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Crocodiles
By Echo & The Bunnymen
From “Crocodiles”
Tabbed by pil101@yahoo.com
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D-------------------------------------
A-0030---5-7--------------------------main rhythm
E------30-----------------------------
"i dont wanna look back"
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------chorus
E-333/5--333/5--333/5-00000000000-----
"gotta see those creeps..."
G-------------------------------------
D------------------------------------- x4
A-------------------------------------
E-0---------3-2-3-0--0-0--------------
drone out the open "e"
after "i know you know"
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------
E-3-3--5-5--6-6--5-5------------------
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Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Collin Average |
#1 by Collin at Aug 23, 1982 at 4:21 AM EST |
| I think this song is about obsessive-compulsive disorder (neurosis). Ian McCulloch suffered from OCD himself during his childhood, and so I do (still suffer from it). The "ups and downs" refer, I think, to the mood swings that OCD sufferers often experience, or maybe just even to the ups and downs of the life of someone with mental issues. "Listen to the sound they make" would be a metaphore then for "see what the disorder causes and brings you", whereas the "don't you scream when it gets loud" could be the anxiety coming in. I could be very wrong about this, but to me Crocodiles has always felt like an OCD anthem. | |
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Domenico Lead Player |
#2 by Domenico at Sep 16, 1984 at 11:49 AM EST |
| That's certainly an interesting take. (I didn't know he had OCD, where did you hear that?) Honestly, I've always thought very, very few Bunnymen songs had exact "meaning" but rather conveyed feeling than any exact meaning. But I'm probably wrong. 1 | |
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