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Devil Between My Toes Chords
Devil Between My Toes
Chords & Lyrics
Special Thanks to Ralf!!! *all of these are figured out & written down by r. rotmalm - Go visit ralf's great GBV Site!
(here's a display of all the chords used in this presentation:
for those of you unknowing of what a rock chord may be, it's this:
D-5-
A-5-
E-3- that's a G rock chord. just move that voicing anywhere on
the guitar, with the bass tone lowest.)
D G C Em Am Bm F#m C#m F# B A E Fmaj7 E*
-2--3--0--0--0--2--2---4---2--2--0--0--0-----0--
-3--0--1--0--1--3--2---5---2--4--2--0--1-----1--
-2--0--0--0--2--4--2---6---3--4--2--1--2-----1--
-0--0--2--2--2--4--4---6---4--4--2--2--3-----2--
----2--3--2--0--2--4---4---4--2--0--2--3--------
----3-----0--------2-------2--------0-----------
old battery
(all of these are simple rock 5 chords, i think..)
G G G E F E A A A A A A...
D C E D
old friend in your room
D------5-7-
A--5-7-----
C
with your ticker
C/B
feeling thicker
C/Bb
you get sicker, but
G G G E F E A A A A A A...
diehard
diehard
diehard
diehard
D C E D
old friend in this world
D------5-7-
A--5-7-----
C
with your crucifix
C/B
you think it's fixed
C/Bb
and yet you
G G G E F E A A A A A A...
diehard
diehard
diehard
diehard
D------5-7-
A--5-7-----
D F G
and to heal you we have love
D F G
to heal you we have love
D F G
to heal you we have love
D
i don't wanna
i don't wanna
E
i don't wanna
i don't wanna
D------5-7-
A--5-7-----
D F G
and to heal you we have love
D F G
to heal you we have love
D F G
to heal you we have love
D
i don't wanna
i don't wanna
E
i don't wanna
i don't wanna
discussing wallace chambers
(intro riff:)
Am
A-------2-----0--0--0-
E-0-0-2---3-0--------- x2
C
A-------2-----3--3--3-
E-0-0-2---3-0--------- x2
(verse riff:)
E--5-5-5-5-5h7-7-7-7--
B---------------------
G Am
discussing wallace chambers
Bm D
i hear you talking
G Am
disgusting wallace chambers
Bm D
obscene, not absurd
(intro riff)
G Am
convincing broderick lewis
Bm D
crawl before walking
G Am
original no-neck savage
Bm D
fishing for birds
F#m C#m
you walk into the room
F#m
without a broom
C#m
to sweep away
C#m B
time lost
B A
at all cost
(intro riff)
(with verse riff)
(then this followed by some diverse soloing:)
E--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--
B-------------------------------------------
D C Em G
wallace hears everything
D C Em G
and wallace hits everything
D C Em G
and wallace hunts everything
D C Em G
and wallace hurts everything
D C Em G
and wallace hates everything...
cyclops
D-2--0--0-
A-1--1--0- x2
(verse thing:)
G-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0---
D---0-----0------------3-----3-----------
A-5-----5-----3h5----3-----3-----2h3-----
tom the happy pretender
one eye on the menu
one eye on his watch
(then this thing:)
G-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0------0-----0------0-
D---2-----2------------1-----1------------0-----0----------
A-2-----2-----2------1-----1-----1------5-----5-------5----
E---------------------------------------------------------- ...
his parents told him:
don't worry, tom, there's plenty o' jobs in the big city
(back to verse thing again)
but with one eye only
it gets so hard
(then that thing again, y'know)
no depth perception
cyclops
no depth perception
cyclops
no depth perception
cyclops
no depth perception...
crux
(instrumental)
A..
A E G C
(the melody line:)
A-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-
E----------------------------------------------
(then:)
A-0-0-0--0-0-5-7--7-7-7-7--9-9-7-7-5-7-7-7-7---
E----------------------------------------------
(the bass line:)
A-0-0-0--0-0-5-7--7-7-7-7----------------------
E--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---
a portrait destroyed by fire
(mumble, hum, mumble...)
Am
D------2b3b2--
A-0-0---------
(after a while:)
G------------2-2-
D------2b3b2-----
A-0-0------------
(the 1st bass line:)
G-----------------------------
D-------------2--10-9-7-5--0--
A-0-(let ring)----------------
(then it transforms:)
D----------------------------------
A-0---0-0-0-7-7-6-6-5---5-5-3-3-0--
(the guitar melody:)
E------------------5---5---5--------------
B-7-7-5--5-5-4-4-3---3---3---3--3-3-1-1---
G---------------------------------------2-
(this little thing is in there somewhere too:)
G-0-2-0---
D-------2-
rings of blue and
rings of gold
so many stories to be told
it hurts me worse than it hurt you
you realize now thats not true..oohh
amber, neon, wet concrete
a well-worn path a smothering heat
a curious pet in an open cage
subjected to his masters rage..oohh
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire
a portait destroyed by fire...
