• Song:

    In The Mouth A Desert

  • Artist:

    Pavement

  • Album:

    Stray Slack

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                             IN THE MOUTH A DESERT - Pavement
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Tuning:CGDGBE



Intro
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8--5--------------0-----4---4--4--5--5-----7---7--7--7--5---5---|
G|--0-----4--7---7----3-----0---0--0--0--0--0--5---5--5--5--5---5---|
D|--0--------0--------4-----5---5--5--x--x--0--0---0--0--0--0---0---|
G|--0--------0-----0--4-----5---5--5--5--5-----0---0--0--0--0---0---|
C|------------------------------------0-----------------------------|


E|----------------------------------------|
B|--8--5-----------0-----4---4--4--5----7-|
G|--0--0--4--7--7--3-----0---0--0--0----5-|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--4-----5---5--5--x----0-|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--4-----5---5--5--5----0-|
C|---------------------------------0------|




  
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
G|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
G|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7\5------4-----2-----4-/7\5------4-----2-----4-/7\5------4-----2-----4-/7\5------4-----2-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------0------------------------------------------|
G|-0---------------4----------------------------0------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
           Can you treat it like an oil well         when it's underground, out of sight?


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
G|-0------------------4----------------------------0---------------------------------|
C|-0------------------4--------------------------------------------------------------|
           And if the sight is just a whore sign         can it make enough sense to 


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Me        Pretend the table is a trust knot     we'll put our labels down, faith is down


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-12-0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
              I watch the yards of twine unravel     and you'll never get it back



Pre-chorus

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------5---7---7--------------------------------------5---7---7---------------------4--------|
G|-------5---5---5----------------------4---------------0---0---0---------------------4--------|
C|--------------------------------------4------------------------------------------------------|
1: It's what I want (it's what I want)            It's what I want (twine comes down)
2: It's what I want (it's what I want) I'll see you beg like a little dog (ball 
and twine) don't you know that



E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------5---7---7----------------------------------------------|
G|-------5---5---5----------------------4-----------------------|
C|--------------------------------------4-----------------------|
1: It's what I want (it's what I want)    don't you know I could 
2: It's what I want (it's what I want)    I'll see you beg and it


E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---7---7-----5---7---7-----5---7---7-----5---7---7-----|
G|--0---0---0-----0---0---0-----4---4---4-----4---4---4-----|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
1: Make you try, make you try, make you try, make you try
2: Makes you dry, make me dry, make me dry,  make you dry



Chorus

   *tremelo pick
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-*12-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   I've been crowned the king of it and it is all we have so wait


   *tremelo pick
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------*12----*13---*15-*17------*20-------------|
G|-*12--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   To hear my words and they're diamond sharp I can open it up and it's up





E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------15--------------------15--------------------15--15--15b17r15--13-12-|
G|-11-12-11-12-11-12-----11-12-11-12-11-12-----11-12-11-12-11-12-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  And down



SOLO (2:01 & 3:11):
>> Bass plays the verse progression
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