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Do The Earth

By: Guided By Voices Appears on: I Am A Scientist [EP] “Do The Earth” is one of Guided By Voices’ best non-album tracks, in my opinion. If nothing else, the song includes some of my favorite lyrics of Robert Pollard’s. The line, “you offer salvation and I salivate” was even so good that he had […]

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Vote For Me Dummy

By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Motivational Jumpsuit Like a lot of the songs from the “classic line-up” reunion albums of 2012-2014, “Vote For Me Dummy” doesn’t feature any guitar work that’s too difficult. The main riff is pretty fantastic and fairly easy to play, and then there are just a few simple chords thrown […]

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In A Circle

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Lord Of The Birdcage “In A Circle” is a fun and fairly easy song to play on guitar. For the album recording, Todd Tobias added only subtle additional instrumentation, so it sounds great played with just an acoustic guitar. You’ll just need to get the hang of the verse arpeggios […]

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Silk Rotor

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: We All Got Out Of The Army Robert Pollard hits us with yet another stellar opening track. There are only two guitar parts in “Silk Rotor” (and a guitar solo that isn’t included in this transcription), so it’s a fairly easy song to play. The syncopation of the verse riff […]

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Interest Position

By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Hold On Hope “Interest Position” has long been one of my favorite Guided By Voices songs, and I think the main reason is the three-part vocal harmonies. I had always assumed it was the work of Robert Pollard alone, overdubbing extra vocals on top of his melody track. It […]

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Red Rubber Army

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Jack Sells The Cow Arpeggios make frequent appearances in Robert Pollard’s compositions. The majority of the time, he plays them with one fretted note and several open strings, and he often also tends to stick to the same picking pattern for his arpeggios. In this post for “Red Rubber Army,” […]

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