Biography:
Car Seat Headrest is an American indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, and synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals), Seth Dalby (bass), and Andrew Katz (drums, percussion).
Beginning as a solo recording project by Toledo in 2010, Car Seat Headrest self-released 12 albums on the music platform Bandcamp, before signing to Matador Records in 2015. Car Seat Headrest would begin touring as a full band the following year.
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- Beach Life-in-death
- Bodys
- Cute Thing
- Drunk Drivers/killer Whales
- Fill In The Blank
- Plane Crash Blues/i Can't Play The Piano
- Sober To Death
- Something Soon
- The Ballad Of Costa Concordia
- The Drum
- War Is Coming (if You Want It)
- Ac
- America Never Been
- Anchorite Love You Very Much
- Around
- Bad Role Models
- Bad Role Models Old Idols Exhumed Psst Teenagers Put Your Clothes Back O
- Beach Death
- Beach Fagz
- Beach Funeral
- Beach Life
- Beach Weak
- Beast Monster Thing Love Isnt Love Enough
- Boxing Day
- Culture
- Death At The Movies
- Destroyed By Hippie Powers
- Does It Feel Good To Say Goodbye
- Dont Remind Me
- Dreams Fall Hard
- Drunk Drivers Killer Whales
- Famous Prophets Minds
- Famous Prophets Stars
- Good Sunday
- Goodbye Love
- Hey Space Cadet Beast Monster Thing In Space
- High To Death
- Homes
- I Am Afraid Of Literally Everything
- I Want You To Know That Im Awake I Hope That Youre Asleep
- Is This Dust Really From The Titanic
- Joe Gets Kicked Out Of School For Using Drugs With Friends But Says This Isnt A Problem
- Jus Tired
- Kimochi Warui
- Ks
- Los Barrachos I Dont Have Any Hope Left But The Weather Is Nice
- Maud Gone
- Misheard Lyrics
- My Boy Twin Fantasy
- Nervous Young Inhumans
- No Passion
- Nobody Dies
- Not What I Needed
- Oh Starving
- Open Mouthed Boy
- Overexposed Enjoy
- Plane Crash Blues I Cant Play The Piano
- Please Mr Pilot
- Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Fag
- Psst Teenagers Take Off Your Clothes
- Reuse The Cels
- Romantic Theory
- Some Strange Angel
- Souls
- Stoop Kid
- Stop Smoking
- Strangers
- Sunburned Shirts
- Teens Of Denial
- The Ballad Of The Costa Concordia
- The Ending Of Dramamine
- The Gun Song
- The Staying Song
- Times To Die
- Twin Fantasy Mirror To Mirror
- Unforgiving Girl Shes Not An
- War Is Coming If You Want It
- We Cant Afford Your Depression Anymore
- You Have To Go To College
- Youre In Love With Me
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!
This riff is played throughout much of the song. I'm not sure if this is how Will plays it, but I think this
sounds ok. If chords are written out like these, play the riff, if not play normal chords. This song, like
many on Monomania, sounds much more bedroom pop inspired than many other Car Seat Headrest songs, as such
reduced tone and healthy amounts of chorus and reverb help to achieve the sound used on the album.
D Csus4 C B5 Aaug Asus4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------2---2---2---2---2-2-|
D|--4---4---4---4---4-4-4---4---2---2---2-2-4---4---4---4---4-4-0---0---0---0---0-0-|
A|--5---5---5---5---5-5-3---3---3---3---3-3-2---2---2---2---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
(Play riff once)
D Csus4 C B5 Aaug
Asus4
That wasn'??t any better at all
D Csus4 C
That didn'??t make me feel any better at all
B5
I thought it would
Aaug Asus4
But it didn't
D
My consciousness is bigger
Csus4 C
It gives me no pleasure to say
B5 Aaug
My consciousness is bigger than yours
Asus4
It gives me no pleasure
D
And we descend the basement
Csus4 C
Poorly done murals, the faces
B5
If there wasn't a house
Aaug Asus4
We would build one with our bodies
D
Hang on to my ego
Csus4 C
Everything is coming loose tonight
B5 Aaug
I'm too nervous for boys now
Asus4
I'm too nervous for girls now
D
Every bottle you drink must be recycled and
Csus4 C B5
Every plastic cup that can't be recycled in this town
Aaug Asus4
At the party kids come in and out
Talking about T.S. Eliot
Bm
It starts out fun
A
Because the night is young
D
But then the night gets old
A
And it just gets cold
Bm
And we go outside
A
And we go back inside
D
And we say what's the plan
And there is no plan so we go
Bm A
La la la la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la la la
Bm A
La la la la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la la la
N.C.
