While You Were Out Tabs:
- Closer To The Stars »
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Closer To The Stars by Soul Asylum
(originally on While You Were Out;
acoustic version taken from
the black Black Gold single)
Bm A E G D CG A* DC DG
e -2--0--0--3--2--3--2--3--3------|
B -3--2--0--3--3--3--2--1--3------|
G -4--2--1--0--2--0--2--2--2------|
D -4--2--2--0--0--2--4--0--0------|
A -2--0--2--1--x--3--x--x--x------|
E -x--x--0--2--x--x--x--x--x------|
Bm A E
Bm A
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
E G
Is there somebody that you want to talk to
D CG
You know that pretty soon, you'll be able to fly
G
How is this going to affect you
D
Do you think it might wreck you
A*
Your friends might reject you
DC
You say you took it too far
G
Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be...
DG D G
DG D
B A
Put down glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
E G
We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
D CG
And one day she just walked into that magazine
G
I wonder if she'll ever come back
D
They all said she would crack
A*
They said her mind was one-track
DC
They said she took it too far
G
Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be...
DG D G
DG D (... solo ...)
Bm A
Every time you move your lips
E G
Well, let me give you a few tips
D CG
Yesterday you were too young
G
Tomorrow you will be too old
To regret all the things you've done
D
Who you trying to hustle
A*
Somebody want to show your muscle
DC G
Second hand excuses never went too far
D
What's this scene you're making
A*
Your ideas have been taken
DC
We'll seek when you awaken
G
Alone in someone's car
D
You just stood there shaking
A*
You stood there shaking
DC
They said you were faking
G
Said you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be
DG D G
DG D Bm
Closer to the stars.
[ tab by Erick Rudiak / erude@ambient.acns.nwu.edu ]
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Jordan Lead Player |
#1 by Jordan Gadsby at May 28, 1986 at 11:33 AM EST |
| I think that wanting to be "closer to the stars" is actually metaphor for wanting success, acknowledgement, recognition. There's that person, an ugly duckling, who puts her whole effort into becoming someone different, a model as I see it ("walked into that magazine", "hooked on glossy pictures"). And once she has reached her goal everybody starts talking behind her back, for example alleging that she is stupid (this is what mostly makes me think that she's a model, you can here people talk about models' stupidity everywhere). The last part is telling her to just bear with it ("what's the scene you're making"). It's been her choice, so she shouldn't regret it now or expect others to make it better for her. Nobody cares as long as she goes on ("we'll seek you when you awaken alone" - maybe after a suicide?), they neglect what they see ("said you were faking"). It's a really sad song. | |
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