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Computer Age

Sonic Youth
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Bm G A last time add F at end
e:---------------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|
B:7--7--5--------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|
G:---------7--4--4--4--6--6--6-------3---------------|
D:---------------5--5--7--7--7-------4---------------|
A:---------------5--5--7--7--7-------4---------------|
E:---------------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|
  Cars and trucks, drive by me on the corner
  when I'm alright, standing time before the signal
  When I see the light, I feel like more than just a number
  And I stand by you, or else we just don't see the others
 3. Fill  (3 times)
 4. Intro (  and )  4 times
 5. Main Riff (8 times, last 4 with lyrics)
  Bikes and vans, drive right by me on the desert
  but I'm alright, standing underneath the hot sun
  when I see the light, I feel like more than just a number
  and I stand by you, or else we just don't see the others
 6. Fill (3 times)
  "computer age" (on third time)
 7. Intro (4 times)
 8. Middle part
  Precious  metal lies, molded  into highways
  Run through  me
  Days  and nights, weeks  and months and seasons
  Rolling  through me
  Lead over middle part (i tried to keep the timing)
e:-------5---------------------------------|
B:-7-------5-----5-3-2-3-7-7---2---3-------|
G:-----------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------|
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---------------------|
2-----2-4-7-9-4-2----|
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---------------------|
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 9. Fill (3 times)
 10. Intro (4 times)
 11. Main Riff (8 times, last 4 with lyrics)
  I need you, to let me know if there's a heartbeat
  let it pound and pound, and I'll be flyin like a freebird
  you need me, like ugly needs a mirror
  and day by day, i guess our eyes are getting clearer
 12. End with the intro (try E and G power chords up on 7 and 10)
 There are bits of lead throughout the song but i'll leave that to you
 since I don't play them. Just make sure there's plenty of distortion
 on all guitars. Neil would want it that way.
 You stay in your village, and I will stay in mine.
 If your sheep come to eat our grass, we will kill you.
 We may kill you anyway to get your grass for our sheep if we run short.
 Anyone who tries to make us change our ways is a witch, and we will kill him.
 Stay out of our village.
 "The Neolithic Ethic" -- formulated by anthropologist Carleton S. Coon
  quoted from "Confrontation in Space" by G. Harry Stine

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Readable chord sheet for Computer Age by Sonic Youth

Bm             G     A       last time add F
e:---------------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|
B:7--7--5--------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|
G:---------7--4--4--4--6--6--6-------3---------------|
D:---------------5--5--7--7--7-------4---------------|
A:---------------5--5--7--7--7-------4---------------|
E:---------------3--3--5--5--5-------2---------------|

     Cars and trucks,   drive by me on the corner
     when I'm alright,  standing time before the signal
     When I see the light,  I feel like more than just a number
     And I stand by you,  or else we just don't see the others

3.   Fill  [G] [G] [G] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A]   (3 times)

4.   Intro  ([G] and [E])  4 times

5.   Main Riff  (8 times, last 4 with lyrics)

     Bikes and vans,  drive right by me on the desert
     but I'm alright,  standing underneath the hot sun
     when I see the light,  I feel like more than just a number
     and I stand by you,  or else we just don't see the others

6.   Fill (3 times)
         "computer age"  (on third time)

7.   Intro (4 times)

8.   Middle part

        [D]Precious metal [A]lies,  [Bm]molded into [F#]highways
        [G]Run [D]through me  [G]     [A]
        [D]Days and [A]nights, [Bm]weeks and months and [F#]seasons
        [G]Roll[D]ing through [G]me [A]

     Lead over middle part (i tried to keep the timing)

e:-------5---------------------------------|
B:-7-------5-----5-3-2-3-7-7---2---3-------|
G:-----------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------|

  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  2-----2-4-7-9-4-2----|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|
  ---------------------|

9.   Fill  (3 times)

10.   Intro (4 times)

11.   Main Riff  (8 times, last 4 with lyrics)

        I need you,  to let me know if there's a heartbeat
        let it pound and pound,  and I'll be flyin like a freebird
        you need me,  like ugly needs a mirror
        and day by day,  i guess our eyes are getting clearer

12.   End with the intro (try E and G power chords up on 7 and 10)

There are bits of lead throughout the song but i'll leave that to you
since I don't play them.  Just make sure there's plenty of distortion
on all guitars.  Neil would want it that way.

You stay in your village, and I will stay in mine.
If your sheep come to eat our grass, we will kill you.
We may kill you anyway to get your grass for our sheep if we run short.
Anyone who tries to make us change our ways is a witch, and we will kill him.
Stay out of our village.

"The Neolithic Ethic" -- formulated by anthropologist Carleton S. Coon
                         quoted from "Confrontation in Space" by G. Harry Stine

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