I just need to wake up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to take off, burst into motion
(Feeback and/or controlled noise with phaser and/or chorus)
N.C.
I just need to get up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to get off
(This riff plays once, and then once for the next verse. Rythm guitar is silent)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-555---3--------555---3-----3--------|
G|-444---4--------333---3-----2--------|
D|----------------------------0--------|
A|---------------------------(0)-------|
E|-------------------------------------|
N.C.
It wasn'??t fun
N.C.
It wasn'??t educational
N.C.
It lingered on
N.C.
I put my fingers on you were gone
(Power chords or root notes can be played, a sequence filter pedal is used if available)
D5
Let's get away from these despicable people
C5
They can't keep their mouths to themselves
B5
I know there's lots of other guys with my name here
Bb5 D5
But tell me I'??m the only one that you will
D5
Does anybody use this bathroom in the daytime?
C5
Is this a house or the set of a film?
B5
Let's get away from these awful people
Bb5 D5
They can't keep their minds to themselves
D5 C5
I refuse to let go until you're impressed
B5 Bb5 D5
I refuse to let go until I'm depressed
(Another riff plays, basically improvise over the notes D, F#, A and B on the highest two strings)
D5
I see you reaching out to t-t-t-touch
C5
My skin shrinks, I think Iâ??ll be shocked
B5 Bb5
By that static
D5
It's too dynamic
C5
Because I never wanted you to change
B5
I only wanted you to be different
D5
Like, not so distant
C C/B Am
'Cause we are alone in our orgasms
C/B C C/B Am
But your flesh seems so solid
C/B C C/B Am
Why does it melt away
D/A
In the morning dew?
C C/B Am
I'm sorry, I thought someone was there
C/B C C/B Am
Like two mirrors gazing into each other'??s eyes
C/B C C/B Am
Like two microphones kissing
(Here play root notes quietly, or just leave it to the bass guitar/bass synth)
D5 C5
But oh, that night, that music!
G D5
The longer it goes, the more important I feel
(Another riff plays, this is more distinct than the last)
E|------------7-7---------|
B|------------------10-10-|
G|-7-7-7-7----------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
D5 C5
But oh, those lights, those colors!
G D5
The less I can see, the more I can feel
(Feedback with phaser and/or chorus)
D C
B said never to write about what'??s in my pockets
Bm D
But that'??s where my hands are, and thatâ??s where they'??ll stay
D
Because you're used to a softer touch
C
She'??s just used to a gentler touch
Bm
She is used to a gentleman'??s touch
D
But hey man it's cool when you do it
(Another riff for lead guitar. This isn't exact but you can basically improvise over this pattern)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5---|
G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
We are alone in our dreams
C
Do we have to sleep tonight?
Bm
Murmur, murmur! Coward!
