• Song:

    The Holiday Song

  • Artist:

    Pixies

  • Album:

    Pixies Live

Song: the holiday song
Band: the Pixies

Intro:

E--------------------------------------------|-
B1-1-1—-3-3-3-3--0-0-0--1-1-1-1--------------|-
G--------------------------------------------|-
D--------------------------------------------|-
A--------------------------------------------|-
E--------------------------------------------|-
 
I think he also strums the high E string a bit but I’m not sure(could be another...)
He(Frank most likely) keeps playing something like this while Joey does the “lead”

Then Joey kicks in:

Riff 1
E--------------------------------------------------------|-
B--------------------------------------------------------|-
G-5--4------------------------5--4-----------------4-----|-
D-------7--5-----5-----5--7---------7--5-----5-----------|-
A-------------7-----7---------------------7-----7-----7--|-
E--------------------------------------------------------|-

Verse:
E--------------------------------------------|-
B--------------------------------------------|-
G--------5-5-5-5----------5-5-5-5------------|-
D-7-7-7--5-5-5-5---3-3-3--5-5-5-5------------|-
A-7-7-7--3-3-3-3---3-3-3--3-3-3-3------------|-
E-5-5-5------------1-1-1---------------------|-

Pre chorus #1(i guess):
E--------------------------------------------|-
B--------------------------------------------|-
G--------------------------------------------|-
D--5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-------------------------|-
A--5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-------------------------|-
E--3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-------------------------|-

Then pre chorus #2:
E--------------------------|-
B----7--8--10-8-7----------|-
G-7------------------------|-
D--------------------------|-
A--------------------------|-
E--------------------------|-

Solo:
E----------------------------------------|-
B----7--8--10-11-13-14b5*-13-12-10x2-9/8-|-
G-7--------------------------------------|-
D----------------------------------------|-
A----------------------------------------|-
E----------------------------------------|-
*play a few times and maybe its played on the 13th fret(still bend ‘till the 15th 


Intro
Riff 1
verse
pre chorus riff 1
pre chorus riff 2
riff 1
verse
pre chorus riff 1
pre chorus riff 2
riff 1
verse 
pre chorus riff 1
solo
pre chorus riff 1
pre chorus riff 2
riff 1

last one:
E------------------------------------------|-
B------------------------------------------|-
G-5--4------------------------7b9-x4-------|-
D-------7--5-----5-----5--7----------------|-
A-------------7-----7----------------------|-
E------------------------------------------|-

maybe some of my explanation is a bit bad but i think you'll get it:)
thats it...
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