Car Seat Headrest – Souls (Guitar)
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This riff is played at the beginning of the song. If chords are written out like these,
play the riff. This song, like many on Monomania, sounds much more bedroom pop inspired
than many other Car Seat Headrest songs, as such reduced tone and healthy amounts of chorus
and reverb help to achieve the sound used on the album.
D C(b5) C B5 A6 D5 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7---7---7---7--7--| A|-5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---0---0---5---5---5---5---5--5--| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (no3)
Play the riff twice at the beginning, the 2nd D5 is before the 1st vocal line.
[Intro]
D C(b5) C B5 A6 D5
D C(b5) C B5 A6
D5 That wasn't any better at all D C(b5) C That didn't make me feel any better at all B5 I thought it would A6 D5 But it didn't D My consciousness is bigger C(b5) C It gives me no pleasure to say B5 A6 My consciousness is bigger than yours D5 It gives me no pleasure D And we descend the basement C(b5) C Poorly done murals, the faces B5 If there wasn't a house A6 D5 We would build one with our bodies D Hang on to my ego C(b5) C Everything is coming loose tonight B5 A6 I'm too nervous for boys now D5 I'm too nervous for girls now D Every bottle you drink must be recycled and C(b5) C B5 Every plastic cup that can't be recycled in this town A6 At the party kids come in and out D5 Talking about T.S. Eliot Bm It starts out fun A Because the night is young D But then the night gets old A And it just gets cold Bm And we go outside A And we go back inside D And we say what's the plan
And there is no plan so we go
Bm A La la la la la la la la D A La la la la la la la la Bm A La la la la la la la la D A La la la la la la la la
N.C.
I just need to wake up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to take off, burst into motion
(Feeback and/or controlled noise with phaser and/or chorus)
N.C.
I just need to get up, burst into motion
N.C.
Raise my finger say aha, say moving is easy
N.C.
I just need to get off
(This riff plays once, and then once for the next verse. Rhythm guitar is silent) (D) (C) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-3-| G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Bsus4 Bm) (Bb(b5) Bb D5) e|-----------------------------------------| B|-555---3------------555---3---3----------| G|-444---4------------333---3---2----------| D|------------------------------0----------| A|-----------------------------(0)---------| E|-----------------------------------------|
(Riff)
It wasn't fun
It wasn't educational
It lingered on
I put my fingers on you were gone
(Power chords or root notes can be played, a sequence filter pedal is used if available)
D5 Let's get away from these despicable people C5 They can't keep their mouths to themselves B5 I know there's lots of other guys with my name here Bb5 D5 But tell me I'm the only one that you will D5 Does anybody use this bathroom in the daytime? C5 Is this a house or the set of a film? B5 Let's get away from these awful people Bb5 D5 They can't keep their minds to themselves D5 C5 I refuse to let go until you're impressed B5 Bb5 D5 I refuse to let go until I'm depressed
(Another riff plays, basically improvise over the notes D, F#, A and B on the highest two strings)
D5 I see you reaching out to t-t-t-touch C5 My skin shrinks, I think I'll be shocked B5 Bb5 By that static D5 It's too dynamic C5 Because I never wanted you to change B5 I only wanted you to be different D5 Like, not so distant C C/B Am 'Cause we are alone in our orgasms C/B C C/B Am But your flesh seems so solid C/B C C/B Am Why does it melt away D/A In the morning dew? C C/B Am I'm sorry, I thought someone was there C/B C C/B Am Like two mirrors gazing into each other's eyes C/B C C/B Am Like two microphones kissing
(Here play root notes quietly, or just leave it to the bass guitar/bass synth)
D5 C5 But oh, that night, that music! G D5 The longer it goes, the more important I feel (Another riff plays, this is more distinct than the last) e|------------7-7---------| B|------------------10-10-| G|-7-7-7-7----------------| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| D5 C5 But oh, those lights, those colors! G D5 The less I can see, the more I can feel
(Feedback with phaser and/or chorus)
D C Billis said never to write about what's in my pockets Bm D But that's where my hands are, and that's where they'll stay D Because you're used to a softer touch C She's just used to a gentler touch Bm She is used to a gentleman's touch D But hey man, it's cool when you do it (Another riff for lead guitar. This isn't exact but you can basically improvise over this pattern) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5---| G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D We are alone in our dreams C Do we have to sleep tonight? Bm Murmur, murmur! Coward! D Building towards a meaning that'll never come D Leave someone beautiful C Find someone horrible Bm Dig me D D I just want to have sex with you C Bm I just want to fuck you D D I just want to have sex with you C I just want to fuck you Bm When I say stop D When I say stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! (On the last line of this verse lead guitar does this) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----5---5---5-7-5----7/19------------| G|---7---7-------7----7---7-------7----7---7-------7--7/19------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 D5/C C5 B5 A5 D5
D5 Bounce and stretch D5/C C5 I stretch into a smile B5 A5 D5 Not just my face, my body, my soul D5 Because I view life as something that I D5/C C5 Don't think I'll get away with B5 A5 D5 And you think that we've already gotten away D5 Yeah, we all have dreams, I know D5/C C5 I should have B5 Forgotten them all in the morning A5 D5 (A dead dog painted on the sea)
(From here the lead guitar plays a few slides across the B string on D, E and F#)
B5 A5 D5 If none of us know the words, then only the melody matters B5 A5 D5 Na na na na na na na na na matters B5 A5 I wrote this verse drunk D5 I thought it would solve everything B5 A5 I thought it would D5 But it didn't D5 When everyone was going homewards C5 Did you cry because it was over? B5 A5 D5 Or did you cry because you knew it would never end? D5 As long as we don't go to sleep yet C5 I promise I can't go to sleep yet B5 A5 'Cause the night's not dead, no the night's not dead D5 I will not go alone to my single-size bed D5 I don't know what that means
(D5) C5 B5 A5 D5
D5 C5 We could go anywhere B5 A5 D5 But we will always be where we are D5 C5 We could go anywhere B5 A5 D5 But we will always be where we are
N.C.
I waited for you on the eastern shore
N.C.
Watching people trying to act sober on the other side of the sea
N.C.
Until I laughed and headed home
N.C.
I learned my lesson never to roam