D
Building towards a meaning that'll never come
D
Leave someone beautiful
C
Find someone horrible
Bm
Dig me
D
I just want to have sex with you
C Bm
I just want to fuck you
D
I just want to have sex with you
C
I just want to fuck you
Bm
When I say stop
D
When I say stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
(On the last line of this verse lead guitar does this)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----7/19------------|
G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7--7/19------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 D5/C C5 B5 A5 D5
D5
Bounce and stretch
D5/C C5
I stretch into a smile
B5 A5 D5
Not just my face, my body, my soul
D5
Because I view life as something that I
D5/C C5
Don't think Iâ??ll get away with
B5 A5 D5
And you think that weâ??ve already gotten away
D5
Yeah we all have dreams, I know
D5/C C5
I should have
B5
Forgotten them in the morning
A5
(A dead dog painted on the sea)
(From here the lead guitar plays a few slides across the B string on D, E and F#)
B5 A5 D5
If none of us know the words, then only the melody matters
B5 A5 D5
Na na na na na na na na na matters
B5 A5
I wrote this verse drunk
D5
I thought it would solve everything
B5 A5
I thought it would
D5
But it didn't
D5
When everyone was going homewards
C5
Did you cry because it was over?
B5 A5 D5
Or did you cry because you knew it would never end?
D5
As long as we don'??t go to sleep yet
C5
I promise I can'??t go to sleep yet
B5 A5
'Cause the nightâ??s not dead, no the night's not dead
D5
I will not go alone to my single-size bed
I don't know what that means
C5 B5 A5 D5
C5
We could go anywhere
B5 A5 D5
But we will always be where we are
C5
We could go anywhere
B5 A5 D5
But we will always be where we are
N.C.
I waited for you on the eastern shore
N.C.
Watching people trying to act sober on the other side of the sea
N.C.
Until I laughed and headed home
N.C.
I learned my lesson never to roam
sounds ok. If chords are written out like these, play the riff, if not play normal chords. This song, like
many on Monomania, sounds much more bedroom pop inspired than many other Car Seat Headrest songs, as such
reduced tone and healthy amounts of chorus and reverb help to achieve the sound used on the album.
D Csus4 C B5 Aaug Asus4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------2---2---2---2---2-2-|
D|--4---4---4---4---4-4-4---4---2---2---2-2-4---4---4---4---4-4-0---0---0---0---0-0-|
A|--5---5---5---5---5-5-3---3---3---3---3-3-2---2---2---2---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
(Play riff once)
D Csus4 C B5 Aaug
Asus4
That wasn'??t any better at all
D Csus4 C
That didn'??t make me feel any better at all
B5
I thought it would
Aaug Asus4
But it didn't
D
My consciousness is bigger
Csus4 C
It gives me no pleasure to say
B5 Aaug
My consciousness is bigger than yours
Asus4
It gives me no pleasure
D
And we descend the basement
Csus4 C
Poorly done murals, the faces
B5
If there wasn't a house
Aaug Asus4
We would build one with our bodies
D
Hang on to my ego
Csus4 C
Everything is coming loose tonight
B5 Aaug
I'm too nervous for boys now
Asus4
I'm too nervous for girls now
D
Every bottle you drink must be recycled and
Csus4 C B5
Every plastic cup that can't be recycled in this town
Aaug Asus4
At the party kids come in and out
Talking about T.S. Eliot
Bm
It starts out fun
A
Because the night is young
D
But then the night gets old
A
And it just gets cold
Bm
And we go outside
A
And we go back inside
D
And we say what's the plan
And there is no plan so we go
Bm A
La la la la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la la la
Bm A
La la la la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la la la
N.C.
I just need to wake up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to take off, burst into motion
(Feeback and/or controlled noise with phaser and/or chorus)
N.C.
I just need to get up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to get off
(This riff plays once, and then once for the next verse. Rythm guitar is silent)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-555---3--------555---3-----3--------|
G|-444---4--------333---3-----2--------|
D|----------------------------0--------|
A|---------------------------(0)-------|
E|-------------------------------------|
N.C.
It wasn'??t fun
N.C.
It wasn'??t educational
N.C.
It lingered on
N.C.
I put my fingers on you were gone
(Power chords or root notes can be played, a sequence filter pedal is used if available)
D5
Let's get away from these despicable people
C5
They can't keep their mouths to themselves
B5
I know there's lots of other guys with my name here
Bb5 D5
But tell me I'??m the only one that you will
D5
Does anybody use this bathroom in the daytime?
