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Swervedriver are a 1990s British guitar band initially associated with "shoegazing", however their heavier rock & roll style also related them to the grunge genre coming from the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Some music writers considered them to be Britain's answer to this sound. Regardless of labels, the band's mix of storming and swirling guitar experimentation often crossed into psychedelia, coupled with mystical lyrics that often praised the nihilism of sports cars, racing and the open road.
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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!
Harry and Maggie (Swervedriver)
General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar
(12/10/2000, Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time.
Verse:
G D Em Em7
E||--3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000---|
B||--3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0--3330---|
G||.-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000---|
D||.-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2--2222---|
A||--2-----2-----------------2-----2-----2-----2---|
E||--3-----3-----------------0-----0-----0-----0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I was born on a close street down a hill
Mauve and so did my hands Oh and the
F C B/C
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
The trees that lined the street could sense the winter change they felt the
Sound… There was no sound and I’m freezing in the
Em Em7 C B/C
E|-0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
B|-0-----0-----0--3330-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-2-----2-----2--2222-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
chill they ducked and dived and so we knew that they were alive
sun Nobody cares to hide the dopeheads and the suicides
1st time through
F C B/C rep. 2X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0--00--||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1--11--||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0—-00-.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0—-00-.||
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Until the year the silver rain came down the trees turned
2nd time through
F C rep. 4X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1----||--00---00----00--00-022---||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1--—-||--11---11----11--11-111---||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2----||.-00---00----00--00-0----.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3----||.-2----2-----2---2--2----.||
A|------------------------||--3----3-----3---3--3-----||
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Cause everyone freezes in the sun
Verse 2:
Basically, the same structure of the first verse, but the order of the chords is
flipped. Each line below = 1 bar
Em Em7
I kicked around with
C B/C
Harry who lived near Salisbury Plain
F
He worked on the cathedral there
C B/C
every now and again he worked with
G D
stone, carved with stone
Em Em7
Odd jobs on the telephone
F
One sunny day he was sent to the
C B/C
Houses of Parliament
Em Em7
chippin' away at gargoyles
C B/C
Under the blistering sun
F
He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the
C B/C
backs of every one
G D
And so in five-hundred years
Em Em7
There's gonna be some history here
F C
After it all subsides in the sun
Chorus:
Play the riff on the C chord from the end of the first verse 4X, and over the last
two times through, sing:
And it's fallin' away
Verse:
This one is the same chord changes from the first verse.
G D
Another day, another loon
Em Em7
A new pied piper calls the
F
Tune so blow it up, watch it explode
C B/C
Noah's ark on overload
Em Em7
Wrestle with the results and
C B/C
throw 'em round the ring
F
Everybody knows there
C B/C
ain't no rules in wrestling
G D
The referee's a dupe
Em Em7
Who only old ladies and children be-
F
-lieve,
C B/C
I'm getting up now to leave
Em Em7
I'll go back to that street someday
C B/C
The air's better there anyway
F C
Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun
Chorus/Outro:
Use the Riff from the first chorus, but on F where noted.
And it's fallin' away
F
And I don't wanna know
C
I'm glad I don't know
G D Em
What's draggin' it un der
General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar
(12/10/2000, Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time.
Verse:
G D Em Em7
E||--3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000---|
B||--3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0--3330---|
G||.-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000---|
D||.-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2--2222---|
A||--2-----2-----------------2-----2-----2-----2---|
E||--3-----3-----------------0-----0-----0-----0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I was born on a close street down a hill
Mauve and so did my hands Oh and the
F C B/C
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
The trees that lined the street could sense the winter change they felt the
Sound… There was no sound and I’m freezing in the
Em Em7 C B/C
E|-0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
B|-0-----0-----0--3330-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-2-----2-----2--2222-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
chill they ducked and dived and so we knew that they were alive
sun Nobody cares to hide the dopeheads and the suicides
1st time through
F C B/C rep. 2X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0--00--||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1--11--||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0—-00-.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0—-00-.||
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Until the year the silver rain came down the trees turned
2nd time through
F C rep. 4X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1----||--00---00----00--00-022---||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1--—-||--11---11----11--11-111---||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2----||.-00---00----00--00-0----.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3----||.-2----2-----2---2--2----.||
A|------------------------||--3----3-----3---3--3-----||
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Cause everyone freezes in the sun
Verse 2:
Basically, the same structure of the first verse, but the order of the chords is
flipped. Each line below = 1 bar
Em Em7
I kicked around with
C B/C
Harry who lived near Salisbury Plain
F
He worked on the cathedral there
C B/C
every now and again he worked with
G D
stone, carved with stone
Em Em7
Odd jobs on the telephone
F
One sunny day he was sent to the
C B/C
Houses of Parliament
Em Em7
chippin' away at gargoyles
C B/C
Under the blistering sun
F
He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the
C B/C
backs of every one
G D
And so in five-hundred years
Em Em7
There's gonna be some history here
F C
After it all subsides in the sun
Chorus:
Play the riff on the C chord from the end of the first verse 4X, and over the last
two times through, sing:
And it's fallin' away
Verse:
This one is the same chord changes from the first verse.
G D
Another day, another loon
Em Em7
A new pied piper calls the
F
Tune so blow it up, watch it explode
C B/C
Noah's ark on overload
Em Em7
Wrestle with the results and
C B/C
throw 'em round the ring
F
Everybody knows there
C B/C
ain't no rules in wrestling
G D
The referee's a dupe
Em Em7
Who only old ladies and children be-
F
-lieve,
C B/C
I'm getting up now to leave
Em Em7
I'll go back to that street someday
C B/C
The air's better there anyway
F C
Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun
Chorus/Outro:
Use the Riff from the first chorus, but on F where noted.
And it's fallin' away
F
And I don't wanna know
C
I'm glad I don't know
G D Em
What's draggin' it un der
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