Biography:
San Francisco/Oakland’s The Mantles have been charting a unique path through the Bay Area’s storied garage/pop scene since 2007. The early shows were loose & loud Velvets/Nuggets-bashing, always with weirdly catchy songs & oddball chord changes. Their first singles saw them honing their sound, building towards their excellent 2009 self-titled debut album (on Siltbreeze) and follow-up EP on Mexican Summer. Loosely aligning with artists like White Fence and Ty Segall, The Mantles thoroughly modernize and personalize the folk-rock tradition.
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More That I Pay by The Mantles (off Long Enough to Leave)
Verse:
C Em
Sparks in the fire
Am D
But what do they conspire?
G
They’re trying to get
D G
into my head or around you
C Em Am D
I’ll soon see which
G D
I’ll soon see which
Chorus:
G
I’ll soon see which
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
Verse:
C Em
Shadows on the floor
Am D
the people outside that don’t keep walking
G D G
talking about me going to decide
C Em Am D
what would be best but they don’t know much
G D
They don’t know much
Chorus:
G
They don’t know much
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay
D C D G
More that I pay
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay (continue this line until the song ends)
Verse:
C Em
Sparks in the fire
Am D
But what do they conspire?
G
They’re trying to get
D G
into my head or around you
C Em Am D
I’ll soon see which
G D
I’ll soon see which
Chorus:
G
I’ll soon see which
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
Verse:
C Em
Shadows on the floor
Am D
the people outside that don’t keep walking
G D G
talking about me going to decide
C Em Am D
what would be best but they don’t know much
G D
They don’t know much
Chorus:
G
They don’t know much
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay
D C D G
More that I pay
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I see everything that he's trying
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C G
More that I pay attention
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay
D C
More that I pay (continue this line until the song ends)
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