Guided by Voices – I Am A Scientist (Ukulele)

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Chords

This should have all the correct chords to the song with the main intro riff. I didn't tab the lead part that comes in halfway through the song. I play the chords as simple power chords, which gives more of a low-fi sound than open or full bar chords.

Main Riff/Intro:
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A--0-0-2-0--0-5--0-4--0-2-0-|
E-0--------0----0----0------|

Verse 1:

E                   D        C#
i am a scientist - i seek to understand me

E                       D          C#
all of my impurities and evils yet unknown

E                     D            C#
i am a journalist - i write to you to show you

E                     D            C#           E
i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me

Chorus:

A
and i know what's right

G
but i'm losing sight of the clues

E           D
for which i search and choose to abuse

E         B
to just unlock my mind

E
yeah, and just unlock my mind

Verse 2: i am a pharmacist prescriptions i will fill you potions, pills and medicines to ease your painful lives i am a lost soul i shoot myself with rock & roll the hole i dig is bottomless but nothing else can set me free Chorus 2: and i know what's right but i'm losing sight of the clues for which i search and choose to abuse to just unlock my mind yeah, and just unlock my mind Play the Intro Riff: i am a scientist - i seek to understand me i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me Outro:

E         D
everything is right

E          D
everything works out right

E          D
everything fades from sight

E          D
because that's alright with me

End with a offbeat version of the Intro Riff