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- From: mdw@TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 14:55:53 EDT
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- To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
- Subject: Dinosaur Jr. -- ``Quicksand''
-
- ``Quicksand'' by Dinosaur Jr.
-
- Yeah, the words were a pain. I'd appreciate it if someone could help me
- out there to revise this.
-
- Anyway, very simple song. The intro chords are Em and C.
-
- Verse:
-
- --3----3----3----3----
- --0----1----0----1----
- --0----0----0----0----
- --0----0----0----0----
- --2----0----2----0----
- --3----0----3----0----
-
- G Gsus4 G Gsus4 (repeat)
-
- C
- I'm closer to the golden dawn, I can't believe the wagon's gone,
-
- G Gsus4 G Gsus4
- It's history...
-
- (C, G, Gsus4 through all of the verses)
-
- A#
- I'm frightened by the total goal,
-
- C
- I'm drawing to the ragged hole(?)
-
- G Em C
- And I ain't got the wagon anymore,
-
- C Am G Gsus4
- No I ain't got the wagon anymore...
-
- C G Gsus4 (through the verse)
- I'm the twisted name...
-
- A#
- Should I leave the engine on,
-
- C
- To listen to that mountain song,
-
- G Em C
- I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought...
-
- C Am G
- And I ain't got the wagon anymore...
-
-
- G D Em
- Don't believe in yourself
-
- A D
- Don't deceive with believe
-
- Em C
- The knowledge comes with deperate ease(?)
-
- D G Em A
- Ahh oh....
-
- C G Gsus4 (through the verse)
- Not too stable hangin' by a string...
-
- A#
- If I don't explain what you oughta know
-
- C
- You can tell me all about it at the next ball show
-
- G Em C
- I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
-
- C Am G
- And I ain't got the power anymore...
-
-
- G D Em (same as before)
- Don't believe in yourself...
-
-
-
- mdw
- --
- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu
- "That kernel's got a mean streak A MILE WIDE!!" --Chip Salzenberg
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