By: Guided By Voices
Appears on: Plantations Of Pale Pink
“A Life In Finer Clothing” has always been one of my favorite Guided By Voices songs, though I’ve never been able to pin down the exact reason. It has some quality that I love, whether it be Robert Pollard’s vocal melody, the chord progression, or maybe just the lo-fi sound of the recording itself. In any case, I attempted to transcribe it years ago for the “Chords” page of the old GBV.com website. In relearning it more recently I found several errors with that transcription, so here’s a shiny new one that sounds much better.