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Written by Pavement
Recorded by Pavement on album "Slanted and Enchanted" (Matador)
File format: tab
Transcription by Gary Von Colln

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Verse 1
AA Piano Chord 
                    E6E6 Piano Chord 
                               Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

I was dressed for succes,        but success it never comes
AA Piano Chord 
                                     E6E6 Piano Chord 

And I'm the only one who laughs, at your jokes when they are so bad
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
                             AA Piano Chord 

And you jokes are always bad,    but they're not as bad as this.

Chorus
E6E6 Piano Chord 
                                       Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

Come join us in a prayer,        we'll be waiting, waiting where
AA Piano Chord 

Everything's ending here.

Post chorus 1
DD Piano Chord 
                             EE Piano Chord 
                             AA Piano Chord 

And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away
DD Piano Chord 
                                EE Piano Chord 
                                AA Piano Chord 

And rain upon you forehead where the mist's for hire if it's just too clear
DD Piano Chord 
              EE Piano Chord 
                    AA Piano Chord 

Lets spend out last quarter stance randomly
DD Piano Chord 
           EE Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 

Go down to the outlet once again

Verse 2
E6E6 Piano Chord 
                                  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

Paved portraits of minions and slaves, crotch mavens and one night plays
AA Piano Chord 
                                     E6E6 Piano Chord 

Are they the only ones who laugh?      At the jokes when they are so bad
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
                                   AA Piano Chord 

And the jokes are always bad,          but they're not as bad as this.

Chorus
E6E6 Piano Chord 
                                       Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

Come join us in a prayer,        we'll be waiting, waiting where
AA Piano Chord 

Everything's ending here.

Post chorus 2
DD Piano Chord 
                              EE Piano Chord 
                 AA Piano Chord 

And all the spanish candles unsold have gone away to this
DD Piano Chord 
                                  EE Piano Chord 
                         AA Piano Chord 

And a "Run on piece of mount on" trembles shivers runs down the freeway
DD Piano Chord 
                   EE Piano Chord 
                  AA Piano Chord 

I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
DD Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 
                       GG Piano Chord 
           EE Piano Chord 

I guess a guess is the best I'll  do

Outro
D     E     A    A    (several times)
D     E     G    E    (last time)

Standard tuning tab

Verses
A (repeat 4x)  E6 (4x)        Dmaj7 (4x)
e-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------
B-|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------
G-|--2--2--2--2--|--------1-----|--2--2--2--2--|--------
D-|--2--2-----2--|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--------
A-|--0--0-----0--|--2--2-----2--|--------------|--------
E-|--------------|--0--0-----0--|--------------|--------

Chorus
A/Asus4            E/E6/E7E/E6/E7 Piano Chord 
                             DD Piano Chord 

e-|-----------------|--0--------------------------------|--2-----
B-|--2--3--2--3--2--|--0-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2--|--3-----
G-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--|--2-----
D-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--0-----
A-|--0--0--0--0--0--|--2--------------------------------|--------
E-|-----------------|--0--------------------------------|--------
come join us in a prayer, we've been waiting, waiting where

D/Dmaj7            AA Piano Chord 

e-|-----------------|--------
B-|--3--3--2--3--2--|--2-----
G-|--2--2--2--2--2--|--2-----
D-|--0--0--0--0--0--|--2-----
A-|-----------------|--0-----
E-|-----------------|--------
everything's ending here.

Post chorus
Dsus2                             EE Piano Chord 

e-|--------------------------------|-----------0-----------------|-----------
B-|-----------5--------------5-----|--------0--------------0--2--|--3--2--2--
G-|--------2--------------2--------|--------------------2--------|--2--2--2--
D-|-----0--------------0-----------|-----2-----------2-----------|--2--2--2--
A-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--0--0--0--
E-|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------
And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away

Alternate tuning tab

I played around with alternate tunings and came up with this which
sounds pretty good to me.  It's a slack tuning, meaning strings are
lowered in pitch by slackening the tension.  You tune the strings (low
to high) to: D-A-D-G-A-C#.  You can do this by tuning the 1st string
(the high e) down until it matches the sound of the 2nd string played
on the 2nd fret (C#).  Then tune the 2nd string down until it matches
the sound of the 3rd string played on the 2nd fret.  Finally, tune the
6th string down two semi-tones to D.  You can tune it so that it
sounds an octive lower than the 4th string.  If you're not good at
hearing octives, tune it so the 6th string played on the 12th fret
matches the 4th string.  The 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings are not
altered.

Verses
A (repeat 4x)  E6 (4x)        Dmaj7 (4x)
C#-|--------0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|--
AA Piano Chord 
 -|--------0-----|--------2-----|--------0-----|--
GG Piano Chord 
 -|--2--2-----2--|--1--1-----1--|--2--2-----2--|--
D -|--2--2-----2--|--X--X-----X--|--0--0-----0--|--
AA Piano Chord 
 -|--0--0-----0--|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--
DD Piano Chord 
 -|--------------|--2--2-----2--|--0--0-----0--|--

Post Chorus
Dsus2                       EE Piano Chord 
                                AA Piano Chord 

C#-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--1--0--0--
AA Piano Chord 
 -|-----------7-----------7-----|-----------7-----------7-----|--0--0--0--
GG Piano Chord 
 -|-----------7-----------7-----|-----------9-----------9-----|--2--2--2--
DD Piano Chord 
 -|--------7-----------7--------|--------9-----------9--------|--2--2--2--
AA Piano Chord 
 -|-----5-----------5-----------|-----7-----------7-----------|--0--0--0--
DD Piano Chord 
 -|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------
And all the sterile striking it depends an empty dock you cast away

Outro chords
DD Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
     AA Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

C#-|----------------------------------------------------------------
AA Piano Chord 
 -|----------------------------------------------------------------
GG Piano Chord 
 -|--------------2-------------------------------------------------
DD Piano Chord 
 -|--0-----2-----2--------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------
AA Piano Chord 
 -|--0-----2-----0--------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------
DD Piano Chord 
 -|--0-----2--------------------------0-----2-----5-----2----------