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Artist: ~Pavement~
Song Title: ~Shady Lane~
Album: ~Brighten The Corners~
Tabbed By: ~Laura Mardon~
Chords:
Baug Cmaj7 Em G7
e|------------------------
B|---3--------------------
G|---4--------------------
D|---4-----2----2---------
A|---2-----3----2----2----
E|-------------------3----
riff 1- Played through verse
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------0---0-0---0-----2---2-2---2-
A-----5---5-5---5-------2---2-2---2----2-2---2-----2---3-3---3-----3---
E-3-3---3-----3-----0-0---0-----0--------------------------------------
G7 Em
Blind date with a chancer we had Oysters and dry lancers and the check
Baug Cmaj7
when it arrived we went dutch dutch dutch dutch
G7 Em
a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash and this
Baug Cmaj7
emory board is giving me a rash
G7 Em Baug Cmaj
I am flat out your're so beautiful to look at when you cry
G7 Em Baug
freeze don't move you've chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of
Cmaj7
the sequel to your life
G7 Em Baug Cmaj7
A shady lane -- everybody wants one
G7 Em Baug Cmaj7
A shady lane -- everybody needs one
G7 Baug Em C
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god
Cmaj7 G7 Em Baug
Oh my god, oh your god, oh his god, oh her god
Cmaj7 G7
It's everybody's god, it's everybody's god, it's everybody's god, it's
everybody's god
Baug Cmaj7
The worlds collide, but all that I want is a shady lane.
Glance, don't stare
Soon you're being told to recognize your heirs
No, not me -- I'm an island of such great complexity
Stress surrounds in the muddy peaceful center of this town
Tell me off in the hotel lobby right in front of all the bellboys and the
over-friendly concierge
A shady lane -- everybody wants one
A shady lane -- everybody needs one
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god
Oh my god, oh your god, oh his god, oh her god
It's everybody's god, it's everybody's god, it's everybody's god, it's
everybody's god
The worlds collide, but all that I want is a shady lane.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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mike Average |
#1 by mike rojas at May 3, 1972 at 11:10 AM EST |
| i enjoyed reading you. summer babe. i listen to this song on repeat to sleep. | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#2 by Mistress Cheyenne at Oct 18, 1981 at 11:05 AM EST |
| Um, I agree with summerbabe? Ha. Good job. | |
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Tommy Wanna Be |
#3 by Tommy Tang at Dec 3, 1984 at 6:27 AM EST |
| i think that summer babe is assigning value to these lyrics without warrant. referring to her analysis of the first verse, she is filling in the gaps in the narrative way too liberally. "in fact" it is one of the only "straight narratives" in the pavement discog. really? in fact? come on. firstly, summer babe instantly assumes that malkmus is speaking from the first person, but under a different persona. justification given by summerbabe? none. i'm not going to critique it line by line, but i'll offer my (much simpler) opinion: a blind date is taking a chance. his date is a person who likes taking chances. chancer. easy. it also rhymes. double easy. why did they go dutch? because malkmus (the redneck, wait, no) is poor? no. because when you have an awful blind date, you split the check, which is the civil thing to do. a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash describes the date -- likely a back-home, deep-south kinda girl. a fundamentalist christian, maybe? the emory board is giving him a rash. ever try to talk to a lovely lady who is being completely disrespectful during an argument and pulls out her filing board to work on her nails instead of looking at you? classic female move to divert her attention. i'm... flat out (classic malkmus thought fragment/misdirection). you're so beautiful to look at when you cry (kinda cryptic, i'm not really sure. it's obvious she's upset with stephen.) the movie adaptation line -- the date was a scene from a movie? or is she being quiet, refusing to continue their argument, thereby becoming an extra? this interpretation ties in with my interpretation of the chorus. i believe the chorus mocks what the argument is about: stephen's use of the phrase "oh my god" during the date. he sings "oh my god, oh your god, oh his god, oh her god" trying to emphasize the silliness of the "lord's name in vain" rule that she's trying to hold him to. moral imposition. the shady lane signifies personal comfort. he goes on this date looking for his shady lane, and so does she. what they find is that their world's collide, and all he ever wanted was a pepsi -- or no, wait, just a shady lane. the date was ruined because of the phrase "oh my god" and she, like so many christians i know, refused to argue, saying, "that's my belief, you don't have to agree with me." all that he wants is a shady lane. check out my band, www.myspace.com/countessofpersia also, this is an interpretation. it very possibly is wrong. in all likelihood, it probably is. | |
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matt Average |
#4 by matt spolsky at Sep 28, 2003 at 6:57 AM EST |
| umm...whoah | |
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Colin Wanna Be |
#5 by Colin Gauld at Feb 28, 2007 at 2:55 PM EST |
| i agree with countess. i've seen more of that christianity theme in major leagues as well, at least to me. | |
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