I Am A Scientist Tab

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                    Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist
Album:      Bee Thousand
Year:       1994
Songwriter: Robert Pollard
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This tab is a cleaned up version of another tab.
Originally tab by: Ralph Rotmalm and Dave Marley
 
 
Tuning: Standard
 
 
(Intro Riff:)
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D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----0--0--2--0-----0--5--0-----0--4--0-----0--|
E|--0--------------0-----------0-----------0-----| x2
 
 
(Verse Riff:)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----0--0--2--0-----0--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--0--|
E|--0--------------0-----------------------------|
 
A5                     D5            D5/C#
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
 
 A5                       D5          D5/C#
All of my impurities and evils yet unknown
 
 A5                     D5              D5/C#
I am a journalist - I write to you to show you
 
 A5
I am an incurable
 
     D5            D5/C#        E5
and nothing else behaves like me -
 
 
(Pre-chorus riff:)
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D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--4--5--7--7--7------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0------------------------------|
 
 
(Chorus:)
 
A5                        G5
And I know what's right
 
                              E5
but I'm losing sight of the clues
 
             D5
for which I search and choose
 
     E5
to abuse
 
           B5
to just unlock my mind
 
                  E5      A5
yeah, and just unlock my mind
 
 
(Intro Riff x2)
 
(Verse riff:)
 
A5
I am a pharmacist
 
  D5                  D5/C#
prescriptions I will fill you
 
 A5
potions, pills and medicines
 
   D5                 D5/C#
to ease your painful lives
 
A5
I am a lost soul
 
    D5               D5/C#
I shoot myself with rock and roll
 
     A5
the hole I dig is bottomless
 
     D5               D5/C#   E5
but nothing else can set me free
 
 
(Pre-Chorus Riff)
 
 
(Chorus:)
 
A5                        G5
And I know what's right
 
                              E5
but I'm losing sight of the clues
 
             D5
for which I search and choose
 
     E5
to abuse
 
           B5
to just unlock my mind
 
                  E5      A5
yeah, and just unlock my mind
 
 
(Intro riff x2)
 
 
(Intro riff:)
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
 
I am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
 
 
D5
 
       A5            D5
everything is right
 
            A5              D5
everything works out right
 
       A5                   D5
everything fades from sight
 
          E5                 A5
because that's alright with me
 
(Verse Riff)
 
A5
 
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Chords used:
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D|----7------7--------7-------2------4----|
A|----7------5--------4-------2------2----|
E|----5-----------------------0-----------|
      A5     D5     D5/C#     E5     B5
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