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Guided By Voices

Alien Lanes

by Guided By Voices
Guided By Voices

Biography:

Guided by Voices is an indie rock band formed in Dayton, Ohio, United States in 1983. The band's lineup has changed several times throughout the band's history, with its only constant member being singer/songwriter Robert Pollard. The band's current lineup consists of Robert Pollard (vocals, guitar), Bobby Bare Jr. (guitar), Doug Gillard (guitar), Mark Shue (bass) and Kevin March (drums). The band's 32nd and most recent album, Styles We Paid For, was released on December 11th, 2020.

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326 Artist   87 Music   156 Tab Tab
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
#

Special thanks to Michael Davidson for tabbing these





-----------
AS WE GO UP
-----------

The chorus and verse are both arpeggiated barre chords. These are the
notes I think they're playing, but the guitar is pretty hard to hear
for most of the song

Verse:

G C E D
e---3------------------------------------------------------------------
B------3--------5------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------5-------9--------7-----------------------------------
D---------------------------9--------7---------------------------------
A------------3-------3-7------7--5-------------------------------------
E-3-------3------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

G C Bm C
e----3-------------------2--------------------------------------------
B------3------5------------3------5-----------------------------------
G---------------5-------------------5---------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------3------3--2------2--3-------------------------------------
E-3-------3-----------------------------------------------------------

For the bridge ("I speak in monotone...") play Bb and C, strummed
normally.

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BLIMPS GO 90
------------

The verse is a pretty simple little riff.

Play this thing a few times:

e------------------
B------------------
G------------------
D---4-------4------
A-2---2------------
E-------0-0---0----

Followed by:

e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------- etc.
D---------------------------4-------4----
A----6-------6-----4------2--2-----------
E--4---4-4-4---0-2---2----------0-0---0--
^ (This is kind of a grace note played as you move your
fingers from the G#5 to F#5.)

The transition from verse to chorus goes:

e-------------------
B-------------------
G-------------------
D----4-----4--------
A--2---2-1---1-2----
E-------------------

The chorus is just two note power chords:

G#5 F#5 E5
G#5 E5 F#5

The violin part is basically four notes played in different orders.

e---11---9---------- is the first riff; the violin plays these notes
B-----------12---9-- throughout the rest of the song.

--------------
CLOSER YOU ARE
--------------

The verse is just a change between C and G barre chords.
The chorus is G C Bm Bb A.
For "Now you can see the boys" play C then B. (It might be C then G,
I'm not really sure.)
The "dreaming, scheming" riff is this:

e-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------------------------------------------
B---0-------0---0-------0-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------------------
G---------------------------0-------0---0-------0---------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-----------0-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------0-----------0-------------------------------

The last part goes like this:

C G Csus2

e--3-----3----3---------------3----------------------3----------------
B--5----------3---------------3----3--3--3-----------3----------------
G--5--5----5--4---------------5-5-----------5--------4----------------
D--5----------5---------------5----------------------5----------------
A--3----------5---------------3----------------------5----------------
E-------------3--------------------------------------3----------------

I get up Seven o'clock Drive myself up to the lookout rock

------------
LITTLE WHIRL
------------

The verse riff is: D A G E G A
The chorus is: G A
End on A D.

-----------
MY SON COOL
-----------

The intro is: B D
B D E

The verse is: A D A F# E F# D B D
And then repeat the intro.

----------
PIMPLE ZOO
----------

The first part is E then G.
The break in between the two main parts is B G# D#.
Then the final part is E then Db.

--------------
A SALTY SALUTE
--------------

The guitar part to this is simply D and E. However, I think it sounds
better to follow the baseline, especially if you're just playing alone.
In that case, the chords are: D A D G F# E F# G.

------------------
WATCH ME JUMPSTART
------------------

The opening riff is 3 barre chords: E F# A F# E
For the verse, I play the same chords, only leave the low E string open
and alternate it with the chords like this:

e-0-----0----------2-----2----------5------
B-0-----0----------2-----2----------5------
G-1-----1----------3-----3----------6------
D-2-----2----------4-----4----------7------
A-2-----2----------4-----4----------7------
E---0-0---0-0-...----0-0---0-0-...----0-0--

Followed by the main riff.
For the "Shoot me down part" play E followed by A.
Then, for "Cause I won't be around" play a Dbm. The little riff that
goes on there is just the B string; while making the Dbm, lift your
middle finger on and off, like this B-5-5-5-4-5. The rest of the bridge
goes like this:
F# E
As you run from the places you love I remember the faces that cry

C D C
And they're pulling me back so I have to die

Comments, corrections, etc.
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Special thanks to Dildozer





*a good flying bird/alien lanes

F G bflat C
F G bflat C
bflat G bflat C
F G bflat C
F G bflat C
F G bflat C
F G bflat C
bflat G bflat C
F G bflat C
F G bflat C
A bflat C F

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
*don't stop now(not the one on the new album)

d|--0--0----0--0--------
a|-0--0--0-0--0--0------
e|2--2--2-3--3--3------- (keep doin this over and over)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
*my valuable hunting knife(sort of how they play it live)
first part:
C E C A G
hit it:
F E F E F E F E G E F E F E G F
third part:
C A G
C A G
C E C A G
C E C A G
hit it:
F E F E F E F E G E F E F E G F
i will run:
E F G F
E F G F
E F G F
E F
sixth part:
C A G
C A G
never know:
C A G F
C A G F
C A G F
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
*striped white jets/alien lanes
(* = play the f over and over again at the start)
F* F A G
F* F A G
F* F A G
F* F A G
--------
B A F
B A
--------
riff
g-------------------------3333----------------------------333-----
d-3333333222222211111115555---3333333322222222111111115555---0-----
a------------------------------------------------------------------0770-0550
e-----------------------------------------------------------------1----1----

a--0330-01111(alot of times)-
e-1----1--------------------0

F* F A G F
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
*king and caroline/alien lanes
this song is played on bass but it sounds fine on a six string
my notes on this one are far from perfect but they're good enough for me

first part: 4 times
a-------222553-23232- <-this last note switches to 5 on 4th time
e-333555-------------

second part: 2 times
a-555---33322--232323
e----333-----5-------

first part: 2 times
second part: 2 times
first part: 2 times




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