Biography:
Pedro the Lion is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. After a shifting lineup, Pedro the Lion finally eventually became a one-man outfit. That man is David Bazan. A Seattle native, Bazan cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands before forming Pedro in 1995, taking the band's name from a character he made up for a possible children's book.
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Other songs:
- A Simple Plan
- Big Trucks
- Fewer Broken Pieces
- Magazine
- Almost There
- And Can It Be Amazing Love
- Arizona
- Bad Diary Days
- Bad Things To Such Good People
- Be Thou My Vision
- Clean Up
- Diamond Ring
- Foregone Conclusions
- I Am Always The One Who Calls
- Indian Summer
- Invention
- June 18 1976
- Leaving The Valley
- Longer I Lay Here
- Lullaby
- Of Minor Prophets And Their Prostitute Wives
- Of Up And Coming Monarchs
- Priests And Paramedics
- Progress
- Quietest Friend
- Rapture
- Simple Economics
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race
- Suspect Fled The Scene
- The Fleecing Acoustic
- The Longer I Lay Here
- The Poison
- To Protect The Family Name
- Transcontinental
- When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run
- Yellow Bike
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I noticed the near complete lack of many of the better songs by pedro the lion on this
and so I'm gonna try to do somethign about that. I've seen tabs for this fantastic song
other sites and their all so wrong it hurts. I'm not that great at figuring out songs
myself, I'll admit. And I don't know many of the fancy names for chords, but I should
able to get you to figure out how to play the song, and that's all that matters. I'm
this as I watch David Bazan play it live on some videos, so they should be pretty much
but if not, I'm sorry. It's better than 80% of the tabs most people submit, at least.
the chords I dont know the names of, I'll make a chart and give each shape a number.
I'll just put the number in place of the chord name where it goes in the song.
be too dificult
chord# 1 2
e ----1-----1----|
b ----3-----3----|
g ----2-----2----|
d ----3-----0----|
a ----0-----3----|
e ----x-----x----|
Standard Tuning; Capo on 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
C Am
Paramedics brave and strong
1 2 G
Up before the break of dawn
C Am
Putting poker faces on
1 2 G
Broken bodies all day long
F Am
The neighbors heard the fight
F Am
Someone had a knife
F C Am-----Em
It must have been the wiiiiiife
Am C F
Husband's lost a lot of blood
1 2 G
He wakes up screaming oh my god
Chorus..sorta...
C Am
Am I gonna die, am I gonna die?
1 2 G
As they strapped his arms down to the sides
C Am
Times like these they've been taught to lie
1 2 G
Buddy just calm down you'll be alright
Verse 2
C Am
Several friends came to his grave
1 2 G
His children were so well behaved
C Am
As the priest got up to speak
1 2 G
The assembly craved relief
C Am
But he himself had given up
1 2 G
So instead he offered them this bitter cup
Second Chorus kinda thingy
C
You're gonna die
Am
We're all gonna die
1 2
Could be twenty years
G
Could be tonight
C Am
Lately I have been wondering why
1 C
We go to so much trouble
1 Am
To postpone the unavoidable
1 2 G
And prolong the pain of being alive
There you go. I'm almost 100% sure these are the chords David plays when he plays it
I froze the video and put my fingers where his were and it sounds the same. So after you
those 2 chords i don't know the names are, you have yourself a correct version of
and Paramedics to play on your acoustic whenever you please = )
tabbed by Steven Humphreys. No copyrights. Use it however you want. I dont honestly
cause youll do it anyway, might as well give you permission.
and so I'm gonna try to do somethign about that. I've seen tabs for this fantastic song
other sites and their all so wrong it hurts. I'm not that great at figuring out songs
myself, I'll admit. And I don't know many of the fancy names for chords, but I should
able to get you to figure out how to play the song, and that's all that matters. I'm
this as I watch David Bazan play it live on some videos, so they should be pretty much
but if not, I'm sorry. It's better than 80% of the tabs most people submit, at least.
the chords I dont know the names of, I'll make a chart and give each shape a number.
I'll just put the number in place of the chord name where it goes in the song.
be too dificult
chord# 1 2
e ----1-----1----|
b ----3-----3----|
g ----2-----2----|
d ----3-----0----|
a ----0-----3----|
e ----x-----x----|
Standard Tuning; Capo on 3rd fret.
Verse 1:
C Am
Paramedics brave and strong
1 2 G
Up before the break of dawn
C Am
Putting poker faces on
1 2 G
Broken bodies all day long
F Am
The neighbors heard the fight
F Am
Someone had a knife
F C Am-----Em
It must have been the wiiiiiife
Am C F
Husband's lost a lot of blood
1 2 G
He wakes up screaming oh my god
Chorus..sorta...
C Am
Am I gonna die, am I gonna die?
1 2 G
As they strapped his arms down to the sides
C Am
Times like these they've been taught to lie
1 2 G
Buddy just calm down you'll be alright
Verse 2
C Am
Several friends came to his grave
1 2 G
His children were so well behaved
C Am
As the priest got up to speak
1 2 G
The assembly craved relief
C Am
But he himself had given up
1 2 G
So instead he offered them this bitter cup
Second Chorus kinda thingy
C
You're gonna die
Am
We're all gonna die
1 2
Could be twenty years
G
Could be tonight
C Am
Lately I have been wondering why
1 C
We go to so much trouble
1 Am
To postpone the unavoidable
1 2 G
And prolong the pain of being alive
There you go. I'm almost 100% sure these are the chords David plays when he plays it
I froze the video and put my fingers where his were and it sounds the same. So after you
those 2 chords i don't know the names are, you have yourself a correct version of
and Paramedics to play on your acoustic whenever you please = )
tabbed by Steven Humphreys. No copyrights. Use it however you want. I dont honestly
cause youll do it anyway, might as well give you permission.
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