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I have the intro and the verses down but thats all I know... Maybe you can figure out the
rest.
intro:dropped to D
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verses:
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"living in a hotel I must keep writing"
"like figure skating"
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back to intro
verse again
"leave me here to my devices" "the call could come at any time"
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(thats all i know) enjoy!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jazz Average |
#1 by Jazz Daoust at Mar 11, 1970 at 9:50 PM EST |
| this is such a good song. and nirvana has nothing on this. wow, an A chord and an F chord. obvioulsy its a gyp. i think this song is about himself..about trying to get all the shit out of himself in the form of lyrics and then beginning to doubt his own worth. good shit. | |
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Cushley Wanna Be |
#2 by Cushley at Jun 12, 1972 at 9:55 AM EST |
| at first it sounds like heart shaped box a little bit, but after you listen to it a few times, it completely takes on it's own nature. i agree with the song being about writers block or whatnot, but it took on a total different meaning for me when my ex broke up with me. especially the end. | |
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Adam Rhythm Player |
#3 by Adam Vaughan at Mar 9, 1973 at 3:04 AM EST |
| and noone noticed -> and you just stood there. 1 | |
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Toxic Wanna Be |
#4 by Toxic Tension at Dec 30, 1973 at 2:57 AM EST |
| i love this song. everyone has hit on the meaning, i just want to say that it is so amazing when he builds up with "i can't think with all this noise" at the end of the song, and the guitar and drums come in strong. this song is brilliant. | |
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Timothys Monste Wanna Be |
#5 by Timothys Monster at Nov 6, 1974 at 3:19 PM EST |
| I agree with the locking-himself-in-a-room-and-trying-to-write theory, but I think that when he says "note to self: no one cares, your voice is average" he's comming to the realization that no one really cares about his personal problems because everyone feels the same things. We all suffer lonliness and other common feelings, so his experiences are nothing unique. | |
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Jami Average |
#6 by Jami B. at Mar 24, 1977 at 10:10 PM EST |
| I love the ending best! It really does kick ass. That part seems to be about maybe an old partner who has fallen in love with somebody else 'they're playing love songs on YOUR radio tonight, I don't get those songs on mine' as in he's got nobody he's in love with. And you keep fucking up my life, well that's a familiar sentiment! Interesting about Kerouac references! | |
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John Average |
#7 by John at Mar 24, 1980 at 8:10 AM EST |
| You guys who said Kerouac would be right. The song is about what Truman Capote said of On the Road when it came out, "That's not writing, it's typing." Another little known fact is when the Jets first did this song in Philly with the Promise Ring and then in New York with Modest Mouse, the song was called, I Typed For Miles So Please Don't Write Me Off. That great thing about Blake's lyrics they are so broad that you can take any kind of meaning from them. "You keep fucking up my life" maybe the best ending of a song ever. | |
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Sarah Wanna Be |
#8 by Sarah Reiske at Dec 15, 1980 at 3:46 PM EST |
| Actually I think this is a song about writer's block. He holed himself up in a hotel room to write some songs and he just can't get anything on the paper. He begins to doubt his choice of career (note to self: no one cares, your voice is average). By the end he's completely exasperated. | |
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Justin Wanna Be |
#9 by Justin Neafsey at Feb 22, 1981 at 11:20 PM EST |
| wow I really like this song. I relate to it. Sometimes I just sit there and write. Even though it's never good enough. In this song He's typing because he's having some kind of girl troubles. He's bitter he's not in love. I like this song, blake is my hero. | |
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devon Average |
#10 by devon at Apr 1, 1982 at 11:38 AM EST |
| actually i believe this song is about author jack kerouac from the beat generation. when kerouac wrote his most famous book "on the road" it is said that he just sat down and wrote "for miles" on a typewriter without stopping. for those jawbreaker fans out there, i'm sure you remember in the song boxcar when he sings "you don't know what i'm all about. like killing cops and reading kerouac." the connections are obvious, however i'm sure there are some personal lines in the song as well because not all of it perfectly relates to kerouac's life. | |
