From: gary@maple.mc.com (Gary Von Colln)
@Song: Tour Spiel
Written by Mike Watt
Recorded by Minutemen on Project Mersh (SST)
File format: tab
Transcription: Gary Von Colln
The main chord progression is F - A - C.
Verse Riff
e-|--1--1--1--1--------|--0--0--0--0--3--3--|--------------------
B-|--1--1--1--1--------|--2--2--2--2--5--5--|--------------------
G-|--2--2--2--2--------|--2--2--2--2--5--5--|--------------------
D-|--3--3--3--3--------|--2--2--2--2--5--5--|--------------------
A-|--3--3--3--3-----3--|--0--0--0--0--3--3--|--------------------
E-|--1--1--1--1-/5-----|--------------------|--------------------
Chorus Riff
e-|--2--------2--------2-----|--3--------3--------3-----|----------------
B-|-----3--------3--------3--|-----3--------3--------3--|----------------
G-|--------2--------2--------|--------2--------2--------|----------------
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
Words and Song Structure
[Over Verse Riff]
Born in the shed with the guitar on
Jam the shtick to do for gigs
Bits and pieces of the workin` pieces
Jam the shtick to do for gigs.
Now it took me and D. Boon and George`s stench
To put it up on stage
Define the practice and jam econo
[Over Chorus Riff]
It`s a just a tour spiel, tour spiel, tour spiel
[Over Verse Riff]
I dreamed I was E. Bloom but I woke up Joe Bouchard
In some town out on the road.
Had my leather boots on just like Richard told me
Like some hack on the Spectors Tour
[Solo - Am pentatonic (not tabbed here)]
[Turn around, play these chords, open positions: G - Am - F - C]
[Over Chorus Riff]
tour spiel, tour spiel, tour spiel
[Over Verse Riff]
Well you`ve got your guitar and your practice amp
You travel the USA in a van
And you`re always counting on some situation
So you`ll write the song on command
When the guitar`s turned off and the gas tank`s empty
When the typewriter`s on and my head is empty
To really find me, I`ve got to look inside me
[Over Chorus Riff]
Tour Spiel, Tour Spiel, Tour Spiel