My first time doing a whole album!
I saw this band at Neumos in Seattle and have been a super fan-boy ever since.
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Please enjoy, rate, comment, and correct!
Disclaimer: I tabbed all of this on acoustic guitar so some stuff may be inaccurate or
just made up. Such additions are marked in (parentheses).
WATER------------------------------------------------------------------------
//there are 2 guitar parts for this, the intro starts w/ rhythm in drop D:
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-1/6-6---8\1/5-5--(5\1-| Repeat
A|-----------------------|
D|-1/6-6---8\1/5-5--(5\1-|
//acoustic alternates Ab and Eb barre chords, like this:
Ab
you took my heart
Eb
and i just sat there drinking water
Ab Eb
and my heart suffered more and more each day
when we're apart, my love
you lay me like a child would
and take my heart
please let me lie down on your couch
and time and time again
i tell my baby we're just friends
and then she spends the morning
hanging out with them
and lends her weekly virgin vision to the end
i'm sorry, i'm really sorry, i really am
Ab
i don't even wanna
Eb
i don't even need things she sends
i don't wanna listen to you
Ab
i don't wanna spend time with her friends
i don't wanna do things for her
i don't wanna go down on her
Eb
i don't wanna tell you it's the end
//idk about the arpeggio thing, but this sounds ok on high E:
E|-4-4-4-8p4h6p4h8p4h6p4-4-11--4-4-4-8p4h6p4h8p4h6p4-4\1/3~
E|-3-3-3-6p3h4p3h6p3h4p3-3-3--3-3-3-6p3h4p3h6p3h4p3-3\1/4~
//Both Guitar parts for this:
ain't love a trap?
aren't you a mess?
you wear it well
i need you stressed
you're scared to die
alone, i know
you could be mine
you could be
KIDS GET AWAY----------------------------------------------------------------
C Am
I follow you home
C Am
and I borrow your phone.
F
You keep letting all the children on your block
C
keep slashing your tires.
C Am
I was covered in mace.
C Am
Lover, they cut up your face.
F
Throwing up, I hit the ground ashamed
C
as the kids drove away.
C Am
I’m annoyed by the sound
C Am
that keeps leaving your mouth,
F
and at the hospital I see your eyes
C
staring at mine.
F
And, as that bitch births hell inside my brain,
C
we let the kids get away.
Am
away
C
we let the kids get away.
Am
away
//rest of the song is the same progression
C Am
I wanna help you to bed
C Am
and I wanna do what you said.
F (Fm)
As all the compliments go to my head,
C
it’s disillusion again.
C Am
I wanna get in your shower
C Am
and I wanna be with you now.
F
Your face heals up and now you look like me
C
how unfortunately.
F
And, as I tear the fucking rubble from your face,
C
we let the kids get away.
Am
away
C
we let the kids get away.
Am
away
F (Fm)
And I see them almost every fucking day.
C
We let the kids get away.
Am
away...
BLACK MADONNA---------------------------------------------------------------
//I would be shocked if this was even remotely correct. Props to anyone with better ears
trying to get it right.
E B
i don't care if you believe in greener pastures
C#m
it's all it's all
F#m
and you can keep your silly metaphors
E B
and i don't think that i'll be worrying about your pastor
C#m F#m
who's been sleeping on your mattress, anymore
A C#m B
i hung my love up what was left of me when i was only seventeen
B/F#
and it's been mocking me
A C#m B
i'll tell my boss to go and fuck himself in probably just another week
(B/F#m)
E B C#m
taller grass it seems to get me into trouble these days
F#m
and can i please borrow your plow?
E B C#m
and sleazy gas attendants seduce your siblings it's hard
F#m
and can i please borrow your car?
C#m
i was obsessed with you
F#m
when i saw you around
C#m
and i was trying so hard
F#m
to drive you around
//This is definitely wrong but its what ive been playing so yea..
B E
oh please come save me my lord
B E
oh please come save me my lord
C#m E
oh please come lift me up you angel
C#m B
lift me up you handsome devil
C#m E B/F#
polish my corroded soul
E B C#m
they can call it what you want you're just depressed well it's hard
F#m
and i'll be better by next week
A C#m B
due to lack of sleep and lovelessness and stress it's a scream
B/F#
but i don't wanna go
E B C#m
and you can take me to the shrine of the black madonna to get saved
F#m
she keeps mocking me
A C#m B
and i will run right to his side but we can both see that i won't behave
(B/F#)
CANT SAY NO TO ANNIE--------------------------------------------------------
Em
she's partial that's the point in houndstooth
G D
always yells my name out calls me loudly
Em
and says i'm sorry
Em G
even well prepared you had a diligent
D
teenager for a boyfriend
Em
and i'm your boyfriend
Em G
next time that i collapse into your arms
D
i'd rather die in public service
Em
with all the shit shows
Em G
and going out is such a waste of time
D
but let me out
G
let me out show me the door
D
i'm sleeping on your floor
C
with my head on your chest
Em
they say it takes more than i got
G
the may sun sets so slow
D
on annie
Em
oh annie
G
anymore would cause you pain
A
but i can't say no
A D [repeat]
i can't say no to annie
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jamaican_queens/wormfood_crd.html ]
Em
just as i was nineteen years old
G D
you can lick my earlobes if you want to
Em
but leave your shirt on
Em
a combination no distraction
G D
christ, she cried out, everybody's dead here
Em
and i believed you
Em
your touchy little fingers
G
through my hair you write your name
D
across my forearm
Em
and i belong to you
Em G
and going out is such a waste of time
D
but let me out
G
let me out show me the door
D
i'm sleeping on your floor
C
with my head on your chest
Em
they say it takes more than i got
G
the may sun sets so slow
D
on annie
Em
oh annie
G
anymore would cause you pain
A
but i can't say no
A D [repeat]
i can't say no to annie
WELLFLEET OUTRO-------------------------------------------------------------
Ab
transit
Bb
find my dumb heart a girlfriend
Ebmaj7 Ab
i could call you but i never want to
Ab Bb
i feel guilty next to your stupid body
Ebmaj7
and i love you
Ab
i can explain my bruises
Ab Ebmaj7
you bring me down
Ab Bb
i don't want to live here with you anymore
Ab
am i sad babe?
