Biography:
Blue Mountain is a band formed in 1991 in Oxford, Mississippi (USA) by husband and wife duo Cary Hudson (guitar and vocals) and Laurie Stirratt (bass and harmony vocals),who is notably the twin sister of John Stirratt, the bass player for the like-minded Americana band Wilco. After the dissolution of their former Los Angeles band, The Hilltops, the couple relocated to Oxford and, joined by drummer Matt Brennan, began gigging and recording roots rock.
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Blue Mountain – “Generic America”
From the album “Homegrown”
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
Suggestions welcome!
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
[D]: x-x-0-2-3-2
[Asus]: x-0-2-2-3-0
[G]: 3-2-0-0-3-3
[Em7]: 0-2-2-0-3-0
INTRO:
[D] [Asus] [G]
[D] [Asus] [G]
[D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
Some [D] people wanna [Asus] tell you it’s [G] fine
To spend your [D] whole life [Asus] standing in [G] line
Well [D] go on ahead, join the [G] living dead
I’ve [Em7] got a different plan [Asus] for mine
When the [D] sun comes [Asus] over the [G] sea
I’ll [D] tell you where [Asus] I’m a’ gonna [G] be
[D] Riding in the van with the [G] rest of my band
The [Em7] wheels singing in [Asus] my dreams
Oh [G] please forgive me if I [Asus] can’t learn to live in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Where the [D] waving [Asus] fields got [G] paved
The [D] kids were out [Asus] looking for a [G] rave
And the [D] rest of us sat on our [G] big fat ass
[Em7] Watching the Rose Bowl [Asus] parade
Oh [G] why can’t you see that [Asus] I can’t be me in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Don't [D] wanna live [Asus] vicarious[G]ly
In a [D] virtual re[Asus]ali[G]ty
[D] Shopping malls and [G] prison walls
[Em7] All look the same [Asus] to me
GUITAR BREAK (same as intro)
So [D] don’t try to [Asus] tell me it’s [G] fine
Don’t [D] tell me that I’m [Asus] wasting my [G] time
Every[D]body line up, [G] piss in a cup
You [Em7] gotta be out of [Asus] your mind
‘Cause I’ll [D] do it any[Asus]where I [G] choose
All [D] over your de[Asus]signer [G] shoes
Be[D]ware of a ruffian who [G] ain’t got nothing
He [Em7] ain’t got nothing [Asus] to lose
Oh [G] please forgive me if I [Asus] can’t learn to live in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Where the [D] waving [Asus] fields got [G] paved
The [D] kids were out [Asus] looking for a [G] rave
And the [D] rest of us sat on our [G] big fat ass
[Em7] Watching the Rose Bowl [Asus] parade
Oh [G] why can’t you see that [Asus] I can’t be me in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Don't [D] wanna live [Asus] vicarious[G]ly
In a [D] virtual re[Asus]ali[G]ty
[D] Shopping malls and [G] prison walls
[Em7] All look the same [Asus] to me
INTRO CHORDS AGAIN TO CLOSE
From the album “Homegrown”
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
Suggestions welcome!
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
[D]: x-x-0-2-3-2
[Asus]: x-0-2-2-3-0
[G]: 3-2-0-0-3-3
[Em7]: 0-2-2-0-3-0
INTRO:
[D] [Asus] [G]
[D] [Asus] [G]
[D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
Some [D] people wanna [Asus] tell you it’s [G] fine
To spend your [D] whole life [Asus] standing in [G] line
Well [D] go on ahead, join the [G] living dead
I’ve [Em7] got a different plan [Asus] for mine
When the [D] sun comes [Asus] over the [G] sea
I’ll [D] tell you where [Asus] I’m a’ gonna [G] be
[D] Riding in the van with the [G] rest of my band
The [Em7] wheels singing in [Asus] my dreams
Oh [G] please forgive me if I [Asus] can’t learn to live in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Where the [D] waving [Asus] fields got [G] paved
The [D] kids were out [Asus] looking for a [G] rave
And the [D] rest of us sat on our [G] big fat ass
[Em7] Watching the Rose Bowl [Asus] parade
Oh [G] why can’t you see that [Asus] I can’t be me in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Don't [D] wanna live [Asus] vicarious[G]ly
In a [D] virtual re[Asus]ali[G]ty
[D] Shopping malls and [G] prison walls
[Em7] All look the same [Asus] to me
GUITAR BREAK (same as intro)
So [D] don’t try to [Asus] tell me it’s [G] fine
Don’t [D] tell me that I’m [Asus] wasting my [G] time
Every[D]body line up, [G] piss in a cup
You [Em7] gotta be out of [Asus] your mind
‘Cause I’ll [D] do it any[Asus]where I [G] choose
All [D] over your de[Asus]signer [G] shoes
Be[D]ware of a ruffian who [G] ain’t got nothing
He [Em7] ain’t got nothing [Asus] to lose
Oh [G] please forgive me if I [Asus] can’t learn to live in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Where the [D] waving [Asus] fields got [G] paved
The [D] kids were out [Asus] looking for a [G] rave
And the [D] rest of us sat on our [G] big fat ass
[Em7] Watching the Rose Bowl [Asus] parade
Oh [G] why can’t you see that [Asus] I can’t be me in [D] your
Generic [G] America
Don't [D] wanna live [Asus] vicarious[G]ly
In a [D] virtual re[Asus]ali[G]ty
[D] Shopping malls and [G] prison walls
[Em7] All look the same [Asus] to me
INTRO CHORDS AGAIN TO CLOSE
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