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Idlewild: American english
tabbed by: keith clark 20/6/02
email: mrnicesg@blueyonder.co.uk
Power Chords
B =799xxx
Abm =466xxx
E =022xxx
F# =244xxx
Intro:
e----------------------------------------
B------12--12----------------------------
G---------------11--11-------------------
D-----------------------14--14--13--13---
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
Verse: (is the same as the intro)
e----------------------------------------
B------12--12----------------------------
G---------------11--11-------------------
D-----------------------14--14--13--13---
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
B Abm
Songs when the truth are all dedicated to you
E B
In this invisible world I choose to live in
B Abm
And if you believe that for now I understand
E
Why words mean so much to you
B
They'll never be about you
B
Maybe you're young without youth
Abm E
Maybe you're old without knowing anything's true
B
I think you're young without youth
Bridge:
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D-----8--8--9--9--11--11-9--9------------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
Repeat till chorus
F# E
Then you contract the American dream
Abm F#
You never look up once
F# E
You've contracted American dreams
Abm F#
I require you to stop and look up.
Chorus:
B F#
Sing a song about myself
Abm E
Keep singing a song about myself
B F# Abm E
Not some invisible world
Verse: same as before
Constantly searching to find something new
But what will you find when you think that nothing's true
Maybe it's that nothing is new
So you let me hear songs that were written all about you
Because songs weren't written for you
They'll never be about you
Bridge 2: same chords as brigde 1
Then you contract the American dream
You never look up once
You've contracted American dreams
You never look up once, so don't look up
Chorus:
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
Middle 8:
F# E Abm F#
I won't tell you what this means, cause you already know
F# E Abm F#
I won't tell you what this means, cause you already know
Chorus:
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
(so you came along and found the weak spot that you've always wanted…)
Acoustic:
B F# Abm E
B F# Abm E....................B
Hope this is enough
sorry couldnt work out tab for the chorus
please feel free to email me with it and ill update it cheers
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Benjamin Average |
#1 by Benjamin Nield at Mar 26, 1992 at 7:37 PM EST |
| this song rules i saw em yesterday at distorion i loved the song anyway but it was even better live same with all the songs they did | |
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TK Average |
#2 by TK at Dec 22, 1996 at 11:16 AM EST |
| "And if u believe that" -PLEASE do not use txt-talk, especially when posting lyrics >_ | |
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Ben Wanna Be |
#3 by Ben at Jan 4, 1998 at 7:02 AM EST |
| this damn song is REM, U2, the Smiths, Bends-era Radiohead, and of course, Idlewild rolled into one. fucking flawless | |
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jason Average |
#4 by jason fredriksson at Apr 12, 2000 at 1:32 PM EST |
| hey joeytheboy,..... i think youve got half of the meaning, ie the hey look english people blindly following stupid ignorant americans and their so called dream. but i think its a bit more personal, or mayb even more general... its directly about someone who listens to songs and relates them selves to the words when in truth the words weren’t written for them, they were written by someone who was thinking about someone else. thus leaving this person empty and constantly looking for new songs to relate to. in general though, this song would be saying follow your own dreams, give your own meaning and if you find emptiness (the american dream) then thats your fault for looking for it, that there is something out there for everyone, even if you have to create it, aslong as you believe its true. that’s what i see anyways. the video sure is cool, i think the light above his head at the end is abit uphisarse though, lol. he diserves it i guess. JeBus save me. | |
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Toxic Wanna Be |
#5 by Toxic Tension at Nov 13, 2002 at 10:05 AM EST |
| Brilliant song from a brilliant album, Idlewild continue to get better and the Remote Part picked up where 100 Broken Windows left off. They also sound great live! | |
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BeN-bEn Lead Player |
#6 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at Jan 24, 2007 at 12:04 AM EST |
| When i first heard it, i thought he was singing about how american people have become so materialised that they have no feeling anymore. Hence the lines "Sing a song about myself, Keep singing a song about myself, Not some invisible world. "-he's making sure that he's singing about his feelings and not regarding the "invisible world" around him which is made up of materialistic things. I dunno though, all the stuff that you guys have said makes lots of sense too, and i agree more with your ideas. | |
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