Tallahassee Testo Traduzione Italiana

Tallahassee (2002)
Tallahassee (2002)
The Mountain Goats
Le capre di montagna
All songs written by John Darnielle
Tutte le canzoni scritte da John Darnielle
1. Tallahassee
1. Tallahassee
Chords:
Accordi:
G (355433) or (320033)
G (355433) o (320033)
(The G chord sounds like a barre chord mostly, but open sounds right sometimes)
(L'accordo di Sol suona per lo più come un accordo di barre, ma a volte il suono aperto suona bene)
Bassline (repeated throughout)
Linea di basso (ripetuta ovunque)
Intro:
Introduzione:
Window facing an ill-kept front yard
Finestra che si affaccia su un cortile mal tenuto
Plums on the tree, heavy with nectar
Prugne sull'albero, cariche di nettare
Prayers to summon the destroying angels
Preghiere per evocare gli angeli distruttori
Moon stuttering in the sky like film stuck in a projector
La luna balbetta nel cielo come una pellicola fissata in un proiettore
And you
E tu
D (1 extra measure)
D (1 misura extra)
You-oo-oo-oo-oo
Tu-oo-oo-oo-oo
Post-verse:
Post-verso:
Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead
Aeroplani a doppia elica che passavano rumorosamente sopra di noi
Road to the airport, two lanes clear
Strada per l'aeroporto, due corsie libere
Half the whole town, gone for the summer
Metà dell'intera città se n'è andata per l'estate
Terrible silence, coming down here
Silenzio terribile, venendo quaggiù
And you
E tu
D (1 extra measure)
D (1 misura extra)
You-oo-oo-oo-oo
Tu-oo-oo-oo-oo
(Post-verse)
(Post-verso)
There is no deadline,
Non c'è scadenza,
There is no schedule
Non esiste un programma
There is no plan we can fall back on
Non esiste un piano su cui possiamo ripiegare
The road this far can't be retraced
La strada fin qui non può essere ripercorsa
There is no punchline
Non c'è nessuna battuta finale
Anybody can tack on
Chiunque può intervenire
There are loose ends by the score
Ci sono punti in sospeso nel punteggio
What did I come down here for?
Per cosa sono venuto qui?
You
Tu
D (1 extra measure)
D (1 misura extra)
You-oo-oo-oo-oo
Tu-oo-oo-oo-oo
(Post-verse)
(Post-verso)
End with bassline.
Termina con la linea di basso.
(1)Not so sure about that one A chord (D maybe?), but I like it so I use it.
(1)Non sono così sicuro di quell'accordo di LA (forse RE?), ma mi piace, quindi lo uso.
(2)Sometimes (particularly at the end) he arpeggiates the chords:
(2)A volte (soprattutto alla fine) arpeggia gli accordi:
Or something to that effect.
O qualcosa del genere.
(3)Also, toward the first half of the song, he likes to let the F# (xxxxx2)
(3)Inoltre, verso la prima metà della canzone, gli piace lasciare che il Fa# (xxxxx2)
ring out sometimes.
suonare a volte.
Just play around with it.
Giocaci e basta.
2. First Few Desperate Hours
2. Prime ore disperate
Chords:
Accordi:
F# (244300)
Fa# (244300)
Intro:
Introduzione:
E F# Asus2 x2
MI FA# Asus2 x2
Bad luck comes in from Tampa
La sfortuna arriva da Tampa
Bad luck comes in from Tampa
La sfortuna arriva da Tampa
On the back of a truck
Sul retro di un camion
Doing 90 up the interstate
Sto facendo 90 sull'autostrada
We have bad dreams the night he rolls in
Facciamo brutti sogni la notte in cui arriva
We have bad dreams the night he rolls in
Facciamo brutti sogni la notte in cui arriva
And we try
E ci proviamo
To keep our spirits high
Per tenere alto il morale
But they flag
Ma sbandano
And they wave
E salutano
When the truck pulls up out front
Quando il camion si ferma davanti
In the light spring rain
Sotto la leggera pioggia primaverile
And they sag like whithering flowers
E si afflosciano come fiori appassiti
Let the good times roll -- on --
Lascia che i bei tempi continuino -
Through these first few desperate hours
Durante queste prime ore disperate
Yeah
Sì
E F# Asus2 x4
MI FA# Asus2 x4
The driver drops his cargo at the curb
L'autista lascia il suo carico sul marciapiede
The driver drops his cargo at the curb
L'autista lascia il suo carico sul marciapiede
And the sun peeks in
E il sole fa capolino
Like a killer through the curtain
Come un assassino attraverso la tenda
And when cloven hoofprints turn up in the garden
E quando in giardino compaiono impronte di zoccoli fessi
And when cloven hoofprints turn up in the garden
E quando in giardino compaiono impronte di zoccoli fessi
We keep up the good fight
Continuiamo la buona battaglia
And keep our spirits light
E manteniamo il nostro spirito leggero
But they draw
Ma disegnano
Like flies
Come le mosche
And there's a stomach-turning shift
E c'è un cambiamento da rivoltare lo stomaco
In the way the land lies
Nel modo in cui giace la terra
And they lean
E si appoggiano
Like towers
Come torri
On a hillside struggling to stand
Su una collina che fatica a stare in piedi
Through these first few desperate hours
Durante queste prime ore disperate
Yeah
Sì
E F# Asus2 x4
MI FA# Asus2 x4
End on E.
