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Soundgarden – Slaves & Bulldozers
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Slaves and Bulldozers is the third track on the band’s 1991 album Badmotorfinger.
The song drop-tuned guitars and Chris Cornell’s iconic loud vocals display the heaviest and most
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Soundgarden – Slaves & Bulldozers (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have
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Soundgarden – Slaves and Bulldozers (Telephantasm)
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have
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Soundgarden – Slaves & Bulldozers (2016 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have
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Soundgarden – Slaves and Bulldozers (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have and why I took
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High Desert Queen – Slaves and Bulldozers
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[Verse 1] / Every word I said is what I mean / Every word I said is what I mean / Everything I gave is what I need / Virgin eyes and dirty looks on / What I have and why I took
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Soundgarden – Flower (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro] / Thank you very much / This is a song that goes all the way back to our SST Record / This is called "Flower" on a album called Ultramega Ok / [Chorus] / Along her vain
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Soundgarden – Face Pollution (2016 Remaster)
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[Intro] / Woooh! / [Verse 1] / And I can count it on my fingers / I have all my reasons not to feel / I'm numb as rigor mortis / Scared by monkey faces / Drowned in shark fins / [
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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage
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This Chris Cornell penned song was released as the third single from Soundgarden’s third studio album, Badmotorfinger. The song became an instant hit peaking at #41 in the UK and
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Soundgarden – Mind Riot (2016 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / I was slipping through the cracks of a stolen jewel / I was tightrope walking in two-ton shoes / Now somebody's talking a third world war / (I've been caught in a mind
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Soundgarden – Bones of Birds (Live from the Artists Den)
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Time is my friend / Till it ain't, and runs out / And that is all / That I have, till it's gone / Tried to build on bones of birds / Singing in the cold and fall to earth / Hey
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Soundgarden – Hunted Down (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro: Chris Cornell] / Thank you very much / [Verse 1] / Well, I saw you today as you were sleeping / And they run to hunt you down / Dogs lead the chase as you are bleeding
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Soundgarden – 4th of July (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro: Chris Cornell] / This is called 4th of july and it's not actually about the / Um, America's Independence Day it's about being / Really, really, really, really fucked up on
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Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose
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The lead single off Badmotorfinger is a mocking portrait of musicians using crucified poses:
You just see it a lot with really beautiful people, or famous people, exploiting that
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Soundgarden – Outshined
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One of Soundgarden’s earliest songs to achieve mainstream success, “Outshined” was the band’s first to appear on the US Rock chart back in early 1992. Chris Cornell wrote it about
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Soundgarden – Blind Dogs (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Spoken] / Alright we're doing uh / We're going to do a song we've actually never played in front of people before, ever / That was written a long time ago / And um / I know we're
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Soundgarden – Room a Thousand Years Wide
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[Verse 1] / Listen, hear, he is inside / One who lives while others lie / I close my eyes and walk a thousand years / A thousand years that aren't mine / Hey / [Verse 2] / It seems
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Soundgarden – Holy Water
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[Verse 1] / Holy water on the brain, and I'm losin' sleep / Holy Bible on the nightstand next to me / As I'm raped by another monkey circus freak / Tryin' to take my indignance
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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage (Live)
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[Verse 1] / You wired me awake / And hit me with a hand of broken nails / You tied my lead and pulled my chain / To watch my blood begin to boil / [Chorus] / But I'm gonna break
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Soundgarden – By Crooked Steps (Live from the Artists Den)
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I'm addicted to feeling / Stealing love isn't stealing / Can't you see that I understand your mind? / I'm a walking believer / I'm a ghost and a healer / I'm the shape of the hole
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Soundgarden – Drawing Flies
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[Intro] / Flies, flies / [Verse 1] / Sitting here like uninvited company / Wallowing in my own obscenity / I share a cigarette with negativity / [Hook] / Sitting here like wet
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Soundgarden – Face Pollution
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[Intro] / Woooh! / [Verse 1] / And I can count it on my fingers / I have all my reasons not to feel / I'm numb as rigor mortis / Scared by monkey faces drowned in shark fins / [
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Soundgarden – Mind Riot
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Written after the death of singer Chris Cornell’s friend Andrew Wood.
Interestingly, every guitar string is tuned to E. According to Kim Thayil, Jeff Ament “said to Chris, ‘Hey
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Soundgarden – New Damage
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[Intro] / Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah! / [Verse 1] / When new damage comes / It's a faceless poison / A new world order / It's new damage done / [Chorus] / The wreck is goin' down, get out
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Soundgarden – Spoonman (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Feel the rhythm with your hands / (Steal the rhythm while you can) / Spoonman / Speak the rhythm on your own / (Speak the rhythm all alone) / Spoonman / [Chorus
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Soundgarden – Pretty Noose (Live On 'SNL')
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[Verse 1] / I caught the moon today / Pick it up / And throw it away, all right / I got the perfect steal / A cleaner love / With a dirty feel, all right / Fall out and take the
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Soundgarden – Black Rain
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An outtake from the Badmotorfinger sessions in 1991, later reworked and released as the sole new track on their 2010 compilation album Telephantasm. It was featured in the rhythm
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Soundgarden – Into the Void (Sealth)
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A cover of the Black Sabbath song “Into the Void”, the lyrics have been replaced with a speech spoken by Chief Sealth (commonly known as Chief Seattle, for whom the city of Seattle
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Soundgarden – Somewhere
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[Intro] / I wish to wish, I dream to dream / I try to try, and I live to live / And I die to die, and I cry to cry / But I know why / [Verse 1] / I wish to wish, and I dream to
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Soundgarden – Boot Camp (Live)
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[Verse] / I must obey the rules / I must be tame and cool / No staring at the clouds / I must stay on the ground / In clusters of the mice / The smoke is in our eyes / Like babies
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Soundgarden – Searching with My Good Eye Closed
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[Intro] / This is my good eye / Do you hear a cow? (Moo) / A rooster says (Cock-a-doo) / Here is a pig (Squeal) / The devil says (Demonic roar) / [Verse 1] / Painted blue across my
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Soundgarden – Birth Ritual
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“Birth Ritual” was based on a riff written by drummer Matt Cameron, and saw its original appearance in the 1992 movie Singles – both its soundtrack and one scene where Soundgarden
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Soundgarden – Nothing To Say (Live)
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[Intro] / Nothing, nothing, nothing but the one thing / [Verse 1] / Someone said my words are out of balance / Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say / Dying words I bury
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Heavy Temple – Ugly Truth
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[Verse 1] / You hide your eyes / But the ugly truth just loves to give it away / You gave yourself / If you were mine to give, I might throw it away / [Chorus 1] / You share / But
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Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days (live)
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[Verse 1] / Whatsoever I feared / Has come to life / Whatsoever I've fought off / Became my life / Just when every day / Seemed to greet me with a smile / Sunspots have faded / And
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Soundgarden – Outshined (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I got up feeling so down / I got off being sold out / I've kept the movie rolling / But the story's getting old now / Oh yeah / I just looked in the mirror / Things
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Soundgarden – My Wave (Live from the Artists Den)
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[Intro] / Thank you / This song's called "My Wave" / [Verse 1] / Take, if you want a slice / If you want a piece / If it feels alright / Break, if you like the sound / If it gets
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Soundgarden – Searching With My Good Eye Closed (Live)
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[Intro] / This is my good eye / Do you hear a cow? / A rooster says / Here is a pig / The devil says / [Verse 1] / Painted blue across my eyes and tie the linen on / And I'm on my
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