By: Guided By Voices Appears on: I Am A Scientist [EP] “Do The Earth” is one of Guided By Voices’ best non-album tracks, in my opinion. If nothing else, the song includes some of my favorite lyrics of Robert Pollard’s. The line, “you offer salvation and I salivate” was even so good that he had […]
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Interest Position
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Hold On Hope “Interest Position” has long been one of my favorite Guided By Voices songs, and I think the main reason is the three-part vocal harmonies. I had always assumed it was the work of Robert Pollard alone, overdubbing extra vocals on top of his melody track. It […]
I’m A Strong Lion
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Todd Tobias added a lot of fantastic keyboard embellishments to some of Robert Pollard’s songs on From A Compound Eye. While the songs sound great for his additions, it can sometimes make the guitar parts a little tough to distinguish in the mix (in some cases, […]
Love 1
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Universal Truths And Cycles For several of the songs on Universal Truths And Cycles, including “Love 1,” Robert Pollard uses a chord shape that is very common in his arsenal of guitar tricks. It’s the basic “power chord” shape that we typically play on either the sixth and fifth […]
Mr. Child
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Styles We Paid For In this post, we’ll take a look at the guitar tablature and chords for “Mr. Child” from Styles We Paid For. Besides the killer opening riff, there are a lot of fun guitar parts throughout the song to keep things interesting. You need to be […]
Crash At Lake Placebo
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Styles We Paid For How Robert Pollard continues to still write such memorable guitar riffs is beyond me, but here we are with “Crash At Lake Placebo,” with once again a super hooky main guitar riff. This song features an extended instrumental section, which seems a bit rare in […]
Tabby And Lucy
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard When learning a Robert Pollard song for the first time, I’m sometimes deceived into thinking the guitar work is simpler than it really is. In the case of “Tabby And Lucy,” for example, I started out by playing the chorus with pretty standard chords: A5 – D5 […]
Queen Of Cans And Jars
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Bee Thousand Bee Thousand‘s “Queen Of Cans And Jars” features one of Robert Pollard’s most instantly recognizable guitar riffs, which is played using fretted notes on the second string along with a constantly droning open first string. This song also contains a slew of chord shapes that are moved […]
I Think I Had It. I Think I Have It Again
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Mirrored Aztec Mirrored Aztec opening track “I Think I Had It. I Think I Have It Again” starts off with a guitar riff built on open string drones. From there, Robert Pollard uses some floating chord shapes in the chorus, with an open D note droning throughout. You need […]
Hiking Skin
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: August By Cake On “Hiking Skin,” Robert Pollard uses some simple chord shapes and the often-employed “floating chord shapes” guitar technique of moving an open D major chord shape to different frets on the neck. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please […]