C5
Is this a house or the set of a film?
B5
Let's get away from these awful people
Bb5 D5
They can't keep their minds to themselves
D5 C5
I refuse to let go until you're impressed
B5 Bb5 D5
I refuse to let go until I'm depressed
(Another riff plays, basically improvise over the notes D, F#, A and B on the highest two strings)
D5
I see you reaching out to t-t-t-touch
C5
My skin shrinks, I think Iâ??ll be shocked
B5 Bb5
By that static
D5
It's too dynamic
C5
Because I never wanted you to change
B5
I only wanted you to be different
D5
Like, not so distant
C C/B Am
'Cause we are alone in our orgasms
C/B C C/B Am
But your flesh seems so solid
C/B C C/B Am
Why does it melt away
D/A
In the morning dew?
C C/B Am
I'm sorry, I thought someone was there
C/B C C/B Am
Like two mirrors gazing into each other'??s eyes
C/B C C/B Am
Like two microphones kissing
(Here play root notes quietly, or just leave it to the bass guitar/bass synth)
D5 C5
But oh, that night, that music!
G D5
The longer it goes, the more important I feel
(Another riff plays, this is more distinct than the last)
E|------------7-7---------|
B|------------------10-10-|
G|-7-7-7-7----------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
D5 C5
But oh, those lights, those colors!
G D5
The less I can see, the more I can feel
(Feedback with phaser and/or chorus)
D C
B said never to write about what'??s in my pockets
Bm D
But that'??s where my hands are, and thatâ??s where they'??ll stay
D
Because you're used to a softer touch
C
She'??s just used to a gentler touch
Bm
She is used to a gentleman'??s touch
D
But hey man it's cool when you do it
(Another riff for lead guitar. This isn't exact but you can basically improvise over this pattern)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5---|
G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
We are alone in our dreams
C
Do we have to sleep tonight?
Bm
Murmur, murmur! Coward!
D
Building towards a meaning that'll never come
D
Leave someone beautiful
C
Find someone horrible
Bm
Dig me
D
I just want to have sex with you
C Bm
I just want to fuck you
D
I just want to have sex with you
C
I just want to fuck you
Bm
When I say stop
D
When I say stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
(On the last line of this verse lead guitar does this)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----7/19------------|
G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7--7/19------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 D5/C C5 B5 A5 D5
D5
Bounce and stretch
D5/C C5
I stretch into a smile
B5 A5 D5
Not just my face, my body, my soul
D5
Because I view life as something that I
D5/C C5
Don't think Iâ??ll get away with
B5 A5 D5
And you think that weâ??ve already gotten away
D5
Yeah we all have dreams, I know
D5/C C5
I should have
B5
Forgotten them in the morning
A5
(A dead dog painted on the sea)
(From here the lead guitar plays a few slides across the B string on D, E and F#)
B5 A5 D5
If none of us know the words, then only the melody matters
B5 A5 D5
Na na na na na na na na na matters
B5 A5
I wrote this verse drunk
D5
I thought it would solve everything
B5 A5
I thought it would
D5
But it didn't
D5
When everyone was going homewards
C5
Did you cry because it was over?
B5 A5 D5
Or did you cry because you knew it would never end?
D5
As long as we don'??t go to sleep yet
C5
I promise I can'??t go to sleep yet
B5 A5
'Cause the nightâ??s not dead, no the night's not dead
D5
I will not go alone to my single-size bed
I don't know what that means
C5 B5 A5 D5
C5
We could go anywhere
B5 A5 D5
But we will always be where we are
C5
We could go anywhere
B5 A5 D5
But we will always be where we are
N.C.
I waited for you on the eastern shore
N.C.
Watching people trying to act sober on the other side of the sea
N.C.
Until I laughed and headed home
N.C.
I learned my lesson never to roam
Carbon Leaf
Carcassi
Cardcaptor Sakur (...)
Cardigans
Carey Ott