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I Am A Scientist

Guided By Voices

Text File

This should have all the correct chords to the song with the main intro riff.

I didn't tab the lead part that comes in halfway through the song.

I play the chords as simple power chords, which gives more of a low-fi sound than
open or full bar chords.


Tuning: Standard

Main Riff/Intro:
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A--0-0-2-0--0-5--0-4--0-2-0-|
E-0--------0----0----0------|

Verse 1:
E                   D        C#
i am a scientist - i seek to understand me
E                       D          C#
all of my impurities and evils yet unknown
E                     D            C#
i am a journalist - i write to you to show you
E                     D            C#           E
i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me

Chorus:
A
and i know what's right
G
but i'm losing sight of the clues
E           D
for which i search and choose to abuse
E         B
to just unlock my mind
E
yeah, and just unlock my mind

Verse 2:
i am a pharmacist
prescriptions i will fill you
potions, pills and medicines
to ease your painful lives
i am a lost soul
i shoot myself with rock & roll
the hole i dig is bottomless
but nothing else can set me free

Chorus 2:
and i know what's right
but i'm losing sight of the clues
for which i search and choose to abuse
to just unlock my mind
yeah, and just unlock my mind

Play the Intro Riff:
i am a scientist - i seek to understand me
i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me

Outro:
E         D
everything is right
E          D
everything works out right
E          D
everything fades from sight
E          D
because that's alright with me

End with a offbeat version of the Intro Riff