Bb
find a mayor take his shirt off
Ebmaj7 Ab
are you sick now my little stoned dancer?
Ab
when it snows we slip
Bb
and your girlfriend says to fuck myself
Ebmaj7 Ab
ravers always think with their noses
//If u can get that guitar lick in the chorus then u should POOOST IT!
SHARKTEETH-----------------------------------------------------------------
G C/G
E|-3--------------3--------------|
B|-----0-0----0-------1-1----1---|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---0------0---0---2------2---2-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-3--------------3--------------|
G C
my friends they don't respect me
G C
yet they tell me that they love me
G C
let the lord lay his hand on me
Em Am
'cause i want to settle down
Em Am
no i want to drive around
//same thing until the chorus
baby don't mistake me
baby tells me that he hates me
and the lord has been so good to me
i want to settle down
no i want to drive around
i thought i saw my brother cry
and tried to make his pain subside
and licked the tears from out his eyes
i want to settle down
no i want to drive around
to say i would go down on you for days
is still an understatement
your friends still have anxiety
i want to settle down
no i want to drive around
//for this ive been strumming whole chords:
C G
and all my friends are there
Am D
and the cops show up, well the cops shut up
C G
will you drive me home
Am D
'cause i'm seeing light in the strangest place
C G
at least i'm still alive
Am D
can you kiss me dear, will you kiss me?
C G
i'm trying to be faithful, can you tell?
//back to the fingerpicking thing
G C
love will take our sanity and
G C
if i do fuck with your head
G C
know none of us are saints in here
Em Am
i want to settle down
Em Am
no i want to drive around
with some young lover's number tattooed
just below your ankle, baby
will you come away with me?
i want to settle down
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL---------------------------------------------------------
B
asleep at the wheel
C#m
i'm on my way
E
what a wonderful goal- to expire
C#m
don't you wake me
B
i'm not as selfish as you claim
C#m
but i've made mistakes
E
traveling means love
C#m
don't you try to save me
B
‘cause i'm okay
C#m
yes i'm okay
B
i'm okay
C#m
i'm okay
B
and you're mine
C#m
you're mine
E
i'm your moth
F#
and you're my light
B
it takes a lot to mellow out
C#m
i'm unimpressed
E
the source of your joy is away
C#m
it keeps pulling on my sleeve
B
and you can follow me to hell
C#m
but i'll never tell
E
if you're into fickle guys
C#
i can be your sunburned-back black fair-skinned child
B
‘cause i'm okay
C#m
yes i'm okay
B
i'm okay
C#m
i'm okay
B
and you're mine
C#m
you're mine
E
i'm your moth
F#
and you're my light
B
asleep at the wheel
C#m
i'm on my way
E
what a wonderful goal- to die
C#m
don't you wake me
B
i'm not as selfish as you claim
C#m
but i've made mistakes
E
traveling means love
C#m
don't you try to save me
B
’cause i'm okay
CAITLIN--------------------------------------------------------------------
G C G
caitlin don't you hide your love away
Am G
don't hide your love away
G C G
caitlin that's a real far way to drive
Am G
i still sit around complaining all the time
G C G
caitlin that's a real far way to drive for me
Am G
and that distance gonna drive me to insanity
D
i've begun to think of love as an impossibility
Em
do you agree?
D
i've begun to think of sex the way i do money
Em
and i'll be swinging by my neck
G
from atop your balcony
D
and i'll be eaten by your pets they love the taste of blood
Em
and will you take care of my debt
G
cos when it rains it floods
C
and i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
G
i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
C
i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
G
i'm sorry
G C G
caitlin now your sister's gone for good
Am G
i'm still doing all the things i said i would
G C G
caitlin i don't mean to make you cry
Am G
but i'm selfish and i need you in my life
G C G
baby don't you move back to your mom's
Am G
distance doesn't make us grow more fond of you
D
i've begun to think of love as an impossibility
Em
do you agree?
D
i've begun to think of sex the way i do money
Em
and i'll be swinging by my neck
G
from atop your balcony
D
and i'll be eaten by your pets they love the taste of blood
Em
and will you take care of my debt
G
cos when it rains it floods
C
and i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
G
i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
C
i'm sorry about the earth around you caving in
G
i'm sorry
