Gouge Away Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Doolittle Tabs:

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Artist: Pixies
Song: Gouge Away
Album: Doolittle
Bassist: Kim Deal

G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------|

G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|


chorus/outro:
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------6h7-7-7-6h7-7-7--|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------|

G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------6h7-7-7-6h7-7-7--|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pixies,_the/103069.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Eric Wanna Be	#1 by Eric Falter at Dec 19, 1973 at 9:41 AM EST
	Samson and Dalilah, modern version

No Picture klfsd Rhythm Player	#2 by klfsd at Aug 17, 1978 at 1:05 PM EST
	Levitator, they broke his arms and "spooned" (spooned, gouged, it's all the same thing) out his eyes after they captured him. Heh, the whole song would fit the pot head idea too... : - D

No Picture esuvee ® Lead Player	#3 by esuvee ® at May 18, 1979 at 4:43 PM EST
	OKay guys, you are all full of bull. You've obviously never listened to the song and its mood . This is not a happy song in which some bible dude defeats his enemies. Rather than analyzing every line the way a professor would, actually listen to the mood and answers will come. Its about S&M you prudes!

No Picture scott Rhythm Player	#4 by scott o'brien at Apr 22, 1992 at 6:08 PM EST
	the song is very enigmatic, but I suspect it refers to the biblical story of Samson, who had his eyes gouged out by his enemies, and eventually killed them all when he was chained to two pillars in their stronghold: he pulled the pillars down, bringing the building down and killing himself and his enemies. The secret of his strength was his hair: as long as it remained uncut he was stronger than ay other man. He was betrayed by Delilah the woman he loved, who shaved his head and handed him over to his enemies, but when his hair grew back he pulled the house down on them as described above. This explains the lyrics about "missy aggravation" (Delilah, who got the secret of his hair out of him by annoying him) and the reference to stroking his locks (of hair) Many of the Pixies early songs had references to old testament stories in them. Black Francis was just into the weirdness and violence of the old testament apparently...

No Picture billy Average	#5 by billy hendrix at Apr 27, 1993 at 8:31 PM EST
	some marijuana if you got some What exactly does this mean? Does it have anything to do with the testament?

No Picture Ronnie Average	#6 by Ronnie Lee at Oct 14, 1994 at 4:26 AM EST
	Damn, you're smart

No Picture Ben Average	#7 by Ben Asay at Jul 8, 1999 at 8:44 PM EST
	I think this song is about being treated badly by a girl and knowing it but despite everything she does you just cant help but want her. I also thought that the "been rubbing a bad charm with holy fingers" was sorta sexual lol...but maybe thats just me...lol

No Picture Daniel Average	#8 by Daniel Ellis at Jan 30, 2000 at 10:48 PM EST
	This songs about bloody sex, the other stuff may be right, but just look at the cd booklet, it has things that look like bloody gentalia

No Picture haNdy_maN Average	#9 by haNdy_maN steve handy at Jun 28, 2001 at 4:27 AM EST
	Zot's on the money with everything. "missy aggravation some sacred questions you stroke my locks some marijuana if you got some " although they probably didn't smoke weed back then, Frank Black was trying to say that Delihah got the hair secret out of him by giving him drugs along with having sex with him and bothering him.