Popsongs

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 From: "Andrew Nicholson"  
  
   
 Subject: c/citizen_fish/popsongs.tab 
 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:08:51 EST 
  
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 			Popsongs- Citizen Fish (from the album Thirst) 
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 tabbed by archer (archer10@hotmail.com) 
  
 Intro 
    B min      E maj               C min      G maj 
 e|-2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0--|     e|-3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--| 
 B|-3--3--3-3--0--0--0-0--|     B|-4--4--4-4--3--3--3-3--| 
 G|-4--4--4-4--1--1--1-1--| x4  G|-5--5--5-5--4--4--4-4--| x4 
 D|-4--4--4-4--2--2--2-2--|     D|-5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--| 
 A|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2--|     A|-3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--| 
 E|------------0--0--0-0--|     E|------------3--3--3-3--| 
  
    F# maj       B 
 e|-2--2--2-2-2--2--| 
 B|-2--2--2-2-2--4--| 
 G|-3--3--3-3-3--4--| after those first two intro bits.... 
 D|-4--4--4-4-4--4--| 
 A|-4--4--4-4-4--2--| 
 E|-2--2--2-2-2-----| 
  
  
 Chords fer the verse: 
  
    Em1   B    G   A 
  
 e|-7-----7----3---5---| 
 B|-8-----7----3---5---| 
 G|-9-----8----4---6---| 
 D|-9-----9----5---7---| all strummed 4x before the change 
 A|-7-----9----5---7---| 
 E|-------7----3---5---| 
  
 Verse Bit in ska rhythm (upstrummed chords... you know- it's a piece of 
 piss) 
  
    Em1               B          G                  A 
    You'll never make the charts if you sing about repression 
    Em1                         B       G             A 
    Because pretending to be in control is a national obsession 
    Em1                B       G               A 
    Even when the self control is let loose as agression 
    Em1                      B                     G          A 
   "Oh, you know, he doesn't mean it man, it's his natural expression" 
  
 Interludy bit betwixt verse 1 and 2 
 e|-------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-------------------------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------0-0-0---0-2-------------| x2 
 D|-2-2-2---2-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-------0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
 A|-------2-----------------------------------------| 
 E|-------------------------------------------------| 
  
   "It's his natural expression" 
  
    Em1              B              G              A 
    Some say the constant hammering is following a beat 
    Em1                B                G                    A 
    And popsongs heard to pass the time will break up the routine 
  
  
 Chorus: (power chords) 
  
         B            E          B                E 
 In some hazy day pre-radio, you hear the hammers sing 
          C               G               F#              B 
 Now they shout above the popsongs, go unnoticed and give in 
  
       B    B       G        A 
  
       B    B       G        A 
       Go unnoticed and give in 
  
 Verse 3 
  
    Em1                    B          G               A 
    Claims to break up the routine- becomes a part of it 
    Em1                    B           G               A 
    But no signs of improvement in the way the hammers hit 
    Em1                 B                    G              A 
    You see the way the workers act when the chains relax a bit 
    Em1          B            G              A 
    It indicates their mental state as happy clean and fit 
  
    Interlude bit again 
  
  
   A bunch of B majors some ska, then some not.... and stuff 
  
  
 Chorus bit again 
  
 B              E                B              E 
 After day long happy tunes it's prime reaction time 
 B             E            B         E 
 Blob out horizontal to the spectacle sublime 
 C                G                C                 G 
 Replacing conversation space with pleasantries that rhyme 
 C                G                   F#                  B 
 "Have a good weekend folks just make sure you're back by 9" 
  
       B         B           G       A 
  
       B         B           G       A 
       Just make sure you're back by 9 
  
 Verse 4 
  
    Em1                        B            G           A 
    So when the batteries went flat and the DJ went off air 
    Em1                   B       G              A 
    The atmosphere in the factory made everyone aware 
  
 Chorus again 
  
             B               E                   B           E 
 They'd been replacing conversation space with dependency on sound 
    C                 G                  F#                     B 
 So when the popsongs came back on, they turned the whole thing down 
    C                 G                  F#                     B 
 So when the popsongs came back on, they turned the whole thing down 
  
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