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SOL DO SOL
SOL
Don't call pretty Peggy,
DO SOL
She can't hear you no more
Don't leave no message
DO SOL
Round her back door
DO
They say the old laughing lady
SOL
Been here before
RE DO
She don't keep time
SOL
She don't count score
SOL DO SOL
SOL
You can't have a cupboard
DO SOL
If there ain't no wall
You got to move
DO
There's no time for you to stall
DO 020010 LAm
They say the old laughing lady
DO RE SOL
Dropped by to call
RE LAm
And when she leaves
DO SOL
She leaves nothing at all
verse: (without the run through Am)
SOL
See the drunkard of the village
DO SOL
Fallin' on his feet
He can't tell his ankle
DO SOL
From the rest of his feet
DO 020010 LAm
He loves his old laughing lady
DO SOL SIm
Because the taste is so sweet
RE
But the laughin' lady's loving
LAm DO SOL
Ain't the kind he can keep
RE LAm DO SOL
SOL
There's a fever on the freeway
DO SOL
Blacks out the night
There's a slippin' on the stairway
DO SOL
Just don't feel right
DO
There's a rumblin' in the bedroom
DO SOL
And a flashin' of light
RE
There's the old laughing lady
DO SOL
Everything is all right
RE
There's the old laughing lady
DO SOL
Everything is all right
RE LAm DO SOL
notes: the quick change to C and G at the end on many lines is omitted
it occurs everywhere but 'if there ain't no wall / you got to move...'
the run through from C to Am via the B note is a familiar ny trick...
(Tune the guitar down to D)
MI MI MI MI
MI
Oh hello Mr. Soul I droped by to pick up a reason
MI
For the thought that I'd caught that my head is the event of the season
LA MI
Why in crowds just a trace of my face should seem so pleasin'
RE LA MI
I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on
RE SOL RE x2
I was down on a frown when a messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have esaily known me better
She said 'You're stange, but don't change' and I let her
RE
In a while well the smile on my face turned to plaster
Stick around while the clown who was sick does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change? I don't know - why don't you ask her
RE LA
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
RE LA
Is it strange I should change? I don't know
C--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
G--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D-0- -0- -0- -2- -3- -3- (3) -3- -2- -3- -2- -3- --- --- ---
(D tuning)
MI x4
MI
You know I lose, you know I win
LA
You know I called for the state I'm in
MI
It's just a game you see me play
SOL RE LA 020003
Only real in the way that I feel from day to day
MI x2
Although the answer is not unknown
I'm searchin', searchin', and how I've grown
It's not all right, to say good-bye
And the world on a string doesn't mean a thing
MI SOL RE
SOL RE MI SOL
No the world on a string doesn't mean a thing
SOL RE MI 020003
Only real in the way that I feel from day to day
run (on E shape):
C --- --- --- ---
B -2- -0- --- ---
D --- --- -3- -0-
(D tuning)
RE (Dsus4) (9) x4
RE
Aurora Borealis
RE
The icy sky at night
MIm
Paddles cut the water
RE
In a long and hurried flight
LA DO SOL RE
From the white man to the fields of green
LA DO SOL RE
and the homeland we've never seen
RE MIm RE
They killed us in our teepees
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks and the wagons come
And the night falls on the settin' sun
RE RE MIm RE LA DO SOL RE
They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box at the top of the stairs
With my indian rug and a pipe to share
RE RE MIm RE LA DO SOL RE LA DO SOL RE
(verse:)
I wish I was a trapper
I would give a thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
and find out how she felt
In the mornin' on the fields of green
In the homeland we've never seen
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astradome and the first teepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
LA DO SOL RE
Pocahontas
FA DO SIb DO x4
FA
You can say the soul is gone
REm/SOL
And the feelings just not there
SIb DO FA DO SIb DO
Not like it was so long ago
FA
On the empty page before you
REm/SOL
You can fill in what you care
SIb DO FA DO SIb DO
Try to make it good before you go
Take the simple case of the sarge
Who wouldn't go back to war
Because the hippies tore down every -
Thing that he was fighting for
Or the lovers on the blanket
The city turned to whores
With memories of green kissed by the sun
You can say the soul is gone
And close another page
Just be sure that yours is not the one
FA DO SIb DO
SIb FA
And I'm singing for the stringman
SIb FA
Who lately lost his wife
SIb REm
There is no dearer friend of mine
DO FA
That I know in this life
On his shoulder is a violin
For his head where chaos reigns
But his heart can't find a simple way
To live with all those things
FA DO SIb DO
All those things
FA DO SIb DO
He's a stringman
FA DO SIb DO
A stringman
FA DO SIb DO
FA
All those strings to pull
FA DO SIb DO x4
notes: Dm/G 300231
LAm SOL FA MIm
LAm SOL
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded, hazy bar,
FA MIm SOL
Dancing on the light from star to star.
