• Song:

    Calistan

  • Artist:

    Frank Black

  • Album:

    1996-09-21: Santa Monic...

Am F C
Am F C
Am F C G F A F

  Lead (tabbed by Derek)
e--5----------3-----5----------------------------|
b--5-------------5-----2-------------------------|
g-------------------------2--0-------------------|
d-------------------------------3----2-----------|
a------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------3---3/5--|


-------0-----------------------------0------------3--1--0-|
--1----------3--------3----------1-----2-------1----------|
----0-----0------2p0------2--0-----------2---0------------|
-------------------------------------------3--------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
p = pull off


Am           F                  C         C\B
I took three days to drive down one street
Am        F                   C        C\B
The radio on, tuned to the big fleet
Am         F                      C
Invisible planes are cracking the concrete
G                F                A    F
That's just what some people say,  Hey Hey

Am            F                    C         C\B
I put down my blanket on Cigarette Butt Beach
Am            F                 G
I saw the old man, he was doing OK
Am                   F
He's making his last stand
       C           Am
On old bottles and cans
G             F            A    F
'Round there, Calistan way, Hey Hey

E             F          C
Used to be sixteen lanes
           B           Bb
Used to be Nuevo Spain
           G
Used to be Juan Wayne
E          F          C
Used to be Mexico
           B           Bb
Used to be Navajo
           G        Am      F    C    C/B
Used to be yippy-ay-I-don't know

Am F G
Am F C G F A F

Am               F                  C     C\B
Went in from the weather when I got wheezy
Am           F              G
I play some pachinko I play pachisi
Am            F                    C
And St. Anne is still making it breezy
       G                  F            A    F
In the valley of tar that once was L.A. Hey Hey

Am          F                           C    C\B
And my best friend he's the king of karaoke
Am             F                    G
He struck up a chord and he took it away
Am         F
Out of the pan
C          Am
And into Japan
G             F             A    F
'Round there, Calistan way,  Hey Hey

Pause.. 2-3-4

E             F          C
Used to be sixteen lanes
           B           Bb
Used to be Nuevo Spain
           G
Used to be Juan Wayne
E          F          C
Used to be Mexico
           B           Bb
Used to be Navajo
           G        Am      F    C    C/B
Used to be yippy-ay-I-don't know

Am F C
Am F C
Am F C G F A F
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