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From: [email protected] (jeffnmoe)
‘Motor Away’ by Guided By Voices
from the album ‘Alien Lanes’
(for two minutes the Beatles reincarnate as Sebadoh)
standard tuning (EBGDAE)
chords solo at end
B – x24442 ———— listen to the song for the
D# – x68886 –0—0–0– exact combinations of these
E – 022100 –11–8–9– notes…keep the open B string
F# – 244322 ———— droning as you fret the notes
F#/F – 144322 ———— on the G string.
F#/E – 044300 ————
G#m – 466444
(start with B-E-B-E)
B E
when you motor away beyond the once-red lips
B E
when you free yourself from the chance of a lifetime
B E
you can be anyone they told you to
G#m
you can belittle every little voice that told you so
D#
and then the time will come when you add up the numbers
G#m D#
and then the time will come when you motor away
F# F#/F F#/E F#
oh why don’t you just drive away
B E
when you motor away down the icy streets
B E
you can’t lie to yourself that its the chance of a lifetime
B E
you can be anyone they told you to
G#m
you can belittle every little voice that told you so
D#
and the time will come when you add up the numbers
G#m D#
and then the time will come when you motor away
F# F#/F F#/E
oh why don’t you just drive away
(solo starts)
B E B E
come on speed on
(finish with B-E-B-E-B)
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