Chords for Explore Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (in 5 Minutes) | Liner Notes
Tempo:
106.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
D
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[E]
Pavement's second album, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked [F] Rain,
turned the once notoriously lo-fi band
into something bigger and more accessible,
and simultaneously affirmed frontman Stephen Malkmus
as one of the preeminent songwriters of his generation.
Titled in [Gm] homage to Prince's Purple Rain,
Pavement's sophomore full-length sold better
and charted higher than its predecessor.
But Crooked Rain was no sellout.
Pavement's music was still loosely tied to the 80s,
and unpolished, [G] and Malkmus's lyrics remained enigmatic
and swaggeringly playful, a singular and self-aware voice
at the center of what became an instant indie classic.
The album opening silence kit begins with the kind
of rough rambling for which Pavement was known,
taking a half minute to feel their way [A] into the song.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[F] Its off-kilter charm came from Pavement's
proudly amateurish methods.
Even though their first album, 1992's Slanted and Enchanted,
had sold 100,000 copies, its follow-up was recorded cheaply,
with no oversight from the band's label, Matador.
Pavement would show up around noon at a homemade studio
in engineer Mark Venezia's Manhattan apartment,
borrowing gear from a second-hand
instrument shop downstairs.
First and second takes were often deemed keepers,
and the final product took just a few days to record.
Co-founder Scott Kanberg, aka Spiral Stairs,
noted, we lived with our mistakes.
We just kind of had that whole punk rock attitude
of doing a song and letting it be what it is.
♪ Violent, [D] no one minds when you [A] got no heels ♪
♪ No [D] reels to remind you ♪
[G] Pavement's rejection of professionalism
fueled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain's first single,
Cut Your Hair, which became a kind of indie rock anthem.
Over a swinging melody and half-serious backing vocals,
Malchmus parodies the music industry's emphasis
on looks and chops, and the rabid search
for the next big band.
This audible disinterest in playing
by rock's commercial rules struck a chord
with Pavement's jaded Generation X peers,
who identified with the band's vivid
and often hilarious musical expression
of opting out from the mainstream cultural malaise
of the conservative [D] 1980s.
♪ Advertising [C] looks and [G] chops a [Em] must ♪
♪ No [Em] big hits [D] ♪
♪ Songs [C] mean a lot [G] when songs [Em] are bought ♪
♪ And so are you ♪
[D] ♪ Big [G] spots ♪
Even the beatific country rock tune, Range Life,
is marked by biting words set to catchy melodies,
a formula for almost every track.
Here, Malchmus dreams of settling down
before taking bitter shots at alternative nation
poster boy bands Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots.
Rumors circulated widely that Smashing Pumpkins
were so upset that they blocked Pavement
from joining the summer 1994 Lollapalooza tour,
though the Pumpkins' management denied it.
Malchmus later claimed [Ab] his jabs
were also directed at himself,
showing that Pavement could be just as petty and competitive
as the music business they [A] mocked.
♪ I wanna [Dbm] Range Life ♪
♪ If I could [Gbm] settle down ♪
♪ If I [Bm] could settle down ♪
♪ [Gbm] Then I would settle down [C] ♪
Despite such bitterness,
Heaven is a Truck and many others
possess a distinctly laid back West Coast vibe,
[F] in obvious contrast to Pavement's previous distorted scrawl.
The new sonic direction came in part
because of their new rhythm section.
Former Dust Devils bassist Mark Eibald
and drummer Steve West,
who replaced the wild Gary Young,
notorious for his drunken performances.
Pavement's original raw post-punk sound,
echoing British groups like The Fall and Swell Maps,
persisted in Crooked Rain Crooked Rain songs
like Hit the Plane Down.
Hamburg modeled that tune's synth-driven thrust
after 70s groups The Stranglers and [Bb] Devo.
