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Propeller Chords

 

Propeller
Chords & Lyrics

Special Thanks to Ralf!!!

*all of these are figured out & written down by r. rotmalm - Go visit ralf's great GBV Site!


over the neptune/mesh gear fox

alright, rock and roll!!!
alright...
GbV! GbV! GbV!...
is anybody ready to rock?!
this song does not rock

  D             C
traveller's diagram 
            B             A
for where i am for what i am
 G                      F
you can try a visional code
     E                A
overloads, it all explodes

     G           Em
and hey, let's throw the great party 
   D            Am
today for the rest of our lives
     G             Em
the band is just about to get started
     D 
so throw the switch
      Am
it's rock 'n' roll time

 D                    C
force i lead lets us flow
             B           A
and then the onion lady blows
 G                     F                E
kisses to the crying cooks with baited hooks
          A
and lady looks

     G           Em
and hey, let's throw the great party 
   D            Am
today for the rest of our lives
     G             Em
the band is just about to get started
     D 
so throw the switch
      Am
it's rock 'n' roll time

A

 A                           Bb
you must be willing just to ride along with me
 A                         Bb
you must be happy just to do the job for free
 A                           Bb
yours for the taking if you follow simple rules
      A                         Bb
such acts of subservience were never taught in schools

 C                     
spit me out from your cosmos
 A 
draft me into your troops
 C
set me up for the knockdown
 A
you can watch, you can watch
 C
and i'll be back when it's over

 G G G      C C C          G G G
i'm much greater than you think
       C C C           G G G
i'm a swimmer in the drink
         C C C               G G G
i'm much greedier than you think
        C C C
i'm a slammer in the drink

 G        C
and oh, mesh gear fox
 G                                       C
put out another bag of tricks from your scientific box
 Em             C                         D
time's wasting and you're not gonna live forever

 G   C
and if you do
 G             C
i'll come back and marry you
 Em              C
no use changin' now
                        D
you couldn't anyhow and ever

 Em           C          G
it's not the way that i feel, that i feel
          D
it's the way you act
          C                        G
it's the way you look when you're near me

 Em          C          G
it's not so hard to conceal, to conceal
           D
it's the things you say
           C                       G
it's the things you do go right through me


weedking

 C#m       
long live rockathon
 A                             C#m
offspring and tag alongs were finding
 A                           C#m
the history book has lost its binding

 C#m
pages everywhere
 A                          C#m
2 titans without care will read them
 A                             C#m
we conjure ghosts and then we feed them
 A                             C#m
and if it all goes well we'll laugh a lot
 A                        C#m
and all take photographs

    C#m
of what we made, lemonade
 A
freedomcake, quick to bake
 C#m
trim the tree, collectively
 A
breath the air, from the fair

     C#
and watch colored lights shine down
 B        F#
dancing round the lady's face
       C#
as we learned the sound
 B        F#
we can keep this violent pace
 C# 
though we know that haste makes waste
 B        F#
and i'm giving you a ring

          C#           B                F#
for the dreams of the weed king we all sing
          C#           B                F#
for the dreams of the weed king we all sing
          C#           B                F#
for the dreams of the weed king we all sing...


particular damaged

(have no idea about chords and stuff)

?????????????????????????

drafted from the change
we are the old soul prominents
i've been this to the sensational flag
what's on the gag
inside the gag

shot from the traffic
in catshit attic
and for the soup
on electriton trapper
got a good catalyst
oh god, whisker nose
oh god, whisker nose

come down once you move, move
move, move, move

future soup on
electriton chopper
got a good copper
oh god, whisker nose
oh god, whisker nose
oh god, whisker nose
whisker nose
whisker no-no

??????????????????????????


quality of armor

(w/ rock chords)

oh yeah, i'm going to drive my car
oh yeah, i'm going to go real far
 G                               F          C A
as you were sitting down at the final stages
 G                              F        C A
staring at the screen as the battle rages
 G                           F         C A
you were finding god in the dictionary
 G                          F      C A
taking photographs in the cemetary

 G   A                  C
oh yeah, i'm going to drive my car
 G   A                 C
oh yeah, i'm going to go real far
             G          A
beyond the shadow of a doubt
            C                  A
beyond the power of your clout

 G                      F         C A 
the worst offense is intelligence
 G                      F        C A 
the best defense is belligerance
 G                       F       C A 
how we stalemate our predicament
 G                      F       C A
governed by tissue and filament

 G   A                  C
oh yeah, i'm going to drive my car
 G   A                 C
oh yeah, i'm going to go real far
             G          A
beyond the shadow of a doubt
            C                     
beyond the parallel of your clout
            G             A
beyond the secret bogus world
            C
beyond the montezuma halls

             G          A
beyond the shadow of a doubt
            C                     
beyond the parallel of your clout
            G             A
beyond the secret bogus world
            C
beyond the montezuma halls...