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Reid Average |
#11 by Reid Kasunic at Dec 25, 1989 at 11:58 AM EST |
| How amazing is this song? especially when he says "you keep fucking up my life." ...though, my favorite verse is most definitely "note so self, no one cares. your voice is average. in worried piles I typed for miles and you just stood there. " I think everyone can relate to those words in some way or another. | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#12 by Jon Zell at May 31, 1990 at 1:56 AM EST |
| Yes! Someone else thought about the Kerouac thing. I was starting to think I was the only one. I've just thought of Jack sitting in his little San Francisco apartment typing forever, not getting up, not sleeping...just taking lots to pills and typing. The actual first draft of "On the Road" is about 100 feet long, but that's not important. It seems like miles, and more importantly and it's all lyrical, not literal. | |
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† fatass Average |
#13 by † fatass † at Aug 2, 1991 at 12:33 AM EST |
| ggaaarrrr... i hoped someone else saw that. i thought i was listening to a hyped-up version of heart shaped box when i heard it for the first time - a whole five minutes ago... it's a good song, yes... but... bah. oh well. i am getting over it. | |
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Jp Wanna Be |
#14 by Jp Collins at Oct 3, 1991 at 4:07 AM EST |
| This is quite possibly the best song i have ever heard. The lyrics are amazing and the song arangement is perfect. I love how it slows down and gets really beautiful right before the climax of the song, wow | |
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Kane Average |
#15 by Kane Timson at Dec 7, 1992 at 9:54 PM EST |
| i love the comparison of figure skaing and asphyxiating. | |
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Jimmy Wanna Be |
#16 by Jimmy Withrow at Aug 27, 1995 at 5:43 PM EST |
| Kerouac lived a troubled life, esp from mid life to the end. I know while living in Florida he lived in an extremely small room built on the back of cracker house (initially for GI's returning from war). the photos of him living there are in black and white (i believe it made the cover of a magazine or two :) and his eyes are deep, coal black. the room is surrounded by little notebooks of notes that he condenses into a typewriter. he also loved to sleep out doors and note the night skys. if blake didn't use Kerouac's life to liken it to his own, then he leads a pretty remarkably similar lifestyle or feeling of sentiments. JK was also a known and popularized american buddist, in a sense... i figure that might relate to the whole levitating thing. | |
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patrick Average |
#17 by patrick chamberland at Jan 24, 1999 at 1:06 AM EST |
| Well ja, i agree about the writers block, and self doubt "I have been kissed between the ears by human error" But with the whole love thing, it seems to me like he's trying to maybe block out some memory of this girl, and he is trying to do so by writing, and he's just writing and writing until he forgets. "they're playing love songs on the radio tonight, I can't relate to that right now". It's just so bitter, he's just really angry with this one person, and he's trying to concentrate on writing...but he can't. Because in the end, he just kind of rolls onto a different track with the "you keep fucking up my life". I love when he says "note to self : no one cares." | |
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Josh Average |
#18 by Josh Riemersma at Jan 27, 1999 at 7:34 AM EST |
| I love this song,I love all of blake's songs they are all full emotion. His songs are very depressing alot of the time though.I think in this song there are maybe a couple meanings but the frustration he is having is one of the most obvious ("you keep **** my life" heh). Its a familiar feeling for me to believe that you are alone , who would care, and what to do with your life. A wave of hoplessness will comsumes you and you get the idea that theres no other way out.... | |
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nate Average |
#19 by nate eastman at Oct 9, 2000 at 1:02 AM EST |
| Psh. Yeah, this song doesn't sound at all like HEART SHAPED BOX by NIRVANA. Heh, but it's an awesome song, none the less. Even if he did steal kurts riff. | |
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Link Average |
#20 by Link at Nov 8, 2000 at 1:18 PM EST |
| there is a typo.... it goes like this in worried piles i typed for miles, you just stood there | |
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