Biography:
Cardiacs, originally called Cardiac Arrest, was an English band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith (1961-2020). Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by many newer groups and artists.
As well as Smith, around 23 musicians were part of the Cardiacs over the years, including Smith's brother, Jim, and multi-instrumentalist, Sarah Cutts, who married Tim Smith in 1983.
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Other songs:
- A Time For Rejoicing
- All Spectacular
- An Ant
- Anything I Cant Eat
- Appealing To Venus
- Bellyeye
- Big Ship
- Dirty Boy
- Dive
- Dog
- Eat It Up Worms Hero
- Eden On The Air
- Evrything Is Easy
- Fairy Mary Mag
- Flap Off You Beak
- Foundling
- Gen
- Helen And Heaven
- Hello Mr Minnow Aka News That Goes Round And Round
- Insect Hoofs On Lassie
- Is This The Life
- Let Alone My Plastic Doll
- Manhoo
- March
- Odd Even
- Red Fire Coming Out From His Gills
- Secret Like Swans
- She Is Hiding Behind The Shed
- Spell With A Shell
- Spinney
- Stone Age Dinosaurs
- The Alphabet Business Concern Home Of Fadeless Splendour
- The Safety Bowl
- Two Bites Of Cherry
'An Ant'
CARDIACS
'The Special Garage Concerts Vol II' LP
[Intro]
'A' note drone into
Bend Up
E--15------
B--16^-----
G--15^-----
D----------
A----------
E----------
[Verse]
riff throughout:
A5 F#5
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------ x4
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------4----4-----4----
E----------------0-0h2---2----0h2------
A5 F#5
They sit on hills and they build
A5 F#5
You can eat me dunked in choccy
A5 F#5
An itch I'm considered
A5 F#5
To be nasty creepy crawly
[Bridge]
(Strum dead
strings
on fret 2) Bb5
Crawl, crawl, crawl crawl
E-x--x--x--x---x-----------------------------------------
B-x--x--x--x---x----[PM--------------------------------]-
G-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
D-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
A--------------------1--1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
E--------------------------------------------------------
[Chorus]
G C F G C F
A nip, every now and then
G C F Eb Ab Db
It's enough to drive you round the fucking bend
Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db
They got legs and they crawl
Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db
I crawl
Post-chorus sheet of noise bit:
Not so certain about this. From the video it seems Kavus is rapidly moving this shape,
starting from either fret 0 or fret 3, right up the neck to fret 12 whilst tremolo picking:
xxxx
||||o|
|||||o
||||||
(then back into verse, repeat whole structure once)
Lyrics of second pass:
You can squeeze me between your fingers, you can watch me crawl
I crawl, I'm considered to be nasty creepy crawly
A NIP (nip nip), crawl. Fucking shit, on the fucking chips!
Oh god! Philip
(Sheet of noise bit and then)
[Coda]
Eb
Breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread
E
CARDIACS
'The Special Garage Concerts Vol II' LP
[Intro]
'A' note drone into
Bend Up
E--15------
B--16^-----
G--15^-----
D----------
A----------
E----------
[Verse]
riff throughout:
A5 F#5
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------ x4
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------4----4-----4----
E----------------0-0h2---2----0h2------
A5 F#5
They sit on hills and they build
A5 F#5
You can eat me dunked in choccy
A5 F#5
An itch I'm considered
A5 F#5
To be nasty creepy crawly
[Bridge]
(Strum dead
strings
on fret 2) Bb5
Crawl, crawl, crawl crawl
E-x--x--x--x---x-----------------------------------------
B-x--x--x--x---x----[PM--------------------------------]-
G-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
D-x--x--x--x---x-----3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
A--------------------1--1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
E--------------------------------------------------------
[Chorus]
G C F G C F
A nip, every now and then
G C F Eb Ab Db
It's enough to drive you round the fucking bend
Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db
They got legs and they crawl
Eb Ab Db Eb Ab Db
I crawl
Post-chorus sheet of noise bit:
Not so certain about this. From the video it seems Kavus is rapidly moving this shape,
starting from either fret 0 or fret 3, right up the neck to fret 12 whilst tremolo picking:
xxxx
||||o|
|||||o
||||||
(then back into verse, repeat whole structure once)
Lyrics of second pass:
You can squeeze me between your fingers, you can watch me crawl
I crawl, I'm considered to be nasty creepy crawly
A NIP (nip nip), crawl. Fucking shit, on the fucking chips!
Oh god! Philip
(Sheet of noise bit and then)
[Coda]
Eb
Breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread, breed and spread
E
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