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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:50:43 +0500
From: aaron@EE.Princeton.EDU (Aaron Forrest)



PAVEMENT we dance (from Wowee Zowee on Matador)
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Intro:
Em7 A G D
| Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | O- - - - O- - - - |- - 4 - |- 2 - -
|- - 3 - |- 3 - - |- - 3 - |- - 3 -
Chorus: O- - - - |- 2 - - O- - - - |- 1 - -
|- 2 - - |- 1 - - O- - - - O- - - -
| A | G | D | |- 1 - - O- - - - |- 2 - - O- - - -
O- - - - X- - - - |- - 1 - X- - - -
There is no
Castration fear.

Verse: Dmaj7 D6sus4 A6sus4 A7
|- 2 - - |- 2 - - |- 2 - - O- - - -
| D | Dmaj7 | D6 | A6sus4 A7 | |- - 3 - |- - 3 - |- - 3 - |- 2 - -
|- 1 - - O- - - - O- - - - O- - - -
In a chair, O- - - - O- - - - |- 1 - - |- 1 - -
You will be, |- - - 4 |- 1 - - O- - - - O- - - -
With me. X- - - - X- - - - X- - - - X- - - -

| G | Dsus4/F# | Em7 | D |

We'll dance, Dsus4/F# Em7
We'll dance, |- - 4 - |- - 4 -
We'll dance, |- - 3 - |- - 3 -
We'll dance. O- - - - |- - - -
O- - - - |- 2 - -
Chorus: O- - - - |- 1 - -
|- 1 - - |- - - -
| Em7 A | G | D |

But no one will dance
With us
In this zany town.

| Em7 A | G | D |

Chim-chim-chim sings some praise
For your elders
They're in the bag.

Bridge:

| G | D | G | D |

Pick out some brazilian nuts
For your engagement.
Check that expiration date man,
It's later than you think.


| A | G | G | D |

You can't enjoy yourself, I can't enjoy myself.
You can't enjoy yourself, I can't enjoy myself.
Move that swing,
And watch it break straight like an ox.

Chorus:

| Em7 A | G | D |

But I won't be there
To live you,
Ah ah ah.

| Em7 A | G | D |

Cause I don't have a clue,
Any more.

Verse:

| D | Dmaj7 | D6 | G |

Maybe we could dance,
Maybe we could dance,
Maybe we could dance,
Together,

| Dsus4/F# | Em7 | D |

Together,
Together,
Together.

| D Dmaj7 | D6 A6sus4 | G Dmaj7/F# | Em7 A |

First time we'll see,
and then we'll be,
Five times forever,
And we'll never be lost.

-Transcribed by ZILDJIAN 7/9/95

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|WE'RE DUMBER THAN SQUIRRELS...I HAVE BROCCOLI IN
RAINDRIVER |MY SOCKS-
| SCOTT ADAMS, "DILBERT"
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alex
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#1 by alex at Dec 11, 1972 at 8:25 PM EST
this sounds like he's at a friend's bachelor party, getting a lap dance from a stripper. he feels guilty and "can't enjoy himself" anymore, and is also envious that his friend has found true love and is getting married while he is relegated to getting cheap thrills from a private dancer.
 
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cody
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#2 by cody champion at Jan 12, 1974 at 11:10 AM EST
"Brazilian nuts for your engagement"--my favorite band in the world.
 
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patrick
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#3 by patrick at Dec 3, 1978 at 9:36 PM EST
Hi all.. since i'm not a english mothertongue could anyone give me his ideas about this song which is my one of favorites made by Pavement? Maybe there are some hidden meanings..? Thank you all - bye
 
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Mauricio
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#4 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Apr 4, 1979 at 1:01 AM EST
The ine about the castration fear is such a provocative line. I've always taken it to mean that if a man's greatest deep-rooted fear is the castration fear, then Malkmus is so fond of someone that he has managed to sublimate this fear, hence it actually sounding quite romantic.
 
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Beaver
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#5 by Beaver Butt at May 30, 1999 at 10:38 AM EST
cat power (chan marshall) does a nice cover of this song. anyway, good song.
 
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Cicely aka Icic
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#6 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Jun 30, 1999 at 11:00 AM EST
It has something to do with incest. The line "There is no castration fear" refers to Freud's idea that boy repress their love for their mothers for fear of castration.
 
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Johan
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#7 by Johan Soderberg at Jun 26, 2007 at 9:51 AM EST
Yeah, that makes sense, but I don't think it's right.