Biography:
San Francisco/Oakland’s The Mantles have been charting a unique path through the Bay Area’s storied garage/pop scene since 2007. The early shows were loose & loud Velvets/Nuggets-bashing, always with weirdly catchy songs & oddball chord changes. Their first singles saw them honing their sound, building towards their excellent 2009 self-titled debut album (on Siltbreeze) and follow-up EP on Mexican Summer. Loosely aligning with artists like White Fence and Ty Segall, The Mantles thoroughly modernize and personalize the folk-rock tradition.
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Bad Design by The Mantles (off Long Enough to Leave)
Intro chords: Bm A D (x2)
Verse:
Bm A
The look on your face
D
Is looking sour
Bm A
Hall attack
D
is sticking to the floor
Bm A
Promise this
D
closed fist
Bm A D
How you gonna roll when it rolls out
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------|
B|------------------7--------------|
G|--------------------7------------|
D|---------------9------9----------| (x3)
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3--5-3--3--7--------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| (x1) (Then hang on D until next part)
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3--5-3--3-----------------------|
Bm
Modern Use
Bm
Foreign time
Bm
Poor excuse
D
Of a bad design
Verse:
Bm A D
It’s always been more than its giving me
Bm A D
stay in dark could be better
Bm A D
see him in a pack and his eyes are yellow
Bm A D
he’s looking back at you saying hello there fellow
Chorus: (Same as before)
Bridge:
D A
D A
D
Solo: Bm A D (x4)
Chorus:
Bm
Modern Use
Bm
Foreign time
Bm
Poor excuse
D
Of a bad design
Outro: Bm A D
************************************
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
************************************
Intro chords: Bm A D (x2)
Verse:
Bm A
The look on your face
D
Is looking sour
Bm A
Hall attack
D
is sticking to the floor
Bm A
Promise this
D
closed fist
Bm A D
How you gonna roll when it rolls out
Chorus:
e|---------------------------------|
B|------------------7--------------|
G|--------------------7------------|
D|---------------9------9----------| (x3)
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3--5-3--3--7--------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------| (x1) (Then hang on D until next part)
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3--5-3--3-----------------------|
Bm
Modern Use
Bm
Foreign time
Bm
Poor excuse
D
Of a bad design
Verse:
Bm A D
It’s always been more than its giving me
Bm A D
stay in dark could be better
Bm A D
see him in a pack and his eyes are yellow
Bm A D
he’s looking back at you saying hello there fellow
Chorus: (Same as before)
Bridge:
D A
D A
D
Solo: Bm A D (x4)
Chorus:
Bm
Modern Use
Bm
Foreign time
Bm
Poor excuse
D
Of a bad design
Outro: Bm A D
************************************
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
************************************
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