Pixies — Weird At My School Tab
OK this is a great song, chords and stuff are a bit weird but not too hard.
First the chords —
Intro:
1,2,3,4..
C#m pause
G# twice as long as the C#m
C#m (strum the chord really quickly but reduce the number of strings you play till you
just playing the bass C#, then go back up and get into this rhythm:
e|———————|———————————————————————————|
b|————5—5|—5———5—5—5———5—5—5———5—5—5—|
g|————6—6|—6———6—6—6———6—6—6———6—6—6—|
d|————6—6|—6———6—6—6———6—6—6———6—6—6—|
a|———————|—4———————————————4—————————|
e|———————|—————————4———————————————4—|
Keep playing this rhythm for the verses.)
Verse:
C#m
My father lives in Arabia
C#m G B
And I live right here at my school
C#m
I took his plane to Columbia
C#m G B
So I could sell at my school
CHORUS:
Em G
Weird at my school it's
Em G
Weird at my school it's
Em G
Weird at my school it's
F A
Weird at my school
Pre—verse:
C#m G
C#m G
Verse:
My mother's glad that I am here
So she can visit my school
I can't believe she's so pretty
I'm a son of a bitch at my school
Chorus
Pre—Verse
Verse:
And my best friend, my cousin Eleanor
She lives far away from the doors of my school (wait longer before the G B)
And oftentimes you know I fantasize
That I have sex with the nuns at my school
Chorus x 2
End on C#m
Now the lead parts —
Verses:
Come in on the 'my school' with:
e|————————s12——|
b|——————8——————|
g|————7————————|
d|—————————————|
a|—————————————|
e|—————————————|
Chorus:
e|—3333———————————| e|—3————8————————12——|
b|—————5—3—5—5————| b|—4—s8————8—s12—————|
g|—————————————3b—| x 3 then g|———————————————————|
d|————————————————| d|———————————————————|
a|————————————————| a|———————————————————|
e|————————————————| e|———————————————————|
Pre—verse:
e|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
b|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
g|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
d|—10—101010—101010—101010—101010—101010—101010——————————| x 2
a|——————————————————————————————————————————————10—10—10—|
e|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
then
e|——9———|
b|——9———|
g|——9———|
d|——11——| upstroke and hold it
a|——11——|
e|——9———|
End with
e|———————|
b|———————|
g|——6p5~—|
d|———————|
a|———————|
e|———————|
There we go. Have fun.