'The Goldheart Mountaintop' by Guided By Voices - Guitar Tutorial

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From: [email protected] (MICHAEL DAVIDSON)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 15:42:00 -0600

The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
from the Guided by Voices album Bee Thousand

Tabbed by Michael Diasio and Michael Davidson
Typed by Michael Davidson

On the album, the guitars are tuned down about a whole step, but it
sounds fine in standard, IMHO. The chords are all barre chords.

CHORDS
A    - 577655
Ab/A - 477644
B    - x2555x
D    - x5777x
F    - 133211
F#   - 244322
G    - 355433

The opening riff is as follows: (/ and  mean slide up and down)
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-7-----75-----53-----32-----2/7------------------------------------


riff x2

riff                        riff
Cold hands touching my face Don't hide the snake can see you

riff                               riff
Old friends you might not remember Fading away from you

    G                     A               riff
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           A                 D
And we looked   And we passed

             A          A/Ab         G      F
Through the hallways of shatterproof glass

    D                B          F#         G (slide up to an A)
She runs through the night as if nobody cares

    D                B          F#              G (slide to A)
She screams and she cries and ignores all the stares

     D           B            F#           G
She wants me to come but I'm never going there

      G                    A                 D    B
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   F                      G               D
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Enjoy!