Something I Learned Today

	  		SOMETHING I LEARNED TODAY (Bob Mould) 
ZEN ARCADE   SST Records 1984 
 
Transcribed by Tony Peart 
 
 
 
Chords: 
B  X2440X    F# 244X0X   D  X5770X   A 57700X   
Asus2 X0220X  B X2440X   C# X466XX   E X79900  *F# X9 11 11 XX 
 
Intro (bass) played three times: 
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D:-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------------------------------7---7---7-| 
A:-0---2---2---0---0---2---2---0---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---0---5---5-| 
E:---------------------------------0---2---2---0---0---2---2---0-------------| 
 
G:----------------------------------------------------| 
D:--7---7---7---7---7---------------------------------| 
A:--0---0---5---5---0---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-| 
E:----------------------0---5---5---0---0---5---5---0-| 
 
GUITAR (chord held over second run of bass riff): 
    B 
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B:--0--------------------------------------------------------------| 
G:--4--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D:--4--------------------------------------------------------------| 
A:--2--------------------------------------------------------------| 
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
GUITAR (played over third run of bass riff): 
   B                   F#                  D                   A      
e:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B:-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-| 
G:-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-----------------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---0-0-0-0---0-0-| 
D:-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-| 
A:-0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---0-5-5-5---0-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---7-7-| 
E:---------------------0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2-----------------------0-5-5-5---0-5-| 
     
e:--------| 
B:0-0---0-| 
G:0-0---0-| 
D:7-7---7-| 
A:7-7---7-| 
E:5-5---5-| 
 
B           D         Asus2 
Something I learned today 
B                   Asus2  C#   
Black and white is always grey 
B                   D      Asus2 
Looking through the window pane 
B         C#     Asus2 
I'm not inside  your  
 
GUITAR Riff (played twice) 
 
   B                   F#                  D                   A        
e:---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B:-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-| 
G:-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-----------------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---0-0-0-0---0-0-| 
D:-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-| 
A:-0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---0-5-5-5---0-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---7-7-| 
E:---------------------0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2-----------------------0-5-5-5---0-5-| 
   brain...      
 
e:--------| 
B:0-0---0-| 
G:0-0---0-| 
D:7-7---7-| 
A:7-7---7-| 
E:5-5---5-| 
 
B            D        Asus2 
Something I learned today 
B            Asus2    C#  
Yield to the right-of-way 
B             D     Asus2    
Stopping at a 4-way sign 
B              C#             Asus2 
Someone else's rules, not mine 
 
 
GUITAR Riff (played twice) 
 
B            D         Asus2 
Something I learned today 
B                    Asus2  C# 
Never look straight in the sun's rays 
B               D        Asus2 
Letting all the sunshine in 
B              C#     Asus2 
Can't remember where I've been 
 
GUITAR Riff (played four times) 
 
Something I learned  
B 
to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
C#          E          B 
Something I learned to day ay ay 
 
*F# // E  F#    (F# with open B string picked to fade)