I was sick of seeing so many popular tabs on this that I don't agree with--
they left out the open string that makes the main riff so powerful!
A song this good deserves much better!



Where Is My Mind?
by Pixies

Tabbed by Bound

Tuning - E Standard (EBGDAe)
Meant for electric guitar with medium-heavy distortion.





starting at 0:17

intro/chorus
{
  E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1)  E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) ET (022100@1)ET (022100@1)ET (022100@1)ET (022100@1)E|----4-------4-------4-------4---|----4-------4---0L--0L--0L--0L--|
B|5-------5-------5-------5-------|4-------4-------4h5-5p4-4h5-5p0-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
}x5

0:47 break... (bass)



0:59
verse
{
  H               H                H               H
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------6---------------|-------------------------------|
D|2---------------6---------------|6---------------7--------------|
A|2---------------4---------------|6---------------7--------------|
e|0-------------------------------|4---------------5--------------|

E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1)  E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) EE|--------------------------------|-------------------------------| (022100@1)B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------5---5---5---5--|
D|2---2---2---2---6---6---6---6---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|2---2---2---2---6---6---6---6---|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
e|0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
  PM...............................................pm......L
}

Prechorus
  W                                E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S S S S S S S
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------(7(7(7)-|
B|--------------------------------(7)-(7)-(7)-(7(7(7(7(7(7(7)7-7-7--|
G|6-------------------------------(8)-(8)-(8)--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|6-------------------------------|9---9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
A|4-------------------------------|9---9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
e|--------------------------------|7---7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
  L

{chorus}x3

{verse}

{prechorus}

Solo around 2:02
There are two guitars harmonizing here, I did the
guitar panned to the left.

Q       Q       Q     S S S S S S  Q       Q   ES (022100@1)Q  E (022100@1)S S S
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|7L------7L------7L----------------|--------------------------7-|
G|9b11----9b11----9b11--9-9-7-7-----|7-------9-----7-------7-9---|
D|------------------------------9---|----------------9-----------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------|

S  S  E (022100@1)   Q     Q      Q      Q
E|----------------------------------------|
B|10-10-12----15----17b19--17b19--17b19\x-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|

{chorus}x3

{verse}

{prechorus}

{chorus}... listen for the cutoff at the end of the song.



LEGEND:
h     hammer on
p     pull off
{ }   including (for example, repeat {tab} x5)
pm    light palm mute
PM    strong palm mute
( )   play quietly
L     let ring
W     whole note
Q     quarter note
E     eighth note
S     sixteenth note
T     thirty-second note
/     slide up
\     slide down
...   extend over a duration
b     bend to the pitch of
~     vibrato
x     dead note, stop, or repeat a number of times
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