A PORTRAIT DESTROYED BY FIRE!!!...
3 year old man
(instrumental)
(the chords:)
B-----3-----3------
G---2-----2-----2--
D-0-----0-----0----...
B-----0-----0------
G---2-----2-----2--
D-0-----0-----0----...
B-----1-----1------
G---0-----0-----0--
D-2-----2-----2----...
(the melody:)
D---0---0------3-3-0-
A-0-------3--2-------...
dog's out
F# F#
come to me
F#
say you will say you won't
F# F#
come to me
F#
say you will say you won't
F# F#
come to me
F#
say you will say you won't
F# F#
come to me
F#
say you will say you won't
B E F# E F# E
and i must get high when i'm workin that line
B E F# E F# E
and i must get high when i'm workin that line
D--4-4-3-3-4-4-3-3-...
B
don't hide
F#
come to me
B
i'm workin that mile
F#
don't hide
come to me...
a proud and booming industry
(instrumental)
hank's little fingers
A
we're watchin hank's (watchin hank's)
E F#m C#m
we're watchin hank's little fingers
A
we're watchin hank's (watchin hank's)
E F#m C#m
we're watchin hank's little fingers
D A
touching like new skin
F#m E D
pulling in the fibers within
D A
hammerbox and strum
F#m E D
beating on the indian drum
A E
unless you got the answers
F#m D
don't patronize the mountain man, ohohoh
A E
unless you got the answers
F#m D
don't patronize the mountain man, ohohoh
A
we're watchin hank's (watchin hank's)
E F#m C#m
we're watchin hank's little fingers
A
we're watchin hank's (watchin hank's)
E F#m C#m
we're watchin hank's little fingers
D A
swimming river row
F#m E D
rifle, bullet, arrow and bow
D A
plaster, paint and tile
F#m E D
lepos, cannon, cat and reptile
A E
unless you got the answers
F#m D
don't patronize the mountain man, ohohoh
A E
unless you got the answers
F#m D
don't patronize the mountain man, ohohoh
we're watching hank's....
artboat
(instrumental)
(and impossible to figure out)
hey hey, spaceman
Am D Em G
hey hey spaceman
Am D Em G
hey hey spaceman
A A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
A/E A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, let's go!
D C#m E
blastin off, we're takin off to jimmy's house
D
oh, everyday at three
D C#m
off to blasted jimmy's house
E D
the carefree world of opportunity
Am D Em G
hey hey spaceman
Am D Em G
hey hey spaceman
A A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
A/E A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, let's go!
D C#m
celebrate the awkward stage
E
at jimmy's house
D
oh, sounds alright to me
D C#m
telescope in the treehouse
E D
we'll show our faith in commaraderie
D C#m
talkin lines of troubled times
E D
when vampires of the rocket age were free
D C#m
signal smiles in porpoise language
E
long and languid,
D
then we'll go to sleep
A A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
A/E A/D
dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, let's go!...
the tumblers
(da riff:)
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B-1-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1--3-3-3-5-3-3-5-3-3-
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
E--------------------------------------
C Em D Fmaj7
sleephouse, not a sound, the world outside
C Em D Fmaj7
large sky, losing ground, no words inside
(play da riff)
C Em D Fmaj7
lost hope beings shut the tired eyes
C Em D Fmaj7
small name scratching down, the quiet time
(play 1st part of da riff 2 times)
F C
one mistake, two mistakes
E* F (da riff)
don't mistake, your mistake, for my mistake
C Em D Fmaj7
house pet chasing birds, across the earth
C Em D Fmaj7
big ground fading now, scope spanning girl
bread alone
(instrumental)
(it's tuned down a bit. do that to play with the album.
it sounds good in standard tuning too, i assure you...
the chords are: Am C :throughout the whole song)
(the "verse" riff:)
G-----0---0---0---
D-0-5---7---7---7-
(the other riff:)
G-----4-----4---4------5-----5---5-
D-0-2-----2---2----0-3-----3---3---
(play those things twice, then this:)
G-----7------7---7----
D-0-5-----5----5----7-
captain's dead
(rock chords:)
E B F# (G) D C B (G)
E
captain's dead
B F# (G) D
the war machine has fled
C B (G) E
and people have gone home
B F# (G) D
remember what he said
C B E
and you won't feel alone
E B
you won't remember at this time tomorrow
D A
when all of the sorrow has gone
E B
a pull of the lever and nothing's forever
D A
we'll ride to the heart of the sun
E
captain's dead
B F# (G) D
the war machine has fled
C B (G) E
and people have gone home
B F# (G) D
remember what he said
C B E
and you won't feel alone
E B
you won't remember at this time tomorrow
D A
when all of the sorrow has gone
E B
a pull of the lever and nothing's forever
D A
we'll ride to the heart of the sun
E B A
E B A
captain's dead...