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Covers

Dr. Dog has managed to do an incredible cover of an excellent song. I would definitely spend some time at Hype Machine if you’d like to hear a more laid-back version.

The Chords

Heart it Races
Architecture in Helsinki / Dr. Dog

Capo III

Intro:
G Em x2

Verse:
G                                              Em
And we're slow to acknowledge the knots in the laces
Heart it races
G                                           Em
And we go back to where we moved out to the places
Heart it races
  G
I bought it in a can and stirred it with my fingers singing
Em
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Threw it out the window
    G
And lately you been tanned, suspicious for the winter with your
Em
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Legs like little splinters

Chorus:
G        Em
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G        Em
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Verse:
G                                              Em
And we're slow to acknowledge the knots in the laces
Heart it races
G                                           Em
And we go back to where we moved out to the places
Heart it races
  G
I sold it to a man and threw him out the window
He went
Em
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Made his wife a widow

Chorus:
G        Em
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G        Em
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Outro:
G
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Em
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah dah
Boom dah dah dah dah

Tabbed by Matthew Gruman

http://matthewgruman.com

Lyrics from: http://www.onlylyrics.com/hits.php?grid=6&id=1008936

Music Video

I wish more bands would release their videos on quality websites like Vimeo.

Cast

• Me – played by me; sardined into a bus seat with a guitar
• GoB – Guy on Bus who sardined me into a bus seat

Conversation

Heading to band practice, some guy sat down next to me and started talking about guitar, eventually asking if I play spiritual music and seemed very disturbed by my “it depends” answer.

GoB: So you’re coming from work?

Me: Yup

GoB: Oh out at UBC? What do you do?

Me: [explains what I do]… what about you? What do you do?

GoB: Oh I’m doing some classes at UBC… and, you know, I preach the word [shows me a copy of the New Testament]

Me: Which classes are you taking? [trying to steer the conversation away from God]

GoB: [something intelligible]. Do you know God?

Me: Do I know God?!

GoB: Yeah, do you know God?

Me: Well no, of course not. Who knows God?

GoB: What?! Lots of people know God!

Me: Not on a face to face basis or anything. I’ve never met God. You can’t take a spiritual being and try to fit them in a corporal word.

GoB: But God can take any form!

Me: Well yeah, but that’s not really God, is it? I mean, anyone can pretend to be something else, but it doesn’t mean you actually know them.

GoB: You have to be very powerful to meet God, though.

Me: Well I’d hope so! There are a lot of people; if God wasted his time on the ones who weren’t powerful, nothing would ever get done.

GoB: Haha, you’re right!

Me: Wait; where are we? Did we pass Burrard? I think I missed my stop…

GoB: HAHA! I don’t know where we are!

Me: Oh man… I think I missed it. I’m going to blame you.

GoB: And God will blame you!

Because Travis doesn’t publish ours anymore, meet my friend/former roommate Greg:

The Wire, Diabetes, and Waffle Cones

Greg: cant stop watching the wire
Greg: my dreams are gonna be forever ruined

Matthew: what is the wire?

Greg: its an hbo show about crime and drugs in baltimore
Greg: named best show on tv a few times, its pretty sweet

Matthew: what is baltimore?

Greg: its an icecream waffle cone thing with nuts and caramel in the center

Matthew: sounds like it would make my foot fall off
Matthew: but it would be the most delicious cause of gangrene ever

Greg: the wire refers to the little red string that helps you unwrap the cone
Greg: are you allergic to waffles?

Matthew: no, I have diabetes
Matthew: allergies aren’t usually the cause of gangrene

Greg: whats diabetes?

Matthew: a mental disorder, originating in ancient greece, that sees those afflicted cutting their own feet up until they become gangrenous and fall off

Greg: thats crazy man, where do the waffle cones fit in?

Matthew: they’ve tracked down the DNA string that activates the disorder. amazingly, it’s EXACTLY the same as what is found in waffle cones

You’re really into the music on CBC 2, but then the doorbell rings right at the moment they’re telling you the artist! No more need to worry, now you can check online at http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/!

