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Song: Debaser
Artist: Pixies
Album: Doolittle
Bassist: Kim Deal
This is a correction to the tab that was first posted.
R - bass rests for this note
Intro:
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|-------------------------3--3--3--3--------------|
|-6--6--6--6--1--1--1--1--------------1--1--1--1--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
Verse: these notes are played really fast, listen to the record for timing
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3-----------------|
"...but i am un chien andalusia..."
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3-----------------|
Pre-chorus:
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|-1-1-1-1--etc------------------------------------|
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Tacet - bass rests until the drums come back in heavily. If you listen
carefully, you'll be able to pinpoint it...
Chorus:
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
Tacet - bass rests for first half of the next verse
Verse:
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3-----------------| x4
Pre-chorus:
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1--etc------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Tacet - bass rests until the drums come back in heavily. If you
listen carefully, you'll be able to pinpoint it...
Chorus:
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1--1--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--------------R--3--3-----|
|-------------------------3--3--3--3-----------3--|
Outro:
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3-----------------| x4
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3-----------------| x8
Alternatively, you can play the first part of the outro 4 times, the
second part 7 times and end w/ this:
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--1--1--1--3--3--3--------|
|-------------------------------------------3--1--|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Cody Professional |
#1 by Cody Noneyobizones at Apr 25, 1970 at 5:05 AM EST |
| dont forget he says girl a few times | |
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Chipper Average |
#2 by Chipper at Aug 24, 1979 at 7:25 PM EST |
| I go to UMass, former home of the pixies. Anyway, there is a professor here who has taught avant-garde film here for years, with Un Chien Andelusia as one of his yearly texts. Its been a rumor here for some time that Frank Black took his course, and Debaser was actually a nod to this man. Take that with a grain of salt though. | |
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Kubota35 Professional |
#3 by Kubota35 at Jan 6, 1990 at 4:03 PM EST |
| andalou is a region in spain, so it means a spanish dog! | |
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Fink Lead Player |
#4 by Fink James at Feb 19, 1990 at 1:57 PM EST |
| The movie they are referring to in the song is Un Chien Andalou, by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel, 1929. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020530 It's very weird and had a big effect on the Pixies from what I've heard. Check out the movie sometime, even if it's just to realize that there were Marilyn Manson's in the 1920s, too. | |
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Terp Rhythm Player |
#5 by Terp Boom! at Sep 1, 1996 at 10:36 PM EST |
| basically the movie is fucked up, and contains a scene in which a man sees a cloud in front of the moon and makes him slice a girls eyeball open. the whole film was made by a bunch of artists, trying to go against everything that made a film i.e. no script or proper actors or narrative. "un chien andalou" means an Andalousian dog...which from what i can see has nothing to do with anything really. a 'debaser' though is someone who acts solely to lower something, to degrade it. so i think the basis of the song is that after seeing a fucked up film, he wants to make everything else just as fucked up. anyways, that's what i think... | |
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fukt Average |
#6 by fukt at Jul 6, 2000 at 12:48 PM EST |
| The meaning is fairly straightforward. It is about the film Un Chein Andelusia (which is a French surrealist film by Salvador Dali, et al). There's a scene where a man is "slicing up eyeballs" and there a scene where a girl dances ("girlie so groovie"). The film is really screwed up, you know those surrealists. Anyway - I think the song is really interesting in that it says that he IS the movie, "I am Un Chein Andelusia," and then he he wants to grow up to be a "debaser" (something with diminishes the quality of something). All this to say that, to me, it seems like he's saying this is a movie that is bringing down the quality of movies in general, and someday he hopes to be able to accomplish the same (to the music industry, perhaps?) Don't know - weird reading of the song, I know, take it for what you will. | |
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Mike Average |
#7 by Mike Perron at Dec 27, 2000 at 1:16 AM EST |
| One of the principles of Surrealism is freeing art from narrative, so in a surrealist movie plot can be oniric. I think it's the same thing with the song. Being a song inspired by a surrealist movie, the lyrics are there to do exactly that: trigger unconnected images rather than telling a story. | |
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Ben Average |
#8 by Ben at Nov 16, 2005 at 10:08 AM EST |
| This film was banned in England by the bbfc. I think Frank was having a pop at the whole film censors idea of seeing something on a film influencing you to replicate it in real life - funny as hell. He is merely saying that seeing this fucked up thing on screen makes me want to replicate it and be a debaser it’s sarcastic | |
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