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Polar Bear Or Africa by Jeff Rosenstock
Polar Bear Or Africa
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
Db Ab Bbm Gb Ebm
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8----|
D|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------9--9--9--9---9-9-9-9----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Db Ab Bbm Gb Ebm (2x)
Db Ab Bbm (2x)
Ebm Db Ab (2x)
[Verse 1]
Db Ab Bbm Gb
As I desaturate the fertile greens, I wanna tell you I
Db Ab Bbm Gb
Don’t perpetuate these western schemes but I can’t stop laughing at
Db Ab Bbm Gb
The shortsightedness of childhood dreams where we’re all young astronauts.
Db Ab Bbm F
The truth is it sucks being young and in love.
Gb Ebm Gb Ebm Db
When you’re old you’re just bummed that you’ll never be happy enough.
[Instrumental]
Db Ab Bbm
Db Ab Bbm
[Verse 2]
Db Ab Bbm Gb
Swim in waterfalls while parents sleep; emerge with spider bites.
Db Ab Bbm Gb
Fearlessly exploring new countries, I crashed my motorbike.
Db Ab Bb
I wanted to outline the scar in tattoo ink.
Gb
It looked like a polar bear or Africa.
Db Ab Bbm F
But the scar went away and my memories changed.
Gb Ebm Gb Ebm
No, it wouldn’t be great to be back in 1998.
Gb Ebm
[Chorus]
Db
I’ve been treating my body.
F Bb
Like I never worry that I’m gonna die
Gb
Because you would forgive me.
Db
I’ve been treating my body.
F
Like I, Like I’m worried
Bbm Ab Gb Ebm Db
That I’m gonna die and you’re gonna forget my name.
[Bridge]
Bbm Ab Ebm Gb
So what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the ones we love at home?
Bbm Ab Ebm Gb
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the one we’ve left alone?
Db
We’re gonna give ‘em a trip to the hospital.
F
We’re gonna give ‘em the bill for the funeral.
Bbm
We’re gonna give ‘em the debt from our student loans.
Gb
We’re gonna give ‘em what’s left of the shit we owned.
Db
I’ve been treating my body.
F Bbm
Like I never worry that I’m gonna die
Gb
Because you would forgive me.
Db
I’ve been treating my body.
F
Like I, Like I’m worried
Bbm Ab Gb Ebm
That I’m gonna die and you’re gonna forget my name.
Bbm Ab Gb Ebm
I’m gonna die and you’re gonna forget my name.
Bbm Ab Gb Ebm Db
I’m gonna die and you’re gonna forget my name.
[Solo]
Db F Bbm Ab Gb
Db F Bbm Ab Gb
[Outro]
Bbm Ab Ebm Gb
So what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the ones we love at home?
Ebm Ab Ebm Gb
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the one we’ve left alone?
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version 2
Capo:no capo
CAPO ON 1ST
CHORDS:
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C G Am
C G Am
Dm C G
Dm C G
C G Am F
As I desaturate the fertile greens, I wanna tell you I
C G Am F
Don't perpetuate these western schemes but I can't stop laughing at
C G Am F
The shortsightedness of childhood dreams where we're all young astronauts.
C G Am E
The truth is it sucks being young and in love.
F Dm F Dm
When you're old you're just bummed that you'll never be happy enough.
C G Am
C G Am
C G Am F
Swim in waterfalls while parents sleep; emerge with spider bites.
C G Am F
Fearlessly exploring new countries, I crashed my motorbike.
C G Am
I wanted to outline the scar in tattoo ink.
F
It looked like a polar bear or Africa.
C G Am E
But the scar went away and my memories changed.
F Dm F Dm
No, it wouldn't be great to be back in 1998.
F Dm
C
I've been treating my body.
E Am
Like I never worry that I'm gonna die
F
Because you would forgive me.
C
I've been treating my body.
E
Like I, like I'm worried
Am G F Dm C
That I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
Am G Dm F
So what do we get for the friends we've met and the ones we love at home?
Am G Dm F
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we've met and the one we’ve left alone?
C
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
E
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
Am
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
F
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
E
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
Am
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
F
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
E
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
Am
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
F
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
E
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
Am G F Dm
That I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
Am G F Dm
I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
Am G F Dm C
I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
C E Am G F
C E Am G F
Am G Dm F
So what do we get for the friends we've met and the ones we love at home?
Am G Dm F
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the one we've left alone?
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version 3
Capo:no capo
CHORDS:
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[Palm mute thingy; see below for tabs]
C# G# A#m
C# G# A#m
D#m C# G#
D#m C# G#
C# G# A#m F#
As I desaturate the fertile greens, I wanna tell you I
C# G# A#m F#
Don't perpetuate these western schemes but I can't stop laughing at
C# G# A#m F#
The shortsightedness of childhood dreams where we're all young astronauts.
C# G# A#m Fm
The truth is it sucks being young and in love.
F# D#m F# D#m
When you're old you're just bummed that you'll never be happy enough.
C# G# A#m
C# G# A#m
C# G# A#m F#
Swim in waterfalls while parents sleep; emerge with spider bites.
C# G# A#m F#
Fearlessly exploring new countries, I crashed my motorbike.