Termina con E.
(1)The rhythm is tricky, it should take some time to get down but it's not terribly difficult.
(1)Il ritmo è complicato, dovrebbe volerci un po' di tempo per scendere, ma non è poi così difficile.
(2)The theory name for that F# chord would be something like F#7sus4, but that's a pain
(2)Il nome teorico per quell'accordo di Fa# sarebbe qualcosa come Fa#7sus4, ma è una seccatura
to write.
scrivere.
3. Southwood Plantation Roads
3. Strade delle piantagioni di Southwood
Chords:
Accordi:
Bassline:
Linea di basso:
Intro:
Introduzione:
I've got you
Ti ho preso
You've got whatever's left of me to get
Hai tutto quello che resta di me da prendere
Our conversations are like minefields
Le nostre conversazioni sono come campi minati
No one's found a safe way through one yet
Nessuno ha ancora trovato un modo sicuro per attraversarne uno
I spend a lot of money
Spendo un sacco di soldi
I buy ya white gold
Ti compro oro bianco
We raise up a little roof
Alziamo un piccolo tetto
Against the cold
Contro il freddo
On Southwood Plantation Road
Sulla Southwood Plantation Road
Where at night the stars blow like milk across the sky
Dove di notte le stelle soffiano come latte nel cielo
Where the high wires drop
Dove cadono i cavi alti
Where the fat crows fly
Dove volano i corvi grassi
All night long
Tutta la notte
You giggle and scream
Ridi e urli
Your brown eyes
I tuoi occhi castani
Deeper than a dream
Più profondo di un sogno
I am not gonna lose you
Non ti perderò
We are gonna stay married
Resteremo sposati
In this house like a Louisiana graveyard
In questa casa come un cimitero della Louisiana
Where nothing stays buried
Dove nulla resta sepolto
On Southwood Plantation Road
Sulla Southwood Plantation Road
Where the dead will walk again
Dove i morti cammineranno ancora
Put on their sunday best
Indossa il meglio della domenica
And mingle with unsuspecting Christian men
E socializzare con ignari uomini cristiani
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
End on A.
Termina con A.
The Dm is quick, about half a normal measure. Listen for it.
Il Dm è veloce, circa la metà di una misura normale. Ascoltalo.
4. Game Shows Touch Our Lives
4. I quiz toccano le nostre vite
Chords:
Accordi:
Intro:
Introduzione:
Dug up a fifth of Hood River gin and
Ho dissotterrato un quinto del gin di Hood River e
That stuff tastes like medicine
Quella roba sa di medicina
But I'll take it, it'll do
Ma lo prendo, andrà bene
On the couch in the living room all day long
Sul divano del soggiorno tutto il giorno
Music on the television playing our song
La musica in televisione suona la nostra canzone
I'm in the mood, the mood for you
Sono dell'umore giusto per te
Turn the volume up real high
Alza il volume al massimo
And all of that money, look at it fly
E tutti quei soldi, guardali volare
And you smoking, like a chimney
E tu fumi, come un camino
Shadows crawled across the living room's length
Le ombre strisciavano per tutta la lunghezza del soggiorno
I held onto you with a desperate strength
Ti ho stretto con una forza disperata
With everything, with everything in me
Con tutto, con tutto in me
And I handed you a drink of the lovely little thing
E ti ho offerto da bere di quella bella cosa
On which our survival depends
Da cui dipende la nostra sopravvivenza
People say friends don't destroy one another,
La gente dice che gli amici non si distruggono a vicenda,
What do they know about friends?
Cosa sanno degli amici?
Thunderclouds forming, cream white moons
Nuvole temporalesche in formazione, lune bianco crema
Everything's gonna be okay soon
Tutto andrà bene
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day
Carried you up the stairs that night
All of this could be yours, if the price is right
I heard cars heading down to oblivion,
Up on the expressway
Your drunken kiss is as light as the air
Maybe everything that falls down eventually rises
Our home sinking into disrepair,
Ah, but look at this showroom
Filled with fabulous prizes
End on G.
Emphasize the high notes (xxxx33) during the G, C9 and F9 chords.
