Biography:
Jim Carroll (August 1, 1950-September 11, 2009) was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 novel The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a movie in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Raised in New York City, Carroll who attended several Catholic Grammar Schools from 1955 to 1963. In fall 1963, he entered public school, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity High School (a private school). He entered Trinity High School in 1964.
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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!
JIM CARROLL - WICKED GRAVITY
album version - CATHOLIC BOY
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Tuned a half step down.
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[CHORDS]
E A E* D C#m B
eb|-0--5--7---5---4---9--|
bb|-0--5--9---7---5---9--|
gb|-1--6--9---7---6---8--|
db|-2--7--9---7---6---9--|
ab|-2--7--7---5---4---9--|
eb|-0--5--0-----------7--|
[INTRO]
E A
[VERSE 1]
E A E* D
The gravity here is just sick for revenge
C#m D E*
It's like my lungs are filled with chains
A D
The sky seems so low it hasn't moved this slow
A D E
Since the virgin, since the virgin went dancing for the rain
E* A E* D
You know the stars in the night, they're like the holes in the cave
C#m D E
Or like the ceiling, like the ceiling of a bombed-out church
A D
But gravity blocks my screams it's like an enemy's dreams
A D E
My guardians quit, they quit before they started their search
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A E
It could be just what I need, what I need
A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh, I'd watch the earth recede
[VERSE 2]
E* A E* D
I wanna drift above the borders against my will
C#m D E
I wanto to sleep I wanna sleep where the angels don't pass
A D
But now my lips are blue gravity does it to you
A D E
It's like they're pressed, like they're pressed against a mirrored glass
E* A E* D
I want my will and capability to meet inside the region
C#m D E
Where this gravity, this gravity don't mean a thing
A D
It's where the angels break through. it's where they bring it to you
A D E
It's where silence, silence can teach me to sing
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A
It could be just what I need
E* A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh yeah I'd watch the earth recede
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A D E
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bb|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
gb|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----16----|-----------------|
db|----------12-14-|-14---12-14-14-|-14--12-14-14-|-14---16-14-16-14-16-|-16b---16r-|-14-14--12-14-16-|
ab|-------14-------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
eb|----12----------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
A D A D
eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
gb|-13-14-13-14-13-|-13-14-13-14-16-|-13-14-13-14-13-|-13-14-13----16-16--16-16-|
db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------16--------------|
ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
E A D
eb|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
bb|---------------------|-----------14-17-17-17-|-17--17-17-19-17-19b--------|
gb|-16-16-16--16--16-16-|-16--16-16-------------|----------------------16-18-|
db|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
ab|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
eb|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
A D E
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bb|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
gb|-16--------14--13-|-13-14p13----13-14-16--|-16-13h14p13------------|----------------------------|
db|------------------|----------16-----------|-------------16--14--16-|-14--14---------------------|
ab|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------16-14---16-14-------|
eb|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------16-12-|
A D A D
eb|------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
bb|------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
gb|------------------|--------------|-----16--------|-----------16--------------|
db|---------------14-|-14--16-14-16-|-16b----16r-14-|-14----16b----16r-14----14-|
ab|------------14----|--------------|---------------|---------------------16----|
eb|-12---12-16-------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
E
eb|------------------------|-------------------|
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gb|------------------------|-------------------|
db|-14---12-14-14-14-12-14-|-14-14-12-14-14-14-|
ab|------------------------|-------------------|
eb|------------------------|-------------------|
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A
It could be just what I need
E A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh, I'd watch the earth recede
[VERSE 3]
E A E* D
I wanna lay beneath these sheets and never turn blue
C#m D E
I wanna hold you, hold you tight but never touch
A D
I want some pure, pure white, hey we can nod all night
A D E
We can do it, we can do it without thinking too much
E* A E* D
I want the dilettantes and parvenues to choke on my wrists
C#m D E
They think the pearls, they think the pearls that I wear are pills
A D
I want their gravity to shatter, but it really doesn't matter
A D E
I got something, I got something in my eye that kills
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A E
It could be just what I need, what I need
A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch honey, I'd watch the earth recede
[OUTRO]
D A
She's got wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
She's got wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
D
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
album version - CATHOLIC BOY
________________________________
________________________________
Tuned a half step down.
