Cities
Rake strings and start funk...
{Throughout verses: D (x57775) (often followed by open A->C bass walk-up)} Think of London
small City
dark...
dark in the daytime
people sleep...
[Fishman] sleeps in the daytime
if they want to
if they want to!!
{Then D->C# (x46664)}
I'm checkin 'em out
I'm checkin 'em out
{Back to D}
I got it figured out
I the one that's got it figured out
there's some...
{Then up to high G (x10 12 12 12 10) followed by F->F# (same A-shape, 8 and fret)} some good points
some bad points
{low F (133211)}
but it all works out
I'm just a little freaked out
{For chorus: F#m->Em->Bm on 9th, 7th, 7th fret respectively}
Find your city
find yourself a city to live in
I will
find a city
find yourself a city to live in
{Back to verse}
A lot of bridges in
Birmingham
a lot of ghosts
and a lot of houses
look over there
dry Ice factory
good place to get some thinking done!
I'm checkin' 'em out
I'm checkin' 'em out
I got it figured out
I'm the one that got it figured out
there's some...
some good points
some bad points
{chorus}
{Jam over chorus chords}
{Still another verse:}
Did I forget to mention...
forget to mention Memphis?
home of Elvis and the
ancient Greeks
do I smell?
I smell home cookin'
it's only the river
it's only the river
I'm checkin 'em out
I'm checkin em out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
there's some...
some good points
some bad points
are those things real?
NEIN!! *
{chorus to finish}
Talking Heads' version:
Intro:
D
Verse:
D
Chorus:
C#->D
("I'm a little freaked out")
Dm->D6
F
F#m Em Bm
repeat and jam!
== Alternate Transcription ==
Verse Bridge Chorus
D C# G F f# e b
E --------------------9---7--7-------|
B --7--6----12--10----10--8--7-------|
G --7--6----12--10----11--9--7-------|
D --7--6----12--10----11--9--9-------|
A --5--4----10--8-----9---7--9-------|
E ---------------------------7-------|I
noticed Trey uses hammer-on's during the f# (minor) and the e (minor) chords of the chorus, in which you would actually start those chords as a Sus2 bar chord. Basically, hammer on from the 9th fret to the 10th fret (utilizing your middle finger) on the B string for the f# chord and then like-wise from the 7th fret to the 9th fret on the B string as well, for the e chord. It makes for a funkier voicing. Playing it with a little bit of wah-wah helps too! Also, while the G (major) chord is going on during the "bridge" (i.e., "Some good points, some bad points..."), you can "walk" the individual notes D and F between each accented G chord, then leading into the following F chord. This would be 10th fret Low E and then 8th fret A.
This is a real loose, light, funky tune. I like to add in what Mike would play, here and there, try and sort of make up for some of the sparse-ness left when playing the song by yourself...or not :)