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I actually loved it, which is quite surprising considering I felt close to nothing when I listened to the first few tracks separately. I guess it made sense as a whole to me. Don't mind the quality of the lyrics at all, though, and I think she could have worked on them a little bit more, but that's ...

So I was a little bored and I started toying with my guitar trying to get Shaker Aamer's chords as right as possible. Here's what I figured out (it may be totally wrong, however, lol)

Shaker Aamer

3rd fret capo

Am E Am
No water for three days.

G D F

Am E Am
I cannot sleep, or stay awake ...

What does she sing after the first part? "Fade away"?

Great song, BTW

Horses in my dreams was played with a different tune, I think. It's either the D-drop in the sixth chord that she used in 50ft Queenie and songs with patterns alike (I think I'm a mother and such, you get what I mean) or a slightly different tuning (Is the tuning in "The life and death of..." the ...

manwithtwobrains wrote:Thanks for your reply. I have seen those tabs, but I was specifically looking for the heavy riffs Polly plays over the song on the 4-Track version, I should have been more specific in my initial post. I appreciate your effort though, so thanks!

Try using a bottleneck

I just saw this thread and I'm trying to figure this song out. Hope it helps but some of the chords may be wrong. I started by following drownsoda's steps ;)

Am C/G Dm Am
Shadows lengthening
Dm C/G Am
Ninety five steps I'm taking
Am C/G Dm Am
With every step I'm longing
Dm C/G Am
For the luck to ...

I play it like this (though it may not match the real chords and I tend to use a capo to get my voice adapted)

Intro:

Dm Am G F
Dm Am G F
Dm Am C F


As soon as I'm left alone
Em F C G
The devil wanders into my soul
Em F C G
And I pretend to myself
Em F C F
And I pretend to myself
Em F C F

I go ...

She uses a capo in the first fret, so it would be

E G (or F G# for that matter)

then the bridge (put money on...) goes something like A F# A F# A-B (or A# G A# G A# C)

You may want to check a live performance of this song during the White Chalk tour (I think she played it just once or twice ...

It sounds right, but she doesn't really hit a "B" in the last part, according to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbReim77Yfw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think it's a B7. It also sounds right if you strum all the strings

I actually like that song a lot. It's really fun to play.
On the other hand, I think Polly's always got that weird sense of humor. Pretty dark, indeed (not as extreme as I am, though). She's never taken herself THAT serious (at least in the early stages of her career. You can see that in the "50ft ...

As far as I know she plays most of the LES guitar songs (except "LES" and "Bitter Branches") with a capo.

She might use a capo in the 5th fret for "England", which would allow an "Em" start.

Dry
Dress
Victory
Water

Demonstration :p
Dress
Victory
Joe
Fountain

Rid of me
50ft Queenie
Man-size
Me-lane
Snake

4-Track demos
Hook
Driving
Hardly wait
M-bike

To Bring You My Love
To bring you my love
Meet ze monsta
Teclo
I think I'm a mother

Dance hall at louse point
Rope bridge ...

Rolling Stones's been slowly turning into some kind of fashion magazine during these past years. Too commercial I think. It used to deal with many kinds of styles not long ago but, at least in the Spanish edition, there's been a turning point (to worse) this last decade. Too many pages about fashion ...

i agree, Bitter Branches are amazing, not the best on the album but clearly not the worst. i don't know why everybody put it on the bottom of their lists. England is pure awesomeness along with All And Everyone. and i think if anything should be replaced with Big Guns, it should be Written On The ...

No prob ;)

I don't really adore the other songs of the album. I love the live solo version of "Big Exit" and somehow I like "Kamikaze" too. Out of the rest, I kind of enjoy them all (after all I'm a PJ fan, lol) except "You said something", whose kind of midi organ start I just cannot stand ;)