By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Thick Rich And Delicious “A Tribute To Beatle Bob” uses some simple chord shapes and a quick riff during the intro/verse progression, so this could have been a very short tablature post. Instead, I’ve tried to transcribe the myriad grace notes, ghost notes, and other variations that Doug Gillard […]
Category: tab
Lucy’s World
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Thick Rich And Delicious The recording process for Thick Rich And Delicious gave Guided By Voices guitarist Doug Gillard a lot of freedom to riff on Robert Pollard’s somewhat simple chord progressions. As the sole guitar track on the recording, Gillard adds lead fills and plays with different chord […]
Class Clown Spots A UFO
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Class Clown Spots A UFO It’s a great rocking reworking of “Crocker’s Favorite Song” from King Shit And The Golden Boys! It’s a title track! Let’s get to the tablature! You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? […]
As We Go Up, We Go Down
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Alien Lanes “As We Go Up, We Go Down” has certainly been around for quite a while. And yet, there still seems to be some confusion on guitar tab sites as to how to play it. This transcription aims to clear it up, and includes tablature for the bassline […]
Girls House
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean One of my favorites from the spectacular Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean, “Girls House” is a relatively simple Robert Pollard composition to play on guitar. It’s mostly chord strumming with a few simple riffs. You need to be logged in to view the […]
Things I Will Keep
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Do The Collapse “Things I Will Keep” is one of my top favorite GBV songs of all time, which is a tough list to whittle down (as we all know). It also features my favorite guitar solo by Doug Gillard. “Cheyenne” and “Slick As Snails” are also top contenders, […]
Larger Massachusetts
By: Robert Pollard With Doug Gillard Appears on: Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department The subject of today’s post is another of the Doug Gillard compositions from the Speak Kindly… collaboration album between Gillard and Robert Pollard. For “Larger Massachusetts,” Gillard composed the music in addition to recording the instruments, leaving Pollard to fill […]
Frequent Weaver Who Burns
By: Robert Pollard With Doug Gillard Appears on: Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department “Frequent Weaver Who Burns” kicks off the classic collaboration album from Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard with classic Pollard guitar moves such as arpeggios and open string drones. This is a simple song that’s a joy to play on guitar. […]
Psychic Pilot Clocks Out
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Not In My Airforce “Psychic Pilot Clocks Out” features a lot of the open-string drone guitar technique, using the open fourth string D note ringing out through several sections of the song. If you haven’t seen it yet, do check out the porch performance from “The Who Went Home And […]
Elfin Flower With Knees
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Universe Room “Elfin Flower With Knees” uses an open string drone guitar technique, with a fretted note on the second string along with the open third string. The fretted note on the second string drops down to an open string for the song’s main riff, but there are a […]