________________________________
________________________________
[CHORDS]
E A E* D C#m B
eb|-0--5--7---5---4---9--|
bb|-0--5--9---7---5---9--|
gb|-1--6--9---7---6---8--|
db|-2--7--9---7---6---9--|
ab|-2--7--7---5---4---9--|
eb|-0--5--0-----------7--|
[INTRO]
E A
[VERSE 1]
E A E* D
The gravity here is just sick for revenge
C#m D E*
It's like my lungs are filled with chains
A D
The sky seems so low it hasn't moved this slow
A D E
Since the virgin, since the virgin went dancing for the rain
E* A E* D
You know the stars in the night, they're like the holes in the cave
C#m D E
Or like the ceiling, like the ceiling of a bombed-out church
A D
But gravity blocks my screams it's like an enemy's dreams
A D E
My guardians quit, they quit before they started their search
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A E
It could be just what I need, what I need
A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh, I'd watch the earth recede
[VERSE 2]
E* A E* D
I wanna drift above the borders against my will
C#m D E
I wanto to sleep I wanna sleep where the angels don't pass
A D
But now my lips are blue gravity does it to you
A D E
It's like they're pressed, like they're pressed against a mirrored glass
E* A E* D
I want my will and capability to meet inside the region
C#m D E
Where this gravity, this gravity don't mean a thing
A D
It's where the angels break through. it's where they bring it to you
A D E
It's where silence, silence can teach me to sing
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A
It could be just what I need
E* A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh yeah I'd watch the earth recede
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A D E
eb|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
bb|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
gb|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----16----|-----------------|
db|----------12-14-|-14---12-14-14-|-14--12-14-14-|-14---16-14-16-14-16-|-16b---16r-|-14-14--12-14-16-|
ab|-------14-------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
eb|----12----------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|
A D A D
eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
bb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
gb|-13-14-13-14-13-|-13-14-13-14-16-|-13-14-13-14-13-|-13-14-13----16-16--16-16-|
db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------16--------------|
ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
E A D
eb|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
bb|---------------------|-----------14-17-17-17-|-17--17-17-19-17-19b--------|
gb|-16-16-16--16--16-16-|-16--16-16-------------|----------------------16-18-|
db|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
ab|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
eb|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
A D E
eb|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
bb|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
gb|-16--------14--13-|-13-14p13----13-14-16--|-16-13h14p13------------|----------------------------|
db|------------------|----------16-----------|-------------16--14--16-|-14--14---------------------|
ab|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------16-14---16-14-------|
eb|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------16-12-|
A D A D
eb|------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
bb|------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
gb|------------------|--------------|-----16--------|-----------16--------------|
db|---------------14-|-14--16-14-16-|-16b----16r-14-|-14----16b----16r-14----14-|
ab|------------14----|--------------|---------------|---------------------16----|
eb|-12---12-16-------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
E
eb|------------------------|-------------------|
bb|------------------------|-------------------|
gb|------------------------|-------------------|
db|-14---12-14-14-14-12-14-|-14-14-12-14-14-14-|
ab|------------------------|-------------------|
eb|------------------------|-------------------|
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A
It could be just what I need
E A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch oh, I'd watch the earth recede
[VERSE 3]
E A E* D
I wanna lay beneath these sheets and never turn blue
C#m D E
I wanna hold you, hold you tight but never touch
A D
I want some pure, pure white, hey we can nod all night
A D E
We can do it, we can do it without thinking too much
E* A E* D
I want the dilettantes and parvenues to choke on my wrists
C#m D E
They think the pearls, they think the pearls that I wear are pills
A D
I want their gravity to shatter, but it really doesn't matter
A D E
I got something, I got something in my eye that kills
[CHORUS]
E* A E*
I want a world without gravity
A B A B A E
It could be just what I need, what I need
A B
I'd watch the stars move close, I'd watch honey, I'd watch the earth recede
[OUTRO]
D A
She's got wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
She's got wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked gravity
D
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
A
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
D
Wicked, wicked, wicked, wicked
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