The Execution Of All Things Guitar Tab

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Rilo Kiley : The Execution of All Things
Tabbed by:Philip Lee (philip2136@yahoo.com)

Intro: B C# A B
E F# A E

E             F#                  A
Soldiers come quickly, I feel the earth beneath my feet.
I'm feeling badly, it's not an attempt at decency.
And if you're well off, well then I'm happy some for you.
But I'd rather not celebrate my defeat and
      C#m   B         E
humiliation here with you.

Someone come quickly, this place was built for moving out.  Leave behind buildings, the 
planners got mapped out.  Bring with you history and make your hard earned feast.  Then 
go to Omaha, to work and exploit the
C#m     B     A             C       E
booming music scene and humility.

Bm A G F#7

Bm             A           G         F#7
And we've been talking all night....

(Instrumental over verse chords)

Solo:
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-------------|-9-7---------|-9-7-------|-/-/-/-/-|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
-------------|-------------|-----9-8-9-|---------|-13-13-13-13-14-16-|-------13-14-16-|----------------|
-6-6-6-6-7-9-|-------6-7-9-|-----------|---------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
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Oh god come quickly, for the execution of all things.  Let's start with the bears and 
air and then mountains rivers and streams.  Then we'll murder what matters to you and 
move 
to your neighbors and kids.  Crush all hopes of happiness with disease cause of what you 
did.

-4-4-4--4--4--6-6-6--6--6--9-9-9--9--9--4~-|
-5-5-5--5--5--7-7-7--7--7--101010-10-10-5~-|
-4-4-4--4--4--6-6-6--6--6--9-9-9--9--9--4~-|
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And lastly, you're all alone with nothing left but sleep.  But sleep never comes to you, 
just the guilt and forever

C#m    B           A                C
wakefulness of the weak.  It's just you and me....
The execution of all things.

Outro: C B E

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Trey Average	#1 by Trey smith at Jul 18, 1972 at 11:33 PM EST
	ok, i was high the other day and i started imagining this song was about a "sassy space princess" aka Jenny from a race evolved from humans (they moved away to some planet when we started declining bigtime somewhere in the future) who comes alone with some military people to observe the human race. (her and one soldier have a love affair.) yeah, it's total bullshit, but it's fun to think about. and i also think she's looking at the human race from a really objective point of view which may have triggered the story. way to go rilo kiley.

No Picture Christina Average	#2 by Christina Anderson at Nov 12, 1973 at 3:10 AM EST
	I get the impression that a man has confessed deception/infidelity, and his (ex-)girlfriend must spend the night with him anyway, reflecting on larger issues of exploitation, guilt, and revenge. She begs soldiers or God or "someone" to kill her or take her away, because she feels too "badly" (shocked, sickened, depressed) to articulate her condemnation or leave immediately. "It's not an attempt at decency," she's just paralyzed. As in "A Better Son/Daughter," I think Rilo Kiley fluidly shifts cases - i.e., sometimes "you" applies to the singer - and ultimately she can't distinguish her guilt - for not leaving or for other errors - from "what [her partner] did." She experiences "the guilt and forever / wakefulness of the weak," concluding hatefully that she and her partner are one and the same, and that everything is a mess. I had to share my bed with an ex-boyfriend once after a late-night breakup, and it's definitely provocative of conflicted empathy and self-loathing.

No Picture austin Average	#3 by austin pancner at Aug 22, 1976 at 10:55 AM EST
	I don't think you can say it's all about the environment because some stuff doesn't fit, like "the booming music scene." It seems like it's about beautiful, original things--music, culture, nature--being appropriated/exploited. My idea: the last verse is someone getting fed up with life and destroying all of G-d's creations to punish Him for creating so much pain. I know it's not really that, but it's an interesting idea.

