Alex Bell chords by Guided By Voices

• The intended audience for Alex Bell chords is the beginner level player.

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

Bm




🎸 Verse 1:
D        Em
Like raking the coastline
D        Bm
Diving for pearls
      D
I'll have a go
         Em
Where I like the streetlights
   D        Bm
That outline the world
     A
Lake and trees
Bm    A   G Bm
Hands and knees
Bm
Star light casino

🎸 Verse 2:
D       Em
And after the joyride
   D         Bm
Where no truth was found
D
There's a runaway wreck
Em        D        Bm
Of a speed metal train going down
      A
Babies can see
Bm        A   G
But they can't conceive
    D           G
How it feels when you lose it all
   D
Every child has it coming
G     Em             G
Oh, yeah, everything in the whole wide world


🎸 Interlude:
D  Bm D


🎸 Verse 3:
D       Em
In braving the downside
  D         Bm
Of entering this place
       D
I'll have you know
           Em
That you'll get your chance
    D      G
To look into its facе
    A
Nostril flares
G     A   G Bm
Revealing hairs
Bm
Of static еlectricity, yeah


🎸 Verse 4:
D    Em
After a few drinks
   D           Bm
Some pills and a couple of spills
D       Em
On a linoleum floor in a glass house
  D
Up high in the hills
G     A
You'll be me
G     A    G
You'll be with me
   D
We'll go down and lose it
G     D
Oh, but a fool has it coming
G       Em            G
Oh, yeah, everything in this whole wide world
   Em            G   D
Everything in this whole wide world


🎸 Interlude:
D
  Same street always going back around
G  D A G A  Em
D


🎸 Chorus:
D
Walking down Alex Bell
A    D
Walking down Alex Bell
A    D
Walking down Alex Bell
A    D   N.C.
Thinking of Alex


🎸 Interlude:
D  F#m  D  F#m
G


🎸 Bridge:
G     D
I see you around
   A       Bm    G
Every time there's a ghost in town
      D
I see you around
   A       Bm    G
Every time there's a ghost in town
      D
I see you around
   A       Bm    G
Every time there's a ghost in town
      D
I see you around
   A       Bm    G
Every time there's a ghost in town


🎸 Outro:
D  Dm D  Dm D
G D G D G D