metal mothers

 D
tune in rock star, there’s no dark spot 
 Bm
running around your face
 Em                   F#m
you find time to get laid
          Am          Em
you find ways to get paid

 D
you don’t see no, busted rainclouds 
 Bm
watering up your days
        Em          F#m
and so set in your ways
        Am            G
and so fixed in your gaze

                        D
you’re calling out for more
                        A
you’re breaking out in time
                       C
it sounds just like a war
                  G
and everybody’s blind
                         Bb
you’re digging out some more 
                      G
and now it’s time to fly
     D    Bb           A     F     D
to sleep sound in the ghost town away
                 Am
if you can just stay

(now this, with bassnotes:)
  F                G
B-------1----------------3----------
G-----0---0------------0---0--------
D---3-------3---x2---5-------5---x2-(x2)
A-3-----------3----5-----------5----
E-----------------------------------

a terrible way
hanging out there, areas of gray
got most of it motioned away
got a life to lead, oceans away

 D
tune in rock star, there’s no dark spot 
 Bm
running around your face
          Em          F#m
you find time to get laid
          Am          Em
you find ways to get paid
 D
you don’t see no, busted rainclouds 
 Bm
watering up your days
        Em          F#m
and so set in your ways
        Am            G
and so fixed in your gaze

(the solo, over verse chords:)
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-15-15-15-15-15--7-7-7-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-5-3-3-3-5-3-5-7-5-7-8-

E-----------------------------------
B-7-8-10-8-10-12-10-12-13-12-13-15--



lethargy

(the bass riff:)
E-0-0-5-0-0-0-7-0-

are you happy, happy today?
is your face, facemask on?
for the air is thick
and the clouds are moving so slowly

 E

there’s a book of instructions 
to the rusty time machine
that goes too late
but really nowhere
i wish i could give a shit 
just a little bit
what’s the difference?
      E
hey, lethargy!
 E
lethargy!
 E
lethargy!
 E
lethargy!...


unleashed! the large-hearted boy

(the intro bass riff:)
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------5--5-7-5-5-5-7-5--
A--------------5--5--5-5-5-5--7--7--7-7-7--------------------
E-3--3--3-3-3------------------------------------------------

(then come the rock chords:)
 
 G              D              E    C
in a world you think you understand
 G              D              E    C
stay put and tuned to another plan
 G                      D
it’s up to you to stay put 
     E              C
the shoe is on the other foot

G D E C

 G             D
driven to the fields
  E           C
whipped like a slave
 G             D
ready for the pound
  E           C
ready for the beast 
 G     D    E      C      G
unleashed! large-hearted boy

(the bass riff)

 G              D              E    C
in a world you think you understand
 G              D              E    C
stay put and tuned to another plan
 G                      D
it’s up to you to stay put 
     E              C
the shoe is on the other foot

G D E C

 G             D
driven to the fields
  E           C
whipped like a slave
 G             D
ready for the pound
  E           C
ready for the beast 
 G     D    E      C      G
unleashed! large-hearted boy


red gas circle

 Fmaj7          C
we went ahead, we went ahead
 Fmaj7          C
and set it up, and knock it down
 Fmaj7 
you see it falling
     C                G
but now its crumbling 
 G                           Fmaj7
to the cold, unforgiveable ground unit
 C
you had a hand in it
 Fmaj7                  C
and now it’s circling around
 Fmaj7                 C
oh yeah its circling around
            G
i’m coming back to this world
    G
to get things straight

 Fmaj7 
hey are you coming
 C                   G
please don’t be late 
 Fmaj7 
hey are you coming
 C                   G
please don’t be late 
 Fmaj7 
hey are you coming
 C                   G
please don’t be late 

 Fmaj7
i just can’t wait


exit flagger

(the verse riff:)
A-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2----------
E-----------------------3-3-3-3--

 D/C#
G---
D-7-
A-4-
E---

i don’t know where i’ve come from
i don’t know where i’m off to
and i need to find a way out
and he’s here to help me find it

(rockchords for y'all:)

 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
     G                    A
i'm not gonna race you today

(the verse riff)
i need a life the same as
and i don't believe in anything
i promise to leave you one of these days
i promise it'll be real soon

 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
 D    D/C#     B  G
exit flagger!
     G                    A
i'm not gonna race you today

    G                 D
i promise to leave you
    G                 D
i promise to leave you
    G                 D
i promise to leave you...


