Here's my tab of the song!
Song: Threshold Apprehension
Black Francis
Album: Svn Fngrs
A, B, G, A(x2)
Weird Guitar:
e--------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------
d-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7
a-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4
e-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5(x2)
A B
Talk to a man just to get a little work
G A
Then you talk to the hand just to get a little jerk
A B
Some people die, then they start to get old
G A
But I don't want to die upon the threshold
A B
I got threshold apprehesion
G A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A B
Threshold Apprehension
G A
I got threshold apprehension
See *1
A B
Every little shit gotta find his salt lick
G A
If I don't find my babe, I'm gonna be junk sick
A B
Roll away the rock so I can get to my ascension
G A
Ain't my first time having threshold apprehension
A B
I got threshold apprehesion
G A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A B
Threshold Apprehension
G A
I got threshold apprehension
G D
Who's carrying who?
G D
Who's turning the screw?
F# G
Who has prophesied?
G D
Petit paramour
G D
I will be the whore
F# G
And you'll be my suicide
D, E*, B, E*
A B
We got on my bike and we rode to the sea
G A
I stood on the dock and you got on your knees
A B
Grand Marnier and a pocket full of speed
G A
We did it all day 'til we started to bleed
(Weird Guitar)
Are you feeling apprehensive?
A B
I can leap higher than an old king toad
G A
I do 185 on the new ring road
A B
I love a blue girl and I like my grog
G A
It's a black and white world, cuz I'm a Scorpio dog
See *1
A B
Have drink, press button, seventh floor
G A
And wait a hundred years for the elevator door
A B
Come a time when you gotta lose the tension
G A
It's the last time for the threshold apprehension
A B
I got threshold apprehesion
G A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A B
Threshold Apprehension
G A
I got threshold apprehension
D, E*, B, E*
G D
Who's carrying who?
G D
Who's turning the screw?
F# G
Who has prophesied?
G D
Petit paramour
G D
I will be the whore
F# G
And you'll be my suicide
G D
Who's carrying who?
G D
Who's turning the screw?
F# G
Who has prophesied?
G D
Petit paramour
G D
I will be the whore
F# G
And you'll be my suicide
E*: e---
b---
g-9-
d-9-
a-7-
e---
Lesson *1: This is where Lesson-a-week stops being just tabs and turns into actual lessons.
In the 2nd verse the guitar changes a bit. The chords are still the same, but you play with the "low e" string open after strumming the chord 5 times.
For example, You play the A chord like this
E---------------------------------
b---------------------------------
g---------------------------------
d-7-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-
a-7-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-
e-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-
And so on.
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