Quite a talent, that Mr. Owens! Here is my humble tribute to one of his most popular songs. The ending is my favorite part. Happy Spring!
Ondine (They Might Be Giants cover)
Scary Pinata Face
I just keep'em comin' atcha! This is a cover of "Ondine" from They Might Be Giants "Back to Skull" EP. I had this in my head and I had the idea of "Maybe I should be recording just my vocal track first when I record so I can capture all the funk I was envisioning without instrumental or click track limitations!" Not a bad idea, actually!
I could have recorded over the original vocal track of course, and probably should have since I did it a capella, no pitch or tempo reference, but actually it's not half bad! Maybe one third bad?
Want to play along? Here is my transcription of the chords and lyrics to Ondine:
Ondine
[notes] G Eb C G Eb C
Ondine you won
[tacet Cm]
All she left behind was an unloaded gun
Eb
And my face is blushing
Cm
From all the things she’s done
Eb
You couldn’t miss that girl
F
Cuz here she comes
[notes] G Eb C G Eb C
Ondine back up
[tacet Cm]
Run over my body with your pickup truck
Eb
And finish what you started
Cm
Because I’m done
Eb
I’d search the whole world over
F
To find these words
Cm G Bb Cm
She said I had the strangest dream
Eb F Cm G
I dreamed I killed you again
Cm G Bb Cm
Don’t make me kill you again
Eb F G
Cuz I could never kill you again
[notes] G Eb C G Eb C
Ondine was here
[tacet Cm]
You couldn’t even take away a souvenir
Eb
Of what’s left of that sinner
Cm
She used to call me that
Eb
I’d search the whole world over
F
To find these words
Cm G Bb Cm
She said I had the strangest dream
Eb F Cm G
I dreamed I killed you again
Cm G Bb Cm
Don’t make me kill you again
Eb F G
Cuz I could never kill you again
C G Bb Cm
I had the strangest dream
Eb F Cm G
I dreamed I killed you again
Cm G Bb Cm
Don’t make me kill you again
Eb F G
Cuz I could never kill you again