Mindspin 311
'Mindspin' Performed by 311 From the album "Soundsystem" on Capricorn Records Music by: C. Sexton Lyrics by: N. Hexum & D. Martinez (c) 1999 Hydroponic Music BMI --------------- Tabbed by: Michael Slusarz (slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu) Dennis Krause (dkrause@goplay.com) Daniel Gezovich (dgez@email.msn.com) The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/ * NOTE: On the album, this is played using a 7-string guitar. To play on 6-string guitar, tune guitar down 5 steps (i.e. low string tuned to B). Verse A: ======== B5 E5 N.C. F#5 1:-------------------------------- 2:-------------------------------- 3:-------------------------------- 4:-------------------------------- 5:-2-2-2-2--7-------9-9-9-9-9-9-9- 6:-0-0-0-0--5--0-0--7-7-7-7-9-7-7- B5 E5 N.C. F#5 N.C. 1:--------------------------------------- 2:--------------------------------------- 3:--------------------------------------- 4:--------------------------------------- 5:-2-2-2-2--7-------9-9-9-9-------------- 6:-0-0-0-0--5--0-0--7-7-7-7--9-12-9-12\\- Verse B: ======== B5 E5 F#5 G#5 1:--------------------------------- 2:--------------------------------- 3:--------------------------------- 4:--------------------------------- 5:-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9- 6:-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7- Chorus: ======= N.C. 1:-----------------------|---------- 2:-----------------------|---------- 3:-----------------------|---------- 4:-----------------------|---------- 5:-----------------------|---------- 6:-9--12b-9-7-5-5-5-5-7--|--9-7-9-7- | (x4) | Bridge: ======= [Guitar 1 (w/flanger effect):] G# F# G5 1:--9----9----7----7------ 2:--9----9----7----7------ 3:-10---10----8----8------ 4:-11---11----9----9---10- 5:-11---11----9----9---10- 6:--9----9----7----7----8- [Guitar 2:] N.C. 1:-------------------------------------- 2:-------------------------------------- 3:-------------------------------------- 4:-------------------------------------- 5:-8h9p8h9p8----------8h9p8h9p8--------- 6:-----------9--4--9------------9--4--9- N.C. 1:-------------------------------------- 2:-------------------------------------- 3:-------------------------------------- 4:-------------------------------------- 5:-6h8p6h8p6----------6h8p6h8p6--------- 6:-----------7--5--7------------7--5--7- Lyrics/Song Structure: ====================== ---> Play Verse A over: SA: Are you missing us Maybe wanting to be kissing us If you must Then please don't be dismissing us When we're gone bailin on the bus Nick: Are we immersed in a sea of replicants Hard exteriors and fake gold fronts Losing yourself in the flavor of the month Gotta be a better reason to colonize a star Gotta be a better reason man's come so far ---> Play Verse B over: SA: Is that you in the mama-ocean-people-sea Nick: Is that you in this dream I see waving me Both: Closer with one hand While the other shields your eyes as if surprised To see the universe begin ---> Play Chorus over: Being up on the mindspin Are you still glad that it has been Six years and seven months This is what you want don't front I'm feelin it right now In this, the gold hour Part clock and part man Reconciling my life span ---> Play Verse A over: SA: Keeping things whole We move out of the space where air flows When all of a sudden here we are and here we go Nick: The evolutionary mind turns twists backflips In space-time the continuum Real-life planetarium SA: It's a natural fact Time is speeding up There isn't much left Heart rate increasing Bustin' through your chest compressed Nick: Is your life in the physical But out of memory comes a vision Which is a miracle yeah that ---> Play Verse B over: SA: Normally we just can't see Nick: It's not natural or typical Of our same old thing Both: Livin' too fast Unable to grasp the past Or the future When at last we ripple After our big splash ---> Play Chorus over: Being up on the mindspin Are you still glad that it has been Six years and seven months This is what you want don't front I'm feelin it right now In this, the gold hour Part clock and part man Reconciling my life span ---> Play Bridge over: Nick: You remain and refrain From the pain of wasted time The last thing on my mind is Running high fuel supply Reason why We just don't quit Can you get with A melding of two minds What's the worst thing you could find A paper trail that prevails In demystification People want to believe in mysteries People want to believe in mysteries Is the truth so bad? Is the truth so bad? Is the truth so bad?
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