By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Kid Marine On “Far-Out Crops” from Kid Marine, Robert Pollard uses a songwriting technique of repeating the same guitar riff while changing the chords that are played along with it. You’ll see this happen on two different riffs in this song. The riffs will appear in the guitar tab, and […]
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Sleep Over Jack
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Half Smiles of the Decomposed I’ve mentioned at least a few times on this website that I’d love to be able to hear all of Robert Pollard’s demos, and “Sleep Over Jack” is one in particular that I always thought would be interesting to hear. As I learned how to […]
Thimble Society
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Warp And Woof “Thimble Society” from the 2019 Guided By Voices album Warp And Woof is rock the way GBV does best: short, riff-driven, and with a catchy melody. In this post, we’ll take a look at the guitar tab and chords for this magnificent composition. You need to be logged in […]
Earmarked For Collision
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard “Earmarked For Collision,” from the Boston Spaceships masterpiece of a double album, Let It Beard, is all about nuance. Robert Pollard uses a couple of his trusty guitar techniques to craft a song with many parts that are very similar to one another, but with subtle differences. For […]
Chevy Marigold
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard “Chevy Marigold” from the Boston Spaceships Let It Beard album is a lot of fun to play on guitar once you master the main riff. Nailing down the timing and rhythm for that part (and a couple of other parts in the song) can be a little tricky at […]
What Begins On New Year’s Day
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: August By Cake “What Begins On New Year’s Day” is a simple, melancholy, mostly acoustic guitar song that Robert Pollard included on the Guided By Voices album August By Cake, having been previously released on an Amazon Prime music compilation titled Indie For The Holidays. We’ll use a few first-position […]
Let More Light Into The House
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard For the studio recording of “Let More Light Into The House,” fellow Boston Spaceshippers Chris Slusarenko and John Moen transformed Robert Pollard’s acoustic guitar demo into a full-on dirge; an open string drone guitar figure plods along during the first section, giving way to shuffling drums, urgent piano […]
No Steamboats
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard I’ve always considered Let It Beard to be my least favorite Boston Spaceships album. That’s not to say I never liked it, but in mental rankings it just always seemed to get bottom placement. Lately I’ve been reconsidering this evaluation, as I’ve been spending a LOT of time […]
Keep It Coming
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet Isn’t it funny how Guided By Voices can put out a release with ten songs and a running time of twenty-three minutes and call it an EP? Granted, a couple of those songs may be less than a minute long, but it still […]
Weatherman And Skin Goddess
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Robert Pollard Is Off to Business Today’s post features guitar tablature and chords for a true musical masterpiece: Robert Pollard’s “Weatherman And Skin Goddess.” It’s one of his longer songs, clocking in at just under five and a half minutes, so there are a few parts here to learn. You […]
