By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Normal Happiness I’ve mentioned before on this site that it’s always easier for me to learn Robert Pollard’s songs when I can listen to either a recording of him playing it alone, usually either as a Suitcase track or a demo, or a live version. In attempting to transcribe “Boxing […]
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Avalanche Aminos
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Hold On Hope Though for the most part I prefer to focus my transcribing efforts for this website on Robert Pollard compositions, I occasionally allow for exceptions. For example, I couldn’t pass up the chance to post guitar tablature for Circus Devils tune “Time Trapper,” especially considering that its composer, […]
John The Dwarf Wants To Become An Angel
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Our Cubehouse Still Rocks On Boston Spaceships track “John The Dwarf Wants To Become An Angel,” Robert Pollard is once again using a guitar arpeggio—with a fretted note on the sixth string along with the open fifth, fourth, and third strings—to great effect. He combines this with a few chords, including […]
Recovering
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye “Recovering” provides Robert Pollard’s From A Compound Eye with a stellar closing track. It starts off with a gentle acoustic finger-plucked verse riff, then blasts into heavy chords for the chorus, using Pollard’s signature two-note chords: a fretted note on the sixth string played along with the […]
Striped White Jets
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Alien Lanes Some of the earlier Guided By Voices recordings occasionally sound very “thrown-together,” don’t they? There are several songs on Alien Lanes, for instance, that make me wonder if the band ever actually rehearsed the song or if Robert Pollard just picked up a guitar, started recording, and then […]
Dead Liquor Store
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof “Dead Liquor Store” features two main guitar parts throughout most of the song: a rhythm guitar to strum the chords and a lead guitar to play the open string drone riffs. These riffs involve a fretted note on the second string with the open first string ringing […]
Holy Rhythm
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “Holy Rhythm” might be one of the heaviest-sounding songs on Zeppelin Over China, at least in terms of guitar tone (as well as drummer Kevin March’s incessant pounding on the toms). To my ears, it sounds like a wall of fuzz that’s at least three feet […]
End It With Light
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof Robert Pollard has a knack for masterfully sequencing his albums and always seems to pick a perfect closing track; “End It With Light” on Warp And Woof is certainly no exception. In this post, we’ll take a look at the chords and guitar tablature to play it. […]
Ghosts Of A Different Dream
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Under The Bushes Under The Stars For the main guitar riff in “Ghosts Of A Different Dream,” Robert Pollard uses a simple, two-note figure that keeps repeating while the bass changes the chords beneath it. The guitar notes are played on the seventh fret of the fourth string and […]
Weakened By A Logical Mind
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean “Weakened By A Logical Mind” was one of the first tracks from the lone ESP Ohio album, Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean, to really grab my attention, and still remains one of my all-time favorite Robert Pollard tunes. The chorus is so syrupy […]
