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-the Mountain Goats
-Commandante
-Devil In The Shortwave
-Originally tabbed by Russ Sweetser (yarzrevenge@yahoo.com)
-Revised by Matt Hall (death_list5@hotmail.com)
-The previous tab of this song said you could play with a capo on the first fret.
-That would be the easiest way to play along, but this pitch only matches
-that of the vinyl rip circulating online.
-I've been told that the record is actually a half step lower in pitch.
-This would explain the "younger" sound of John's voice that people have mentioned.
-Playing it the way I have here will match the actual record,
-as well as live performances of the song.
-So, in reality, go ahead capo the first fret, but only if you want to match the incorrect vinyl rip.
-I'll admit, I am quite fond of the sound, but nonetheless, it is wrong.
-Also, on the G chord between verses and on the C chord
-of the outro, John plays a little lick.
-It would look like this:
-e---------
-B---------
-G---------
-D---------
-A-3-2-0---
-E-------3-
-Easiest way to do this is to keep your hand in the G position, but move your
-index and middle fingers up to the A and D strings, allowing you to quickly
-jump back down to G. I'll use a * to indicate when to play the lick.
-Also, throughout most of the song, when you play a C, hold the G note on the
-high e string. I don't believe he holds it on any other chord except for G.
-The C you should play looks like this:
-e-3-------
-B-1-------
-G-0-------
-D-2-------
-A-3-------
-E---------
-          G                       D
-I'm gonna drink more whiskey than Brendan Behan.
-              C                         G
-and I'm gonna send my belongings all to Tripoli.
-              C            G
-and i'm gonna ride home to California
-D      C           G*
-with a banjo on my knee.
-    G                       D
-I'm never gonna turn off the television.
-               C              G
-I'm just gonna let it run all night.
-          C                       G
-I'm gonna plant root vegetables out in the backyard
-         D                    D
-and come summer I am going to treat you right
-   C                        G
-so put on your chairman mao coat
-    C               G
-and let me clear my throat
-     Bm                    C
-lets turn this whole town upside down
-                                        D
-and shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pockets,
-     C                       G
-yeah put on your che guevara pin.
-C                  G
-call the troops on in.
-            Em                     D            C              G*
-we're gonna sail through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets.
-        G                         D
-I got a great big secret written down somewhere.
-        C                    G
-I got a rosary to protect us both from harm.
-        C                      G
-I got a storage locker full of cow figurines
-      D                           D
-and a laundry list of grievances longer than my arm.
-         C                    G
-and i am never going back to Cincinatti.
-         C                                      G
-all those bridges have been burned down to the ground.
-          C                       G
-i got the jet pack strapped to my back
-         D                        D
-and i am waiting for you to come around.
-     C                         G
-yeah put on your chairman mao coat
-    C                G
-and let me clear my throat
-     Bm                    C
-lets turn this whole town upside down
-    C                                     D
-and shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pockets,
-     C                        G
-yeah put on your che guevara pin.
-   C              G
-call the troops on in.
-            Em                D    (pause)                    G*
-we're gonna sail through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets.
-G D C* G C* G D C* G C* G C* G D G
-(listen to the song to get the timing for this end part)
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