Memory Lame - Jim O'Rourke
tabbed by Cormac Gartland at macbethyname@yahoo.com
Fuckin' awesome tune frm a goddamn genius...

Chords:
C (x32010@1)   X32010
Asus2 X02200
Am    X02210
G (320003@1)   355433
F (133211@1)   133211
C/E   X7555X (if you don't want to do the riff, a simple c chord suffices)
G*    32003X
D7/F# 2X021X
Am/C  X3221X
Am/G  3X221X
Fmaj7 1X221X

Intro
C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)          Asus2 (x02200@1)    AmIt's (x02210@1)quite a gamble to speak outta place
C (x32010@1)                Asus2 (x02200@1)       AmThose (x02210@1)things could kill you, but so could yr face

(this is so you can play the riff w/ the chords semi-comfy [optional])
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|--------------------------3/5--5--|
|--------------------------x-x--x--|  2x
|--5-5--/9--7--3-3--/7--5--x-x--x--|
|--------------------------5/7--7--|
|--3-3--/7--5--1-1--/5--3----------|
   G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)         C/E (x3111x@5)C (x32010@1)      Asus2 (x02200@1)  AmWhat (x02210@1)occupies me pays a low rent
C (x32010@1)     Asus2 (x02200@1)             AmBecause (x02210@1)fondness makes the heart grow absent
G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)     C/EThese (x3111x@5)things I say may seem to be cruel
G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)           C/E (x3111x@5)           /C /B 
to show you something from my heart to you:
Am (x02210@1)       G*     D7/F# (200212@1)     Fmaj7lookin' (1x3210@1)at you reminds me of looking at the sun
                      Am/C (032210@1)Am/G (302210@1)
and how the blind are  so   damn 

  lucky
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|-1-1--|
|-0h2--|
|-0h2--| repeat a few times
|-x-x--| listen to the album for timing and bass notes
|-1-1--|

C (x32010@1)              Asus2 (x02200@1)         AmThose (x02210@1)holes on yr face could be used better ways
C (x32010@1)              Asus2 (x02200@1)           Ambreathing's (x02210@1)a distraction when you chatter away
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)      C/Ethese (x3111x@5)things I say may seem to be lies
G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)       C/Eto (x3111x@5)seem risque or sensationalize
C (x32010@1)          Asus2 (x02200@1)     Ambut (x02210@1)too many people can remember yr name
C (x32010@1)     Asus2 (x02200@1)         Amalways (x02210@1)walking you down Memory Lame
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)      C/Ethese (x3111x@5)things I say may seem to offend
G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)          /C /B
but not half as much as I'd like to intend
Am (x02210@1)             G*       D7/F# (200212@1)       Fmaj7'Cause (1x3210@1)listenin' to you reminds me of a motor's endless drone
                     Am/CAm/G  Fmaj7(same (1x3210@1)as before)
and how the deaf are  so  damn  lucky

C (x32010@1)        Asus2 (x02200@1)        AmI (x02210@1)could be happy if life came to a stall
C (x32010@1)     Asus2 (x02200@1)          Amthen (x02210@1)I wouldn't need my senses at all
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)      C/EThese (x3111x@5)things I say may seem out of line
G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)        /C /B
but day to day I'm right every time
Am (x02210@1)               G*    D7/F# (200212@1)    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)            Am/CAm/G
'cause lookin' at you reminds me of looking at the sun
    Fmaj7 (again with the hammer-ons on the same frets just different rhythm)
too long

and then:
|--0-0-0-0--|
|--0h1-1-1--|
|--0-0-0-0--| once again, follow album for timing
|--2-2-2-2--|
|--3-3-3-3--|
|-----------|

(w/ hammer-ons)
Fmaj7
You'll find that in no time 
          Cyou'll (x32010@1)be talkin' to yrself along w/ everybody else
            Fmaj7then (1x3210@1)you'll despise the look in their eyes
          Cit (x32010@1)may be difficult to tell when yr looking at yrself

Fmaj7 C

        Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)you look fine if you don't mind
           Cthe (x32010@1)empty look that on yr face, a black hole that's outta place
    Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)out of time in a tight bind
               Cyou'll (x32010@1)find something smart to say when a silence come yr way

(this part is hard to decipher, just play ugly chords, I guess)
(this is what I do:)

1X221X X0231X X1221X X2332X X2343X

C (x32010@1)    /C /B 

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|------1-----------1--|
|------2--------0--2--|
|------2------2----2--|
|--0-0-------------X--|
|---------3-3------1--|

there you have it