Dog-eared Page Guitar Tab

E. Von Dahl Killed The Locals Tabs:

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The Matches
Dog-Eared Page
from "E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals"
Rhythm Guitar (Shawn)



                                                         
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tim Professional	#1 by Tim Marchant at Aug 20, 1970 at 3:36 PM EST
	One part of the song I don't get is the lines: "You said the distance Would make a difference But it didn't." To me this kind of goes against the rest of the song, which seems to suggest that the distance is making a difference. Anyone agree? Disagree?

No Picture brennan Average	#2 by brennan collins at Dec 5, 1972 at 6:21 AM EST
	i like this song. the lyrics are actually pretty clever, and i like how he's still willing to wait for her to get over herself.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#3 by Alex at Mar 30, 1973 at 1:01 PM EST
	this song is so true to life

No Picture Alexxx <3 Lead Player	#4 by Alexxx <3 at Sep 1, 1973 at 9:10 AM EST
	usually when one uses asterisks (esp. in advertising) it usually means, look for the other asterisk @ the bottom of the page or whatever... kinda like, reading the fine print. or finding out what the catch is-- so... it's like these girls all have ulterior motives, and that they aren't quite what they seem to be.

No Picture Julian Average	#5 by Julian . at Dec 20, 1973 at 11:55 AM EST
	yaa i know what you mean. still don't get the girl with asterisk part.

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#6 by Aleksandar Radošević at Dec 15, 1974 at 10:57 PM EST
	catches the energy of a show, y'know what i mean? reminds me of me in some ways.... and school is a factory. i think what really gets us all about shows etc. is the fact that all the people there probably don't know everybody there but we all get along. everyone's there for this one thing we all have in common (i.e. the band and the music) and that's just so fucking awesome!! because, for the most part, there's no hard feelings after a show and everyone's there to just kick back and have fun... and the best part? everybody knows that!! and i think this song really reflects the freedom everybody feels when they go to a concert....

No Picture tom Average	#7 by tom jenkins at Mar 8, 1976 at 11:21 AM EST
	"You said the distance Would make a difference But it didn't." My take on that line is perhaps she said to him: "Hey when i move away, i'll be too far away and you'll get over me" And he didn't.

No Picture ian Average	#8 by ian mckinly at Jun 26, 1977 at 6:10 PM EST
	spypaparika dont ever compare "The Matches" to the killers...the killers suck...this sounds nothing like the killers...

No Picture ryan Lead Player	#9 by ryan harney at Jun 3, 1978 at 2:11 AM EST
	Every time I hear this song I remember the first time I went to see the Matches (4 years back...). "Our handstamps fade, and I cringe at the stupid names we're called." Yup. That's a local show, all right. The Matches ROCK for all the L3's that I've gone to over the years. They play in San Rafael tonight!

No Picture Dunnie Average	#10 by Dunnie at Mar 1, 1980 at 10:01 AM EST
	I agree that its about a girl that is into herself too much and all that jazz.. I like the idea about the asterics and so forth, didn't really understand that all either.

No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#11 by Mike at May 6, 1980 at 7:46 PM EST
	I think this song is about a guy that likes a girl and like Ruthless said she is really conceited "But you and me, we're both in love with you. " You and me which I would assume he is talking about himself and the girl.

No Picture Eric Average	#12 by Eric Zinkhon at Feb 14, 1986 at 1:04 AM EST
	Where's the place for me when we're both in love with you? I loveee that part.

No Picture BeN-bEn Lead Player	#13 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at Oct 13, 1986 at 6:26 PM EST
	the killers sound nothing like these guys. like everyone else, apparently, i think the dog-eared page line is really cool, as well as the rest of the song.

No Picture kostas Rhythm Player	#14 by kostas kouveliotis at Oct 17, 1986 at 10:46 PM EST
	Does anyone think this song sounds a little bit like the killers?

No Picture Colin Wanna Be	#15 by Colin Gauld at Jan 25, 1987 at 12:36 PM EST
	A little i guess! This song's klass, everyone's basically summed up the idea of the song but yeh, it's essentially about this lad being in love with this self-obsessed girl that probably goes back to him when she's got problems, i like the 'dog eared page' metaphor, clever...

No Picture Gunther Wanna Be	#16 by Gunther at Dec 22, 1989 at 9:35 AM EST
	this song is amazing and is about exactly how i felt when i heard this song whilst walking up the stairs at rock city for the first time when they weresupporting r.b.f a few days ago The Matches Rule

No Picture The MADMAN Average	#17 by The MADMAN All the way at Apr 15, 1991 at 6:23 AM EST
	I always thought the song was about a guy liking a girl, but she's too involved with herself to pay much attention to him. Kinda like he's her not-so-random hook up, but he wants to be more. On the "friends" in quotes thing, I'm pretty sure that he means that the are just superficial friends. Its a sarcastic view of them. He knows they're not really his friends, but they act like it are to his face. People used to do the little quote thing all the time w/ their fingers when they were being sarcastic. Thats my take on it anyways.

No Picture Dylan Rhythm Player	#18 by Dylan Fitzgerald at Mar 17, 1992 at 11:39 PM EST
	this song is probably about a girl that he likes..and another guy likes her...either that or when he says "were both in love with you" can mean that she's really concieted and has no time for him. i don't really get this line though: I've got these "friends" in quotes and girls* with asterisks meh whatever, matches are awesome.

No Picture ♥Chicken Average	#19 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Jan 5, 1993 at 6:09 AM EST
	this is a catchy song.

No Picture slapslappopslap Badass	#20 by slapslappopslap at Mar 23, 1993 at 7:30 AM EST
	i agree with jasonresno definatley something like that she went away and was like u'll get over me because of the distance and it never did.. god i wish shawn harris was in love with me like this! haha

No Picture Aaron Wanna Be	#21 by Aaron Frederick at Apr 22, 2003 at 8:20 AM EST
	i think this song is about a guy that is in love with a girl..and she is away at college or some place and has another relationship..and whenever she leaves school and comes back home she falls back on him because she knows that he loves her "im just a dog-earred page you turn back too"

No Picture foster Average	#22 by foster meng at Jun 25, 2004 at 8:42 PM EST
	I agree with the collage/someplace idea. It seems like he's in love with a girl that went off to collage (etc.) and he suspects that she's dating a guy there behind his back (and that her roommate is lying to him), but wants to keep him as an option back home if this relationship falls through. Now, he's back at home without her, and he's seeing himself in the same routine, going to lame parties. The line "I've got these "friends" in quotes / and girls* with asterisks" is him saying he doesn't have any real/good friends, and he's got girls that he's close to, but none that he's dating (becasue he's with the girl at collage). The line "You said the distance / Would make a difference / But it didn't" could be that him and her were having problems before she left, and she told him that going away could help this.

No Picture David Average	#23 by David Turner at Sep 25, 2004 at 10:24 AM EST
	girls in asterisks its all IM lingo. friends in quotes? "omg tom that was awesome" and girls in asterisks? something like Ashley stuff like that. its all for msn names or crap like that

No Picture The Angel of De Lead Player	#24 by The Angel of Death at Apr 12, 2005 at 12:45 AM EST
	One part of the song I don't get is the lines: "You said the distance Would make a difference But it didn't." To me this kind of goes against the rest of the song, which seems to suggest that the distance is making a difference. Anyone agree? Disagree?

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#25 by Alex Russo at Apr 10, 2007 at 4:44 AM EST
	i agree with linds, eh. a 'dog-eared page you turn back to,' its cool how he phrases it. always refereing to a page in a book where you bend the corner, always going back for more.