Tuning: EADGBe (standard) This tab shows how to play Modern Baseball's cover of the song 'Palmcorder Yajna,' originally written and performed by The Mountain Goats. You can watch a video of Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball performing the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3d5Ooz9xsQ Modern Baseball's version of the song is in a different key than the original and has some changes to the chord progressions in the choruses, so it seems worthy of having its own tab. The song is played in standard tuning with no capo. The chord voicings used throughout the song are given below: E B F#m A Esus Esus4 G#m E* Esus4* C#m7 Badd4 Asus2 Amaj9 E|--7--7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0-------0----0-----0-----0--------| B|--9--7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0-------0----0-----0-----0--------| G|--9--8---2---6----9-----9----4--1---2-------4----4-----4-----1--------| D|--9--9---4---7----9-----9----6--2---2-------x----1-----2-----2--------| A|--7--9---4---7----7-----0----6--2---2-------4----2-----0-----0--------| E|-----7---2---5----0-----0----4--0---0---------------------------------|
Verse 1: E B F#m A E B F#m A B E B Holt Boulevard F#m A Between Garey and White E B Hooked up with some friends at the Travelodge F#m A B Set ourselves up for the night Verse 2: E B Carpenter ants in the dresser F#m A Flies in the screen E B It will be too late by the time we learn F#m A B What these cryptic symbols mean Chorus 1: Esus Esus4 And I dreamt of a house Esus Esus4 Haunted by all you tweakers with your hands out Esus Esus4 And the headstones climbed up the hills Esus Esus4 B And the headstones climbed up the hills Verse 3: E B Send somebody out for soda F#m A Comb through the carpet for clues E B Reflective tape on our sweatpants F#m A B Big holes in our shoes Verse 4: E B Every couple minutes F#m A Someone says he can't stand it anymore E B Laugh lines on our faces F#m A B Scale maps of the ocean floor Chorus 2: Esus Esus4 And I dreamt of a camera Esus Esus4 Pointed out from inside the television Esus Esus4 And the aperture yawning and blinking Esus Esus4 And the headstones climbed up the hills Bridge: G#m A E * Esus4 * E * If anybody comes to see me G#m A E * Esus4 * E * Tell them they just missed me by a minute G#m A E * If anybody comes into our room while we're asleep A E * A B I hope they incinerate everybody in it Chorus 3: C#m7 Badd4 Asus2 Amaj9 And I dreamt of a factory C#m7 Badd4 Asus2 Where they manu - facture what I needed E * Badd4 Asus2 Using shi - ny new machines E * Badd4 Asus2