Robot Nada Surf
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Notes: I transcribed this from the live matthew caws video here:
correct (not that everyone doesn't say that about their tabs). I found that I
couldn't find a tab or chords myself, so I thought I'd take a crack at writing
one. This is my first set of tabs/chords. Hope you enjoy!
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords Used:
Matthew uses pretty much every chord from Eb major in this song
[Eb] [Eb/D] [Cm] [Ab] [Bb] [Fm] [Gm]
e|--x-----x-----3-----4-----6-----x-----3--| B|--8-----8-----4-----4-----6-----9-----3--| G|--8-----8-----5-----5-----7-----10----3--| D|--8-----8-----5-----6-----8-----10----5--| A|--6-----5-----3-----6-----8-----8-----5--| E|--x-----x-----x-----4-----6-----x-----3--|
Intro:
[Cm] [Ab]
e|------------------------------| B|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4-| G|-5---0---5---0---5---0---5----| x4 D|-5---5---5---5---6---6---6----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|
Verses:
[Cm] [Ab]
e||------------------------------------|| B||:------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---:|| G||----5---0---5---0---5---0---5-------|| D||----5---5---5---5---6---6---6-------|| A||:----------------------------------:|| E||------------------------------------||
(Verse)
You're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how to get by,
How to get laid and get famous, get yourself paid, impress the guys.
You're taught to divide the world into buddies and wives, sl*ts and wimps;
And ever since, you've kept a scorecard - how else to prove you're such the pimp.
[Eb]You are just a [Eb/D]robot, exe[Cm]cuting a pro[Ab]gram.
(Verse)
You get on the train where the crowd is tightening to push yourself up against a girl,
And when you're not getting play, you keep trying, you don't understand the consensual way.
[Eb]You are just a [Eb/D]robot, an imi[Cm]tation of a [Ab]man.
(Verse)
She told me one night when we were lying quiet and cold, something not right.
It had been months since the good times, once there was sun, now there was night.
And she s[Bb]aid to [Ab]me as she [Cm]turned on the [Eb]light,
"There's [Bb]something you don't [Ab]know that [Cm]keeps me from feeling [Eb]right.
I [Bb]once knew a [Ab]guy.[Cm].. i'd seen him a[Eb]round.
He [Bb]knew all my [Ab]friends[Cm]... he came from [Eb]town.
[Fm]One night at a p[Ab]arty..[Fm]. we both were [Ab]there,
[Fm]He followed me into the [Ab]bathroom..[Fm]. he grabbed my [Ab]hair,"
And she said "[Gm]i still remember just how the floor felt and how my [Ab]head would hit the tub."
Now [Eb]where is that [Eb/D]robot, is he a[Cm]live or is he [Ab]done?
Does [Eb]he breathe air that [Eb/D]I breathe? Is he kept [Cm]warm by the same [Ab]sun?
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