ACCELERATE: I'M GONNA DJ

  This is the last official song for me to post, the last album track anyway. There's a sense of accomplishment, but as I look back through the work I've done there's a lot to clean up. I've already started with 'Wolves, Lower' and you can tell a marked difference between that post and 'Gardening at Night' for the time being. Next up, I'll tackle the last two sets of new tracks that came out on OLYMPIA and PART LTHG respectively. Then move on to revisit CIN as I threw those tracks out right as the album was released, then pick up Non Album Tracks starting from their earliest live recordings. I've already done 'Narrator' but I think maybe stuff like 'Body Count' will land here through tracks like 'Photograph'.
  This song sums up this album for me, it rocks hard, is a little slight, and is over before I'm good and ready. The RUTalkin' podcast gave this one short shrift, but I love it because it reminds me of the last time I saw them live. They did this track and 'Permanent Vacation' which thrilled the HELL out of me. It's also a nice feel for the end of this thematic album, a world overcrowded and stifling but with a sense that there's always one last celebration--sort of like '1999.' Plus, in coming to the end of this lyrical journey the song perfectly captures Michael at his most impish. A pop star that knows two things: Pop music is ephemeral and that he has imbued his lyrics with more meaning than they'll ever need. I'm convinced this band from the beginning this was supposed to be Velvet Underground redux and along the way they started enjoying being popular.





I'M GONNA DJ
Death is pretty final

I'm collecting vinyl
I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world

‘Cause if heaven does exist
With a kicking play list
I don't wanna miss it at the end of the world

Hey steady steady
Hey steady steady
I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready

It’s on my mind
It’s in my mind
It’s what I found
It’s what I find

It’s on my mind
It’s in my mind
It’s what I found
Oh my my my

But ‘I'll spin my way right through it’
Claims enthusiast Jack Pruitt
As the moths circle the moon
As you’re circling the room

The music could provide the light you cannot resist
You cannot resist
You cannot resist

And the weblogs that get tangled
As you willie and you wangle
In your walk-up in Seattle
Where you fought the nascent battle
You threw the tread and throttle
Let us raise another bottle
Raise another bottle
Raise another bottle

Because death is pretty final

(Final)
I'm collecting vinyl

(Vinyl)
I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world

Hey steady steady
Hey steady steady
I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready

It’s on my mind
It’s in my mind
It’s what I found
It’s what I find

It’s on my mind
It’s in my mind
It’s what I found
Oh my my my

Hey steady steady

(It’s on my mind)
Hey steady steady

(It’s in my mind)
I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready

(It’s what I found)

Hey steady steady

(It’s on my mind)
Hey steady steady

(It’s in my mind)
I don't wanna go until I'm good and ready

(It’s what I found)

The music will provide the light you cannot resist
You cannot resist

(I’m gonna DJ)
You cannot resist

(I’m gonna DJ)

Yeah


   Great song to end on. Super easy, but with some tricks up its sleeve. The verse becomes the chorus becomes the verse, a middle 8, sometimes nothing, some negative strings on the live version, so Buckish it's perfect. I've added some stuff below, like the Intro guitar chord, the Mike Mills Bass walk on the middle 8 (Peter and Scott hang on G). The x's in the verse mean don't play anything! During the verse, Mike plays an A note and if you HAVE to play something that isn't negative chords I suggest the first chord of 'Welcome to the Occupation.' The one finger on the second fret D string. 

I'M GONNA DJ

Intro (Guitar 1)

e|-1--|

B|-0--|

G|-0--|

D|-2--|

A|-0--|

E|-0--|

Intro (Guitar 2)

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

B|-0-4-0-0-6-0-0-8-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-13b!-----------|

G|-0------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------|

Verse

e|-0-x---3--------0---0-|

B|-0-x---3--------0---0-|

G|-6-x---0--------5---7-|

D|-7-x---0--------5---7-|

A|-7-x---2--------3---5-|

E|-5-x---3---x2---0---0-|

2^nd Verse Fill

e|-0--|

B|-3b-|

G|-0--|

D|----|

A|----|

E|----|

Chorus

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

B|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0--|

G|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-0--|

D|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-7--|

A|-5>7---0-5>7---0-5>7---5-7--|

E|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-5--|

Chorus to Middle 8

e|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0---3--------------|

B|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0---3--------------|

G|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-4---0--------------|

D|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-4---0--------------|

A|-5>7---0-5>7---0-5>7---5-2---2--(8--10--12)-|

E|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---3--(6---8--10)-|

Chorus to End

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

B|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0-0---0------0-|

G|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-4---6------8-|

D|-7>9-----7>9-----7>9---7-4---7------9-|

A|-5>7---0-5>7---0-5>7---5-2---7------9-|

E|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0---5------7-|