Chords thread

[sixpac_drinkur]

Hiya. First post in the Beulah section for me and I haven't read the whole way down the board so stop me if I'm covering old ground here, but I noticed that there's a real paucity of Beulah chords/tabs available online so I'm going to attempt to have a crack at them myself if you don't mind! Any comments/corrections would be much appreciated. Cheers.


'Score From Augusta':

Intro:
D, G [with the Gs coinciding with the 'ahhahhh']


D
the room wallpaper, the pages of your letters
--------G
which you once said
D
wrestle with the bodies that wash like unchained rivers
--G
against your shore

----D
an army is waiting
-----G
the secret places
------D----------------G
that gently twist around your bed

-----A---------------G
the south will be spared
D---------------C
bullets flying fast from her eyes
G------------------A
with that we're fine,

(Verse 2 as verse 1)

we etch our names in candles
they're heart shaped and they flicker
inside our chests
the ghost of our brothers and tales which are hidden
much like ours
a bother’s fight in a holy field
where the new loves come
and their old loves go


A----------------G
and they just wilt
-----D------------------------C
like Spanish moths with dew in their eyes
G---------------A----F#m---------G
tears for our lord and for the ones he spares
D-------------------------------G-----------------------A
when he passed away its off off off with their heads,
------D------------G
and whores he loves
-----------A----------------------------------G
and the lepers he claims that he can cure
D--------------G
cannot compete
-----------A--------------------------------------------G
with the humid summer days that we would share.


[then D and G all the way out]

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Sunday Under Glass':

------A---------------G-------------F#m
The scenery rides by just like floats lost in a parade
--------------F-----------------------------A
Where the palms and tumbleweed sail
D-----------------F------------------------------------A
Right past our homes they stretch and they fade
D------------F----------------G-------------------E
Rolling like movie credits far beneath the clear skies

A Bm
How weary does the west carry
D
So many sights yeah let's see the sights
A Bm
Slow prayers with no answers
F-----------------C------E------A
Must go somewhere far away


---------F#m------------A
In the wild west is a slow pan
-----------D-------------B
And the sunshine is fake
-----------F#m-----------A
And the ocean is just painted
-------D------------------B
On a backdrop downtown


The miniature scrawls blur
From the set lights and the heat
Where the summers packed with charades
Right where the sidewalks crack and they meet
Just like a sad sad actress right before her last scene

How weary does the west carry
So many sights yeah let's see the sights
Slow prayers with no answers
Must go somewhere far away


---------F#m------------A
In the wild west is a slow pan
-----------D-------------B
And the sunshine is fake
-----------F#m-----------A
And the ocean is just painted
-------D------------------B--------------D
On a backdrop somewhere downtown


[then A, Bm, D through to the end]

[Edited on 2-26-0707 by sixpac_drinkur]

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Matter vs Space':

Intro:
D, D, D, G

A
nose down whatcha gonna do when
A
hearts fade and your make-up starts to smear
A
on the scene is your grand entrance
A------------------------------------------D
silver scene is another brand new year
in a sea or town gun powder
kids swim and they lose their color
G
clock strikes twelve say dontcha feel so well?
yeah

D
its looking very full
------------------G
time with the cheated
D
no one wants to hear
----------------------------G
about your hardwood floors


in stalls of the magic markers
boy and girls come and go like cards of fame
all youve got is a pretty name girl
surely killed off in the very first scene
on the porch with the smokers
hardy talk gets much older
clock strikes twelve say dontcha feel so well?
yeah
its looking very full
time with the cheated
no one wants to hear
about your hardwood floors

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Emma Blowgun's Last Stand':

Intro:
D, E, G

Second intro/bit between each verse (if you see what I mean):
D, Bm, G

D----------------------------------E7-----------G
goodness knows its been a wonderful run
-----D------------------------------E7------------------G
the autumn lakes where the children were swans
------D--------------------------------------------------------------------E7------------G
your mothers convictions and your fathers predictions dont seem so insane
------D-------------------------------------------------------------E7---------G
they laugh they say your treasures are fake but don't throw it away


you've been framed with a beautiful name
you've been saved but youve lost your head
with halos and friends the trinity saves but three is a crowd
you flirt you drink you can't stop your winking at the boys at the bar


all you need is a gun and a car
a country song if you don't have a heart
my cowboys and indians and the falls and aminions where the highways are far
when all you know your shadows a ghost don't let it scare you away

