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From: OSKAYWH@LFMAIL.LFC.EDU (Windell H. Oskay)
Subject: TAB: James "Laid"
(Let me throw in a quickie request for tab to 'five-o' and 'heavens' by james
and nirvana's 'lounge act' to anybody who might just know a place to start....)
Hiya. I've just heard a live nonplugged version of 'laid' (off the 'say
something' cd single) and here's my best guess....
Chord Formations: (Wow, only THREE chords!)
C [x 3 2 0 1 0] C/F [x 3 3 0 1 0]
G [3 2 0 0 3 3]
(Plugless version)
C C/F C G
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--------------------0----0--| < Label this the Main riff
------2--3--2---0---0----0--|
3---------------------------|
-----------------3----------|
C G
00000-00000--22222-22222-|
11111-11111--22222-22222-|
00000-00000--00000-00000-| < Label this the Chorus riff
22222-22222--00000-00000-|
33333-33333--33333-33333-|
-------------33333-33333-|
INTRO: Main riff three times, then Chorus riff once.
Same for verses, main riff 3 times, then chorus:
C C/F C G
This bed is on fire with passion and love
C C/F C G
The neighbors complain about the noises above
C C/F C G
But she only comes when she's on top
C G
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dan Lead Player |
#1 by Dan archy at Jul 25, 1972 at 10:22 AM EST |
| My favourite song in the world....ever!! | |
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Tim Professional |
#2 by Tim Marchant at Jan 8, 1975 at 4:13 PM EST |
| nesterreg that's an awesome interpretation and i am desperatetly trying to figure out another one. i would rather look at it as a painful addiction to a person than being a tranvestite even though once that's been brought up i can't deny ow much sense it makes. | |
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Nathan Average |
#3 by Nathan Delvecchio at Aug 14, 1976 at 7:53 PM EST |
| To elaborate on what I was saying - I think his messing about with gender roles is something that his psychotic, nympho girlfriend made him do to help her get off. | |
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Andrew Wanna Be |
#4 by Andrew Long at Dec 6, 1981 at 1:56 PM EST |
| Love love love all the interpretations! Lola, now that's a song about transvestites. This one always just reminded me of being in a hot & heavy sexual relationship that didn't really have anything else going for it. I had one of those once. It's like filled with passion and great sex, but then when it's time to do anything else (like have a conversation) all you do is fight and argue. He tries to break it off with her but she keeps stalking him cuz the sex is so great. Hmmm... sounds so familiar... I think I may have been the inspiration for this song. lmao. | |
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Lord Average |
#5 by Lord Squirrel at Nov 19, 1982 at 8:07 AM EST |
| 'Fought with kitchen knives and skewers Dressed me up in womens clothes Messed around with gender roles' Sounds like BDSM to me.. that's pretty much what i thought of this song.. and yes it is 'line my eyes' not dye | |
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Bobby Lead Player |
#6 by Bobby Parker at Jun 2, 1983 at 9:15 PM EST |
| Brilliant song, whatever it is about! | |
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Collin Average |
#7 by Collin at Mar 7, 1984 at 3:19 PM EST |
| I just dig "Laaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid" | |
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Kc Rhythm Player |
#8 by Kc Brady at Sep 13, 1995 at 8:16 AM EST |
| Interesting interpretation nesterreg, however if "she" refers to himself as his cross-dressed other half, I shudder to think what is meant by "But she only comes when she's on top" in the first verse. I believe the correct assumption about this line is that she is on top and he is on the bottom, but if she is really he and he is really she... I'm just not quite sure that's the picture these guys intended to paint. I don't think I ever looked into this song too much myself. I guess I always thought that it was a guy dating a sexaholic or nympho and then realizing that he had to get out of the relationship b/c it was getting out of hand. I suppose some might think that's a bit of an unrealistic reason to break off a relationship, but I can see it happening. | |
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Mike Average |
#9 by Mike heidkamp at Dec 25, 2000 at 11:44 PM EST |
| this song is fun... i like it.... i don't know what its about though... maybe it's about a transvestite nymphomaniac...lol... | |
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#10 by Fat Man Goz at Nov 13, 2002 at 11:25 AM EST |
| ha, this is one of those songs that reminds me of camping, for some reason[the melody part of it]. i think yeah, it's about loving someone who's bad for you to the point you have to seek help for how badly messed up you're becoming because of it. this person, at the same time, won't let him off the hook, and stalks him. he wants away, yet he can't say no to her when she comes back around because he's so wrapped up in what they've become, he enjoys some of their time together so much he can't entirely pull himself away. it's true...it's a lot harder to move on when someone is stalking you. a lot of "what if"s that you probably could avoid thinking about just pop up time and again when the person you're trying to get over won't stay away from you, as expressed in this song. the cross-dressing aspect of this song just plain rocks, btw =P 1 2 Next | |
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