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Uncle Albert's 05:56
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UNCLE ALBERT'S (capo 2nd fret, positions as played) G- Cm riff Uncle Alberts Was a record store With a sloping dusty walnut floor Flourescent lights and plywood bins They had a card for almost everything C D (slide to it) I bought a record a week, with care, D C much care G Cm I met my people there (continue) G - Cm riff Got a teenage job behind the register Fantasized about the owner’s wife A7 She much preferred my friend back to G- Cm riff I always thought she had a crush on him C D But he didn’t act on that… D - C G Cm Nobody did back then Repeat G-Cm riff for one measure C D I bought two records a week, D C with care G Cm I met my brothers there Stay on G upon return G F And we listened to Spa – a-ace… Child Am And Mike’s guitar tossed me up into the sky G -F And I still haven’t come G F down to the earth G And what’s more F G I don’t even wanna try ~ Em –A – A (add D on top) over: And you can tell me that the world is round But I know it’s flat And if you say that glitter is gold I know it’s black And you can tell me about tomorrow But I will point back G F - E To the sign that said NOW PLAYING G F - E Cause for me it’s STILL playing G- Cm riff Uncle Alberts was a record store I worked there for maybe nine months, no more It seemed like a lifetime then C D I bought three records a week D C No more G Cm It was my record store ~ ~ G F And we listened to Bill Nelson Am And his guitar blew apart my youthful mind G -F And it’s still blowin G F I can’t get away G From the sunburst finish F G Of those hollow body days out on Em – A riffage
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Spoon 02:45
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SPOON D Em just a little spoon A G D so i can touch my tongue to you D Em everybody knows A G D where this river flows A A/G F#m G nonetheless i've trashed my life A A/G F#m G at the hint of your perfume G A strangling chords D G and striking words A D for just a little G spoon D Em hope springs eternal A G D but life just lasts awhile D Em a little bitty spoonful A G D surely you can smile A A/G down on me F#m G I've done the time A A/G F#m G give me just a taste G A I'm no less than D G your other guys A D G I just started late Bridge 1 A A/G D G Loving you --oooh -oooh -oooh A A/G D G Needing you -ooh -ooh -ooh A Enough..... Bridge 2 Em G D just a little spoonful of you Em G A just a little spoonful of you Em A just a litle lick D G will have, to do A -- G riff 2x A-G riff continue over: a spoonful A G a spoon ...full, A A/G D- G let it ring… of you D Em by now I oughta know A G D where this river goes D Em it drains and drains and drains A G D til only remains remain
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Star, Stuck 03:12
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STAR, STUCK capo 2nd fret – chords as shapes played A Em I’m under your heels G A Kicked up on the table A Em I’m on your schedule G A Whenever you’re able Bm Em I been hanging around G A Too high on your dial A Em Wondering how it is G A I’m always on trial… D …G I’m a star stuck, baby A Under your shoes Bm G You’re given me the A F#m G Open mic night blues A Em So the time has come G A For the acoustical record A Em Just give me a decade G A And I can get it together Bm Em I’ll put my name on the list G A Drink up and get pissed A Em And when the curtain calls G A I’ll can give ‘em my worst D …G I’m a star stuck, daddy A Under your shoes D G You’re given me the F#m G A Open mic night blues Bm F#m Well there aint nothing sadder Em Than one man and guitar Bm F#m Suck the life from a room Em A Don’t even leave a scar Jam on A bouncing off of G and adding D
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Start Diggin' 03:12
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START DIGGIN' Shapes as played – tune plays with capo on fret 2 G-F riff You gotta give up Break down and fall Lose and be lost A# - A Walk real small -- until you’re not there at all G-F riff Learn to disappear Find out how to shut up Occupy the margins A# A Until the margins fade -- and you’re along G for the ride C Failure is calling G Annihilation is sure C But we’re all traipsing through it A# A G Just like we dis- covered the cure G -F Put your dreams on the shelf They’ll look more beautiful there When you give it all up A# A You’ll find out once and for all that nobody G else cares C Failure is calling G Annihilation is sure C But we’re all traipsing through it A# A Like we just dis- covered the cure Instrumental break G (bounce off C note) to E (3x) E up to 4th fret (G) down one fret at a time to E C F You gotta try the nobody thing G F G Get in touch with your invisibility gene C F Abandon alla your worldly desires A# A Light the match and set all those kiddie toys G on fire Instrumental break G (bounce off C note) to E (3x) E up to 4th fret (G) down one fret at a time to E C G The world is waiting on you C G It knows you know what to do E ramp down So get that shovel in you hand and start, diggin’
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They Were The Band 03:21
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THEY WERE THE BAND (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) the concept made perfect sense A culminating years of sweat C G they’d set to doing what they’re best at Em7 which was entirely something else (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) they spent a decade chosing a name A a fortune on pedals C and cables that don’t make a sound G not a sound Em A – they knew what a ground loop could do (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band D Am that didn’t play (roll on G/C) - G (hold a bit) because they were just… A D O – O - O kay instrumental break C/F roll to C 3X, then to D (2x) D/C strum to G (bridge) C C / B lonely website cardboard coffins Am G yellowed t-shirts C C / B moldy drumset rusty bass strings Am G C D still not rockin after all these years (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band D Am that didn’t play (roll on G/C) - G (hold a bit) because they were just … A D O – O – O kay (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) the concept was the concept A Never soiled by human hands C G Beautiful n pure like a lespaul, on Olympus Em7 A And it stayed up there… for good (bridge) C C / B lonely website cardboard coffins Am G yellowed t-shirts C C / B moldy drumset rusty bass strings Am G C D still not rockin after all these years coda to fade: (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band….. do intro G-C roll and end with one more roll G/C -G