LAm SOL
Far across the moon beams, I know that's who you are.
FA MIm SOL
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.
chorus
DO SOL FA SOL DO SOL FA SOL
You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye.
DO SOL FA SOL
And I'm getting blown away.
FA
There's somewhere safer where the feelings stay.
LAm SOL FA MIm SOL
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away.
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream,
And you could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips, that
Perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us and our foggy trips.
chorus
chorus
RE REaddC MIm7 SOLm+Bb DO FA MIsus4 MI
RE REaddC
I caught you knocking at my cellar door,
MIm7 SOLm+Bb
I love you baby can I have some more
DO FA MIsus4 MI
Oh oh the damage done
I hit the city and I lost my van
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done
verse:
I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you don't understand
Milk blood to keep from running out
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun
1/2 verse (just short of the 'C' chord)
REaddC x30232
MIm7 x20030
SOLm+Bb x10333
E --- -2- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- ---
B --- --- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -3-
G --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- ---
B --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -3- --- -3- --- --- --- -3- --- -0-
G --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
D --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -0- --- --- --- --- ---
A -2- --- --- --- -2- --- -2- --- -1- --- --- --- -1- --- -1- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
note: the very last note is an open b, as the chord changes to a C.
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
B --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1- --- -1-
G --- --- --- --- -0- --- -2- --- 2H3 --- -2- --- -0- --- --- ---
D --- --- 0H2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -3- ---
A -3- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
B --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- ---
G -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -1- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
A --- --- -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -2- --- --- --- --- ---
D --- --- --- --- -2- --- -0- --- --- --- --- --- -2- --- -0- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
I caught you knocking at my cellar door,
I love you baby can i have some more
Oh-oh the damage done
I hit the city and i lost my van
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done
I sing the song because i love the man
I know that some of you don't understand
Milk blood to keep from running out
I've seen the needle and the damage down
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun
I've seen the needle and the damage down
A little part of it in everyone
Every junky's like a setting sun
notes: as on the 'harvest' album.
this is only a basic outlay - there are lots of variations you can do:
hammering on or not, using the 5th string (the root of the chord) or the
open 4th string (D) as the bass note, or to alternate. eg
D --- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- --- --- --- -0- --- -0- --- -0- ---
A -2- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -1- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
E --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
DO SOL FA x6
DO SOL FA
There is a town in north Ontario,
DO SOL FA
With dream comfort memory to spare,
DO SOL FA
And in my mind I still need a place to go,
DO SOL FA
All my changes were there,
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us...
DO SOL FA
Helpless, helpless, helpless
DO SOL FA
Baby can you hear me now?
DO SOL FA
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
DO SOL FA
Baby, sing with me somehow.
DO SOL FA x4
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes. leave us...
Helpless, helpless, helpless x2
DO SOL FA x2
Helpless, helpless, helpless
intro: (see below) (verse begins on harmonics)
SOL RE
Come a little bit closer, hear what I have to say
SOL RE
Just like children sleepin' we could dream this night away.
SOL RE
But there's a full moon rising, let's go dancing in the light.
SOL RE
We know where the music's playing, lets go out and feel the night.
chorus
SOL LA MIm
Because I'm still in love with you, I wanna see you dance again,
LA RE
Because I'm still in love with you, on this harvest moon.
intro
When we were strangers I watched you from afar
When we were lovers I loved you with all my heart
But now it's gettin' late and the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate, see it shinin' in your eye
chorus
half verse
chorus
intro
notes: basic chords by rcwoods and famoore.
the following riffs (by pfein@remus.rutgers.edu) are very easy to include:
(we leave out the DM7)... call this 'low '
D Dmaj7 A Bm7 (with A bass)
---2--2--2--2--2--2--x--2----
---3--3--3--3--3--2--2--3----
---2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2----
---0--0--0--0--0--0--2--4----
---------------------0--0----
-----------------------------
call this 'high'
RE
----0---0---0------9---9---9--
---10--12--12-----10--10--10--
---11--11--11-----11--11--11--
0-----------------------------
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--5-5--------7-7--------9--9---|
--7-7--------5-5--------10-10--|
--7-7--------7-7--------9--9---|
--0-0--------0-0--------0--0---|
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the harmonics are: call this 'H'
Harmonics*******|
e-12---------
B----12------
G--------12--
D---------12-
A-----------7
E------------
so from the top...
