Biography:
Speedy Ortiz is an American indie rock band from Northampton, Massachusetts.
The band originated in 2011 as Sadie Dupuis' solo project while she was teaching songwriting at a summer camp, recording her own material using her laptop.
"Resurrects the floppy-stringed guitar dissonance of old-school Boston bands like Kudgel and Swirlies, or Rob Crow from Pinback's predecessor Thingy, who forged similar anti-anthems out of the grimiest chords." - Boston Globe.
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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!
Intro
The main riff goes like this
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10-----------9---|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----|
D|--7/15----11------------10-9-8-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Then the last time you play it the ending slightly changes and then it just goes into an F chord
e|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10--------------------|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----5----|
D|--7/15----11------------10-9-8---8-6---6--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
F C C# A#
Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk
F C A#
you blame for your speech
F C C#
Walk around the block again
Bb F
Wait 'til I feel cool and straight
C A# F#
With a diaristic bent on undertaking
[Pre-Chorus]
G# F#
Careful, steady
G# F#
Are we steady?
G# F#
Cruel and ready
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
On the tip and fit to execute
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Boat, boat, boat
G# F# G# F# G# F#
[Verse 2]
F C C# A#
Holding a package from a total stranger
F C A#
who claims to know me
F C C# A#
No, you never knew me, man, not even a fraction
F C A# F#
You just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
Well-composed with keys to raise the skate
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna throw, you better have an awfully big stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
G# F# G# F# G# F#
[Bridge]
F C# F C#
We could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl
G# G7 G# A#
Dip a toe 'til it's soaked and freezing
F C# F C#
But just because I let you kill time dangling me
G# G7 G# A#
from the quarry doesn't mean that I won't land on my feet
[Chorus]
That's cause I'm the boss
Caller of the shots
Sutanejo, never spit to me
Chief, play my own right hand
Not haggish, but the hag
How naïve to trample
She who's running from the stampede
I'm raising the skate
Look, I'm raising the skate
The main riff goes like this
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10-----------9---|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----|
D|--7/15----11------------10-9-8-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Then the last time you play it the ending slightly changes and then it just goes into an F chord
e|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10--------------------|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----5----|
D|--7/15----11------------10-9-8---8-6---6--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
F C C# A#
Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk
F C A#
you blame for your speech
F C C#
Walk around the block again
Bb F
Wait 'til I feel cool and straight
C A# F#
With a diaristic bent on undertaking
[Pre-Chorus]
G# F#
Careful, steady
G# F#
Are we steady?
G# F#
Cruel and ready
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
On the tip and fit to execute
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Boat, boat, boat
G# F# G# F# G# F#
[Verse 2]
F C C# A#
Holding a package from a total stranger
F C A#
who claims to know me
F C C# A#
No, you never knew me, man, not even a fraction
F C A# F#
You just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
Well-composed with keys to raise the skate
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna throw, you better have an awfully big stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
G# F# G# F# G# F#
[Bridge]
F C# F C#
We could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl
G# G7 G# A#
Dip a toe 'til it's soaked and freezing
F C# F C#
But just because I let you kill time dangling me
G# G7 G# A#
from the quarry doesn't mean that I won't land on my feet
[Chorus]
That's cause I'm the boss
Caller of the shots
Sutanejo, never spit to me
Chief, play my own right hand
Not haggish, but the hag
How naïve to trample
She who's running from the stampede
I'm raising the skate
Look, I'm raising the skate
Spencer Durham
Spencer Kane
Spencer Lee
Spencer Radcliff (...)
Spencer Sutherla (...)
Spielbetrieb
SPIES
SPIKE FUCK
Spiller
Spin