• Song:

    Alec Eiffel

  • Artist:

    Pixies

  • Album:

    Ed Is Dead (1991-12-22:...

[Call this Riff 1]
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[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:]

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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]
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