Biography:
Camper Van Beethoven is an alternative rock band that was founded in 1983 in Redlands, California, though the band soon moved to Santa Cruz, California. Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, country, and acid rock into an eclectic, catchy and sometimes mysterious ensemble, years before the so-called alternative rock moniker came to mainstream attention.
The group's trademark violin-coated melodies and their ironic take on American culture put them one step away from being a novelty act in the eyes of many critics.
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From: [email protected] (Keith Spurgeon)
"Good Guys and Bad Guys"
by Camper van Beethoven (1986)
from the LP / CD _the_third_album_
Pitch-A-Tend CD PITCH 02
[This CD includes the EP _Vampire_Can_Mating_Oven_]
The repeated motif (usually carried by the organ
and/or fiddle) can be played on the guitar as
follows:
E-------------|------------------|-----------|
B-------------|------------------|-----------|
G--------2----|-2--2--1----------|-----------|
D--2--4-----4-|----------4--2--4-|-2---------|
A-------------|------------------|-----2-----|
E-------------|------------------|-----------|
VERSE
[A]There are[D] good guys and there are[E] bad guys
[A] And there are [D] crooks and criminals [E]
[A] And there are [D] doctors and there are [E] lawyers
[A] And there are [D] folks like you and me [E]
CHORUS
[D] So just get high while the radio's on [A] [E]
[D] And just relax and sing a song [A] [E]
[D] And drive your car up on the lawn [A] [E]
And let me [D] play your gui [E] tar
SECOND VERSE
This here verse is for the people in Russia
Though it is a long long ways away
They couldn't hear this song in Russia
Or couldn't understand the words anyway
REPEAT CHORUS
iNSTRUMENTAL VERSE (CHEESY ORGAN AND VIOLIN LEAD)
THIRD VERSE
So Just be glad you live in America
Just relax and be yourself
'Cause if you didn't live here in America
You'd probably live somewhere else
Repeat Chorus
Repeat instrumental verse
Instrumental verse (mandolin and violin) fade out
Transcribed by Keith Spurgeon
[email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected] (Keith Spurgeon)
"Good Guys and Bad Guys"
by Camper van Beethoven (1986)
from the LP / CD _the_third_album_
Pitch-A-Tend CD PITCH 02
[This CD includes the EP _Vampire_Can_Mating_Oven_]
The repeated motif (usually carried by the organ
and/or fiddle) can be played on the guitar as
follows:
E-------------|------------------|-----------|
B-------------|------------------|-----------|
G--------2----|-2--2--1----------|-----------|
D--2--4-----4-|----------4--2--4-|-2---------|
A-------------|------------------|-----2-----|
E-------------|------------------|-----------|
VERSE
[A]There are[D] good guys and there are[E] bad guys
[A] And there are [D] crooks and criminals [E]
[A] And there are [D] doctors and there are [E] lawyers
[A] And there are [D] folks like you and me [E]
CHORUS
[D] So just get high while the radio's on [A] [E]
[D] And just relax and sing a song [A] [E]
[D] And drive your car up on the lawn [A] [E]
And let me [D] play your gui [E] tar
SECOND VERSE
This here verse is for the people in Russia
Though it is a long long ways away
They couldn't hear this song in Russia
Or couldn't understand the words anyway
REPEAT CHORUS
iNSTRUMENTAL VERSE (CHEESY ORGAN AND VIOLIN LEAD)
THIRD VERSE
So Just be glad you live in America
Just relax and be yourself
'Cause if you didn't live here in America
You'd probably live somewhere else
Repeat Chorus
Repeat instrumental verse
Instrumental verse (mandolin and violin) fade out
Transcribed by Keith Spurgeon
[email protected]
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