No Picture Squats Average	#4 by Squats at Jul 1, 1990 at 11:23 AM EST
	oh yeah and as for the whole smoking thing. it's great how TROTSKY has never tried any drugs obviously but if someone else has don't sit there and preach to them about how bad it is. everyone who smokes knows it's bad and if you still do it it's not cause you can't stop, it's cause you don't want to. let people do what they want. and as the old saying goes "don't knock it till you try it!"

No Picture Fatty [eats chi Average	#5 by Fatty [eats children] kid at Apr 14, 1991 at 4:44 PM EST
	I think this song has meaning on many different levels, it could be applied to war between countries, or to a war between two people, a break up. When i listen to it, i mainly think about it as a person that was deeply hurt by someone and hasa lot of resentment cuz of what they did. "And if you�re well off, well then I�m happy some for you. But I�d rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with you. " That shows that shes "happy" for how the other person is, but she doesnt want to stick around with that person because he reminds her of the humiliation she went thru with him. And all that anger she has comes thru in the next lines when shes talkin about executing everything that matters to that person..."friends...family...bears and the air...etc etc" And at the end, is the best part of the song... "And lastly, you�re all alone with nothing left but sleep. But sleep never comes to you, it�s just the guilt and forever wakefulness of the weak. It�s just you and me�. " After executing everything that the person cares about, and goes to find peace in his sleep, sleep wont come to that person, because all he is left with is guilt...BRILLIANT! The guilt=him, the weak=her I think this is her most powerful song, Jenny is a poet of our times.

No Picture Jesus Professional	#6 by Jesus at Jun 5, 1991 at 8:12 AM EST
	To doesntevenmatter: I don't give a shit if you want to drink draino, I think it's awfully stupid to think anyone CARES if you do. Or you're such a sad person the only thing of relevence you can think that defines who you are is your drug use. Talk to me in about 15 years when your cleaning the windshield on my BMW.

No Picture Diego Wanna Be	#7 by Diego Rodriguez at Sep 17, 1993 at 2:15 AM EST
	I love the line where she sings: "Then we�ll go to Omaha to work and exploit the booming music scene and humility." seeing as this was their first (and last, if I'm correct) album with saddle creek.

No Picture Goat Average	#8 by Goat Screwer at Jan 27, 2000 at 12:56 AM EST
	i think this song is about leaving everything that's real for something contrived, or fake. it's hard to explain, but it's just the feeling i get from the song.

No Picture simon Average	#9 by simon cody simon at Dec 29, 2000 at 2:25 PM EST
	This song is beautiful...I love the bass line in the verse as well as the rockin' guitar solo. In my opinion, this is the best song on the cd. Rilo Kiley is a extremely talented band and T.E.O.A.T. is an album that every saddle creek fan should own.

No Picture Jeremy Rhythm Player	#10 by Jeremy Dosser at Aug 24, 2004 at 1:23 AM EST
	though my friends say that my take on t.e.o.a.t is rather unnerving, i'll share it with you anyways. this song seems to be a bittersweet goodbye. sort of like one of those big grins before you hang yourself. the lyrics and the tone make it seem as if you've done your share of rocking the world, and that you're prepared to leave and let the world live on. which also reminds me of the dismemberment plan...

No Picture *Lee Average	#11 by Lee at Oct 4, 2004 at 7:21 PM EST
	I think this song is about the narrator's huge overreaction to some event and then her embarassment at how she acted. It's almost sarcastic like she's using humour/cynicism as a defense against whoever is judging her.

No Picture adrian Average	#12 by adrian zamora at Feb 18, 2005 at 1:59 PM EST
	It's about how we are destroying the environment until nothing is left you retards. Don't come here bragging about some cracked out theory you imagined while stoned on drugs.

No Picture kewl Wanna Be	#13 by kewl dude at Jul 15, 2007 at 5:42 PM EST
	I love the line where she sings: "Then we�ll go to Omaha to work and exploit the booming music scene and humility." seeing as this was their first (and last, if I'm correct) album with saddle creek.