Child Activist

Guided By Voices

tom:

'Child Activist' by Guided by Voices
E|------------------------------------|
from the 2014 album Motivational Jumpsuit
tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)

Note: it sounds like the guitar is potentially sliding up from the E note to the F# chord which makes me 
suspect they are tuned lower than E standard - but for simplicity I have omitted the slide and tabbed the
song in standard tuning. 


[Intro]

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|----------------------0--|

   F#5         G#5           F#5                       F#5         G#5           F#5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|
E|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|
                                                                                          They dont have  


[Verse 1]

   F#5         G#5           F#5                       F#5         G#5           F#5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|
E|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|
   heads                              but   we  can    roll                                      x's and
 
   F#5         G#5           F#5                       E5                        E5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
A|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
E|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2-----------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
   O's                                        as it    grows                              I brought this

 
[Verse 2]

   F#5         G#5           F#5                       F#5         G#5           F#5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|
E|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2--------0--|
   bunch                                 to fill the   gap                                       dust is
 
   F#5         G#5           F#5                       E5                        A5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
A|-4--------4-/6-----------|-4-----------4-----------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E|-2--------2-/4--------0--|-2--------0--2-----------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
   rising                                       ever   wildly                                  Phases of


[Verse 3]

   F#5         A5            F#5         A5            F#5         A5            F#5         A5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4-----------7-----------|-4-----------7-----------|-4-----------7-----------|-4-----------7-----------|
E|-2--------2-/5--------0--|-2--------2-/5--------0--|-2--------2-/5--------0--|-2--------2-/5--------0--|
   youth                          permutations there-  in                                      Fervor to
  
   B5          A5             B5          A5            B5          A5           B5          A5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|
E|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|
   flex                                 pray to your   knees                                  We want you

   B5          A5             B5          A5            B5          A5           B5          A5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|-9-----------7-----------|
E|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|-7--------7-\5--------0--|
   home with us                          we want you   home with us 

   B5
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----------------11-11~---|
D|-9-----------------------|
A|-9-----------------------|
E|-7-----------------------|


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