F Dm C
Think of positive things to feel
F Dm C
If the disastors are too real
F Dm C
Tum tum tum tum watch me run
F Dm C
Tum tum tum tum turn turn turn
F Dm C
Tum tum tum tum turn your back
C D
And run wheels in motion
F C
Watch them burn
C D
Please go away now
F C
But do return
F Dm C
well the people they look at you
F Dm C
When the fire spreads show them a room
F Dm C
Don't a privy of what we've found
F Dm C
On territorial bowling grounds
F Dm C
Tum tum tum tum so we go
F Dm C
Tum tum tum tum long and slow
C D
So run break the filth up
F C
All around
D
Slowly build up
F C
And break it down
D
Buy me yogurt
F C
And knock on wood
D
They feel big now
F C
But we feel good
D
Wheels in motion
F C
Watch them burn
D
Please go away now
F C
But do return
Scissors (From King Shit)
A
All I ever want to have is
F#m
She said no sir, just forget it
B
A time to figure out
D
Just what's goin' on
A F#m
Chorus: But it's not a bad thing
Bm E Bm---E
But it's not a good thing
A
All my life I've wanted scissors
F#m
Not the kind that are so forgiving
B
Cigar box eraser bits
D
And that rusty tool
Chorus
Sheetkickers
E
Cover your eyes
F#m
The light is too bright
A E
Your wise men they tell you lies
E F#m
And what's worse
A E
they curse
E
But still
F#m A
I love the bite
E F#m
But flies are maybe marked men
A
because they're attracted to the light
E
They realize
F#m
The night has come to baptize
A
and they will finally realize
E F#m
and what's worse
A E
It hurts
E F#m A
But still they love the bite
E F#m
And I would like to die with you
B A
I'd like to try but I'm not suicide
E F#m
And I would like to kill you
B A
But that would suit you fine I realize
E F#m
And I won't disgrace myself
B A
By chasing you around to pull you back
E F#m
And I will not give in and hit you when
B A
Before the fight begins and its okay
E F#m--A
I'm over you
E F#m--A
I'm over you
E
Cover your eyes
A E
The light is too bright
E--F#m--B--A repeat to end
Please Freeze Me (From King Shit)
F# B
It's her again oh oh
F# B
She's a little disturbed again oh no
F# B
And I'm feeling down again so it goes
C# Eb
Circling round like trouble and toil
G#
A princess boiling milk
C#
They thought she was a witch
And when they poured it on her
B(14th fret barre chord)
She didn't melt
And I'll bear no guilt
F# B
It's her again oh oh
F# B
She's a little disturbed again oh no
F# B
And I'm feeling down again so it goes
C# Eb
Circling round like the juggler of the stars
G#
The monster of the moon
C# B (14th)
It's happening too soon
F#--B--F#
Long Distance Man (From Sandbox)
F# Bbm
He's a long distance man
Ebm G#
and he keeps on going because its not worth blowing
F# Bbm Ebm
and he does what he can because it not worth losing and
G#
there ain't no choosin
repeat chords throughout
Any other world that you live in
don't believe in second chance
Sell another dream he won't take it
so don't fake it when you dance
Cover up your eyes in these bad times for
the sad times passing years build another tower
for your freedom he don't need them shed no tears.
for the long distance man.....
Indian Was An Angel
E F#m
Long time comin' to take my hand away
E F#m
She says nothin' to take the pain away
E F#m
Somethin' about discussions in the cave
E F#m
Somethin' about a dream that can't be saved
B F#m
Chorus: And all the easy faces
E A
Running out of happy places
G F#m E
Gone to the academy
B F#m
And plug each sonic lyre
E A
Into the navajo amplifier
G F#m E
For us to hear and see
Chords repeat throughout
Little star went rollin' up the hill
Asked me to come and dance I said I will
There are the days of preparation still
Somethin's gonna happen on that hill
Chorus
And all the summoned graces
Manifest in different places
There for us to see
And little star keeps sayin'
Indian was an angel prayin'
Come and patiently
For us ??also in we??
And save a place for me
