Biography:
Though Mac McCaughan has plenty to keep him busy -- playing in Superchunk, managing the successful Merge Records -- he also spends time recording under the moniker of Portastatic. In 1993, Tom Scharpling of 18 Wheeler Records asked to release some of McCaughan's lo-fi, four-track Portastudio recordings; his request was met by the singles "Sandals with White Socks" and "Starter".
Since then the side-project has recorded (using a variety of lineups) six full length albums, several singles, and two movie soundtracks.
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Some Small History - Portastatic
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Tabbed by: Jeff
bass intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------4-5-7-5-5-5-5--2--0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-4/7-7-7--|
acoustic guitar intro
e|----------------------7-----7----7-----7-----7-----7----------------------|
B|---7---7---7---7----5-----5----------5-----5--------------7---------------|
G|-8---8---8---8----6-----6-----6----6-----6-----6------6/8-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B A B
There was the faintest sliver of the moon
A B
At two o'clock this afternoon
A B
Well you and me, we share the same one
A B
We're out there battling the sun
A B
Knockin chips with a five piece stick off a dull gray rock
A B
But nothin's getting done
A B A
Don't it seem, don't it seem like nothin ever gets done
D (Bm)
They can call us hicks,
G A
we got your smile just wide enough to
D (Bm) G A
lodge between the bricks of some small history, yeah
D (Bm) G A
Some can throw a switch and it can sell you some half-truths
D (Bm)
So lie and tell me you miss me
A G B A B A
Yeah tell me you miss me, yeah
B A B
The rails we ride were always built
A B
On someone else's shoulders
A B
Well and the river rides smooth
A B
over hond yallow boulders
A B
You might hear the sound of what you love fading out to nothing
A B
A strip of pink on the horizon
B A B
But what you love will always smolder
B A B
The thing you love will always smolder
B A B
I think what you love will always smolder
B A G
The thing you love will always smolder
D (Bm)
They can call us hicks,
G A
we got your smile just wide enough to
D (Bm) G A
lodge between the bricks of some small history, yeah
D (Bm) G A
Some can throw a switch and it can sell you some half-truths
D (Bm)
So lie and tell me you miss me
A G B A B A
Yeah tell me you miss me, yeah
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Some Small History - Portastatic
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Tabbed by: Jeff
bass intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------4-5-7-5-5-5-5--2--0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-4/7-7-7--|
acoustic guitar intro
e|----------------------7-----7----7-----7-----7-----7----------------------|
B|---7---7---7---7----5-----5----------5-----5--------------7---------------|
G|-8---8---8---8----6-----6-----6----6-----6-----6------6/8-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B A B
There was the faintest sliver of the moon
A B
At two o'clock this afternoon
A B
Well you and me, we share the same one
A B
We're out there battling the sun
A B
Knockin chips with a five piece stick off a dull gray rock
A B
But nothin's getting done
A B A
Don't it seem, don't it seem like nothin ever gets done
D (Bm)
They can call us hicks,
G A
we got your smile just wide enough to
D (Bm) G A
lodge between the bricks of some small history, yeah
D (Bm) G A
Some can throw a switch and it can sell you some half-truths
D (Bm)
So lie and tell me you miss me
A G B A B A
Yeah tell me you miss me, yeah
B A B
The rails we ride were always built
A B
On someone else's shoulders
A B
Well and the river rides smooth
A B
over hond yallow boulders
A B
You might hear the sound of what you love fading out to nothing
A B
A strip of pink on the horizon
B A B
But what you love will always smolder
B A B
The thing you love will always smolder
B A B
I think what you love will always smolder
B A G
The thing you love will always smolder
D (Bm)
They can call us hicks,
G A
we got your smile just wide enough to
D (Bm) G A
lodge between the bricks of some small history, yeah
D (Bm) G A
Some can throw a switch and it can sell you some half-truths
D (Bm)
So lie and tell me you miss me
A G B A B A
Yeah tell me you miss me, yeah
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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