Biography:
Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals).
Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintain a strong cult following. Additionally, the band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record.
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Other songs:
- My Little Corner Of The World
- Season Of The Shark
- Tears Are In Your Eyes
- Almost True
- Alyda
- Andalucia
- Automatic Doom
- Autumn Sweater
- Barnaby Hardly Working
- Beanbag Chair
- Big Day Coming
- Black Flowers
- Blue Line Swinger
- By The Time It Gets Dark
- Cant Forget
- Center Of Gravity
- Closin Time
- Deeper Into Movies
- Did I Tell You
- Double Dare
- Dreaming
- Drug Test
- Emulsified
- From A Motel 6
- Griselda
- I Feel Like Going Home
- I Should Have Known Better
- If Its True
- Lets Save Tony Orlandos House
- Lewis
- Little Honda
- Magnet
- More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
- Mr Tough
- My Hearts Not In It
- Needle Of Death
- Night Falls On Hoboken
- Nothing To Hide
- Nowhere Near
- One Pm Again
- Our Way To Fall
- Paddle Forward
- Saturday
- Shadows
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Straight Down To The Bitter End
- Sugarcube
- Take Care
- The Cone Of Silence
- The Race Is On Again
- The River Of Water
- The Story Of Yo La Tango
- The Summer
- The Weakest Part
- The Whole Of The Law
- Tom Courtenay
- Tried So Hard
- Were An American Band
- Yellow Sarong
- You Can Have It All
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Yo La Tengo
The Race is On Again
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
Riff 1:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---5/7-5-4-5-4--------|
D|---------------5/7-7--|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
D
We were young
No one could figure out
Things we said
There was so much to laugh about
Em
Now at the end of the day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
[Riff 1]
D
Just last night
I couldn't sleep at all
Lost my mind
Lost my footing scaling the wall
Em
Now at the break of day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
[Riff 1]
Riff 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2/5-4-----------2/5-4-2-2--2-/7-5-4-2--2-0-------------|
D|-2-4-5-4-2-------2-4-5-4-2--------------------------4-4--0-2-4---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------4--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
D Am G D
D Em G Bm D
Em
Now at the end of the day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
G
Now at the end of the day
Bm
Wish you would say
D
And the race is on again
Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing wrong
G* F#
Will you wait for me
G*
Or will you run away
Bm Bb Bb C*
I swear that I knew yesterday
Bb C* D
Yesterday
Am
G D Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing wrong
G* F#
Will you wait for me
G*
Or will you run away
Bm Bb Bb C*
I swear that I knew yesterday
Bb C* D
Yesterday
[variation of Riff 2]
Am Em D
notes:
G*: 355433
C*: 335553
Bb: 113331
The Race is On Again
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
Riff 1:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|---5/7-5-4-5-4--------|
D|---------------5/7-7--|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
D
We were young
No one could figure out
Things we said
There was so much to laugh about
Em
Now at the end of the day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
[Riff 1]
D
Just last night
I couldn't sleep at all
Lost my mind
Lost my footing scaling the wall
Em
Now at the break of day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
[Riff 1]
Riff 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2/5-4-----------2/5-4-2-2--2-/7-5-4-2--2-0-------------|
D|-2-4-5-4-2-------2-4-5-4-2--------------------------4-4--0-2-4---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------4--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2
D Am G D
D Em G Bm D
Em
Now at the end of the day
G
Wish I could hear you say
Bm
We're at the starting gate
D
And the race is on again
G
Now at the end of the day
Bm
Wish you would say
D
And the race is on again
Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing wrong
G* F#
Will you wait for me
G*
Or will you run away
Bm Bb Bb C*
I swear that I knew yesterday
Bb C* D
Yesterday
Am
G D Am
What am I doing now
G D Am
What am I doing wrong
G* F#
Will you wait for me
G*
Or will you run away
Bm Bb Bb C*
I swear that I knew yesterday
Bb C* D
Yesterday
[variation of Riff 2]
Am Em D
notes:
G*: 355433
C*: 335553
Bb: 113331
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