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From: wbknox@unity.ncsu.edu
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 1997 8:01 PM
Song: Room Without a Window
Band: Operation Ivy
Album: Energy (1989)
Written by Jesse Michaels, Lint Armstrong, Matt Freeman and Dave Mello
Transcribed by Luke Knox (lukeknox@iname.com)
Intro/Verse/Toast break chords used:
G D C F
E--3---2---3---1---|
B--3---3---5---1---|
G--4---2---5---2---|
D--5---0---5---3---|
A------------------|
E------------------|
Chorus chords used:
E-----------------|
B-----------------|
G--3--------------|
D--3---4---3------|
A--1---4---3------|
E------2---1------|
Bb F# F
[Intro:]
G G G
The position being taken is not to be mistaken for attempted
D G G G
education or righteous accusation. Only a description, just
G G G G G G
an observation of the pitiful condition of our degeneration.
[Verse:](played with ska upstrokes)
C F G
Walls made of opinions, through which we speak and never
C F G
listen. Ceiling made of pride, vicious and self-satisfied.
C F G C
Door that's made of rage, hard and slowly aged, always
F G
closing tighter with every war we wage.
[Chorus:]
Bb F# F Bb
In this room without a window can't see out. Room without a
F# F
window, Can't see out! Can't see out!
[Verse:]
C F G
Floor is made of lives, we'll gladly end to stay inside.
C F G
Corners made of borders, and borders made of law and order.
C F G
Painted with the words of politicians and religion,
C F G
plastered with the wreckage of our cultural division.
[Chorus]
[Toast break:] (C - F repeated.)
Ha ha ha ha ha Oh, we so stupid! Killing each other.
Don't we learn nothin'?
[Bridge:](2x) (continue C - F)
Got a room inside our minds, yeah we gotta, we can't see out because
we're blind, but I got to choke. Gotta make ourselves drink (all right)
from a room without a window to a different way to think.
[Intro]
Then play the verse chords, with the words from the chorus.
End on a C.
That's it! I hope this sounds right to you. E-mail me with any comments, etc.
Luke
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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pat Wanna Be |
#1 by pat smear at Apr 17, 1973 at 7:02 PM EST |
| This is the song I let my friends listen to first if I'm trying to get them in to OpIvy. It has all of the elements of a true OpIvy song. I love the metaphor the song uses, comparing various facets of our culture to a windowless room. Very thoughtful. | |
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Eric Average |
#2 by Eric Phillips at Aug 28, 1981 at 10:10 PM EST |
| how the media doesn't tell the citizens of america everything bad that happens, because we are all living in a room w/o a window where we just cant see out. operation ivy is the mofo-ing shit. thank you. bye | |
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Mike Average |
#3 by Mike Murphy at Sep 1, 1981 at 2:30 PM EST |
| I think the song is just a brillant way of describing all the things in the world that hold us back and destroy all put together in a way symbolically representing a room without a window | |
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♥brian Lead Player |
#4 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Feb 18, 1990 at 3:32 AM EST |
| I don't think it has anything to do with the media. Its more like, the room we build around ourselves that stands in the way of any real unity. | |
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Johan Average |
#5 by Johan Soderberg at Nov 28, 1991 at 5:34 PM EST |
| hell yeah | |
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Josh Average |
#6 by Josh Braun at Jun 17, 1993 at 4:12 PM EST |
| my fav. operation ivy song! | |
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