Song: The Drum
Artist: Car Seat Headrest
This version is based on the NPR Tiny Desk Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZZHTVr-r-g
Chords:
E5 0-7-9-9-x-x
Eb5/E 0-6-9-9-x-x
B 7-9-9-8-0-0
A 5-7-7-6-0-0
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
[Intro]
e|-------0-------0------0-----0------0-------0-------0-----0-----0--------|
B|---4b-----4br----0------0-----0-------4b------4br----0-----0-----0------|
G|-------------------4------4-----4----------------------2-----2-----2----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum wakes up.
E5 Eb5/E A
He'll have a real black eye this time.
E5 Eb5/E B
Hungover dream.
E5 Eb5/E A
He hung around too long last night.
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum gets up.
E5 Eb5/E A
How will he feel about this one?
E5 Eb5/E B
The dream throws up.
E5 Eb5/E A
(He didn't feel too good this time.)
[Chorus]
E B
He's got it all.
E A
He's got it figured out.
E B
Dream in the hall,
E A
back in the hospital.
E B
I'm not concerned.
E A
He'll get it straight this time –
A B
And if he doesn't, fuck it –
[Intro]
e|-------0-------0------0-----0------0-------0-------0-----0-----0--------|
B|---4b-----4br----0------0-----0-------4b------4br----0-----0-----0------|
G|-------------------4------4-----4----------------------2-----2-----2----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse] (Palm Muted)
E5 Eb5/E B
The gun goes off.
E5 Eb5/E A
He's always off about something.
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum just nods:
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum ain't listening at all.
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum gets drunk,
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum reads James Joyce in the drunk.
E5 Eb5/E B
The dream falls down.
E5 Eb5/E A
The drum's face breaks the dreams fall.
[Chorus]
E B
He don't have shit.
E A
He's learned to live with it.
E B
The drum's in debt –
E A
you owe me don't forget –
E B
That 20 bucks,
E A A B
interest and moral support – and if you don't I swear –
[Bridge] (Slide between A and B lightly picking the following.)
A B
e|--------0---------------0-------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------6-----/---------8----------|
D|-----7-----------/---9----------------|
A|-----------------/--------------------|
E|--5--------------/7-------------------|
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator.
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity.
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator.
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity.
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator.
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity.
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator.
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity.
[Intro]
e|-------0-------0------0-----0------|
B|---4b-----4br----0------0-----0----|
G|-------------------4------4-----4--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
[Verse]
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum goes forth.
E5 Eb5/E A
He's got his flag unfurled or something.
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum won't stop,
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum's a menace to the public.
[Chorus]
E B
Hold your drum high.
E A
The drum is stoned again.
E B
Don't wake him up,
E A
he'll just start talking.
E B
The drum is dead.
E A
Long live the drum.
E B
The drum is dead.
E A
Long live the drum.
E B
The drum is dead.
E A
Long live the drum.
A B
And I - And I am his creator –
***********************************
| b bend
| br bend release
***********************************
