Pop Zeus Chords

Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard : Pop Zeus (from Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department)

Tab by DouG

Note: live, they play this as it’s written here,

But if you want to play along with the recording,

You’ll have to either tune up a half step or capo 1.

the riff:

|------0------0-------0------0------0------0------0-----0--|

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|--14-----16------18-----14-----16-----13-----14-----9-----| (2x)

|----------------------------------------------------------|

|------0-----0------0-----0------0------0------0------0--|

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--11-----7-----11-----7-----11-----14-----13-----11-----|

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0---0---0---|

|---------------------------------------------------|

|--9-----6-----7-----4-----6-----7------7---7---7---|

|---------------------------------------------------|

instead of the above ending to the riff,

it goes like this after the lyric “for the good of customs and calling”

|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--9-----6-----7-----4-----6-----------|

|--------------------------------7\5---|

|--------------------------------------|

then:

A E A

call him Max, send him a fax

E D/F#

charge him no tax

E A G

pop zeus

the second verse uses the same chords,

then it goes to this part:

F D/F# A

call him Zerman, find him a helmet

F D/F#

he will come crashing

B E A

Pop Zeus, electric newspaper boy!

The ending is like this:

A G

La, la, la, la, la, la, la (3x)

And end on E.