Biography:
Optiganally Yours's blend of spare, indie pop songwriting and production and strangely lush arrangements has won critical acclaim from the likes of NME, CMJ, Melody Maker, and Cool & Strange Music Mag, among other publications.
The band began with Pea Hix's (formerly of Tit Wrench and Lucas & Friend) fascination with the Optigan, a keyboard manufactured in the early and mid-'70s by Mattel. An "optical organ," the Optigan stores its sounds -- which
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Oar - Optiganally Yours
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Written by: Rob Crowe/Pea Hicks
From: "Optiganally Yours Presents: Exclusively Talentmaker!" (2000)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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SPECIAL CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm/F# 2-2-4-4-3-2
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO | Am | Am | D | D |
VERSE
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
BRIDGE
G
The ship's going down
D
All hands overboard
Em
I can't stay afloat
Bm/F#
My raft's taking water
G D
My friends, if you see my oar float alone
Am
Then you'll know I won't be back
Em A
And I never made it home, wave bye
CHORUS
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em D
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
If you see my oar
VERSE
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
BRIDGE
G
The ship's going down
D
All hands overboard
Em
I can't stay afloat
Bm/F#
My raft's taking water
G D
My friends, if you see my oar float alone
Am
Then you'll know I won't be back
Em A
And I never made it home. I'm gone
CHORUS (variation)
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
VERSE
Am
[spoken] The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
[spoken] The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
CODA (verse variation)
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D Db
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D Db
Try to swim through the shards of light
(repeat and fade)
Oar - Optiganally Yours
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Written by: Rob Crowe/Pea Hicks
From: "Optiganally Yours Presents: Exclusively Talentmaker!" (2000)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm/F# 2-2-4-4-3-2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 1st fret
INTRO | Am | Am | D | D |
VERSE
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
BRIDGE
G
The ship's going down
D
All hands overboard
Em
I can't stay afloat
Bm/F#
My raft's taking water
G D
My friends, if you see my oar float alone
Am
Then you'll know I won't be back
Em A
And I never made it home, wave bye
CHORUS
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em D
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
If you see my oar
VERSE
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
BRIDGE
G
The ship's going down
D
All hands overboard
Em
I can't stay afloat
Bm/F#
My raft's taking water
G D
My friends, if you see my oar float alone
Am
Then you'll know I won't be back
Em A
And I never made it home. I'm gone
CHORUS (variation)
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em A
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
Em Am
If you see my oar, if you see my oar
VERSE
Am
[spoken] The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
[spoken] The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D
Try to swim through the shards of light
CODA (verse variation)
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D Db
Try to swim through the shards of light
Am
The waves hit the caves and the men underwater
D Db
Try to swim through the shards of light
(repeat and fade)
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