Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Transcribed by: J.P. Fowler
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)



This song is all a basic chord structure,
extremely simple, one of the more simple
Flaming Lips songs. Here's the whole thing.



Chord chart for song:

  C    Em   Am   F    G    Dm   
e|0----0----0----1----3----1---|
B|1----0----1----1----0----3---|
G|0----0----2----2----0----2---|
D|2----2----2----3----0----0---|
A|3----2----0----x----2----x---|
E|x----0----x----x----3----x---|



 Intro:


 C.....Em.....Dm.....F.....G   repeat 1x



 Verse I:


C             Em    F                       G                                                       
Her name is Yoshimi,  she's a black belt in karate,

C               Em  F                           G                                                  
working for the city  she has to discipline her body.



 Pre-Chorus I:


           F                G               C
'Cause she knows that, it's demanding, to defeat those

       F                      G
evil machines, I know she can beat them.



 Chorus I:


   C                    Em              Dm
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't

          F      G          C
let those robots eat me. Yoshimi they don't

   Em           Dm                  F        G
believe me, but you won't let those robots defeat me.



 Verse II:


C                  Em     F
Those evil-natured robots,  they're programmed to 

    G      C                          Em           Dm
destroy us. She's 'gotta be strong to fight them,

                        F         G
so she's taking lots of vitamins



 Pre-Chorus II:


           F                  G
'Cause she knows that it'd be tragic, if those

C           F                   G
evil robots win, I know she can beat them.



 Chorus II:


     C                 Em              Dm
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't

          F        G          C
let those robots defeat me. Yoshimi they don't

   Em           Dm                  F      G
believe me, but you won't let those robots eat me Yoshimi.



 Interlude:

        C            Em            Dm          F      G
  4/4.................
e|--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0-|--1--1--1--1-|--1--1---3--3-|
B|--1--1--1--1-|--0--0--0--0-|--3--3--3--3-|--1--1---3--3-|
G|--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0-|--2--2--2--2-|--2--2---0--0-|Repeat 1x
D|--2--2--2--2-|--2--2--2--2-|--0--0--0--0-|--3--3---0--0-|
A|--3--3--3--3-|--2--2--2--2-|--x--x--x--x-|--3--3---2--2-|
E|--x--x--x--x-|--0--0--0--0-|--x--x--x--x-|--x--x---3--3-|



 Pre-Chorus III:


           F                  G
'Cause she knows that it'd be tragic, if those

C           F                   G
evil robots win, I know she can beat them.



 Chorus III/Minor Ending:


     C                  Em             Dm
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't

          F        G          C
let those robots defeat me. Yoshimi they don't

   Em           Dm                  F        G
believe me, but you won't let those robots defeat me.

C                    Em              Dm                            (04:25)
Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't                      End on:
                                                                  e|--0--|
          F      G          C                                     B|--1--|
let those robots eat me. Yoshimi they don't                       G|--2--|
                                                                  D|--2--|
   Em           Dm                  F      G              Am      A|--0--|
believe me, but you won't let those robots eat me........Yoshimi  E|--x--| 




Song Structure:

Intro
Verse I
Pre-Chorus I
Chorus I
Verse II
Pre-Chorus II
chorus II
Interlude
Pre-Chorus III
Chorus III/Minor Ending