Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
This tab shows how to play Modern Baseball's cover of the song 'Palmcorder
Yajna,' originally written and performed by The Mountain Goats. You can watch a
video of Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball performing the song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3d5Ooz9xsQ
Modern Baseball's version of the song is in a different key than the original
and has some changes to the chord progressions in the choruses, so it seems
worthy of having its own tab. The song is played in standard tuning with no
capo. The chord voicings used throughout the song are given below:
E B F#m A Esus Esus4 G#m E* Esus4* C#m7 Badd4 Asus2 Amaj9
E|--7--7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0-------0----0-----0-----0--------|
B|--9--7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0-------0----0-----0-----0--------|
G|--9--8---2---6----9-----9----4--1---2-------4----4-----4-----1--------|
D|--9--9---4---7----9-----9----6--2---2-------x----1-----2-----2--------|
A|--7--9---4---7----7-----0----6--2---2-------4----2-----0-----0--------|
E|-----7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0---------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
E B F#m A
E B F#m A B
E B
Holt Boulevard
F#m A
Between Garey and White
E B
Hooked up with some friends at the Travelodge
F#m A B
Set ourselves up for the night
[Verse 2]
E B
Carpenter ants in the dresser
F#m A
Flies in the screen
E B
It will be too late by the time we learn
F#m A B
What these cryptic symbols mean
[Chorus 1]
Esus Esus4
And I dreamt of a house
Esus Esus4
Haunted by all you tweakers with your hands out
Esus Esus4
And the headstones climbed up the hills
Esus Esus4 B
And the headstones climbed up the hills
[Verse 3]
E B
Send somebody out for soda
F#m A
Comb through the carpet for clues
E B
Reflective tape on our sweatpants
F#m A B
Big holes in our shoes
[Verse 4]
E B
Every couple minutes
F#m A
Someone says he can't stand it anymore
E B
Laugh lines on our faces
F#m A B
Scale maps of the ocean floor
[Chorus 2]
Esus Esus4
And I dreamt of a camera
Esus Esus4
Pointed out from inside the television
Esus Esus4
And the aperture yawning and blinking
Esus Esus4
And the headstones climbed up the hills
[Bridge]
G#m A E * Esus4 * E *
If anybody comes to see me
G#m A E * Esus4 * E *
Tell them they just missed me by a minute
G#m A E *
If anybody comes into our room while we're asleep
A E * A B
I hope they incinerate everybody in it
[Chorus 3]
C#m7 Badd4 Asus2 Amaj9
And I dreamt of a factory
C#m7 Badd4 Asus2
Where they manu - facture what I needed
E * Badd4 Asus2
Using shi - ny new machines
E * Badd4 Asus2
And the headstones climbed up the hills