Chord/Tab song: Popsongs

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]You'll never make [B]the charts [G]if you sing about r[A]epression
[Em1]Because pretending to be in [B]control [G]is a national [A]obsession
[Em1]Even when the self [B]control [G]is let loose as [A]agression
"[Em1]Oh, you know, he doesn't [B]mean it man, it's his [G]natural exp[A]ression"

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]Some say the cons[B]tant hammering [G]is following a [A]beat
[Em1]And popsongs heard [B]to pass the time [G]will break up the rou[A]tine

Chorus: (power chords)

In some [B]hazy day pre-[E]radio, you [B]hear the hammers [E]sing
Now they [C]shout above the [G]popsongs, go unn[F#]oticed and give [B]in

[B] [B] [G] [A]
[B]Go un[B]noticed [G]and give [A]in

Verse 3

[Em1]Claims to break up the [B]routine- be[G]comes a part of [A]it
[Em1]But no signs of improve[B]ment in the [G]way the hammers [A]hit
[Em1]You see the way the [B]workers act when the [G]chains relax a [A]bit
[Em1]It indicates [B]their mental [G]state as happy [A]clean and fit

Interlude bit again

A bunch of B majors some ska, then some not.... and stuff

Chorus bit again

[B]After day long [E]happy tunes it's [B]prime reaction [E]time
[B]Blob out horiz[E]ontal to the [B]spectacle [E]sublime
[C]Replacing convers[G]ation space with [C]pleasantries that [G]rhyme
[C]"Have a good week[G]end folks just make [F#]sure you're back by [B]9"

[B] [B] [G] [A]
[B]Just make [B]sure you're [G]back by [A]9

Verse 4

[Em1]So when the batteries went [B]flat and the [G]DJ went off [A]air
[Em1]The atmosphere in the [B]factory [G]made everyone a[A]ware

Chorus again

They'd been [B]replacing conver[E]sation space with de[B]pendency on [E]sound
So [C]when the popsongs [G]came back on, they [F#]turned the whole thing [B]down
So [C]when the popsongs [G]came back on, they [F#]turned the whole thing [B]down