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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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'Cactus'
By the Pixies
Off of Surfer Rosa
 
    E5      G       Am  C   D7
e|------------------0---0---2---|
B|------------------1---1---1---|
G|------------------2---0---2---|
D|--2---2-----------2---2---0---|
A|--2---4---2-------0---3-------|
E|--0---0---3-----------0-------|
     ^^^
(Blues it up in the first verse by adding these
where appropriate)
 
 
E5
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor
     G                       E5
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
G      E5        G        E5
Put it on when I grow lonely
         Am            C         D7         E5
Will you take off your dress and send it to me?
 
I miss your kiss and then I miss your head
And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
Run outside in the desert heat
Make your dress all wet and send it to me
 
I miss your soup and I miss your bread
And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
So spill your breakfast and drip your wine
Just wear that dress when you di-i-ine
 
P-I-X-I-E-S
 
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
Bloody your hands on a cactus tree
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me
 
Sitting here wishing on the cement floor
Just wishing that I had just something you wore
 
[Outro]
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|-10--------------10-8-------------|
G|----------------------9---7-------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
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It goes from E5 to a G major third chord (just G and B- it's a whole lot easier to play from the E5, just add the G note with your second finger, while keeping your first on the B that you play in the E5 chord) not a G5. And it should be D7, not D.

your lyrics are kinda strange to me. I think these ones are right: Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that I had just something you wore I put it on when I go lonely Will you take off your dress and send it to me? I miss your kissin' and I miss your head And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead Run outside in the desert heat Make your dress all wet and send it to me I miss your soup and I miss your bread And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead So spill your breakfast and drip your wine Just wear that dress when you're dying P I X I E S Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that I had just something you wore Bloody your hands on a cactus tree Wipe it on your dress and send it to me Sitting here wishing on a cement floor Just wishing that I had just something you wore

You're wrong. The correct lyric is "Just wear that dress when you're dying." Just because he says "wine" at the end of the previous line doesn't mean he has to rhyme the next.