Pedro the Lion - Letter From A Concerned Follower

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Letter From A Concerned Follower
Artist: Pedro the Lion
From Made in Mexico Album "The only reason I feel secure"

Standard tunning

You will notice that the riff follows the chord shapes of C and F.
Riff 1 covers the verse and Riff 2 the link to the Chorus.

Intro
Riff 1
e----------------------------------1---
a-3-3--------------------------3-----3-
d----0-2----2-2-3----------0>2------3--
g-------0-0-------0-2----0------------2
b--------------------1-0---------1-----
e--------------------------------------

First Verse
C
It's weird to think of all the things 
F
that have not been keeping 
C            F
up with the times
C
It's ten o' clock, the sun has now 
F
just begun to set the western
C        F
hills on fire.

Riff 2 (Play three times)
e---------------------- X3
a-3>5-5<3-2-3-3----3>5-
d------------3-3-2-----
g----0-----------------
b----------------------
e----------------------

(Fourth time play:)
e-------------------
a-3>5-5<3-2--3------
d----0--------0-2---
g----------------0--
b-----------------1-
e-------------------


Chorus
F  C   Dm       Am     G
I hear that you don't change
C   G  Am  C   F     C    Dm  Am      G
how do you expect to keep up with the trends?
F    C    Dm         Am           G
you wont survive the information age
C           G        Am        C
unless you  plan to change the truth
   F     C         Dm        Am  G
to accommodate the brilliance of men
                       C
the brilliance of men.

Riff 1

Verse 2
C
Some folks think we're better now. 
F                 C             F
Social evolutions new synthetic
C
will keep us on a straighter path,
F
'cause better men use brand new 
C                   F
math with no wrong answers.

Middle 8
Am                    G
I'm just a little bit worried.
       F                 C
Do you have some sort of plan?
Am                    G
Have you been finally defeated
F
by the cunning of these
Dm             G
fully evolved men?

Chorus
F  C   Dm       Am     G
I hear that you don't change
C   G  Am  C   F     C    Dm  Am      G
how do you expect to keep up with the trends?
F    C    Dm         Am           G
you wont survive the information age
C           G        Am        C
unless you  plan to change the truth
   F     C         Dm        Am  G
to accommodate the brilliance of men
                       
Yeah, the brilliance of men.

Riff 3
e-------------------------------------------------
a-3-----------------------------------------------
d--0-2----2-2-3----------0>2-3-2-0--3-2-0-----0---
g-----0-0-------0-2----0-----------3-----3-2-3-2-3
b------------------1-0----------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------


Tabbed by Mike McCusker
Any comments or corrections to mike@bluebird.new.labour.org.uk

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