♪ Hit the plane [C] down [Bb] ♪
♪ Hit the [C] plane down ♪
♪ Hit the plane [A] down ♪
♪ [Bb] There's no [Gm] skyline ♪
But on this album,
Pavement's music nodded just as much
toward the classic rock of California,
where Malchmus and Canberg grew up.
♪ [E] She is the queen [A] of the past of California [E] ♪
♪ Left just the queen of [A] the past of California ♪
[E] ♪ Thrills ♪
[N] Combining an inscrutable attitude
with a laissez-faire musical approach,
Pavement were often branded slackers,
a common 90s epithet symbolized by the drifting outsiders
in Richard Linklater's 1991 film of [C] the same name.
Typically elusive,
Malchmus rejected any such classification.
"'Our band really struggles to [G] execute our songs
as well as we can,' he said.
"'Usually we're really trying hard as we can
to be entertaining.'"
Matching fun, memorable music
to Malchmus's utterly contemporary lyrics,
"'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'
showcased a new kind of songwriting,
a new way [Abm] to both play and play with music,
teasing at the conventions of rock and roll
without ever giving into [Eb] them."
[N]
[E]
Pavement's second album, 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked [F] Rain,
turned the once notoriously lo-fi band
into something bigger and more accessible,
and simultaneously affirmed frontman Stephen Malkmus
as one of the preeminent songwriters of his generation.
Titled in [Gm] homage to Prince's Purple Rain,
Pavement's sophomore full-length sold better
and charted higher than its predecessor.
But Crooked Rain was no sellout.
Pavement's music was still loosely tied to the 80s,
and unpolished, [G] and Malkmus's lyrics remained enigmatic
and swaggeringly playful, a singular and self-aware voice
at the center of what became an instant indie classic.
The album opening silence kit begins with the kind
of rough rambling for which Pavement was known,
taking a half minute to feel their way [A] into the song.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[F] Its off-kilter charm came from Pavement's
proudly amateurish methods.
Even though their first album, 1992's Slanted and Enchanted,
had sold 100,000 copies, its follow-up was recorded cheaply,
with no oversight from the band's label, Matador.
Pavement would show up around noon at a homemade studio
in engineer Mark Venezia's Manhattan apartment,
borrowing gear from a second-hand
instrument shop downstairs.
First and second takes were often deemed keepers,
and the final product took just a few days to record.
Co-founder Scott Kanberg, aka Spiral Stairs,
noted, we lived with our mistakes.
We just kind of had that whole punk rock attitude
of doing a song and letting it be what it is.
♪ Violent, [D] no one minds when you [A] got no heels ♪
♪ No [D] reels to remind you ♪
[G] Pavement's rejection of professionalism
fueled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain's first single,
Cut Your Hair, which became a kind of indie rock anthem.
Over a swinging melody and half-serious backing vocals,
Malchmus parodies the music industry's emphasis
on looks and chops, and the rabid search
for the next big band.
This audible disinterest in playing
by rock's commercial rules struck a chord
with Pavement's jaded Generation X peers,
who identified with the band's vivid
and often hilarious musical expression
of opting out from the mainstream cultural malaise
of the conservative [D] 1980s.
♪ Advertising [C] looks and [G] chops a [Em] must ♪
♪ No [Em] big hits [D] ♪
♪ Songs [C] mean a lot [G] when songs [Em] are bought ♪
♪ And so are you ♪
[D] ♪ Big [G] spots ♪
Even the beatific country rock tune, Range Life,
is marked by biting words set to catchy melodies,
a formula for almost every track.
Here, Malchmus dreams of settling down
before taking bitter shots at alternative nation
poster boy bands Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots.
Rumors circulated widely that Smashing Pumpkins
were so upset that they blocked Pavement
from joining the summer 1994 Lollapalooza tour,
though the Pumpkins' management denied it.
Malchmus later claimed [Ab] his jabs
were also directed at himself,
showing that Pavement could be just as petty and competitive
as the music business they [A] mocked.