My alarm clock is set to CBC Radio 2 — it plays nice/calming opera and classical music in the morning with very little DJ interruption. That quote is (paraphrased from) what I heard first thing this morning; so instead of slowly being lulled into wakefulness I started my day thinking “for which demographic is this intended?”

1. They actively listen to the radio (in six years, I’ve not listened to enough Vancouver radio to create any sort of valid opinion).
2. They get so many people ringing their doorbells while they listen to require a solvable problem (I don’t even have a doorbell).
3. They can use the internet well enough to find playlists on the site (it’s not that easy).

I can’t think of anyone in 1 and 2 who would also be in 3; nor the vice versa. Maybe it’s geared towards families? Mom and Dad are having company over so little Billy and Susie check the internet for them?

Source: Gizmodo.

The 70m2 apartment was remodeled by London-based Levitate Architects, who created “a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third.” The staircase is both the way to access the bedroom and a perfect place to store books, movies or CDs. “With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome,” says Levitate’s Tim Sloan, who also pointed out the unique structure of each step, allowing for anyone to comfortably sit down while picking a book.

Source: Ironic Sans.

Source: Stereogum.

One of my goals in life is to play with a children’s choir.

Source: The RPF.

Just a couple of days ago, I was wondering how long you could live frozen in carbonite, and if it could be used in a Walt Disney kind of way. As awesome as this desk is, I’m pretty sure that fictional theoretics would really kill my productivity. That and the constant worry it was real and an angry Harrison Ford would wake and attack me at any given moment.

Reign of Fire

Me: “What happened to Matthew McConaughey?”

Friend: “The dragon killed him. How did you miss that?!

Lord of the Rings (the first one)

Me: “I thought Liv Tyler had a bigger role in this…”

Friend: “She did. You slept through it.

Wedding Crashers

Me: “Goddamn it, I just paid $12 for a nap. How was the movie?”

Friend: “Really funny; you should actually watch it if you get the chance.”

Wallace and Gromit

Me: “Hey, dude; wake up. The movie’s over.

Friend: “Huh? Oh man, did I fall asleep? What happened?”

Me: “I have no idea; I only made it about 10 minutes.

The Passion of the Christ

Me: “Oh no! Did I miss the trial?!”

Friend: “Yup.”

Friend: “Goddamn it. That’s my favourite part of the New Testament!

Photo Source: Michigan Daily.

The Style

Most of the song is played very sparsely; just hitting a few notes here and there. If you watch the video below, you’ll see that he plays it without a capo. Replace the chords with these if you want to play it that way:

• Am -> Bm
• G -> A
• F -> G
• E -> F#

The Chords

Castanets
Three Days, Four Nights
Capo II

Am                 G
There's three days, and four nights to go

F                       E
And I won’t be with you anymore
Am               F
Four nights like this to
Am
go

Am                  G
In the trees like a freeway with that wind
F                E
A devil howling, silent again

Am                 F
And the chill of that sheet

           Am
On your skin

Am G F E Am F Am x2

Solo:
Played with a slide (or not), without a capo.

e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|--10/12-12-12--12--10/12-12-12--12~~~-----------------|

e|--14/15-15-15--14/15-15-15---14/15-15-15---\12--12/14-|
b|------------------------------------------------------|

e|--20---19---19/20-20-20---19/20-20-20----19-----------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|

The last note is up close to the bridge.

Am
We ain’t free my love
G
We are not our masters

F
Without side looks faster

E
Drowned and distanced
Am

Rest and listen

F
As I cross these miles

Am
I try to tell you “I love you”

Am

Am G F E Am F Am X2

Am

            F
The walk we take

                G
In the rain today

                  E
Your feet in your boots
                     Am
On the mud of the graves

         F              Am
The way we refuse to be saved
Am       F              Am
The way we refuse to be saved
Am           F            Am
The way we refuse to be saved

Am

Tabbed by Matthew Gruman

http://matthewgruman.com

Lyrics: http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858518610

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