Where is my Mind?
Trampled by Turtles
as made famous by:
The Pixies
the song starts off with:
E C#m Ab A (play 4 times)
on the second time is this lick
count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &.... B string is on 4th notes, E string is on &'s
(actually the banjo but just for the sake of thouroughness):
e|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--5-4-2-0---|
B|-5---5---5---5---4---4---5--------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
E C#m Ab A
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
E C#m Ab A
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
E C#m
Your head will collapse
Ab
But there's nothing in it
A
you ask yourself
E C#m
Where is my mind?
Ab A
Where is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
Whe---ere is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
(play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
E Ab A Am (let fade) C#m B
Way out in the water, see it swimming.
the banjo plays this over every line in the verses
e|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--5-4-2-0-|
B|-5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---4---4---5------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E C#m Ab A
I was swimmin' in the Carribean
E C#m Ab A
Animals were hiding behind the rock
E C#m
Except a little fish
Ab
But they told me, he swears
A
Tryin ta talk to me, coy koi... *E C#m
Where is my mind?
Ab A
Where is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
Whe---ere is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
(play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
E Ab A Am (let fade) C#m B
Way out in the water, see it swimming
this banjo lick is played over the C#m, B crescendo:
e|-------------------------------| |-------------------------| the last five
B|----------------7-9-7--10/12---| |--12-12-10-10-9-9-7-7-5--| is the first 5
G|-------------------------------| |-------------------------| of the verse's
D|-5-7-5--7/9--------------------| |-------------------------| lick
A|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
just listen to the song to hear where the two parts are at.
E C#m Ab A
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
E C#m Ab A
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
E C#m
Your head will collapse
Ab
But there's nothing in it
A
you ask yourself
[CHORUS]
E C#m
Where is my mind?
Ab A
Where is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
Whe---ere is my mind?
E C#m Ab A
(play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)
E Ab A Am (let fade) C#m B
Way out in the water, see it swimming.
post any more banjo licks you guys can decipher from the song. I only put the main
ones. Comment and Correct! did this help? star it!
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