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One of their best songs. This one is really easy too, just keep up with the
beat. Bass starts
at 00:35. 12= 12, not 1 and 2, 15= 15, not 1 and 5
/=slide up
Intro
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-/12--121212--12121212121212--1212--121212--12121212121212| X2
Main riff (most of the song)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-12--121212--12121212121212--121212--121212--1212121212121212---|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-129--999--9999999--999--999--99999999--912|
Chorus (played twice)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12--121212--12121212121212--121212--121212--1212121212121212-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12----------------------------15--151515--15151515151515--1512-|
E|---12--121212--121212121212--12---------------------------------|
Post chorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-12--121212--12121212121212--1212--121212--12121212121212|
Order
Intro
Main riff x2
Chorus
Post chorus x2
Main riff x2
Chorus
Post chorus x2
Main riff (repeat to end)
End the song with a high E (E12)
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mark Badass |
#1 by mark at Apr 9, 2006 at 2:27 PM EST |
| yes it's in "little monsters" when fred savage and howie mandel are walking. that's all i remember. i used to like the song more but i have to skip it in the album now. that type of stuff is usually cyclical. | |
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z Rhythm Player |
#2 by z z at May 18, 2006 at 2:21 PM EST |
| I understand the oblivion interpretation, but I like to hear this song in a different light. Being a college student on the verge of graduation, I see myself in this song. I know where I'm goin' (to try to enjoy everyday of life), but I don't know where I've been or what I've seen (not exactly but this line helps explain my too many drunken nights). I am no longer a little child and I do know what I want (to enjoy life above all and to help others). The future is certain (I know that life has nothing but adventures, good times and even bad times ahead, and I have faith in myself that it will all work out), so Mom would you please just give me time to work it out! The remaining stanzas can fit into this interpretation of a happy go lucky kid who doesn't know exactly where he is going, but has faith in where it is he is going and knows that the actual trip to get there is where the real fun and importance lies. “Takin’ that ride to nowhere / We’ll take that ride.” This celebrates the openness and freedom to do things just for the hell of it, even if it is not certain where that action will take you. Like I said earlier, the importance of the destination pales in comparison to the importance of the actual journey itself. In this song, I also see one who is just detached from the rat race that is life, especially after college, and is just content with who he is and where he is currently at. “I’m feelin’ okay ths mornin’ And you know, We’re on the road to paradise.” Happiness and contentedness with who you are and where you are in life is of the upmost importance, and sometimes this even calls for a little “I don’t care” attitude about others who “wonder where they are”. I have “time on my side,” so I am not going to waste it worrying about where I’m going or about others who don’t know where they are going. The next two stanzas can refer to a happy state of mind that can exist and the singer is working to obtain that state as well as inviting you to join him in that quest and state of mind. It is almost like Byrne is trying to seduce you into his way of thinking “baby, it’s all right.” It does not concern him that true happiness is “very far away,” because for him, “it’s growing day by day.” Finally, the last stanza hits home the most for me. “They can tell you what to do / But they’ll make a fool of you.” If you listen to and go where other people tell you to go, then you are a fool. You have to do what you want to do, even if that leads you down a road to nowhere, because when you think about it, every road leads somewhere and if you have confidence in yourself (“The future is certain / Give us time to work it out”), and do what you truly want to do, then “baby, it’s all right.” | |
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Danny Average |
#3 by Danny at Aug 15, 2006 at 7:17 AM EST |
| culd it be about religion or disbelive in heaven people say they are going to heaven but they realy going on a road to nowhere? | |
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ricky Average |
#4 by ricky Garraton at Dec 7, 2006 at 12:27 AM EST |
| I do believe this song is about oblivion and the road of life we're on until we die. I wouldn't say it's all negative, though. Death is apart of life, and the best we can do is accept it. Oblivion is there, but "it's all right, baby, it's all right". We can appreciate what we have along the way...when "time is on our side". | |
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Jesse Average |
#5 by Jesse Hoehn at Jun 29, 2007 at 2:42 PM EST |
| This song builds up towards a big climax in the end. And I think that is also what this song is about, a big climax in the end... | |
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Ransom Professional |
#6 by Ransom Marx at Oct 16, 2007 at 1:58 PM EST |
| I have nominated this song as the company that i work fors theme song: 'we're on the road to nowhere...' haha, love it. | |