5. The House That Dripped Blood
Play the chords like this:
E (022100) strummed normally
Intro:
Look beyond the broken bottles
Past the rotting wooden stairs
Root out the wine-dark honeyed center
Not everyone can live like millionaires
Look through the air-thinned walls
Tear up the floorboards, strip the paint
Go over every inch of space
With the patience of a saint
Grab your hat, get your coat
The cellar door,
Is an open throat
Look past the kitchen cabinets
Go through the chest of drawers
Scrutinize the casements
Rip the varnish off the doors
Dig up the laughing photographs
They're here somewhere or other
Take what you can carry
But let me tell your brother
Still waters go stagnant, bodies bloat
The cellar door,
Is an open throat
B D A B x4 with harmonica solo
Last time strike A 3 times slowly, and end on B.
6. Idylls of the King
Chords:
G-D:
Intro:
us4
This place
With its old plantations
These roads leading out to the sea
This day,
Full of promise and potential
More clay pidgeons for you and me
(Chorus)
Oh all of them, all of them
All of them, all of them
All of them, all of them, all of them,
All of them all lined up
Huge crows
Loitering by the curb
Our shared pasts, unravelling behind us like ribbons
And I dreamed of vultures
In the trees behind our house
And cicadas and locusts, and the shrieking of innummerable gibbons
(Chorus)
us4
How long must we ride this way about?
How long 'til someone caves under the pressure?
My dreams are haunted by armies, armies of ghosts
Faces to blurry to make out,
Numbers far too high to measure
Your face,
Like a vision straight out of Holly Hobby
Late light, drizzling through your hair
Your eyes,
Twin volcanoes
Bad ideas, dancing around in there
(Chorus)
End on D.
(1)I didn't go to too much trouble here, because others have already done that.
I'm sure you can find a more specific tab somewhere.
(2)Also, when the G-D bridges two words, that means the first word falls on the G and
the second on the D.
When it is above the word "and" in the 2nd verse, the word "cicadas" falls on G and
"locusts" on D.
7. No Children
Chords (relative to capo):
Intro:
C#m F# C#m F# D E A Asus*
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss off the dumb few who forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away,
And I never come back to this town again
In my life,
I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
C#m F# C#m F# D E A Asus*
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
Well, we're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever,
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope that you blink before I do
I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
C#m F# C#m F# D E A Asus* x4
End on A.
*the Asus chord isn't necessarily in there, but it helps to fill time on that A.
8. See America Right
Chords:
Riff:
I was
Driving into tampa, when the radiator burst,
I was three sheets to the wind, a civilian saw me first
And then there was the cop, and then the children
Standing on the corner
Your love is like a cyclone in a swamp and the weather's getting warmer
(mute strums)
I was
Getting out of jail, heading to the greyhound
You said you'd hop on one yourself, and meet me on the way down
I was shaking way too hard to think,
Dead on my feet about to drop
Went and got the case of vodka from the car
And walked the two miles to the bus stop
(Instrumental verse)
Strummed chords over riff:
Got
On the bus half drunk again, the driver glared at me
Met up with you in Inglis, thumbed a ride to Cedar Key
If we never make it back to California,
I want you to know I love ya
But my love is like a black cloud full 'o rain
That's always right there up above ya
End abruptly on Em.
The song starts cold with vocals before any instruments come in.
Other than that, it's pretty much completely straight forward.
9. Peacocks
Chords:
Intro:
aj7
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
These two are simultaneous.
Listen to the record and you'll hear it.
Abridged riff:
"Fear for my safety...":
"...rise."
Abridged riff 2:
Outro: (same feel as intro)
(Intro)
I hear them squeal
I see them preen
Fans all spread out
Neat and clean
(Abridged riff)
Grab hold of the morning
Head out to the porch
Feel the wind stopping
Feel the sun scorch
Fear for my safety,
You can see it in my eyes
In an hour or two
We will rise...
(Intro)
Then a sharp breeze kicks up,
I hug myself hard
How come there's peacocks
In the front yard?
(Abridged riff 2)
Sun's all prickly
On my neck
When the helicopter passes
We both hit the deck
Hands grasping and groping
Seizing opportunity right where it lies
The sky will fall
We will rise...
(Abridged riff)
(Outro)
(Intro - just guitar 2)
End on C.
10. International Small Arms Traffic Blues
Chords:
A/G# (4x2220)
Intro:
|_____________________| |_____________________|
Main riff Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3 (strumming)
(Intro)
My love is like a powder keg
(Main riff)
My love is like a powder keg in the corner
Of an empty warehouse
Outside of town
About to burn down
(Main riff x2)
My love is like a Cuban plane
(Main riff)
My love is like a Cuban plane
Flying from Havana
Up the Florida Coast to the 'Glades
Soviet-made
(Main riff x2)
(Variation 2)
(Main riff)
Our love is like the border between Greece and Albania
(Variation 3)
Our love is like the border between Greece and Albania
Trucks loaded down with weapons
Crossing over every night
Moon yellow and bright...
