Trampled by Turtles – Where Is My Mind (Ukulele)

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as made famous by: The Pixies the song starts off with: E C#m Ab A (play 4 times)
on the second time is this lick
count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &....   B string is on 4th notes, E string is on &'s 
(actually the banjo but just for the sake of thouroughness):
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[Verse]
             E                        C#m                  Ab      A
   With your feet in the air and your head on the ground

E      C#m                       Ab       A         
   Try this trick and spin it, yeah

E                  C#m
   Your head will collapse

            Ab
But there's nothing in it 

    A
you ask yourself
[Chorus]
E            C#m 
 Where is my mind?

Ab           A
 Where is my mind?  

       E         C#m     Ab    A       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E  C#m  Ab  A 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)

 E   Ab         A             Am (let fade)   C#m   B
 Way out in the water, see it swimming.

the banjo plays this over every line in the verses
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[Verse]
E                C#m               Ab   A
  I was swimmin' in the Carribean

E                C#m             Ab     A
  Animals were hiding behind the rock

E                 C#m
  Except a little fish

           Ab      
  But they told me, he swears

           A
  Tryin ta talk to me,  coy koi...  *<--haha fish pun...*
[Chorus]
E            C#m 
 Where is my mind?

Ab           A
 Where is my mind?  

       E         C#m     Ab    A       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E  C#m  Ab  A 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)

 E   Ab         A              Am (let fade)   C#m   B
 Way out in the water, see it swimming
this banjo lick is played over the C#m, B crescendo:
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------| the last five
|----------------7-9-7--10/12---| |--12-12-10-10-9-9-7-7-5--| is the first 5
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------| of the verse's
|-5-7-5--7/9--------------------| |-------------------------| lick
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
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just listen to the song to hear where the two parts are at.
[Verse]
             E                        C#m                  Ab      A
   With your feet in the air and your head on the ground

E      C#m                       Ab       A         
   Try this trick and spin it, yeah

E                  C#m
   Your head will collapse

            Ab
But there's nothing in it 

    A
you ask yourself
[Chorus]
E            C#m 
 Where is my mind?

Ab           A
 Where is my mind?  

       E         C#m     Ab    A       
 Whe---ere is my mind?

E  C#m  Ab  A 
                  (play the C#m and B with 8th's down strums to crescendo)

 E   Ab         A             Am (let fade)   C#m   B
 Way out in the water, see it swimming.
post any more banjo licks you guys can decipher from the song. I only put the main ones. Comment and Correct! did this help? star it!