Biography:
The Western States Motel began as a recording entity, creating soundtracks for unmade short films set in Los Angeles, backyard nature documentaries and various VHS camcorder retrospectives. In 2007, TWSM released its self-titled debut album, and most recently completed an EP, Painted Birds Flying in the Orange Mirror Sun, available at all digital outlets.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Listen to the song for rhythm, its pretty simple.
Am/B is played only for a strum as a pass onto the C
Solo: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_western_states_motel/powerlines_ver2_tab.htm
Chords: Fadd9: xx3213 Am/B: x20210
Intro: Am Am/B C C* C * C
Am Am/B C
The days are long, and they sing you a song
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
About how all your troubles are gone
Am Am/B C
We hold it all inside our sunlight hands
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
We'll never let it go, I think you understand
Am Am/B C
We drive around all the mystery towns
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
I can see it now, it's all in my head
Am Am/B C
Staring down at the gravity ground
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
When you're this high up, you never wanna come down
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
Am Am/B C
Dreaming dreams of material things
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
I try to wake you up, I do what I can
Am Am/B C
Let me take you to some places I've seen
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
Down a two lane road, I know right where it goes
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
Solo chords: Dm E7 Am C
(Solo is tabbed correctly in version 2 of this tab, thanks to danknugz. Link is at the top)
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
G until end
Am/B is played only for a strum as a pass onto the C
Solo: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_western_states_motel/powerlines_ver2_tab.htm
Chords: Fadd9: xx3213 Am/B: x20210
Intro: Am Am/B C C* C * C
Am Am/B C
The days are long, and they sing you a song
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
About how all your troubles are gone
Am Am/B C
We hold it all inside our sunlight hands
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
We'll never let it go, I think you understand
Am Am/B C
We drive around all the mystery towns
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
I can see it now, it's all in my head
Am Am/B C
Staring down at the gravity ground
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
When you're this high up, you never wanna come down
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
Am Am/B C
Dreaming dreams of material things
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
I try to wake you up, I do what I can
Am Am/B C
Let me take you to some places I've seen
Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
Down a two lane road, I know right where it goes
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
Solo chords: Dm E7 Am C
(Solo is tabbed correctly in version 2 of this tab, thanks to danknugz. Link is at the top)
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
Am Am/B Fadd9 C Fadd9 C
wooooooo I do what I can
G F C
When I was lost in your eyes, was I trying to find
G F C C/B
A way beyond all the palm tree powerlines
G until end
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