C# G# A#m
I wanted to outline the scar in tattoo ink.
F#
It looked like a polar bear or Africa.
C# G# A#m Fm
But the scar went away and my memories changed.
F# D#m F# D#m
No, it wouldn't be great to be back in 1998.
F# D#m
C#
I've been treating my body.
Fm A#m
Like I never worry that I'm gonna die
F#
Because you would forgive me.
C#
I've been treating my body.
Fm
Like I, like I'm worried
A#m G# F# D#m
That I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
C#
A#m G# D#m F#
So what do we get for the friends we've met and the ones we love at home?
A#m G# D#m F#
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we've met and the one we’ve left alone?
C#
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
Fm
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
A#m
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
G#
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C#
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
Fm
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
A#m
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
G#
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C#
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
Fm
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
A#m
We're gonna give 'em the debt from our student loans.
G#
We're gonna give 'em what's left of the shit we owned.
C#
We're gonna give 'em a trip to the hospital.
Fm
We're gonna give 'em the bill for the funeral.
A#m G# F# D#m
That I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
A#m G# F# D#m
I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
A#m G# F# D#m C#
I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name.
C# Fm A#m G# F#
C# Fm A#m G# F#
A#m G# D#m F#
So what do we get for the friends we've met and the ones we love at home?
A#m G# D#m F#
Yeah, what do we get for the friends we’ve met and the one we've left alone?
TAB OF NON-CHORD THINGS:
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Intro (listen for where palm-muting stops):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-6-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-6-6----|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------10-|
A|-----------------------------------------9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-6-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-8-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|----11-13-11-13-11-9----------------------|-13-11-13-11-----------13--13--13
B|-2/------------------9-11-----------------|-------------14-13-11------------
G|---------------------------10--10--10-8-6-|---------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------
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e|-14-13-14-13-11-9-13--11-11--11-------|-14-13-14-13-11-9-18--16-----16------
B|--------------------------------13----|--------------------------18----18-16
G|-----------------------------------13-|-------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
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"That you'll never happy enough...":
e|---------------------------|----------------(-13----13----)-|
B|---------------------------|----------------(----14----14-)-|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-11-11-10------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------------8/11--6--4-6-4-|-8-8-8-6--4---------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------6-4-HOLD AND BEND!--|
Chorus - "I've been treating...":
e|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
G|-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--1
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-1
A|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
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0-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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e|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
G|-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-1
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-1
A|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
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1-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
1-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
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e|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
G|-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--1
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-1
A|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
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0-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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"That I'm gonna die and you're gonna forget my name...":
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|--------3-6--3-686-|
A|---4--6------------|
E|-4-----------------|
CHIPTUNE SOUNDS! - "We're gonna give 'em..." (first time around):
e|-------------|-------------|------------|----------|
B|-14----------|-14----------|14----------|----------|
G|----13-11-10-|----13-11-10-|---13-11-10-|-8-10-8-6-|
D|-------------|-------------|------------|----------| repeats throughout
A|-------------|-------------|------------|----------|
E|-------------|-------------|------------|----------|
(MORE CHIPTUNE SOUNDS!) - "We're gonna give 'em..." (second time around); play
e|-16-14-16-18-16-14-16-|-16-14-16-17-13-11-13-|-16-14-16-18-16-14-16-|
B|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
on the off beats:
e|-14-13-14-13-14-13-14-|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------| whole thing repeats throughout
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
"We're gonna give 'em..." (third time around):
Sounds like Mike Huguenor coming in with some sweet little licks in the
listen to the song for timing because this guitar track is very quiet:
e|----|-------|----------------|----------------|----|----|
B|----|-------|-------13-14----|----------------|----|----|
G|-13-|-11-10-|-------------13-|----------------|-13-|-10-|
D|----|-------|-13h15----------|--13h15---13-11-|----|----| and here
A|----|-------|----------------|----------------|----|----|
E|----|-------|----------------|----------------|----|----|
background;
comes the solo!
BIG SOLO! MUCHO GROUSE! TREMOLO PICKING! GO NUTS! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
e|-16-14-|-13-11-|-9-13-11-----|----|-16-18-|-20-21-|-20-21-20-|-18-|
B|-------|-------|---------13--|-11-|-------|-------|----------|----|
G|-------|-------|-------------|----|-------|-------|----------|----|
D|-------|-------|-------------|----|-------|-------|----------|----|
A|-------|-------|-------------|----|-------|-------|----------|----|
E|-------|-------|-------------|----|-------|-------|----------|----|
Solo doubling; STILL TREMOLO PICKING:
e|-------|----------|----------|---|
B|-------|----------|----------|---|
G|-13-15-|-13-11-10-|-6-10-8-6-|-4-|
D|-------|----------|----------|---| play twice
A|-------|----------|----------|---|
E|-------|----------|----------|---|
OUTRO - "What do we get...?"
e|-------18----------18----|-------16----------16----|-14-13-14-13-14-13-13-|-
B|-18-18----18-18-18----18-|-16-16----16-16-16----16-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-
14--13-14-13-14-14-13-|
14--14-14-14-14-14-14-|
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e|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-21-21-21-21-21-21-20--|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
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