NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI: LOW DESERT

  This song probably sums up this album more than any other. It talks specifically about the road weary traveler and especially the last line 'the mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh.' The band was part of something larger that was 'egging' them on, this album is the true result of an album like Monster. You can't fault the band for leaping back into the arena, but did it lead to their semi-split? If the band had locked itself into the studio for the rest of their days and kept things simple, does Berry stay? Hard to say, but there's only one more track after this in the Bill Berry era and things really effing change. Also, this song has an 'OOT' feel to it and would fit right alongside Country Feedback.




LOW DESERT

It happened fast, it's over quick
A little dust and the engine kicks

Did your hands drift down off the wheel?
A road owl hit your windshield
An eyelash or a little bit of sleep?
Did time stand still?
Just call it now, and you're on your way

Hey
Hey hey
Hey

All the ashtrays cities and the freeway drives
Broken casino and waterslide
The 18 wheeler and the payback dives
Gravity pulls on the power line
A jet stream cuts the desert sky
This is a land could eat a man alive
Say you'd leave it all behind

Hey
Hey hey
Hey

There's a radio tower, it's egging you on
Back to the place where you never belonged
Where the people thrive on their own contempt
Whatever meaning is long gone spent
If you had to guess or make a bet
Would you place yourself inside of it?
The mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh
Tricked again, let go, okay

Hey hey

Hey
Hey hey
Hey

Hey hey

Hey

  This has a nice twang to it. It's pretty much dependent on the slide moments, but it's still fun to play without one. There's a second guitar in there, so listen for the interplay.

SO FAST, SO NUMB

Bridge

e|---0-0---0-0----|

B|---x-x---7-5----|

G|---7-5---7-5----|

D|---7-5---7-5----|

A|-5-5-3-5-5-3----|

E|-0-0-0---0-0----|

Verse (> denotes played with slide)

e|----------0-0-0----|

B|-3>7<6-0--1-3--3---|

G|-3>7<6-0--2-0---0--|

D|-3>7<6-0--3-5------|

A|----------0-5------|

E|----------0-0------|

Bridge to Chorus (add 7 on high e occasionally)

e|-0-0-0----|

B|-5>7-5----|

G|-5>7-5----|

D|-5>7-5----|

A|-0-0-0----|

E|-0-0-0----|

  

Chorus (> denotes played with slide)

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|

B|-0-0-0-0-5>7----|

G|-0-0-0-0-5>7----|

D|-3>5-3-0-5>7----|

A|-3>5-3-5-0-0----|

E|-0>0-0-0-0-0----|

Lead (G-C, G-C-C, Power Chords at the 3rd and 8th)

e|----------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------------------|

G|------7>9-7<5-5/7h-5-5------------------------------|

D|-5>7-9---------------5h-5-3-5-7-5-7-9-7<5-5-5-7-5-0-|

A|---------------------------3-------------7-7--------|

E|----------------------------(Can also bend here)-3--|