By: Ricked Wicky Appears on: King Heavy Metal The Ricked Wicky project delivered a slew of high octane rock, but at times it also offered up some tender moments, such as King Heavy Metal track “Too Strong For No One To See You.” This song features a gentle acoustic arpeggio during the verses, lightly strummed […]
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I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks The main guitar riff of “I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon” uses one of Robert Pollard’s most frequently used chord shapes along with a droning open string note. This riff is played throughout the song’s verses, and for the choruses, there’s some simple power chord […]
Slow Hamilton
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love When it comes to songwriting, Robert Pollard fears not running the gamut. He’s had a go at rock, pop, psych, punk, and just about everything in-between, including ballads. Today we’ll take a look at the guitar tablature for one of his truly beautiful compositions, […]
Lithuanian Bombshells
By: ESP Ohio Appears on: Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean “Lithuanian Bombshells” is definitely a top track from Starting Point Of The Royal Cyclopean for me, but it’s tough to not say that about most of the songs on this album. Robert Pollard’s songwriting is excellent throughout, and the playing by Doug Gillard, Mark […]
Moses On A Snail
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Moses On A Snail For the guitar parts in this transcription of “Moses On A Snail,” there is really only chord strumming. There are a couple of parts that you could maybe call “riffs,” but even those are chord-based. There is some lead guitar work going on during the Todd […]
Canned Food Demon
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: The Planets Are Blasted Whenever I sit down to transcribe a Boston Spaceships song, I like to check Chris Slusarenko’s notes that he wrote for the listening parties that were held in the GUIDED BY VOICES Facebook group way back in the summer of 2018. These notes offer some very […]
Haircut Sphinx
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Mirrored Aztec “Haircut Sphinx” is a pretty simple song to play on guitar, as there are no unconventional chord shapes; we just have power chords using the root-fifth-root octave shape. After the tablature for the main parts of the song, I’ve also included Doug Gillard’s lead fills, so you’ll […]
It’s Food
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: August By Cake On “It’s Food,” Robert Pollard uses some open string drone guitar riffs, using the open fourth string D note in conjunction with fretted notes on the third string. There is also some chord strumming involved in this song, with simple power chord shapes. You need to […]
The Rally Boys
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Zeppelin Over China “The Rally Boys” has outlasted the rest of the tracks on Zeppelin Over China by being the only one still performed live from this album. I can’t imagine this one ever leaving the set list, and in fact I think I’d be pretty disappointed if it […]
Drag Days
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Under The Bushes Under The Stars “Drag Days” is one of bonus tracks on Under The Bushes Under The Stars, although I can’t imagine hearing the album without it. There’s a pretty simple lead guitar part that runs through this song, and the chords are all standard barre shapes, […]
