Don't Let Me Explode The Hold Steady
Don't Let me Explode off of Separation Sunday
Can someone please, please tab First Night and any other songs off of Boys and Girls in
There are not nearly enough Hold Steady tabs on ultimate guitar.
The timing is 3/4 I think - just strum every chord for two bars of three strums. The
of the chords over the lyrics is somewhat wrong, but its close enough to play it - plus I
on the last verse because I'm lazy. Also keep in mind this is a pretty piano heavy
but it sounds pretty good on guitar too.
For it to sound perfect try:
-sliding up F to G to Bb (1 to 3 to 6) on the Low E when you make the transition from F
Bb.
-similarly sliding up F to F# to G (1-2-3) on the Low E for the F to Gm transition.
Verse 1:
[Bb] [Gm] he said [Eb]what about los [F]angeles
[Bb] [Gm] she said we [Eb]never really made it that [F]far west
[Gm] we scored big in [Eb]denver and we [Bb]thought it might be [F]best
[Gm] to go [Eb]hang around in the [Bb]upper mid[F]west
Verse 2: Same Chords
he said what about new orleans
she said i don't think you understand what that means
all those hangers on - the girls lifting up their shirts when the cameras come on
we were trying to stay away from those kind of scenes.
Bridge:
[Bb] [Dm] we [Eb]didn't go to [F]dallas.
[Bb] [Dm] 'cause [Eb]jackie onassis said that it [F]ain't safe for catholics yet.
[Bb]think about what they pulled on[Dm] kennedy.
and then [Eb]think about his security.[F]
[Bb]then think about what they[Gm] might try to pull on you and [C]me.[F]
Rock out:
[F] [Eb] saint [D]barbara i'm calling your [Gm]name.
don't [C]let me blow up. we'll [Dm]hook it all up.
i guess there's [Bb]fields of speed where there's [Bb]fields of grain.
[A] [Eb] [Dm]saint barbara don't let me [Gm]explode.
i can [C]feel the whole scene [D]starting to corrode when we're [Eb]fooling around on
the [F]frontage roads.
Verse 3:
[Bb]he [Gm]ask[Eb]ed [Dm]what happened to charlemagne.
[Bb]she[Gm] ju[Eb]st [Dm]smiled all polite-like and said something vague.
[Dm]she[Eb] sa[Bb]id [F]charlemagne got caught up in some complicated things.
[Gm]she[Eb] wi[Bb]ped[F] at her nose and she winked.
Enjoy... Dm
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