My Mind's Sedate (song)

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Name My Mind's Sedate
Album/single The General Electric
Length 2.54
Alternative titles MMS
First live performance
Recorded 1999 (Released March 1999 on CD-S)
Writer/composer Shihad
Producer GGGarth

Additional Information

Song meaning as told by Jon: "That's one of the more cynical moments of the album. It came from sitting around watching tv with my girlfriend and thinking that we could be doing so much more with our lives. That to me is the most hysterical 'fuck you' to the way the system is at the moment. It's funny but mean at the same time". (Real Groove, September 1999)

Lyrics

I trust the police and the government

Suck down corporate sentiment

Home for dinner, watch TV

Caught in the middle of a shopping spree


My mind's sedate x8


Home entertainment and a boring car

(My mind's sedate)

If I try to run, I wouldn't get that far

(My mind's sedate)

Extract the venom, spit it over the shoulder

(My mind's sedate)

I'm a victim of a 'sally make-over'


My mind's sedate x8


You can't run away

If you don't have a brain

Deal with it


It's alright...is it?


I trust the police and the government

Suck down corporate sentiment

Home for dinner, watch TV

Caught in the middle of a shopping spree


My mind's sedate x8


You can't run away

If you don't have a brain

Deal with it


You gotta deal with this

My mind's sedate

[1]

Tab

Guitar

Standard Shihad Tuning
Rough interpretation only

Code:

Verse

-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-2---5---8---2---------------
-2---5---8---2---------------
-0---3---6---0---------------



Chorus

---|-----------------------------------
---|-----------------------------------
---|-----------------------------------
-2-|--5---10---7---10---2---10---7--10-
-2-|--5---10---7---10---2---10---7--10-
-0-|--3----8---5----8---0----8---5---8-     x2


Bridge

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-2----5---10---7-------5---10---3---10-
-2----5---10---7-------5---10---3---10-
-0----3---8----5-------3---8----5---8--


--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------7-----------------------
---5---10---7-7------5---6---3---6----
---5---10---7-5------5---6---3---6----
---3---8----5--------3---8---5---8----



Outro


---|----------------------
---|----------------------
---|----------------------
-2-|--5--10---2-----------
-2-|--5--10---2-----------
-0-|--3---8---0-----------

[2]

Bass

Transcribed by: Mark and John (markgellatly@hotmail.com)
Tuning: All strings ½ step down

Intro:
Gb----------------------------------------------------|
Db----------------------------------------------------|
Ab-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|
Eb-------------------------------------------------5--|

Verse:
Gb----------------------------------|
Db----------------------------------|
Ab----------------------------------|
Eb-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0�2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5--|

Chorus:
Gb--------------------------|----|
Db--------------------------|----|
Ab-------2-2-2-------2-2-2--|----|
Eb-2-2-2-------4-4-4--------|-2*-|

Middle: It's alright
Gb-----------------------------|
Db-----------------------------|
Ab-----------------------------|
Eb-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Bridge:
Gb-------------------------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------------------|
Ab-------2-2-2------------------2-2-2-------2-2-2--|
Eb-2-2-2-------4-4-4------2-2-2-------4-4-4--------|

Bridge (cont..)
Gb-------------------------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------------------|
Ab-------2-2-2------------------2-2-2-------7-7-7--|
Eb-2-2-2-------4-4-4------2-2-2-------4-4-4--------|

Notation:
* = let ring

References