Biography:
J Mascis (b. 1965) is an American musician and songwriter, probably best-known as the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr., though he has also occasionally worked as a producer and film composer.
Born Joseph Mascis on 10th December 1965 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, in the early 1980s he founded the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with his high school friends Lou Barlow and Scott Helland. He started out on drums, but moved to guitar when he went on to found Dinosaur Jr.
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J Mascis - Circle (Edie Brickell and The Bohemians cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LnTso4uJM
Tabbed by Knighty123
Capo 7th Fret
Chords Used
C Em7 Am G F Gadd4
e---0------3-----0-----3----------3
B---1------3-----1-----0----------1*
G---0------0-----2-----0----------0
D---2------0-----2-----0----------0
A---3------2-----0-----2-----3----2
E----------0-----------3-----1----3
*Play a G and do some hammer-ons on that note
Intro - Few strums of the C chord
C Em7 Am G
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
C Em7 Am G
And we notice you don't come around
C Em7 Am G
Me, I think it all depends
C Em7 Am G
On you touching ground with us
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
G
It seems
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
Gadd4
It seems
Am G F G Am
And being alone is the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
G F G
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say goodbye
INTERLUDEY BIT
This little bit he plays arpeggios of each verse chord, I tried to tab it as close as what he plays
e-----0--------0-----------3--------3-----------0-----------------------3---------3---3-----|
B-----1--1--------1--------3--3--------3--------1-----------0h1p0-------0---------3---3-----|
G-----0--------------0-----0-------------0------2-----------------------0-------------0-----|
D-----2-----2--------------0-----0--------------2-----2-------------2---0-----0-------0-----|
A-----3-----3----------3---2-----2----------2---0-----0-------------0---2-----2-------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------3-----3-------------|
F G
C Em7 Am
Everything is temporary anyway
G C Em7 Am G
When the streets are wet, the colors slip into the sky
C Em7 Am G
But I don't know why that means you and I are, that means you and I
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
G
It seems
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
Gadd4
It seems
Am G F G Am
And being alone is the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
G F G
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say...
C Em7 Am G
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
C Em7 Am (let ring)
And we notice you don't come around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LnTso4uJM
Tabbed by Knighty123
Capo 7th Fret
Chords Used
C Em7 Am G F Gadd4
e---0------3-----0-----3----------3
B---1------3-----1-----0----------1*
G---0------0-----2-----0----------0
D---2------0-----2-----0----------0
A---3------2-----0-----2-----3----2
E----------0-----------3-----1----3
*Play a G and do some hammer-ons on that note
Intro - Few strums of the C chord
C Em7 Am G
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
C Em7 Am G
And we notice you don't come around
C Em7 Am G
Me, I think it all depends
C Em7 Am G
On you touching ground with us
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
G
It seems
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
Gadd4
It seems
Am G F G Am
And being alone is the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
G F G
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say goodbye
INTERLUDEY BIT
This little bit he plays arpeggios of each verse chord, I tried to tab it as close as what he plays
e-----0--------0-----------3--------3-----------0-----------------------3---------3---3-----|
B-----1--1--------1--------3--3--------3--------1-----------0h1p0-------0---------3---3-----|
G-----0--------------0-----0-------------0------2-----------------------0-------------0-----|
D-----2-----2--------------0-----0--------------2-----2-------------2---0-----0-------0-----|
A-----3-----3----------3---2-----2----------2---0-----0-------------0---2-----2-------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------3-----3-------------|
F G
C Em7 Am
Everything is temporary anyway
G C Em7 Am G
When the streets are wet, the colors slip into the sky
C Em7 Am G
But I don't know why that means you and I are, that means you and I
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
G
It seems
C Em7 Am G F
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
Gadd4
It seems
Am G F G Am
And being alone is the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
G F G Am
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
G F G
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say...
C Em7 Am G
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
C Em7 Am (let ring)
And we notice you don't come around
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