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Send "Stereo" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: Pavement
  Song: Stereo
  Album: Brighten The Corners
  Tab by: sp3way

  I'm pretty sure this is right. it's pavement so it's a little sloppy.
  Enjoy.

  INTRO: 
  G|---------------------------------
  D|-------------5-- 44400----77744--
  A|------7----4---------------------
  E|----5----------------------------

  VERSE: 
  G|---------------------------------
  D|-------5-------------------------
  A|---7-4---------------------------
  E|-5-------3---44400----77744------

  PRE-CHORUS: (Hi-ho silver ride...)
  G|---------------------------------
  D|-------5-------------------------
  A|---7-4--------5------------------
  E|-5-------3-----------------------

  CHORUS: 
  G|---------------------------------
  D|---------------------------------
  A|--------------------------5--5---
  E|-55--55--55--55--33333333--------

The bass drops out in the 2nd verse after, "Well you're my fact checkin' cuz." The bass 
comes back in shortly after to finish the verse. Typical pavement, but not too difiicult. 
I would print the lyrics, but seeing as Malkmus changes them everytime he sings it doesn't 
seem worth the trouble. If you really need them i'm sure you can find 'em somewhere. I 
think they are printed on the album sleeve.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Send "Stereo" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pavement/103022.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Z-Boy Average	#1 by Z-Boy at Dec 3, 1972 at 7:38 PM EST
	This has to be the greatest song ever... yeah pavement.

No Picture anthony Wanna Be	#2 by anthony barter at Apr 12, 1973 at 8:05 AM EST
	i have no idea what it means to sm, but to me, it's like that time right after a relationship where you're trying to think of anything but that person, so it's like a bunch of rambling and such. but then you see or hear something that makes you feel really good about yourself, so you're like TAKE THAT! to the person ("listen to me! i'm on the stereo stereo"). okay. so that's my take. the end.

No Picture Teenage Riot Average	#3 by Teenage Riot PokerBAss at Jul 27, 1974 at 6:22 PM EST
	one of the the first song by pavement ive ever heard great song, geddy lee from rush yeah his voice is high ... rush another great band different but still a good band

No Picture Josh Wanna Be	#4 by Josh at Jan 27, 1975 at 3:10 PM EST
	in addition to what i said above, the song reminds me of the movie "That Thing You Do." The songs lyrics are almost parallel to what happens in the movie: the boys get signed, they hear themselves on the radio (liv tyler running and all that), they meet famous musicians (Guy getting to play with his drum hero), and things fall apart (the band breaks up... one hit wonders).

No Picture Nick Wanna Be	#5 by Nick Maertens at Jan 8, 1978 at 1:21 AM EST
	" by mabir on 12-02-2004 @ 10:58:56 PM This song is about a stereo " Oh yeah? And as for "Davin Bacon", listening to one song by a band a judging the band is absolutely disgusting, you're probably republican and I have no respect for you at all. I like onegrrlprideparade's interpretation.

No Picture Derek Average	#6 by Derek Mayfield at Apr 16, 1980 at 8:51 PM EST
	the first pavement song i ever heard EXCELLENT

No Picture Wacko Average	#7 by Wacko Jacko at Jan 31, 1984 at 1:58 AM EST
	How can you not love this voice?

No Picture mnb Wanna Be	#8 by mnb vhm at Nov 27, 1985 at 3:28 AM EST
	What about the voice of geddy lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he talks like an ordinary guy... "I know him, and he does!"

No Picture Kevin Wanna Be	#9 by Kevin Alarcon at Oct 28, 1987 at 7:15 PM EST
	the first verse is about being in an upscale restaurant and watching a jock's card get checked. the second one is way more cryptic, but i think it's about geddy lee.

No Picture John Average	#10 by John Tinsley at Mar 9, 1988 at 3:38 AM EST
	yeah, like the band pavement, people told me I might like them because I like Radiohead and bands of the liking but no. I hate pavement, the song Stereo pisses me off. They sound like one of those bands from the late 90s, a band like bare naked ladies or smash mouth. It is sick. I hate them; they belong on kid’s bop five or something. I cant see how anyone could say, “hey you like Radiohead, I am sure you will like pavement.”

No Picture Derrik Professional	#11 by Derrik at Jan 8, 1991 at 6:40 AM EST
	in addition to what i said above, the song reminds me of the movie "That Thing You Do." The songs lyrics are almost parallel to what happens in the movie: the boys get signed, they hear themselves on the radio (liv tyler running and all that), they meet famous musicians (Guy getting to play with his drum hero), and things fall apart (the band breaks up... one hit wonders).

No Picture Jonathan Average	#12 by Jonathan Hummel at Jun 2, 1991 at 12:40 AM EST
	This song is about a stereo

No Picture SpookydOOm!!1 Wanna Be	#13 by SpookydOOm!!1 at Jun 21, 1997 at 9:14 PM EST
	"Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk" classic, i love it

No Picture Mitchee! Wanna Be	#14 by Mitchee! at the Disco at Jul 31, 1997 at 7:49 AM EST
	a friend once told me he thought this song is about the baseball strike in the mid 90s. its possible...

No Picture Robo Badass	#15 by Robo the Hobo at Oct 14, 1999 at 4:51 PM EST
	i think this song is about being in a band. more specifically, it's about selling out and the danger of letting fame get in the way of protecting yourself and the band. First, the band is getting signed by a label (most likely a major label). The "pigs" in this case are the label executives who are just trying to sign an indie band (not necesarily pavement themselves, but a band like them). The execs even go so far to say they hate jocks and their girlfriends just to appeal to the band. Papers are signed (if the signatures are checked) and the band gets its first brush with fame. They start getting press in magazines & tv (wave to the camera), they start playing more shows (nation so depraved from the cheap seats see us), AND... ... they finally get to hear their band on the radio in the car (take another ride to see me home listen to me! i'm on the stereo). After a while, they get to know famous people, (what about the voice of geddy lee... "i know him and he does!") and then everything goes wrong for the band. The labels out to get them and their fans are getting bored with them. All because they were so caught up in being famous, they didn't read the fine print in the contract (well focus on the quasar in the mist). And in the end, taking the proper precautions against getting fucked by the label would have been common sense. (everybody knows advice that was given out for free. lots of details to discern)

No Picture Andrew Average	#16 by Andrew Locke at Mar 2, 2003 at 3:29 AM EST
	I love the "I know him and he does..." part.

No Picture Terence Wanna Be	#17 by Terence Sharp at Jul 28, 2003 at 9:30 AM EST
	"Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk" classic, i love it

No Picture victor Average	#18 by victor rice at Feb 2, 2007 at 11:39 PM EST
	Pavement is THE band from the 90's. I can't see why anyone would compare them to Radiohead...but then it seems even more ridiculous to compare them to barenaked ladies or smashmouth. Try listening to a little more pavement. You'll see the light. Or maybe you won't. I don't know. And I don't care. Why did I even post this? I'm an idiot. Now I'm really pissed off too. But I do like this song. Especially the part where the other guy says "I know him, and he does" and then Malkmus says "then you're my fact checkin' cuz". I thought that was clever. I have no idea what this song is about - or pretty much any other pavement song either. ANyone have any idea?