Biography:
Pedro the Lion is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. After a shifting lineup, Pedro the Lion finally eventually became a one-man outfit. That man is David Bazan. A Seattle native, Bazan cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands before forming Pedro in 1995, taking the band's name from a character he made up for a possible children's book.
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Other songs:
- A Simple Plan
- Big Trucks
- Fewer Broken Pieces
- Magazine
- Almost There
- And Can It Be Amazing Love
- Arizona
- Bad Diary Days
- Bad Things To Such Good People
- Be Thou My Vision
- Clean Up
- Diamond Ring
- Foregone Conclusions
- I Am Always The One Who Calls
- Indian Summer
- Invention
- June 18 1976
- Leaving The Valley
- Longer I Lay Here
- Lullaby
- Of Minor Prophets And Their Prostitute Wives
- Of Up And Coming Monarchs
- Priests And Paramedics
- Progress
- Quietest Friend
- Rapture
- Simple Economics
- Slow And Steady Wins The Race
- Suspect Fled The Scene
- The Fleecing Acoustic
- The Longer I Lay Here
- The Poison
- To Protect The Family Name
- Transcontinental
- When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run
- Yellow Bike
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!
PEDRO THE LION
"Yellow Bike"
From the album "Phoenix" (2019)
Standard Tuning
Tempo = 120 bpm
[INTRO]
E
[VERSE 1]
A E
On a desert Christmas morning, 1981
B
One month shy of six years old
F#m
In the valley of the sun
A E
My first two-wheel bicycle stood by the tree
F#m
My heart thumping in my chest
A B
Though I'd tried, I couldn’t ride one yet
[INSTRUMENTAL]
A E
e|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
B|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
G|--------9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---6--4--4-|-(4)--6-------|
D|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------6-----|
A|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
E|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
B F#m
e|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
B|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
G|--------2-|-2---/11-11---2-|-2---/11-11---9-|-9---8-8---9-|
D|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
E|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
e|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
B|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
G|-9---11-11---13-|-13----|
D|----------------|-------|
A|----------------|-------|
E|----------------|-------|
[VERSE CONTINUED]
A E
Out on our street when my dad let go of the seat
F#m
I rode off and down the road
A B
Somehow I never went back home
[CHORUS 1]
E
But I remember what it was like
A
Astride my yellow bike
E
First freedom, second life
A
All the places I could ride
G#m
Leaving early packing light
C#m B A A/G#
That little ache inside
F#m A
My kingdom for someone to ride with
[CHORUS LEAD]
e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
G|----13---13----13---13-|----13---13----13---11-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
G|----11---11----11---11-|----11---11----11---13-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E
e|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
B|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
G|--------13-13-|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|
D|--------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------|
A
e|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
B|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
G|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---------|---------13-13-|
D|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-----7-----|-0-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
E A
e|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
B|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
G|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6----|
D|---------------------|-----------------|------|
A|---------------------|-----------------|------|
E|---------------------|-----------------|------|
[VERSE 2]
A E
Now a highwayman who traded in his handlebars
B
Going back and forth
F#m
In vans and rental cars
A E
On the 10, the 5, the 90, and the 95
F#m
In love with every stretch of road
A B
But when I drive them on my own
[VERSE 2 LEAD]
A E
e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
G|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
F#m A
e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
G|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
[CHORUS 2]
G#m
They remind me what it was like
C#m B A A/G#
Astride that yellow bike
F#m A
My kingdom for someone
[BRIDGE]
A
Some folks are loners
G#m
And you learn from them
F#m
If you've always been a joiner
E
On the move again
A
But if you keep your legs pumping
G#m
Despite everything
F#m
Well, you can take that sting
A B
You can make it swing
[CHORUS 3]
E
Just remember what it was like
A
Astride that yellow bike
E
First freedom, second life
A
All the places I could ride
G#m
Leaving early packing light
C#m B A A/G#
That little ache inside
F#m A
My kingdom for someone to ride with
F#m Am E
I'd trade my kingdom for someone to ride with
"Yellow Bike"
From the album "Phoenix" (2019)
Standard Tuning
Tempo = 120 bpm
[INTRO]
E
[VERSE 1]
A E
On a desert Christmas morning, 1981
B
One month shy of six years old
F#m
In the valley of the sun
A E
My first two-wheel bicycle stood by the tree
F#m
My heart thumping in my chest
A B
Though I'd tried, I couldn’t ride one yet
[INSTRUMENTAL]
A E
e|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
B|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
G|--------9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---6--4--4-|-(4)--6-------|
D|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------6-----|
A|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
E|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
B F#m
e|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
B|--------0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0-----0--0---0-|-0---0-0---0-|
G|--------2-|-2---/11-11---2-|-2---/11-11---9-|-9---8-8---9-|
D|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
E|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
e|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
B|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
G|-9---11-11---13-|-13----|
D|----------------|-------|
A|----------------|-------|
E|----------------|-------|
[VERSE CONTINUED]
A E
Out on our street when my dad let go of the seat
F#m
I rode off and down the road
A B
Somehow I never went back home
[CHORUS 1]
E
But I remember what it was like
A
Astride my yellow bike
E
First freedom, second life
A
All the places I could ride
G#m
Leaving early packing light
C#m B A A/G#
That little ache inside
F#m A
My kingdom for someone to ride with
[CHORUS LEAD]
e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
G|----13---13----13---13-|----13---13----13---11-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
G|----11---11----11---11-|----11---11----11---13-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E
e|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
B|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
G|--------13-13-|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|
D|--------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|---------------------|
A
e|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
B|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---------|----------0--0-|
G|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---------|---------13-13-|
D|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-----7-----|-0-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|
E A
e|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
B|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
G|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6----|
D|---------------------|-----------------|------|
A|---------------------|-----------------|------|
E|---------------------|-----------------|------|
[VERSE 2]
A E
Now a highwayman who traded in his handlebars
B
Going back and forth
F#m
In vans and rental cars
A E
On the 10, the 5, the 90, and the 95
F#m
In love with every stretch of road
A B
But when I drive them on my own
[VERSE 2 LEAD]
A E
e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
G|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
F#m A
e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
G|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
[CHORUS 2]
G#m
They remind me what it was like
C#m B A A/G#
Astride that yellow bike
F#m A
My kingdom for someone
[BRIDGE]
A
Some folks are loners
G#m
And you learn from them
F#m
If you've always been a joiner
E
On the move again
A
But if you keep your legs pumping
G#m
Despite everything
F#m
Well, you can take that sting
A B
You can make it swing
[CHORUS 3]
E
Just remember what it was like
A
Astride that yellow bike
E
First freedom, second life
A
All the places I could ride
G#m
Leaving early packing light
C#m B A A/G#
That little ache inside
F#m A
My kingdom for someone to ride with
F#m Am E
I'd trade my kingdom for someone to ride with
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