14 cheerleader coldfront

D G A

 D              G        A
14 cheerleader cold front
 D              G        A
put your nose beyond  
 D                  G        A
creeping boys in alleys 
 D                    G        A
find them when you're gone

 Em             A
stick close to locker rooms
     Bm              E
and waving close to where
          G
you will hold them dear
     A                  D
to something queer and stare

 D          G     A
16 used companions
 D               G        A
have nowhere to stay
 D                       G    A
give them access to parking spaces 
 D               G        A
no coin meters there

 Em             A
stick close to locker rooms
     Bm              E
and waving close to where
          G
you will hold them dear
     A                  Bm   E
to something queer and stare

          G
you will hold them dear
     A                   D
to something queer and stare


back to saturn x

the lifeblood - the lighthouse flashing
16 chicks remain on watch

sopor joe, you oughta know
how to move fast
how to move slow

here come the fantasy creeps
they're all around you
they're here to give you the creeps
they've come to hound you

back to saturn x!

we are having the time of our lives
we are having the time of your lives

from the left (oh la la la...)
to the right

anything for free
anything for free

off and onward
in the chance i took
i'm a broken horse
i'm the one who's no good in your eyes

anything for free
anything for free


ergo space pig

(the whole song is in A, i think, with noise and weird bass-lines)

ocean pigs are still getting cats
we have submerged
and when you've been watching
over and over
speed up, slow down

?!?!?!?!?

come in, come in, the devil star pupil
he is the fuzz
how do you get that
radio wave wipeout?
should you get on?

?!?!?!?!?


circus world

  C#* B* A*
E--0--0--0--
B--0--0--0--
G--6--4--2--
D--6--4--2--
A--4--2--0--
E-----------

 F#m       E
they just don't
 C#*   B*
understand me
 F#m                E
they never will, this..
       C#*     B*     F#m
all we do, we do for you
           E          C#*   B*
shit gets old, and demanding
 F#m           E     C#*    B*     A
it never fails to amaze me when i see 
    G
it all before me

     E               A
the power freak who self-destructs
   C                A
a ride for boys in monster trucks
     E                      A
the painted sluts training monkey men
   C                         A
i call to the door but they won't let me in
         E               A
and the human fly gets smashed again
    C                    A
he mixes his blood with tonic and gin
        E                              A
and i choke on the sheep stuck in the company of wolves
    C                A
as you raise up on your hind hooves

 F#m E C#* B*

 F#m        E
daylight breaks
         C#*       B*      F#m
i see a face that used to cry
                E
where were you then
 C#*           B*
somewhere off to yourself

(the solo, over verse chords:)
E----------------------------------------------------
B----12-14--14-12--------12-16--16-14h16p14-12-------
G-13--------------13--13-----------------------13-11-

 C#*
there's too many people
 A* G#m          F#m
involved in the game

 G  E


some drilling implied

(rock chorder)

 B/Bb
D-4-
A-1-
E---

 C#           B B/Bb B B/Bb
i dare not say
 C#           B B/Bb B B/Bb
the way i feel
 C#             B B/Bb B B/Bb
about your inability to
 C#              B B/Bb B B/Bb
suck it up and win the game
 C#              B B/Bb B B/Bb
chew me up and spit me out
 G#                     C#
it's been a long ugly winter
          B B/Bb B B/Bb
i need a sunbath
 C#           B B/Bb B B/Bb
winning horse 

 C#                    B B/Bb B B/Bb
of course i'm not complaining
 C#          B B/Bb B B/Bb
i'm simply dying
 C#        B B/Bb B B/Bb
yes i'm waiting
 G#
got a good love left
 A
good lord willing
 G#
got a tractor to tow
 F#
the house on fantasy park

     C#         B B/Bb B B/Bb
the unicorn belt
        C#        B B/Bb B B/Bb
in the new bible belt
 C#                B B/Bb B B/Bb
take me to the pilot light
     C#           B B/Bb B B/Bb
and sing me to sleep
     C#          B B/Bb B B/Bb
you fantasy creep


on the tundra

  D/F#
E-----
B--3--
G--2--
D--0--
A--0--
E--2--

        G    D/F#
on the tundra
         Em  D/F#
we went under
             G       D/F#
we're going under now
        Em   D/F#
on the tundra
            D/F#     F
we went to vicious places
             D          F
of dark and punished faces

           G     D/F#
couldn't shake it
        Em    D/F#
or outgrow it
                 G      D/F#
swung hills get open now
           Em    D/F#
though we know it
               D/F#         F
cause with my second guessing
             D
the subject for the testing
look over our blunders
our two-fisted wonders

     G            C
the foxy wildest monster's titus
      G               C
more peaceful than a human hammer
      G                  C
the great king tam transmissionaries
  D
evolving about you
dissolving without you
        Bm
as you know
it's just too slow 
        G
on the tundra

          G     D/F#
and then one day
       Em   D/F#
maybe today
           G         D/F#
we'll justify the joke
         Em    D/F#
make it our day
              D/F#        F
and blow the total savings
         D
to satisfy our cravings
look over our blunders
our two-fisted wonders

     G            C
the foxy wildest monster's titus
      G               C
more peaceful than a human hammer
      G                  C
the great king tam transmissionaries
  D
evolving about you
dissolving without you...

        Bm
as you know
it's just too slow...