Cherub
"Cherub"
Originally by the Butthole Surfers from their 1984 album, Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac.
The Melvins play an instrumental version which appears on Millennium Monsterwork 2000 and numerous live sets.
Lyrics
Cherub
Cherub the angel
Roll back the hands of time
Cherub
Enter the angel
aaaaaaahhhh!
You walk alone now
You're never mind
The walks you've taken
have left behind
All people sideways
They look at you
may god forsake me
cause I do to
I see bodies
Maybe, maybe someone is alive
Naked we smile
Hoo-hahahahahahahah, a-hahahahahohoho
Naked
Ha-ha
ahhhh
You're right beside me
you gaze a view
your body's vacant
they crawl right through
those bodies falling
it's in the air
we're mixed so close now
but I don't care
ha ha ha
walk upon me
your body lead
you try to escape you
it's in your head
I'd better go back
I'm not over there
You walk beside me
you gaze at me
you're homeless now
or that times three
amazon
you gaze along
I'll make you talk you
there is no bong
your mind has cut you
you're bleeding now
your plans escaped
just like a bow
they walk right past you
they stop and stare
your body's lying
all over there
ha-he-he-he-he
Guitar TAB
tabbed by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com) You may want to use some tremolo for this song. To begin, get the B string ringing open feedback, and fade in w/ your volume knob. About 30 seconds in, shift over to feedback ringing on the open G string. Basically ring out various open strings while feeding back... (or 12th fret harmonics..) Then: E------------10---7-- B-------------------- (sustain feedback) G-------------------- D---13--------------- A-------------------- E---11-------10---7-- play that occasionally... about 2:05 in, play: E---11-------14--7--- B-------------------- (sustain feedback) G-------------------- D-------------------- ==> chorus A-------------------- E---11-------14--7--- CHORUS: E---------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------*12*--- G--4-4--------7--10-----4-4-----*5*-----*12*--- D--4-4--5^7\9-------9---4-4--*5*---*5*--*12*--- A--2-2------------------2-2-------------------- E---------------------------------------------- So it's basically a B chord followed by a fill, and a B chord followed by harmonics, and repeat. End on a B chord, and let it feedback for a while. Then enter on: E--10--7---- --11-----10---7-- B----------- (sustain feedback) ----------------- fb. G----------- ----------------- D----------- --13------------- A----------- ----------------- E--10--7---- --11-----10---7-- repeat variations... => chorus (many many times...) when the song breaks down for a bit, just play muted harmonics, then back into the chorus.
Bass TAB
bass tab by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com) In "Blind Eye Sees All", Trevor plays this with a capo at the 2nd fret, shaped like an A. Seems a little lazy to me, but it works too. I've tabbed it normally just in case you don't have a capo lying around... Verse: G-------------------------------4-4-4-- D-------------4--4--------------------- A--2----2-2-----------2--2--2---------- E-------------------------------------- Chorus: G---------- D---------- A--2-2----- E---------- ------------------------------------------------- THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS GUITAR/BASS TAB ARCHIVE: http://www.islandnet.com/~mustang/1401/index.html -------------------------------------------------