♪ I wanna [Dbm] Range Life ♪
♪ If I could [Gbm] settle down ♪
♪ If I [Bm] could settle down ♪
♪ [Gbm] Then I would settle down [C] ♪
Despite such bitterness,
Heaven is a Truck and many others
possess a distinctly laid back West Coast vibe,
[F] in obvious contrast to Pavement's previous distorted scrawl.
The new sonic direction came in part
because of their new rhythm section.
Former Dust Devils bassist Mark Eibald
and drummer Steve West,
who replaced the wild Gary Young,
notorious for his drunken performances.
Pavement's original raw post-punk sound,
echoing British groups like The Fall and Swell Maps,
persisted in Crooked Rain Crooked Rain songs
like Hit the Plane Down.
Hamburg modeled that tune's synth-driven thrust
after 70s groups The Stranglers and [Bb] Devo.
♪ Hit the plane [C] down [Bb] ♪
♪ Hit the [C] plane down ♪
♪ Hit the plane [A] down ♪
♪ [Bb] There's no [Gm] skyline ♪
But on this album,
Pavement's music nodded just as much
toward the classic rock of California,
where Malchmus and Canberg grew up.
♪ [E] She is the queen [A] of the past of California [E] ♪
♪ Left just the queen of [A] the past of California ♪
[E] ♪ Thrills ♪
[N] Combining an inscrutable attitude
with a laissez-faire musical approach,
Pavement were often branded slackers,
a common 90s epithet symbolized by the drifting outsiders
in Richard Linklater's 1991 film of [C] the same name.
Typically elusive,
Malchmus rejected any such classification.
"'Our band really struggles to [G] execute our songs
as well as we can,' he said.
"'Usually we're really trying hard as we can
to be entertaining.'"
Matching fun, memorable music
to Malchmus's utterly contemporary lyrics,
"'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'
showcased a new kind of songwriting,
a new way [Abm] to both play and play with music,
teasing at the conventions of rock and roll
without ever giving into [Eb] them."
[N]
Key:
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E
A
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Pavement's second album, _ 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked [F] Rain,
turned the once notoriously lo-fi band
into something bigger and more accessible,
and simultaneously affirmed frontman Stephen Malkmus
as one of the preeminent songwriters of his generation. _
Titled in [Gm] homage to Prince's Purple Rain,
Pavement's sophomore full-length sold better
and charted higher than its predecessor.
But Crooked Rain was no sellout.
Pavement's music was still loosely tied to the 80s,
and unpolished, [G] and Malkmus's lyrics remained enigmatic
and swaggeringly playful, a singular and self-aware voice
at the center of what became an instant indie classic.
The album opening silence kit begins with the kind
of rough rambling for which Pavement was known,
taking a half minute to feel their way [A] into the song. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
[F] Its off-kilter charm came from Pavement's
proudly amateurish methods.
Even though their first album, _ 1992's Slanted and Enchanted,
had sold 100,000 copies, its follow-up was recorded cheaply,
with no oversight from the band's label, Matador.
Pavement would show up around noon at a homemade studio
in engineer Mark Venezia's Manhattan apartment,
borrowing gear from a second-hand
instrument shop downstairs.
First and second takes were often deemed keepers,
and the final product took just a few days to record.
Co-founder Scott Kanberg, aka Spiral Stairs,
noted, we lived with our mistakes.
We just kind of had that whole punk rock attitude
of doing a song and letting it be what it is.
♪ Violent, [D] no one minds when you [A] got no heels ♪
♪ No [D] reels to remind you ♪
[G] Pavement's rejection of professionalism
fueled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain's first single,
Cut Your Hair, which became a kind of indie rock anthem.
Over a swinging melody and half-serious backing vocals,
Malchmus parodies the music industry's emphasis
on looks and chops, and the rabid search
for the next big band.
