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
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pixies/100769.html ]
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.
