Biography:
Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter born February 15, 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his recording career in 1993 at the age of 13 and has since produced an enormous amount of material. Conor was deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner. His first two albums "Water" and "Here's to Special Treatment" were both released in 1994. Rolling Stone referred to him as "rock's boy genius." His project Bright Eyes, with Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, produced several critically-acclaimed records.
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- Common Knowledge
- Counting Sheep
- Desert Island Questionnaire
- Double Life
- Eagle On A Pole
- Empty Hotel By The Sea
- Enola Gay
- Gossamer Thin
- Governers Ball
- Hundreds Of Ways
- Lax
- Lonely At The Top
- Lua
- Mamah Borthwick A Sketch
- Napalm
- Next Of Kin
- Night At Lake Unknown
- No One Changes
- No Ones Gonna Change For You
- Overdue
- Salutations
- Standing On The Outside Looking In
- Sugar Street
- Tachycardia
- The Rain Follows The Plow
- The Rockaways
- Till St Dymphna Kicks Us Out
- Time Forgot
- Too Late To Fixate
- You All Loved Him Once
- You Are Your Mothers Child
- Zigzagging Toward The Light
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Desert Island Questionnaire (Upside Down Mountain, 2014)
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
G - 320003
G/B - x20002
C - X32010
D - XX0232
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
[Intro] Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
G
Say that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along
G
Say you had a month and you knew you were dying
G
How would you spend your time
G G/B C
What goodbyes would take too long
D
You don't like this game and you take exception
D Em
Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical
Am
With the charging sky above
Am D
And the ground below that could swallow everyone
Intro Riff
G
Staring at your phone at another party
G G/B C
Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show
G
People in the pool like the drowning army
G G/B C
The smoke alarm emotes and the hotel lobby glows
D
Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner
D Em
Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast
Am
To the ennui of our times
Am D
To the selfishness in everyone you know
G D Em
C D
Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted
G D/F# Em
Don't know what their angle is
C D
Post up at the bar and I'm double fisting
G D/F# Em
Talking to a mannequin
C D
I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse
G D/F# Em
And says that I'm a lot like him
C D
I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up
Intro Riff
G
Every lunatic must be well intentioned
G G/B C
Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god
G
Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
G G/B C
Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan
D
They finally found her body many Autumns after
D Em
Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21
Am
And although we lost her young
Am D
I know the good lord has a plan for all of us
G D Em
C D
Mormons at the door they look clean and handsome
G D/F# Em
Always have a good sales pitch
C D
Your little sisters swears she can paint my aura
G D/F# Em
But I can't take her serious
C
Need something to blame
D G D/F# Em
For this human nature, is that what this condition is?
C D
I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die
C D
Everyone's asleep in this burning building
G D/F# Em
And I can't wake them up in time
C D
You go on ahead I'll be right behind you
G D/F# Em
I'm headed to the finish line
C D
I can't get closer until this is over
Intro Riff
G
Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane
G
Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
G G/B C
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray
D
No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
D Em
Not a lot to say did it even have a name
Am
Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend
Am D
Throw some flowers on the grave
Outro Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--------------------------|
************************************
| x Dead note
************************************
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
G - 320003
G/B - x20002
C - X32010
D - XX0232
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
[Intro] Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
G
Say that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along
G
Say you had a month and you knew you were dying
G
How would you spend your time
G G/B C
What goodbyes would take too long
D
You don't like this game and you take exception
D Em
Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical
Am
With the charging sky above
Am D
And the ground below that could swallow everyone
Intro Riff
G
Staring at your phone at another party
G G/B C
Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show
G
People in the pool like the drowning army
G G/B C
The smoke alarm emotes and the hotel lobby glows
D
Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner
D Em
Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast
Am
To the ennui of our times
Am D
To the selfishness in everyone you know
G D Em
C D
Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted
G D/F# Em
Don't know what their angle is
C D
Post up at the bar and I'm double fisting
G D/F# Em
Talking to a mannequin
C D
I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse
G D/F# Em
And says that I'm a lot like him
C D
I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up
Intro Riff
G
Every lunatic must be well intentioned
G G/B C
Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god
G
Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
G G/B C
Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan
D
They finally found her body many Autumns after
D Em
Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21
Am
And although we lost her young
Am D
I know the good lord has a plan for all of us
G D Em
C D
Mormons at the door they look clean and handsome
G D/F# Em
Always have a good sales pitch
C D
Your little sisters swears she can paint my aura
G D/F# Em
But I can't take her serious
C
Need something to blame
D G D/F# Em
For this human nature, is that what this condition is?
C D
I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die
C D
Everyone's asleep in this burning building
G D/F# Em
And I can't wake them up in time
C D
You go on ahead I'll be right behind you
G D/F# Em
I'm headed to the finish line
C D
I can't get closer until this is over
Intro Riff
G
Pretend that you were stranded on a desert island
G G/B C
What would be the message that you'd spell out for the plane
G
Say the engine failed when that plane was flying
G G/B C
If you were the pilot would you curse or would you pray
D
No one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
D Em
Not a lot to say did it even have a name
Am
Light a candle just in case he was someone's friend
Am D
Throw some flowers on the grave
Outro Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--------------------------|
************************************
| x Dead note
************************************
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