This audible disinterest in playing
by rock's commercial rules struck a chord
with Pavement's jaded Generation X peers,
who identified with the band's vivid
and often hilarious musical expression
of opting out from the mainstream cultural malaise
of the conservative [D] 1980s.
♪ Advertising [C] looks and [G] chops a [Em] must ♪
♪ No [Em] big hits [D] ♪
♪ Songs [C] mean a lot [G] when songs [Em] are bought ♪
♪ And so are you ♪
[D] ♪ Big [G] spots ♪
Even the beatific country rock tune, Range Life,
is marked by biting words set to catchy melodies,
a formula for almost every track.
Here, Malchmus dreams of settling down
before taking bitter shots at alternative nation
poster boy bands Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots.
Rumors circulated widely that Smashing Pumpkins
were so upset that they blocked Pavement
from joining the summer 1994 Lollapalooza tour,
though the Pumpkins' management denied it.
Malchmus later claimed [Ab] his jabs
were also directed at himself,
showing that Pavement could be just as petty and competitive
as the music business they [A] mocked.
♪ I wanna [Dbm] Range Life _ _ ♪
♪ If I could [Gbm] settle down ♪
♪ If I [Bm] could settle down ♪
♪ [Gbm] Then I would settle down [C] ♪
Despite such bitterness,
Heaven is a Truck and many others
possess a distinctly laid back West Coast vibe,
[F] in obvious contrast to Pavement's previous distorted scrawl.
The new sonic direction came in part
because of their new rhythm section.
Former Dust Devils bassist Mark Eibald
and drummer Steve West,
who replaced the wild Gary Young,
notorious for his drunken performances.
Pavement's original raw post-punk sound,
echoing British groups like The Fall and Swell Maps,
persisted in Crooked Rain Crooked Rain songs
like Hit the Plane Down.
Hamburg modeled that tune's synth-driven thrust
after 70s groups The Stranglers and [Bb] Devo.
♪ Hit the plane [C] down [Bb] ♪
♪ Hit the [C] plane down ♪
♪ Hit the plane [A] down ♪
♪ [Bb] There's no [Gm] skyline ♪
But on this album,
Pavement's music nodded just as much
toward the classic rock of California,
where Malchmus and Canberg grew up.
♪ [E] She is the queen [A] of the past of California [E] ♪
♪ Left just the queen of [A] the past of California ♪
[E] ♪ Thrills ♪
[N] Combining an inscrutable attitude
with a laissez-faire musical approach,
Pavement were often branded slackers,
a common 90s epithet symbolized by the drifting outsiders
in Richard Linklater's 1991 film of [C] the same name.
Typically elusive,
Malchmus rejected any such classification.
"'Our band really struggles to [G] execute our songs
as well as we can,' he said.
"'Usually we're really trying hard as we can
to be entertaining.'"
Matching fun, memorable music
to Malchmus's utterly contemporary lyrics,
"'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'
showcased a new kind of songwriting,
a new way [Abm] to both play and play with music,
teasing at the conventions of rock and roll
without ever giving into [Eb] them." _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Pavement's second album, _ 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked [F] Rain,
turned the once notoriously lo-fi band
into something bigger and more accessible,
and simultaneously affirmed frontman Stephen Malkmus
as one of the preeminent songwriters of his generation. _
Titled in [Gm] homage to Prince's Purple Rain,
Pavement's sophomore full-length sold better
and charted higher than its predecessor.
But Crooked Rain was no sellout.
Pavement's music was still loosely tied to the 80s,
and unpolished, [G] and Malkmus's lyrics remained enigmatic
and swaggeringly playful, a singular and self-aware voice
at the center of what became an instant indie classic.
The album opening silence kit begins with the kind
of rough rambling for which Pavement was known,
taking a half minute to feel their way [A] into the song. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _
[F] Its off-kilter charm came from Pavement's
proudly amateurish methods.
Even though their first album, _ 1992's Slanted and Enchanted,
had sold 100,000 copies, its follow-up was recorded cheaply,
with no oversight from the band's label, Matador.