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Box Set 03:15
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(when our) BOX SET (hits your doorstep) G E Couldn’t blame you if you never heard of me or the boys G E We do the dinosaur thing honey, kiddie noise C G F#-G slide Half - drunk old hippies here, letting you down… C G F#-G slide Just a bunch of delusional local clowns F We get your frown.. Bridge 1 E A But our flowers will squirt if it goes upside down E A With one word irony-free about our powerful sound B D …And if that’s Clive on the phone, well, we’re leaving this town! Verse G E We had a run in the eighties when the scene was so meek (it was meek!) G E When everybody’s monkey’s cousin wasn’t doing this thing C G F#-G Since then we’ve been dill-e-tant-ing around C G F#-G Found no easier way to gain the renoun F You owe us now…. Bridge 2 E A That’s right baby the dinosaur thing E A We do the brontosaurus in the big top ring B D E And play lead guitar when we can no longer sing! (solo, of course) Chorus F#7 But when our box set, B hits your door step F#7 B It’s gonna be our finest hour A7 Read our life and death D in the booklet B F -E Know the nowhere we’ve been before no-ow ! Take E up to twelfth fret Key change (up a whole step to new verse) A F# And when we’ve finally paid all our dinosaur dues A F# We’ll make that record where we rediscover the blues D A G#-A (slide) Anyway at all we can let you down D A G#-A (slide) Same old harmless flea-bitten local clowns G F# You’re looking down…on now…. E (four measures) Chorus F#7 But when our box set, B hits your door step F#7 B It’s gonna be our finest hour A7 Read our life and death D in the booklet B F -E Know the nowhere we been before now…..
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The Golden Age of Rock and Roll 03:50
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK AND ROLL capo: (2) chords as played (Em –E – Eadd D ramp) I used to love you by the record machine (of course) you were sixteen, come on like a dream A But I’ve gotten on in years and though it don’t seem E right G Nonetheless I’ve gotta ask A add 7th Baby can you get yourself free… (n.c.) Em ramp To boogie tonight? (Em –E – Eadd D ramp) Gotta be honest -- honey I do Tho you lookin so good I’m feelin sorry for you A Cause I’m old and I smell… E But I still got my moves G My arteries have turned to stone A I got bottled water E for blood (chorus) A (top o the neck) G Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll E Wheeling around the campus A (add D) it’s the golden age of rock and roll E And I’m post all that Chitter chat F# I just want my shot at A …your body Em ramp B I haven’t changed A Tho you wouldn’t know it B you talk too much A You lose the urge to show it G Move those hips now that’s the poet – A try for me Em ramp A I understand you been diggin some Jazz Some skinny guy who’s a bit of spaz E Well I’m patient E I’ve seen ‘em all, come and go F# After he gets your mind all gone A I’ll be here.......(hold) Em ramp Tapping my toes (chorus same as before, diff lyrics) A G Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll E Wheezing around your studio apartment A add D Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll
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Schlagers! 04:19
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[The lyrics for this song were made up on the spot and they don't count against our official record.]
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My Influences 03:07
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MY INFLUENCES G-C-Am-Em This is a song about my influences The list is long but never Comprehensive G –Dm-C-G What did you expect? At this late hour…? G-C-Am-Em I could be your bobby Dylan If you could be my Richard Thompson G –Dm-C-G I’ve got an axe with your name already on it C5-G if you would be my Robert pollard I just might be your Robert Halford C5 If you would be my Polly Jean C- Am- G I’d even learn the bass-lines for dancin queen G5 –G open It’s an all-grown-up world we’re all growing up in It’s an all ages show for the ages C And son you gotta make your move D Am (hold) Even if it’s someone else’s shoes………. G your wearing…. Dm What did you expect? C G At this late hour? G-C-Am-Em This is a song about becoming a person Other people see as a person G –Dm-C-G They would like to be People just like me G-C-Am-Em I could be your Richard Lloyd If you would be my Television G –Dm-C-G And show me on the screen Show me on that beautiful screen (G5 –G) ahhh’s C And son you gotta make your move D Am (hold) Even if it’s someone else’s shoes.. G your wearing…. Dm C’mon? what did you expect? C G At this late hour?
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Life in Stereo 06:37
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LIFE IN STEREO D- G – F# Every mother’s son has made a movie About their lives – In which they tend to star D – F# -G In my own I’ve made no entrance yet A – G pattern (twice) I’m waiting now… ….cause the perfect moment surely will appear D – G - F# I stay up dreaming with my stereo Wine red dreams The taste of blood D –F# - G The din of hundreds drunk and happy A- G (pattern twice) Bot-tles tum-ba-ling to shatters In the bins But in between they’re listening… To me…. …finally D – E G pattern (4x) w “Mama are you listening …at all?” at 2nd and 4th A – G walk “I’ve waited my whole life for this!” Just means I’ve wasted it up til, now (hold G note for a sec) Same A- G pattern Mama maybe you can feel my head about to bust It’s all I got big C/G All I know how to G chorus E – B –A (twice w/o vocal) Stay w E – B – A over: I always lived my life in stereo I had my stories R and L hit E – A –B here back to E – B - A over: One for my parents one for all my friends Only my headphones made some sense E – A - B A My teenage waste-d Set me up for this B sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide E- A – B over I’ve always lived my life in stereo I’ve always lived my life in stereo Bridge: From ending B (above) to: D – G – A - G D- G arpeggiated riff to C – G riff (3x) to F# - G 2x to D (hold)

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released November 30, 2013

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