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THE RAMBLIN' BOYS OF PLEASURE By The Lawrence Arms.
Album : The Greatest Story Ever Told
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# intro @ 0:19 #
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# Sit down, shut up... # *=play x5-6
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# I'm ready or not... # *=play x16 #=play x8
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E-------1--------3---1---1111/31------------------1--------3---1---1111/31---|
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# There's proof... # *=play x12
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# Things have changed... # *=play x6
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Tabbed By Bradley Hall
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Craigy Average |
#1 by Craigy t at Oct 3, 1971 at 11:48 PM EST |
| Yeah, I did catch the old man singing. This is one of my favorite songs by them. Hopefully they'll play it on July 10th when I go see them. | |
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Dmitry Wanna Be |
#2 by Dmitry Kol who cares at May 28, 1984 at 4:59 AM EST |
| Their best song live, at least from the December show in Minneapolis...close second goes to "100 Resolutions" There's just something about getting 150 people to scream "We're the ramblin' boys of pleasure" as loud as they can... | |
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Matt Rhythm Player |
#3 by Matt quinn at Dec 25, 1984 at 2:52 AM EST |
| this reminds me of when a group of my friends went away for the summer. i was dead worried that they'd come back totally different people 'things have changed forever, we're the rambling boys of pleasure', that what it sorta meant to me, but thankfully they've not changed too much. | |
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ryan Average |
#4 by ryan mahony at Dec 7, 1986 at 2:29 AM EST |
| godDAMNit, i'm so jealous. the lawrence arms have only come to miami ONCE (at least in the past couple years), and my grandpa was in the hospital at the time. i want so badly to see them live, it's killing me. hearing that caused me serious physical pain, seeing as how insanely amazing the ramblin' boys of pleasure is. it seems that the lawrence arms are one of the only bands in punk who are actually progressing with their music. almost every band i can think of has gotten worse since their first record, however the larry arms continue to amaze me time and time again. it's weird, they actually became LESS poppy. not that apathy and exhaustion was a "poppy album" per se, but it had choruses and all that stuff (it's still one of the best records, in my humble opinion, of all time), and the greatest story ever told goes back to their old minute-and-a-half-ridiculously-fast style, with more maturity and style. not on the ramblin' boys of pleasure necessarily, seeing as its a slower song, but that's just my take on the record itself. as far as the song goes, i think it might possibly be my favorite on the album. brendan and chris have such perfect vocal dynamics, the dual vocals ALWAYS work. the back-ups chris does on the "i hate it" part give me chills. it's sick. i think my favorite line is "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame." the close second is: "'what's attached to a leash that it made itself?'/the punchline is the way that you've been fucking yourself." | |
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Jasper Average |
#5 by Jasper van Oorschot at Jul 12, 1991 at 2:15 AM EST |
| at a show i was at brendan said this song is about victory records. basically, TLA hates them. not the bands, just them. | |
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scott Wanna Be |
#6 by scott smith at Oct 11, 1991 at 10:46 AM EST |
| could someone please explain the meaning of this song... this is one i cant get no matter how many times i listen to it... especially the whole joke part... | |
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Sic TransiT Wanna Be |
#7 by Sic TransiT at Jul 12, 2000 at 1:20 AM EST |
| this song is so great i'm constantly trying to fail i wish i could write like that - :sigh: | |
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matt Average |
#8 by matt spolsky at Aug 10, 2007 at 11:52 PM EST |
| does anyone else hear an old man in the background singing the 'ramblin' boys of pleasure' part? because its a really deep voice in the back, and its great. | |
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