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Box Elder

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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Box Elder
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Very nice, very simple.
Riff #1
e-----------7-7-7-7-5-
B-5-7-7-7-5-----------
This goes on for most of the song, except the chorus.
WasAn't the question you asked me
It Awasn't the answer I gave
ThaEt made me feel like I was on a traAin
Was Aa distant voice
MadAe me make the choice
ThaEt I had to get the fuck out of this tAown
'CaDuse I got a lot of things to Ado
A lDot of places to goA  
I'vDe got a lot of good things Ecoming my way
And EI'm afraid to say that you're not one of them.
A    A   E   A
Last time I was there
You were out on the couch
Pressed into ellipsal electric (?)
It was the way that you smiled
Made me know at once
That I had to get the fuck out of this town
'Cause I've decide to make a stand
And I'm not gonna take your hand
I'm taking the next bus outta here, I'm gonna head for Box Elder, M.O.
    A     A     E   A(fade out)
Outro Riff
B-2-3-5-3-2---
G-----------2-
there?

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Box Elder

by Pavement

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

-=-=-=-=-

Box Elder

=-=-=-=-=

Very nice, very simple.

Riff #1

e-----------7-7-7-7-5-

B-5-7-7-7-5-----------

This goes on for most of the song, except the chorus.

Wasn't the question you asked me

It wasn't the answer I gave

E A

That made me feel like I was on a train

Was a distant voice

Made me make the choice

E A

That I had to get the fuck out of this town

D A

'Cause I got a lot of things to do

D A

A lot of places to go

D E

I've got a lot of good things coming my way

And I'm afraid to say that you're not one of them.

A A E A

Last time I was there

You were out on the couch

Pressed into ellipsal electric (?)

It was the way that you smiled

Made me know at once

That I had to get the fuck out of this town

'Cause I've decide to make a stand

And I'm not gonna take your hand

I'm taking the next bus outta here, I'm gonna head for Box Elder, M.O.

A A E A

(fade out)

Outro Riff

B-2-3-5-3-2---

G-----------2-

there?

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