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Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist
Album: Bee Thousand
Year: 1994
Songwriter: Robert Pollard
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This tab is a cleaned up version of another tab.
Originally tab by: Ralph Rotmalm and Dave Marley
Tuning: Standard
(Intro Riff:)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----0--0--2--0-----0--5--0-----0--4--0-----0--|
E|--0--------------0-----------0-----------0-----| x2
(Verse Riff:)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----0--0--2--0-----0--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--|
E|--0--------------0-----------------------------|
A5 D5 D5/C#
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
A5 D5 D5/C#
All of my impurities and evils yet unknown
A5 D5 D5/C#
I am a journalist - I write to you to show you
A5
I am an incurable
D5 D5/C# E5
and nothing else behaves like me -
(Pre-chorus riff:)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5--7--7--7------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0------------------------------|
(Chorus:)
A5 G5
And I know what's right
E5
but I'm losing sight of the clues
D5
for which I search and choose
E5
to abuse
B5
to just unlock my mind
E5 A5
yeah, and just unlock my mind
(Intro Riff x2)
(Verse riff:)
A5
I am a pharmacist
D5 D5/C#
prescriptions I will fill you
A5
potions, pills and medicines
D5 D5/C#
to ease your painful lives
A5
I am a lost soul
D5 D5/C#
I shoot myself with rock and roll
A5
the hole I dig is bottomless
D5 D5/C# E5
but nothing else can set me free
(Pre-Chorus Riff)
(Chorus:)
A5 G5
And I know what's right
E5
but I'm losing sight of the clues
D5
for which I search and choose
E5
to abuse
B5
to just unlock my mind
E5 A5
yeah, and just unlock my mind
(Intro riff x2)
(Intro riff:)
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
I am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
D5
A5 D5
everything is right
A5 D5
everything works out right
A5 D5
everything fades from sight
E5 A5
because that's alright with me
(Verse Riff)
A5
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Chords used:
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------7--------7--------------4----|
D|----7------7--------7-------2------4----|
A|----7------5--------4-------2------2----|
E|----5-----------------------0-----------|
A5 D5 D5/C# E5 B5
