Pixies - Bossanova Tab

                 Cecilia Ann
                   Pixies

(amp sproing and feedback in key of E)

           Em                    G              B
.
. 2 2 5 4 2 4
3 2 2
0 0
Am B
0 0 0 0 2 2 2
3
Em G B
2 2 5 4 2 4
2 2 2
0
Am B Em
0 0 2 0
3 3 2 0
|1. | C D Em C D
0 0
0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2
4 2 2
Am B
4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 4 .
|2. | C D Em C D
5 4 2 0 5 4 2 0
2
Am B
4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 4 .

(back to main verse, accent notes one octave higher)

Am B
4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .
the second to last note (the G under the B chord) originally appeared ROCK MUSIC - THE PIXIES [On the High e string] (Guitar1)- e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Guitar2)- F5 F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY ===================+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +====================== (Guitar1)-
e 4 3
B 5 6 5 6
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY ===============+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +=========================== (Guitar1)-
e 6
B 5 4 5 4
G 6
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- C#5 F5(dive down with whammy bar) (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH OH =================================================================== (Guitar1)-
e 6 6 6 4 7
B
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- A#5-2 C#5 (Lyrics)- IM AL - READY GONE ==================================================================== (Guitar1)- e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B
G
D
A
E
C#5 F5 A#5-1 C#5 (Lyrics)- HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA - TUSE =================================================================== Guitar1)- e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Guitar2)- F5 F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- =================================================================== (Guitar1)- e 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Guitar2)- E5 F5/G5/F5 C5-1 C#5/D#5/C#5 G#5 A#5-1/C5-2/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- =================================================================== (Guitar1)-
e 4 3
B 5 6 5 6
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH YOUR MOUTH A MILE AWAY =================+ PLAY ABOVE FOUR TIMES +======================= (Guitar1)-
e 6
B 5 4 5 4
G 6
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- C#5 F5(dive down with whammy bar) (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH OH ================================================================== (Guitar1)-
e 6 6 6 4 7
B
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- A#5-2 C#5 (Lyrics)- IM AL - READY GONE =================================================================== (Guitar1)- e ----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- C#5 F5 A#5-1 C#5 (Lyrics)- HEY YOU KNOW ME ENCA - TUSE =================================================================== (Guitar1)- e 8(----------------------hold with vibrato------------------) (Guitar2)- F5(hold) F5 F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- =================================================================== (Guitar1)-
e 4 3
B 5 6 5 6
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- E5/F5 C5-1/C#5 G#5/A#5-1 (Lyrics)- YOUR MOUTH =================+ PLAY ABOVE THREE TIMES+================ (Guitar1)-
e
B 5 6
G
D
A
E
(Guitar2)- E5/F5 (Lyrics)- SOMEWHERE Velouria Pixies

Intro:

F-F#-Bb-B Eb B F# My Vel or i a Bb A G F F My Vel or i a Bb A Bb Bb Bb Allison - The Pixies Fm C Em Fm C From distant star to this here bar C Em Fm C The me, the you, where are we now C Em Fm C Hooray the blues of everyone G F Fm Em Allison C Em Fm C Keeps a smile around a while C Em Fm C He took no fright and jettisoned C Em Fm C We'll go tonight to hear him tell G F Oh, well Fm Em C Fm Al - li - son B C Al - li - son

Over the solo, play C Em Fm C three times, then Em Fm

And when the planet hit the sun I saw the face of Allison G F Al - li - son Fm Em C Al - li - son G F <-- play these G and F chords rooted on the A string Al - li - son Fm Em C Al - li - son Chord formations: Is She Weird Pixies

Format is verse/chorus/verse2/bridge. The choruses & verse which follow

the bridge contain a few variations from the ones shown, but none

significantly different.

Guitar comes in with bass: Verse starts:

GUT 5 6 5 7 5 2 1 / 2 1 / 2
5 2
3
4
BASS
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 4
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1
I know you're rich in GUIT______6__5_____11___9_____________________2_____2_\_1___2__2____
2 12 11 9
Good clothes and velvet.
6 5 7 5 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 5 \ 4 \ 3
2 5 4 3 2 3 4
Your mind is fancied. "And your car is bitchin'."
BASS
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Is she weird?

Chorus (3 X)

GUIT F# A C# E B C#
BASS
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 4
2 2 2 2 0 1
Is she weird is she..... ....has no room... GUIT D Bm
BASS
0
2
And her head has no room.