Pavement would show up around noon at a homemade studio
in engineer Mark Venezia's Manhattan apartment,
borrowing gear from a second-hand
instrument shop downstairs.
First and second takes were often deemed keepers,
and the final product took just a few days to record.
Co-founder Scott Kanberg, aka Spiral Stairs,
noted, we lived with our mistakes.
We just kind of had that whole punk rock attitude
of doing a song and letting it be what it is.
♪ Violent, [D] no one minds when you [A] got no heels ♪
♪ No [D] reels to remind you ♪
[G] Pavement's rejection of professionalism
fueled Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain's first single,
Cut Your Hair, which became a kind of indie rock anthem.
Over a swinging melody and half-serious backing vocals,
Malchmus parodies the music industry's emphasis
on looks and chops, and the rabid search
for the next big band.
This audible disinterest in playing
by rock's commercial rules struck a chord
with Pavement's jaded Generation X peers,
who identified with the band's vivid
and often hilarious musical expression
of opting out from the mainstream cultural malaise
of the conservative [D] 1980s.
♪ Advertising [C] looks and [G] chops a [Em] must ♪
♪ No [Em] big hits [D] ♪
♪ Songs [C] mean a lot [G] when songs [Em] are bought ♪
♪ And so are you ♪
[D] ♪ Big [G] spots ♪
Even the beatific country rock tune, Range Life,
is marked by biting words set to catchy melodies,
a formula for almost every track.
Here, Malchmus dreams of settling down
before taking bitter shots at alternative nation
poster boy bands Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots.
Rumors circulated widely that Smashing Pumpkins
were so upset that they blocked Pavement
from joining the summer 1994 Lollapalooza tour,
though the Pumpkins' management denied it.
Malchmus later claimed [Ab] his jabs
were also directed at himself,
showing that Pavement could be just as petty and competitive
as the music business they [A] mocked.
♪ I wanna [Dbm] Range Life _ _ ♪
♪ If I could [Gbm] settle down ♪
♪ If I [Bm] could settle down ♪
♪ [Gbm] Then I would settle down [C] ♪
Despite such bitterness,
Heaven is a Truck and many others
possess a distinctly laid back West Coast vibe,
[F] in obvious contrast to Pavement's previous distorted scrawl.
The new sonic direction came in part
because of their new rhythm section.
Former Dust Devils bassist Mark Eibald
and drummer Steve West,
who replaced the wild Gary Young,
notorious for his drunken performances.
Pavement's original raw post-punk sound,
echoing British groups like The Fall and Swell Maps,
persisted in Crooked Rain Crooked Rain songs
like Hit the Plane Down.
Hamburg modeled that tune's synth-driven thrust
after 70s groups The Stranglers and [Bb] Devo.
♪ Hit the plane [C] down [Bb] ♪
♪ Hit the [C] plane down ♪
♪ Hit the plane [A] down ♪
♪ [Bb] There's no [Gm] skyline ♪
But on this album,
Pavement's music nodded just as much
toward the classic rock of California,
where Malchmus and Canberg grew up.
♪ [E] She is the queen [A] of the past of California [E] ♪
♪ Left just the queen of [A] the past of California ♪
[E] ♪ Thrills ♪
[N] Combining an inscrutable attitude
with a laissez-faire musical approach,
Pavement were often branded slackers,
a common 90s epithet symbolized by the drifting outsiders
in Richard Linklater's 1991 film of [C] the same name.
Typically elusive,
Malchmus rejected any such classification.
"'Our band really struggles to [G] execute our songs
as well as we can,' he said.
"'Usually we're really trying hard as we can
to be entertaining.'"
Matching fun, memorable music
to Malchmus's utterly contemporary lyrics,
"'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'
showcased a new kind of songwriting,
a new way [Abm] to both play and play with music,
teasing at the conventions of rock and roll
without ever giving into [Eb] them." _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _