Biografia:
WHY AM I WRITING THIS PORTASTATIC BIO?
By Tom Scharpling
Why? Because in the bio for BRIGHT IDEAS, Portastatic’s amazing 2005 full-length, my name was mis-spelled. Here’s the offending passage:
“Portastatic first achieved delicacy in 1992, when Tom Sharpling, proprietor of the fanzine 18 Wheeler, persuaded McCaughan to release a 7” of the recordings he had been making for kicks in his kitchen.”
Sharpling? It’s S-C-H, guys. What happened?
Read more on Last.fm
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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Little Fern - Portastatic
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Tabbed by: Jeff
intro:
G G6 Am7 C G Am G (2nd time:)G G6 Am7 C G Am FMaj7 G
e|---------------------------3--0----------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3-3p1------1--1---1--0--1----------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0-0-0--------0--0---0--0--2----------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0-0---0h2--2--2---2--0--2----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------0--0---3--2--0----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3--0----------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If this is really the first day of spring
Am G
what are you doing my little goose?
G G6 Am7 C G
You honk and you cry but you never really sing
Am Fmaj7
I think it's time you took to the sky
G
You gotta move
e|------------------------------7-7/10--10-7-7--------------------------------|
B|------------8-------7/8-8/10-------------------10---8---------------------|
G|--7--7-7/9-----97-------------------------------------9--7-----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------10-/9--7-7p5-7p5|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If the heat of summer's here again
Am G
why are you still here my flowering friend?
G G6 Am7 C G
Your beauty was cool back in May
Am Fmaj7 G
but you are wilting on this June day. On this June day.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------5--5--/8--|
G|-7-7-7-7-75-5-5-4h5p4--------------4--------------------------7--7-----|
D|-----------------------7---7--7p5h7---75-----/7--6h7-6h7-7/9-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------7----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If fall is dusty and it's dry
Am G
keep your head buried my little fern
G G6 Am7 C G
well the sparks they shower almost every night
Am Fmaj7
in nervous skies
G
I'm fearing a big burn
(solo)
G G6 Am7 C G
If winter has us buried under ice
Am G
where will you go my dragonfly?
G G6 Am7 C G
Well I see you through the surface of the pond
Am Fmaj7
will you hover there, wait for me
G
until the ice is gone?
(solo)
Bm Am C G Am
will you still need me in every season
G
honey, that's all gone
Bm Am C G Am
you used to need me, now you need a reason
Fmaj7 G C G
I haven't got one. I haven't got one
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Little Fern - Portastatic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Jeff
intro:
G G6 Am7 C G Am G (2nd time:)G G6 Am7 C G Am FMaj7 G
e|---------------------------3--0----------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3-3p1------1--1---1--0--1----------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0-0-0--------0--0---0--0--2----------------------------------------------|
D|----0-0-0---0h2--2--2---2--0--2----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------0--0---3--2--0----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3--0----------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If this is really the first day of spring
Am G
what are you doing my little goose?
G G6 Am7 C G
You honk and you cry but you never really sing
Am Fmaj7
I think it's time you took to the sky
G
You gotta move
e|------------------------------7-7/10--10-7-7--------------------------------|
B|------------8-------7/8-8/10-------------------10---8---------------------|
G|--7--7-7/9-----97-------------------------------------9--7-----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------10-/9--7-7p5-7p5|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If the heat of summer's here again
Am G
why are you still here my flowering friend?
G G6 Am7 C G
Your beauty was cool back in May
Am Fmaj7 G
but you are wilting on this June day. On this June day.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------5--5--/8--|
G|-7-7-7-7-75-5-5-4h5p4--------------4--------------------------7--7-----|
D|-----------------------7---7--7p5h7---75-----/7--6h7-6h7-7/9-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------7----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G G6 Am7 C G
If fall is dusty and it's dry
Am G
keep your head buried my little fern
G G6 Am7 C G
well the sparks they shower almost every night
Am Fmaj7
in nervous skies
G
I'm fearing a big burn
(solo)
G G6 Am7 C G
If winter has us buried under ice
Am G
where will you go my dragonfly?
G G6 Am7 C G
Well I see you through the surface of the pond
Am Fmaj7
will you hover there, wait for me
G
until the ice is gone?
(solo)
Bm Am C G Am
will you still need me in every season
G
honey, that's all gone
Bm Am C G Am
you used to need me, now you need a reason
Fmaj7 G C G
I haven't got one. I haven't got one
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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