Biography:
Weyes Blood (originally Weyes Bluhd) is Natalie Mering, a musician from Philadelphia, PA, United States, and ex Jackie-O Motherfucker bass player.
Her solo work is raga-inspired, psychedelic music, using guitar strings as basic sound material and sound effects as an instrument. Home-made one string bass stick used to produce low bell-like sounds out of an horror movie. Most tracks have vocals, usually strangely deformed through effect pedals. Track editing and cueing is kept to a minimum in the DIY
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Tuning is 1 1/2 steps down from standard.
The finger picking varies slightly with bass notes but follows a simple pattern:
c#--------------8-----------------------7---------
G#-----------------------------8-----------8------
E ----9------------9-----9--------9--------------9
B -------10--------------------------9--------9---
F#-----------10-------10----7---------------------
C#-8----------------------------------------------
Chords:
C Em F A# D Cm E Dm G11
8 7 8 6 2 8 7 5 8
8 8 10 6 3 8 9 6 8
9 9 10 7 2 8 9 7 10
10 9 10 8 0 10 9 7 8
10 7 8 8 0 10 7 5 10
8 x x x x 8 x 5 8
[Verse 1]
C Em
I don't feel bad for you
F A# D
And that's what makes us free
C Em
You can buy into that dream
Cm Em E
Waitin' for true love to seem real
[Verse 2]
C Em
Passing over bridges
F A# Dm
Faces wanna listen
C Em
I hope that we'll go home
F Em A#
I want to be alone
[Verse 3]
C Em
Won't you come meet me at nine?
F Em A#
I'll bring your worst fears if you bring mine
C Em
And we can laugh over a night of red wine
F Em Dm
Got a radio to play the dream
[Verse 4]
C Em
Necessary evil
F G11 A#
Are we meant to be?
C Em
I swear that you know me
F Em Dm
More than I'll ever know
[Interlude]
C Em F Em Dm
Mmmm...
[Chorus]
C Em
Away, above
F Em Dm
Find a perfect love
C Em
You and me
F Em Dm C
It was meant to see some time through
Em
Yeah, you
F Em Dm
And me
C Em F Em Dm
Oh, I won't hold back from you
[Verse 5]
C Em
Sometimes I can't even feel
F Em Dm
The wheel's broken from pushing still
C Em
And the lines of knowing and being undone
F Em Dm
Some things you just gotta run away from
[Verse 6]
C Em
But that doesn't change us
F G11 A#
Away and above
C Em
What you give is good enough
F Em A#
Got me living in a dream
[Interlude]
C Em F Em Dm
Mmmm...
[Chorus]
C Em
Away, above
F Em Dm
Find a perfect love
C Em
You and me
F Em Dm C
It was meant to see some time through
Em
Yeah, you
F Em Dm
And me
C Em F Em Dm
Oh, I won't hold back from you
The finger picking varies slightly with bass notes but follows a simple pattern:
c#--------------8-----------------------7---------
G#-----------------------------8-----------8------
E ----9------------9-----9--------9--------------9
B -------10--------------------------9--------9---
F#-----------10-------10----7---------------------
C#-8----------------------------------------------
Chords:
C Em F A# D Cm E Dm G11
8 7 8 6 2 8 7 5 8
8 8 10 6 3 8 9 6 8
9 9 10 7 2 8 9 7 10
10 9 10 8 0 10 9 7 8
10 7 8 8 0 10 7 5 10
8 x x x x 8 x 5 8
[Verse 1]
C Em
I don't feel bad for you
F A# D
And that's what makes us free
C Em
You can buy into that dream
Cm Em E
Waitin' for true love to seem real
[Verse 2]
C Em
Passing over bridges
F A# Dm
Faces wanna listen
C Em
I hope that we'll go home
F Em A#
I want to be alone
[Verse 3]
C Em
Won't you come meet me at nine?
F Em A#
I'll bring your worst fears if you bring mine
C Em
And we can laugh over a night of red wine
F Em Dm
Got a radio to play the dream
[Verse 4]
C Em
Necessary evil
F G11 A#
Are we meant to be?
C Em
I swear that you know me
F Em Dm
More than I'll ever know
[Interlude]
C Em F Em Dm
Mmmm...
[Chorus]
C Em
Away, above
F Em Dm
Find a perfect love
C Em
You and me
F Em Dm C
It was meant to see some time through
Em
Yeah, you
F Em Dm
And me
C Em F Em Dm
Oh, I won't hold back from you
[Verse 5]
C Em
Sometimes I can't even feel
F Em Dm
The wheel's broken from pushing still
C Em
And the lines of knowing and being undone
F Em Dm
Some things you just gotta run away from
[Verse 6]
C Em
But that doesn't change us
F G11 A#
Away and above
C Em
What you give is good enough
F Em A#
Got me living in a dream
[Interlude]
C Em F Em Dm
Mmmm...
[Chorus]
C Em
Away, above
F Em Dm
Find a perfect love
C Em
You and me
F Em Dm C
It was meant to see some time through
Em
Yeah, you
F Em Dm
And me
C Em F Em Dm
Oh, I won't hold back from you
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