Passenger Guitar Tab

		
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Hi - somebody wanted the Siouxsie version of The Passenger,
well I don't know exactly how different it is to the original
but here's how I play the Iggy version:


The Passenger - Iggy Pop
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(from the album Lust for Life)

Just keep on repeating the following chords:

	Am  F  C  G
        Am  F  C  E

Listen to the song to get the rhythm right...

Am          F     C     G
   I am the passenger
Am   F          C     E
   I ride and I ride
Am        F           C          G
   I ride through the city's backsides
Am           F          C          E
   I see the stars come out of the sky
(etc...)

(Lyrics are available at ftp.nevada.edu and cs.uwp.edu I think)

If anyone has worked out the tab for the bass or guitar
that goes over this (either version) then I'd love to
have it...

REQUESTS:
	Bauhaus		- All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
			- Slice of Life
	New Model Army	- Family or Family Life
			  (can't remember which one but it
			   starts "Who was it that did this
			   to you...")

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 Paul Blampied      ma2pab@bath.ac.uk      University of Bath
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture devon Average	#1 by devon at Oct 13, 1971 at 8:44 PM EST
	Iggy is saying: The universe is a car and I (the self) am the only passenger, but the same is true for you (your self). "I stay under glass" (I can't leave the car/universe). "he see things from under glass" The things seen through the windows are tied to the car. "we'll be the passenger" and "let's see what's mine" signify that there is only one passenger (living being) and that's me; everything else is a property of the car. But since another person is talking about the passenger "he sees" "he rides" it is the universe talking (something that you the listener sense from under glass) and you are the passenger since only the self can be the passenger. Iggy is thus saying: both you (the listener of the song) and I (myself) are the passenger, which is why he uses "you and me" and "yours and mine."

No Picture Emoshi Wanna Be	#2 by Emoshi RTF at Apr 2, 1974 at 10:55 AM EST
	i end up humming this song to myself whenever im on a train or subway at some horrible hour of the morning and dead tired but enjoying the trip anyway. love it.

No Picture IvZ Average	#3 by IvZ at May 28, 1975 at 6:49 PM EST
	this is one of my favorite iggy pop songs. i love to play it while i'm driving on a nice sunny day.

No Picture Matt Wanna Be	#4 by Matt Sarvis at Jul 3, 1981 at 5:36 PM EST
	I heard it was about Jim Morrison from someone

No Picture James Average	#5 by James Burrington at Jul 14, 1988 at 1:25 PM EST
	wasn't punk good back then now you have ur blink 182 who is about lets go skate back then it was about the circle pits and the mosh pits and the blood the screams the alcohol the drugs the true way to rock is the way iggy did. FOUNDER OF PUNK RIGHT HERE IGGY POP!

No Picture Dave Average	#6 by Dave Led at Sep 13, 1991 at 7:18 PM EST
	yeah this is based on a poem by jim morrison. so I would bet that the song is about observing the universe as some strange place that it's impossible to control. He is the passenger, not the driver. But he seems also like he is looking at the world as some strange new place that has infinite possibilities.

No Picture james Average	#7 by james dempsey at Aug 4, 1992 at 5:37 AM EST
	The message that I got from this song is that all that is beautiful in this world 'belongs' to the people that enjoy it. It seems to me he is describing the difference between the way you look around you when your driving around on vacation noticing all kinds of wonderful stuff versus the way your driving to work. The passenger is a hitchhiker trying to convince the person in the driving seat to step back from his rat race life and enjoy what he has overlooked for long time.

No Picture Justin Average	#8 by Justin at Jun 2, 1998 at 6:38 AM EST
	This song is about going down town and inviting anothe rman into the back seat of your car for anal sex. Rough anal sex at that (NB how the backsides become ripped). The term ride isn't necessarily about the car they are in...

No Picture R.I.P Dimebag D Professional	#9 by R.I.P Dimebag Darrell at Oct 25, 1998 at 5:50 AM EST
	Is the car alive?

No Picture ashley Wanna Be	#10 by ashley pudding at Apr 3, 1999 at 11:15 AM EST
	this song is about The Stranger by Albert Camus. its about a guy who only sees other people and their actions, rather than displaying his own motivations. thus, he only sees others as if through a moving car. i suppose the stuff about "you and me" is maybe reaching out the audience to join this existentialist lifestyle, or perhaps a girlfriend or something.

No Picture Alek Wanna Be	#11 by Alek Kalinowski at Aug 29, 2000 at 11:28 PM EST
	any ideas on what this song is about? its gotta have a deeper level of meaning than just a guy cruising thru a city..

No Picture peebo Average	#12 by peebo at Jul 21, 2002 at 1:41 PM EST
	Ever sat in a car with too many drugs in your body. All thoughts spin around your head. Sometimes seeing elementary things of life. a falling star, the hollow look of the night sky. Maybe a taxi driving you home after too many drinks at night. Leaning with your head against the window of the car....Imagine! ;-)

No Picture E_r_I_c Average	#13 by E_r_I_c G_i_L_b_E_r_T at Feb 5, 2007 at 10:44 AM EST
	i thought it was based on a poem written by Jim Morrison

No Picture Bye! Average	#14 by Bye! at Sep 13, 2007 at 2:30 PM EST
	I think the sentiment is very Camus. The whole idea that he sees how wonderful everything is once he relinquished control, became the passenger instead of the driver. Though he has no say in the destination, he is now able to take in all the sights of the world along the way. "It doesn't take a degree to serve", that kind of mindset. On a side note, the book Time Traveler's Wife mentions this song when the main character is doped out in a car. Neat scene.