intro: high x4, H
'come a little bit closer' H
'here what i have to say' low x2, H
'just like children sleeping' H
'we could dream this night away' low x2
'but there's a full moon rising let's go dancin' in the light' high x2
'we know where the music's playin' let's go out and feel the night ' high x2
etc
DO
Transformer man
DO
Transformer man
DO
You run the show
LAm
Remote control
REm7
Direct the action with the
FAm7
Push of a botton. You're a
DO
Transformer man
LAm
Power in your hand
FA
Transformer man
FAm7
Transformer man
DO
Transformer Man
DO
Transformer Man
MI
Sooner or later you'll have to see
FA SOL
The cause and effect
MI
So many things still left to do
FA SOL
But we haven't made it yet
MI
Every morning when I lookin your eyes
FA MI
I feel electrified by you
SOL
Oh yeah
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Still in comand
Your eyes are shining on a
Beam through the galaxy of love
Transformer man
Transformer man
Unlock the secrets; let us
Throw off the chains that keep you down
Transformer man
Transformer man
Sooner or later you'll have to see
The cause and effect
So many things still left to do
But we haven't made it yet
Every morning when I look in your eyes
I feel electrified by you
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
intro
Strum G chord Strum...
-----------3-------------------------3------------------3--
-----------0-------------------------0------------------0--
-----------0-------------------------0------------------0--
--------0--0---------------------0---0---------------0--0--
-2--3------2---------------2--3------2---------2--3-----2--
-----------3-------------------------3------------------3--
Strum C chord Strum G chord
-----------0----------------------------3
-----------1----------------------------0
-----------0----------------------------0
-----------2--------------------0-------0
-3--2------3----------------------------2
-------0---0--------------0--3----------3
SOL
She used to work in a diner, never saw a woman look
DO
I used to order just to see her float across the floor.
DO SOL DO SOL
She grew up in a small town, never put her roots down
DO
Daddy kept movin so she did too.
chorus
DO SOL DO SOL
Somewhere on a desert highway, she rides a Harley Davidson
DO
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind.
DO SOL
She's been runnin half of her life.
DO SOL
The chrome and steel she rides,
DO SOL
Collidin' with the very air she breathes, the air she breathes.
intro
You know it ain't easy, you got to hold on.
She was an unknown legend in her time.
Now whe's dressin' two kids, lookin' for that magic kiss.
She gets that far away look in her eyes.
choru
LA SOL
For wastin' time
MI RE
There's a heart that burns
LA RE
There's an open mind
SIm SOL
Look out for my love (x4)
Evii
You own it
Evii
You own it now
Evii
You own it
There's a weight on you
But you can't feel it
Livin' like I do
It's hard to see it
Was I hurt too bad?
Can I show you daylight?
How could I be sad
When I know that you might
Look out for my love (x4)
DO
Look out for my love
MIm(7)
It's in your neighbourhood
LAm
I know things are gonna change
SOL
But I can't say good or bad
Silver wings of morning
Shining in the grey day
While the ice is forming
On a lonely runway
Hydraulic wipers pumping
Till the window glistens
Something saying something
But no one seems to listen
Men wth walkie-talkies
Men with flash-lights waving
Up upon the tower
Time reads daylight savings
I'm home again to you babe
You know it makes me wonder
Sittin' in the quiet slipstream
In the thunder
SIm SOL
Look out for my love (x10)
Bm G ad infinitum ... :-)
notes:
as on the 'comes a time' album
the riffs are very simple to work out...
(intro)verse:
RE LA/RE SOL RE
We've been through some things together,
SIm SOL LA
With trunks of memories still to come.
RE LA/RE SOL RE
We found things to do in stormy weather.
SIm LA RE
Long may you run.
chorus
RE LA/RE SOL RE
Long may you run, long may you run,
SIm SOL LA
Although these changes have come.
RE LA/RE
With your chrome heart shinin'
SOL RE SIm LA RE
in the sun, long may you run.
SOL SIb
Well it was back in Blind River in nineteen sixtytwo
When I last saw you alive.
But we missed that ship on the long decline.
Long may you run.
chorus
RE REsus4 RE
verse:
Maybe the Beach Boys have got you now
With those waves singin' Caroline.
Rollin' down that empty ocean road,
Get into the surf on time.
chorus
verse:
chorus
RE REsus4 RE
notes:
LA/RE x00220
REsus4 x00233
SOL SIm DO LAm
SOL SIm DO LAm
From Hank to Hendrix, I walked these streets with you.
MIm SOL DO LAm
Here I am with this old guitar, doing what I do.
SOL SIm DO LAm
I always expected, that you would see me through.
MIm SOL DO LAm SOL
I never believed in much, but I believed in you.
chorus
FA DO SOL
Can we get it together, can we still stand side by side.
FA DO SOL
Can we make it last, like a musical ride?
From Marilyn to Madonna, I always loved your smile,
Now we're headed for the big divorce, California style.
I found myself singin' like a long lost friend
The same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end.
chorus
Sometimes its distorted not clear to you.
Sometimes the beauty of love just comes ringin' through.
New glass in the window, new leaf on the tree,
new distance between us you and me.
chorus
notes:
use G 320033 or Giii rather than a straight open G?
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