Artist: Yo La Tengo
Album: Electr-O-Pura (release date: May 2, 1995)
Song: The Ballad of Red Buckets
A good, rather underrated song from Elect-O-Pura.
Tuning: Standard
Here is the intro (this riff is also played by one guitar throughout the duration of the
entire song with the exception of the chorus):
|e-------------------|
|B-------------------|
|G---0---0-------0---|
|D---------3-3-3-----| x4
|A-------------------|
|E-------------------|
Chorus riff:
|e-------------------------|
|B-----1---1---------------|
|G---0-------3---2-----0---|
|D-------------------3-----|
|A-------------------------|
|E-------------------------|
Verse 1:
|e--------------------------------------------|
|B----------------------------------------1---|
|G----------------------------------0-2-3-----|
|D--------------------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------|
I wonder what's on your mind
|e----------------------------------------------|
|B----------------------------------1-1---------|
|G--------------------------------------0---2---|
|D----------------------------------------3-----|
|A----------------------------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------------|
I wonder what's on your mind
|e----------------------------------------------------------|
|B----------------------------------------------------------|
|G----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------3/5------------------------3/5---|
|A----------------------------------------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------------------------|
Look around and see What it does to me
I wonder what's on your mind
Chorus Riff: x2
|e------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------1-3-3---1---|
|G------------------------------------------------|
|D------------------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------------------|
|E------------------------------------------------|
I think I'll throw it all away
|e--------------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------3-1-------1---|
|G----------------------------------------3-3-3-----|
|D--------------------------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------|
I think I'll throw it all away
|e-----------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------1---|
|G-----------------------------------2-----|
|D-----------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------------|
And if dreams come back to me
|e-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------1-3---|
|G-----------------------------------2-------|
|D-------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------|
I'll pretend that I don't see
|e---------------------------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------------1---1-1-----|
|G-------------------------------------2-------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------3---|
|A---------------------------------------------------|
|E---------------------------------------------------|
I'll just cover my eyes instead
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/y/yo-la-tengo/351625.html ]
[Chorus]
I am not sure, but I believe that this is the alternate riff the first guitar (the one
playing the constant riff) plays during the chorus:
|e---------------------------|
|B---------------------------|
|G---0-2---0-0-----0---------|
|D---------------3-----3-3---|
|A---------------------------|
|E---------------------------|
While the second guitar (the one playing the individual solos) plays the following:
|e---------------0-------------------------------|
|B---------1-3-----------------------------------|
|G-----2-----------------------------------------|
|D---3-------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------------------|
But it is sure to come
|e---------------0--------------------------|
|B---------1-3-----3------------------------|
|G-----2------------------------------------|
|D---3--------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------------|
|E------------------------------------------|
It is sure to come
|e---------------0-3--------------------------|
|B---------1-3--------------------------------|
|G-----2--------------------------------------|
|D---3----------------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------|
Here it comes again
Chorus riff: x2
|e------------------------------|
|B---------3--------------3/5---|
|G---0-2-0----------0-2-0-------|
|D------------------------------| x2
|A------------------------------|
|E------------------------------|
Chorus riff: x2
|e----------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------------3---|
|G------------------------------------0-2-0-----|
|D----------------------------------------------|
|A----------------------------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------------|
I think I'll throw it all away
|e----------------------------------------------|
|B------------------------------------------3---|
|G------------------------------------0-2-0-----|
|D----------------------------------------------|
|A----------------------------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------------|
I think I'll throw it all away
|e-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------3/5---|
|G-------------------------------0-2-0-------|
|D-------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------|
If dreams come back to me
|e-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------5-3---|
|G-----------------------------------2-------|
|D-------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------------|
I'll pretend that I don't see
|e---------------------------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------------1---1-1-----|
|G-------------------------------------2-------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------3---|
|A---------------------------------------------------|
|E---------------------------------------------------|
I'll just cover my eyes instead
Chorus (repeat "Here it comes again" refrain with the Chorus riff 4 times at the end)
And the song ends there.
Questions? Comments? Corrections? All appreciated.