VERSE 2

GUIT______6__5____7__5__2__1_/_2__1_/_2____2__6__5___11_\_10_\_9______________
2 12 11 9
Your heart is ripshit. Your mouth... GUIT____2__2_\_1_/_2__2___________6__5___7__5__2___1_/_2__1_/_2_____
2
....is everywhere. I'm lying in it. GUIT________________________________________________________________
14 13 12 14 16 18
14 13 12 13 14
Is she weird? GUIT: D B C# E A E B
BASS
0
2 4 0 2
0 0
Is she over me? Like the stars & the sun the stars, the sun....

( on to later verse & choruses, played like the above).

Ana Pixies Opening chords: E E Bbm

Intro (solo played over chords appearing at top):

Bbm A C# F# A Bbm A
10 11 10 8 10 8
11 11 11 11 11 11 11s8 8 7
C# F# A C# Ab
10 11 10 8 10 8
11 11 11 11
C# Ab A Bbm E Bbm
12 9
8 9 11 8 s11 8 9 11 10
11 11 11
Bm Bb She's my faith D G Undressing in the sun Bb Bm Bb Return to sea I... D G Forgetting everyone Bb D Eleven heart A C# Ab A Bbm E Bbm Ride away Bbm A She's my faith C# F# Undressing every sound A Bbm A Return to sea I... C# F# forgetting everyone A C# Ab Eleven high D A Bb Bm F Bm Ride away All over The World' Pixies
NTRO G
B 15 14 12 14 12 12 10
E
CHORDS: F# D G D play 3 times. F# D G D A pet at my side, God in the sky, F# D G D snow falling down, freeze my body F# D G D to the ground. I can't ride, F# D G D but one more time I will ride F# D G D F# D G D all over the world. Continue With F# D G D: Washed over the side,top of the sky, Slow diver down.Two feet land on a diff'rent ground.You can't live easily, you can't even speak.But all of them speak all over the world,all over the world, all over the world,all over the world, all over the world,all over the world, ,all over the world. G D

Here there's a Bridge:

A# Gm I will meet you over there. F# D G D F# D I am... A# Gm F# D G D F# D G D going to meet you over there.

During the Solo the Chords used are:Bm ,Gmaj7 and C

There is two others parts but you can find the Lyrics in the album. The Chords used are the same. PIXIES - BLOWN AWAY (Chords)

INTRO : Gm Cm }X8

VERSE1 : Now the sun is burning

Am In deepest space Cm That's the way things are G E Through a storm I called you Am It fell each day Cm I din't get so far G E My words get blown away Am Cm D Gm Cm...

VERSE2 : (same chords as first verse)

My lips are moving If you touch my face Did you hear my screams ? While we were sleeping I tried to say Even in my dreams My words get blown away

BRIDGE : Am Cm Am Cm

VERSE3 : Now the sun is burning

Am In deepest space Cm I didn't get so far... G E Am Hang Wire - Pixies (Bossanova)

Intro x 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 5 3 5 8 7 7 5 3 5 8 7

Verse

Em B C G B C E B C G B C
78787
they're going higher...

Chorus x 2

Em B C BAG B C D
8 7
9 8 9 864 8 9 11
9 9 10 975 9 10 12
7 9 10 975 9 10 12
7 8 753 7 8 10
Hang wire...

Then comes verse again added with lead guitar, something like this on the d

string: d9-9-9101010-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-10----9--9-9-9--9-9-10-9-9-9-9-9------ Em B C G B C Em B C G B C

Chorus

Em B C
88888888
99999999888888889 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
99999999999999991010101010101010
77777777999999991010101010101010
777777778 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Every morning and everyday, I'll bossanova with ya

Verse (instrumental), added with the same kind of lead guitar as intro

Verse with the same d-string lead guitar as above

Chorus x 3, with lead guitar:

e ------------15-12-10-15---9-10--15-12-10-15-12-10- Em B C G B C

And then, an instrumental part

e 19--14---20--15---11---12-----| this is played once with the normal chords b ------------------------------| (Em B C G B C) and then twice with new chords: (Em B C G B C) B G C G D#m Em (B G C G D#m Em)

Outro: Em C B G Em

Words : They're going higher Wind is whistling on the barbs Your head's a hammer Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire That man is a liar The day is like a warm night Salt rusts the cold line Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire Every morning and every day I'll bossanova with ya If there were a fire Can we scratch beneath it Hang Wire x 3 (Meet you at the) Hang Wire

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