Biography:
Robert Pollard (born October 31, 1957) is a Dayton, Ohio singer-songwriter, who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. During his high school years, he was a successful basketball and baseball player. Pollard was a fourth grade schoolteacher until 1994, when Guided by Voices first broke into the national consciousness with the release of the album Bee Thousand. With over 1300 songs registered to his name with BMI, Pollard is among the most prolific songwriters of his time.
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[Intro]
Dm
[Verse]
Dm C F
If you'd say an oust(?) would be devised
I would be there
Dm Bb C
If it did, well, would you be surprised
then
[Chorus]
Well
F Cm
There would be no island
F Db Cm
There is no escape route through the earth
[Verse]
Dm C F
Greeting me all tacks(?) and no return,
I watch it burn
Dm Bb
sorting rocks from ashes
C
and I would build again
[Chorus]
and
F Cm
I would seek no true assistance
F Db Cm
I would sleep on my island with drunken trees
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Bridge]
Well then
Ab Bb
How may I find you
Ab
How have I lost you
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Verse]
Dm C F
Stand to touts(?) and know how bridges fall
There comes a day
Dm Bb C
One can hear them break onehundred miles away
[Chorus]
and
F Cm
there will be no silence
F Db Cm
There will be as tension creeks through the air
[Verse]
Dm C F
say the words and save your world for me
I will be glad
Dm Bb C
If I am why will you be surprised again
[Chorus]
cause
F Cm
I will preach no true defiance
F Db Cm
I will take you to my island with house on stilts
Db Eb F
my island to reach you again
[Bridge]
Well then
Ab Bb
How may I find you
Ab
How have I lost you
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Outro]
Bb Dm
okay at least an outpost
Bb Dm
some distance, people, streets not so close
Bb Cm Dm
that's what you told me
Bb Cm Dm
you sold me (there would be no island)
Bb Cm Dm
that's what you told me
Bb Cm Dm
you sold me (there would be no island)
Dm
[Verse]
Dm C F
If you'd say an oust(?) would be devised
I would be there
Dm Bb C
If it did, well, would you be surprised
then
[Chorus]
Well
F Cm
There would be no island
F Db Cm
There is no escape route through the earth
[Verse]
Dm C F
Greeting me all tacks(?) and no return,
I watch it burn
Dm Bb
sorting rocks from ashes
C
and I would build again
[Chorus]
and
F Cm
I would seek no true assistance
F Db Cm
I would sleep on my island with drunken trees
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Bridge]
Well then
Ab Bb
How may I find you
Ab
How have I lost you
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Verse]
Dm C F
Stand to touts(?) and know how bridges fall
There comes a day
Dm Bb C
One can hear them break onehundred miles away
[Chorus]
and
F Cm
there will be no silence
F Db Cm
There will be as tension creeks through the air
[Verse]
Dm C F
say the words and save your world for me
I will be glad
Dm Bb C
If I am why will you be surprised again
[Chorus]
cause
F Cm
I will preach no true defiance
F Db Cm
I will take you to my island with house on stilts
Db Eb F
my island to reach you again
[Bridge]
Well then
Ab Bb
How may I find you
Ab
How have I lost you
Db Eb F
My island to reach you again
[Outro]
Bb Dm
okay at least an outpost
Bb Dm
some distance, people, streets not so close
Bb Cm Dm
that's what you told me
Bb Cm Dm
you sold me (there would be no island)
Bb Cm Dm
that's what you told me
Bb Cm Dm
you sold me (there would be no island)
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Robert Smith Jr
Robert Sterling
Robert Tepper
Robert Vincent