Number 13 Baby

Pixies

Tom: C


Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:12:47 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier 

NUMBER 13 BABY
from "Doolittle" (1989)

G
got hair in a girl
that flows to her bones
and a comb in her pocket
if the winds get blown
                                      (etc...)
   E---------------------------------------|
   B-------8--------8--------8--------8----|
   G--10b----r-10b----r-10b----r-10b----r--|
   D---------------------------------------|
   A---------------------------------------|
   E---------------------------------------|

stripes on her eyes when she walks slow
but her face falls down
when she go, go, go
black tear falling on my lazy queen
gotta tattooed tit say number 13

C# D
vi-va
don't want no blue eyes
C# D
la loma
Bb
 i want brown eyes
C# D
ri-ca
F   E
 i made a mistake
G    C         Gm     Eb         Bb     C
 i'm in a state   i'm in  a state   i'm in a state

               ____________    ___________
              |1.             |2.
Gm    Eb      | Bb     C#  D  | Bb C# D
  i'm in a state    Im in    ||    Vi-va


N.C (G)
choir in the yard
in the house next door
where a grandma brought
some songs from the shore
six foot girl gonna
sweat when she dig
stand close to the fire
when they light the pig
standing in her chinos shirt pulled off clean
gotta tattooed tit say number 13

Bb C# D
   vi-va
G
don't want no blue eyes
C#   D
la loma
Bb       C#
  i want brown eyes
C# D
Ri-ca
F     E           G
 i made a mistake

 /* C   Gm   Eb   Bb*/ repeat and fade

     P.M.       P.M.      P.M.
      C                   Bb  (strum, slide up to C, and repeat)
   E------------------------------------|
   B------------------------------------|
   G-------9b---------9b----------------|
   D-10-10-----10-10-------8------------|
   A-10-10-----10-10-------8------------|
   E--8--8------8--8-------6------------|

    lead gtr:                 (etc...)                       (etc...)
   E----------------------------------|----------------------------|
   B----------------------------------|-----------15--15-----------|
   G--12-12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12-12-|--15--15-----------12-12-12-|
   D----------------------------------|----------------------------|
   A----------------------------------|----------------------------|
   E----------------------------------|----------------------------|
                                           (let ring)
   E-----------------------------------------------|
   B-------------------------15--15--15/14---------|
   G-12-12-12-12-(\)15--15-------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------|
   A-----------------------------------------------|
   E-----------------------------------------------|

                  (repeat)| (about 8x each)
   E-------1-----3-----1--|--------|--------|
   B--1h3-----3-----3-----|--------|--------|
   G----------------------|--9b--r-|--7b--r-|
   D----------------------|--------|--------|
   A----------------------|--------|--------|
   E----------------------|--------|--------|

Chords by HISCAP@* (PERRETT,Andrew)
Tabbed by Bryson Meunier (*)