By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Mirrored Aztec Sure, this song sounds best if you have a bassist, drummer, and children’s choir (maybe also a toy piano) to play it with you, but it’s still fun to learn on guitar! You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log […]
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Christian Animation Torch Carriers
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Universal Truths And Cycles “Christian Animation Torch Carriers” contains many different sections and also changes time signatures at one point; these characteristics make it fun to play on guitar in my opinion, but it can be a lot to remember while playing. In this post, we’ll break it down […]
Trust Them Now
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Earth Man Blues To play “Trust Them Now,” you only need a few simple chords; the tricky aspect is remembering which ones go where during some of the quicker chord changes. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a […]
Trick Of The Telekinetic Newlyweds
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Our Cubehouse Still Rocks There really aren’t many instances I can think of where Robert Pollard plays natural harmonics on guitar, but on “Trick Of The Telekinetic Newlyweds,” he wrote the main riff solely with them. For the chorus, there are just a few simple chords you’ll strum, and that’s […]
Stay Away
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks The guitar riff at the beginning and end of “Stay Away” features an oft-used technique of Robert Pollard’s. You’ll play a melody using various frets of the sixth string while letting the fifth string ring open with every note. Other than that riff, you’ll use chord strumming […]
Circus Day Hold Out
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: August By Cake For “Circus Day Hold Out,” guitarist Doug Gillard uses a Drop-D tuning for his guitar part, with Bobby Bare, Jr. and Robert Pollard’s rhythm guitars staying in standard tuning. Therefore, this post is split into two guitar parts to show the different chord voicings used by […]
Picture Me Big Time
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Do The Collapse For the rhythm guitar on “Picture Me Big Time,” you’ll play a lot of arpeggios during the verses and power chord strumming in the choruses. I’ve also included tablature for a lot of the lead guitar work by Doug Gillard because it adds so much to […]
Cream Of Lung
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Cool Planet “Cream Of Lung” kinda creeps me out in the best possible way. The lyrics conjure up some strange images, and Robert Pollard’s lower register vocal delivery, along with the wobbly tremolo guitar effect, just make the tune sound…uneasy, in my opinion. Fortunately, however, it’s very easy to […]
Make A Record For Lo-Life
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Let It Beard “Make A Record For Lo-Life” provides an excellent example of a frequent Robert Pollard technique: changing chords just ahead of the beat. It happens throughout this song, which you’ll see in the tablature when a chord changes right at the end of a measure. You need to […]
Fly Away (Terry Sez)
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Our Cubehouse Still Rocks “Fly Away (Terry Sez)” is straightforward rock done right. Robert Pollard includes a catchy melody and power chords to craft a perfect pop song that should have been a hit. Although most of the guitar is transcribed as tablature here, there are a few basic chords […]