There is a shortage in the blood supply
But there is no shortage of blood
The way I feel 'bout you, baby, can't explain it
You got the best of my love
(Variation 3 x4)
End on E.
(1)During the closing Variation 3 cycle, play with gradually more abandon.
(2)Between repetitions of the main riff or any of its variations,
there are a few beats of just low E or (0221xx) strumming, but you don't really need it.
11. Have to Explode
Chords:
D/F# (2x023x)
A/C# (x42220)
Intro:
D/F# A/C# B/G G x4
Tile floor of the bathroom
Scrubbed clean and bright
Checkerboard wh--i--te and grey
Towels from the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Kingston, Jamaica
I can still see the rust-colored stains today
The stage is set
Somebody's gonna do something someone else will regret
I speak in smoke signals and you answer in code
The fuse will have to run out sometime
Something here will eventually have to explode
Have to explode
You and me lying on the tile floor
Trying to keep cool, restless all night
Sweating out the poison as the temperature climbs
Staring up, up, at the hundred-watt light
That burns above
Name one thing about us two anyone could love
We roll out the red carpet
When rotten luck comes down the road
Five, four, three, two, one, watch for the flash
Something here will eventually have to explode
D (2 extra measures)
Have to explode
D/F# A/C# B/G G x5
End on G.
He doesn't have the B/G every time, sometimes he just does 2 measures of G.
It's a lot of work to figure out where they all go, so just use your discretion.
It works either way.
12. Old College Try
Chords:
Intro:
From the housetops to the gutters,
From the ocean to the shore
The warning signs have all been bright and garish
Far too great in number to ignore
From the cities to the swamplands,
From the highways to the hills
Our love has never had a leg to stand on,
From the asprins to the cross-tops to the Elevils
But I will walk
Down to the end
With you
If you will come all the way down
With me
From the entrance to the exit
Is further than it looks from where we stand
I wanna say I'm sorry for stuff I haven't done yet
Things will quickly get completely out of hand
I can feel it in the rotten air tonight
In the tips of my fingers, in the skin on my face
In the last gasp of the evening's dying light
In the way those eyes I've always loved
Illuminate this place
Like a trash-can fire in a prison cell
Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell
I will walk
Down to the end
With you
If you will come all the way down
With me
End on A.
13. Oceanographer's Choice
Chords:
Well
Guy in a skeleton costume
Runs up to the guy
In the superman suit
Runs through him with a broadsword
I flipped the television off
Bring all the bright lights up
Turn the radio up loud
I don't know why I'm so persuaded
That if I think things through
Long enough and hard enough
I'll somehow get to you
But then you came in, and we locked eyes
You kicked the ashtray over as we came toward each other
Stubbed my cigarette out against the west wall
And quickly lit another
Look at that! Would ya look at that?
We're throwing off sparks
What'll I do when I don't have you
To hold onto in the dark?
Yes
Everybody's gonna need a witness
Everybody's gonna need a little back-up
In case the scene gets nasty
You throw the attic window open
And I throw my arms all around you
And night comes to Tallahassee
I don't know why it's gotten harder
To keep myself away
Thought I'd finally beat the feeling back
It all came back today
Look at that! Would ya look at that?
The way the ceiling starts to swerve
What'll I do when I don't have you?
When I finally get what I deserve?
(instrumental verse ad nauseum)
End on Em.
though it sounds more like E in the first verse and Em later.
14. Alpha Rats Nest
Can be played in either standard or Drop D (to incorporate bassline)
Chords:
Standard Drop D
Bassline (for Drop D guitar):
G D _
Intro: Main riff x3 Em C G D D7
All the lengthening hours in the refinery
Belching fire into the sky
We do our best vampire routines
As we suck the dying hours dry
The night is lovely as a rose
(Main riff x2)
If I see sunlight in you I am
sure that we'll both decompose
(Intro)
All the fitful sleep and the fire engines
That I dream of when I dream
Someday we'll both wake up for good
I will try hard not to scream
The evening wind will shake the blind
(Main riff x2)
You're stirring from your slumber we've got
Something hateful on our minds
Oh sing, sing, sing,
For the dying of the day
Sing for the flames that will rip through here
And the smoke that will carry us away
Oh sing for the damage we've done
And the worse things that we'll do
Open your mouth up and sing for me now
And I will sing for you
(Intro x3)
When you get to the last D7 chord, let it ring and hit that low D just once.
so the octaves aren't right for the Drop D guitar.
On a bass guitar it looks like this:
That C note should be an octave lower than on the Drop D guitar.
(2)D's and D7's are largely interchangeable here.
I've noted when I noticed a difference but it's a matter of taste.
There it is. Enjoy.