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Calm Go The Wild Seas':

D-----------------Bm
Everything's alright
D---------------------------------Bm
It takes a strength beyond stregth to smile
D------------------------------Bm
I'm missing you like hurricanes
D----------------------------------Bm
I give them names but their waves keep rolling
D------------------A
On and on and on and on
----Bm
My sails are tattered, they're worn bone thin

[linking bit with 'ooooh's etc: D, A, Bm, G]

Em------------G
I will be the king
Em-----------------G
All I need is the comfort of a stage
Em------------------G
Smile and take a drag
Em------------------------G
Laugh and say we're only having fun

[next link bit with wailing violins or whatever: Bm and D repeated...then ending on G, A, G, A]

I watch the winter pass
From under the umbrella you left
The winds are dying a slow death
Cut my heart out but it's still beating
On and on and on and on
My sails are tattered
They're worn bone thin

You will be the queen
You will be guilded by the sword
My prints are unique
You've been touched time and time again

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Ballad of the Lonely Argonaut':


E--------B
Half by sea
A
Through the isthmus o'er the cape they're rounding
E-----B
Over land
A----------------------------------------E
Follow the shallow ribbon of the plat
----A------------E
an El Dorado waits
---------B-A-E
like an avalanche
----------A-------------------E
and the boys are off to see
-----B-A-C#m
the elephant

----------------G#m
How does it feel
---A
to roam this land like Hart and Twain did?
C#m------------------------G#m
How, how, how does it feel?
--A
A thousand miles closer to hell


Over land
they pass God's bluff and cross the basin
Half by sea
they follow the coast and through the gate where

B------------------------A
Gold is coated with gold
---------E--------B
on the languid hills
-------------------------A-------------E
where they wait for hours and hours
B-------------------------A---------E----------B
cool gray ladies from shirley's learn us cheer
---------------------A------------E
and they sat for hours and hours

["ba ba ba" fill - D, C#m, Bm, A]


The luck of the roaring camp
and how they taught the outcasts of the flats
in their poker face

Cannot hide the fever of
the children's crusade
slow, slower than slow
days spill into one another

Gold is coated with gold
on the languid hills
where they wait for hours and hours
cool gray ladies from Shirley's loan us cheer
and they sat for hours and hours

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Comrade's Twenty Sixth':

Intro:
A, B7, D, A

[Plinky/scrapey fill - Bm, D]

A
Bomb bombs away
-----------B7
So much safer than a loaded gun
-----D
And I won't blink
-----------------A
Cause you're softer than a sharpened blade
-----B-------------------D
And I need you and you need me

[Brassy outro with 'nah nah nah nah's: A, Bm, G, D]

[sixpac_drinkur]

'The Aristocratic Swells':

[riff - if I can learn how to tab then I'll map this out...but you can just play a G chord instead]

A----------------------[riff]
Hey mister for real, sir
A---------------------[riff]
We're in it for fun
A--------------------------------------[riff]
And have you heard the news, sir?
A
We're in it for free

D------------E-------------------------D
And with a kiss, yeah you be so sure
--------------E----------------------D
We'll put a laugh track on for you, dear
--E----------------------D
A million and one excuses
-----E---------------------------A------[riff]
the homes are full of surprise

We're all over waiting
We're in it for fame
And hey smoke hole a nation
Repeat the same themes

The devil takes a bite out of this here land
Every hour on the hour
The good kind of suicide, dear
The adjectives

-------A-------G--------F#m
They pound next to pageants
----F-------------G------A
To those who never place
-----A------------G---------F#m
For those who come in second
--F----------G--------A
A mistress all your lives

D-----------------------------------A
Our lullabies will never move you to tears
D7---------------------------------------[riff]
The jokes bounce right off you

A, [riff]

Brassy fill: D, E (x4)


All next to pageants
To those who never place
To those who come in second
A mistress all your life

Our lullabies will never move you to tears
the jokes bounce right off you
like dirty words
An anecdote that we share
We've told before
Our destination's still unknown

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Silverado Days':

G--------Bm
Me and I
--------Em------------C
Yeah, we're going your way
G---------Bm--------------Em---------C
Summer trumpets and open the gates
G--Bm------Em-------C
No angels there to greet me
G------------Bm------------Em-----------C
They can't breathe and they won't see me

G-------Em-----C
And I'll do I'll do
-------Eb-----------------------G
but a little won't help you now
Em-C---Eb
I'll do

I was a kid
and you were my hero
Bathed in rinestones and brand new chinos
I was young, drunk and easy
We would tool but our holsters were empty

And I'll do I'll do
but a little won't help you now
I'll do


Em---------F----------A
'Long the wayside gonna change our names
Em-----------F-------G
They're easily replaced
Em------------F-------A
It comes on heavy like a symphony
Em-----F---G
At the CiniMart

-----C---------------------Eb-----------------------G
Cos even though we don't mean what we say
-----C
We throw our words
------Eb-----------F----------G
Like bombs and hand grenades

Arms are waiting like a monument
It comes and goes in time
Like highway signs we post along the way
And wonder were they've gone
Even though we don't mean what we say
We throw our words
Like bombs and hand grenades

[Edited on 2-26-0707 by sixpac_drinkur]

[sixpac_drinkur]

'Warmer':


Intro:
C#, F# (x4)
A, G#, F#


C#----F#
okay, fine
C#
when she starts to sway
F#--------------------------------C#
the floor is blacker than the sea.
-----F#---------------------------------------C#
she says "oh well oh well you do just fine
-----F#---------------------------------------C#---------F#
just spinning drifting trying to stay in time with me
----C#-----------------------------------------F#
pretend those casters rolling are your feet "

[A, G#, F#]

C#-----------------------G#
boys are staring and they wait for dances
---F#-----------------B---------F#
in lines as long as country miles
C#----------------------G#
the girls' voices drift like anesthesia
F#---------------------B--------F#-------------G#
and the smiles can last for days and...

on and on
when we go to sleep
and wake to another brand new day
she says "oh well oh well you do just fine
just dreaming wishing trying to close your eyes
think of me
pretend that we’re both older than we seem"

boys are staring and they wait for dances
in lines as long as country miles
the girls' voices drift like anesthetia
and the smiles can last for days and days

C#-----------E---------G#
Lost cause kids are okay
-----A----------------E
No, they wouldn't be long
C#------------------G#
Sticky sweet and quite insane
A---C-----E
So, so insane


[F#, A]

[C#, F# to fade]

[sixpac_drinkur]

'If We Can Land A Man On The Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart':



B--Ebm
I'll fight
G#m--F#
If you want me to fight
B--Ebm
I'll laugh
G#m--F#
If you want me to laugh
B----G#m---E--------F#
And cancel out the sun
B-----Ebm
I will I will
G#m---------F#
You know I surely will

E-----------------------------F#
Cause all you need is a pretty song
B------Ebm-----------B---------------------Ebm
If you wanna sing, tell me what you wanna sing
G#m-----------------F#
And I'll play, yeah I'll play
B-----------------Ebm
Speed it up or slow it down,
B-------------------Ebm
if you want we'll change our sound
G#m---------------F#
We'll play, yeah we'll play
E---B-----C#--------A
Anything that you want
B-------------------------A
All we want from you is a word or two.

B----------------------G#m
And even though, we don't show
C#-------------------------F#
We cast our nets like missionaries
B----------G#m
If we sell out, oh well
C#-----------------------F#
Our only fan will be changing costumes

G#m----------------C#
And you'll see it's much the same
B--------Ebm--G#m
so sing our songs
C#
And for applause
E
We'll get up, get up

(Piano fill:

B, Ebm, G#m, F#
B, Ebm, G#m, F#
B, Ebm, E, F#
B, Ebm, G#m, F#)

(Then: E, F#)

B------Ebm-----------B---------------------Ebm
If you wanna sing, tell me what you wanna sing
G#m-----------------F#
And I'll play, yeah I'll play
B-----------------Ebm
Speed it up or slow it down,
B-------------------Ebm
if you want we'll change our sound
G#m---------------F#
We'll play, yeah we'll play
E---B-----C#--------A
Anything that you want
B-------------------------A
All we want from you is a word or two.

B-------G#m-----E
I been worth a ton
B----------------G#m
and I've been worth
E
I don't need you now
B-----------------Ebm
The words you write
G#m-------------------------F#
make my heart race and stop
-----------E
and just quit

C#
Yeah, we'll do anything
E----------G#m
that you want.
C#-----------------------------------------E------------G#m
Yeah yeah, so please don't go and break our hearts
C#----------------E---G#m
Yeah yeah...

B--Ebm
I'll fight
G#m---F#-----------B
If you want me to fight...

[Edited on 3-1-0707 by sixpac_drinkur]

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[emanresu]

thanks!

[Stormx]

I LOVE YOU

[horseface]

sixpac it's awesome someone's taken the initiative to tab all these amazing songs out. long overdue and sucks for those who don't know about the townhall to get these. gotta get 'em out there. cheers!!

[tomatoesandradiowires]

Yesss! you win!

[witahemuii]

Thanks so much for these! I was just listening to this album, decided to check out the Beulah forum and here these are! Pretty awesome. Keep up the good work!

[sixpac_drinkur]

Have now added 'If We Can Land A Man On The Moon...' - please scroll up for it!

I'm yet to hear Beulah's other albums but I've ordered a couple and I'll try to do them once I've familiarised myself with them.

[hockywierdo]

wow please add more i love beulah

[sixpac_drinkur]

Someone's already beaten me to 'Yoko' and 'Coast Is Never Clear'!

http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/beulah/

[mrmanfitz]

Greetings,

I run Indie Guitar Tabs and am happy to see that you've already found my site for some Beulah tabs. "sixpac" recently emailed me to tell me about the work he had posted here, so I posted these tabs to my site for easy viewing. He's done a great job and all owe him some thanks for the time he put into putting these together.

I'll be glad to post any more Beulah tabs that people have (I've had requests for the Handsome Western States album). For now, enjoy what's been posted:

http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/beulah/

Cheers!
-Justin

[Edited on 3-6-0707 by mrmanfitz]

[Nomad]

This is great guys, I've recently started adding stuff to the Yahoo groups page that's been dead for awhile. Check it out by CLICKING HERE (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/beulah/join)

[Edited on 3-6-0707 by Nomad]

[Nomad]

Beulah
Disco: The Secretaries Blues

G-C-Am-C-D (intro and verses)

(second guitar intro that they played only at live shows)
(repeat for as long as you like)
---7--3------------------------------------------
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G-C-Am-C-D
Here there floats
an island of saints
Apprentice boys and girls
Say Hi
to Devils that waste their time
And they fall when shoes don't fit them so well
slip back pumps and lounges
it's where we go to cheer them on

G-E-C
Riders on the right won't you help me?
G-E-C
It's crowded and a bit too lonely
G-E-C
Mirror balls and they're spinning
G-E-C
Happy and ascending
D-C
yeah yeah

G-C-Am-C-D
All these these words
that line the page
dye jobs fade when the sun sets
that we rent when we get bored with the
pinstripe suits
degrees and men and personel will wink
about lips and tigers in the past

G-E-C
Riders on the right won't you help me?
G-E-C
It's crowded and a bit too lonely
G-E-C
Mirror balls and they're spinning
G-E-C
Happy and ascending
D-C
yeah yeah

G-B
A-B
G-G#

A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
California
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
cul-de-sacs, but
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
see the records fall
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
ssshhh--right

solo: rhythm guitar plays G-D

solo part is:

2x
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2x
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A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
titration
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
part of my skin
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
expiration
A-E-D
la la la da da la la la da da la da da
oh

[Edited on 3-7-0707 by Nomad]

[Nomad]

I tabbed this one quick, there may be mistakes, but that's how my band plays it.

[georgiefruit]

Thanks this is great

[LaughingAtJesus]

Are you still georgiefruit? Lame.