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Love For Tender
Love For Tender
Transcribed by Paul Tibbetts <ptibbett@ici.net>
Intro: G (355433)
verse: rapid progression consisting of A (x0222x) F#m (24422x) D (xx0232) and E (022100)
E D A D E
Check in on a checkmate
E E D# E F#
Grassing on a classmate
Bm D
So beautiful and fortunate
Bm D
You're the one who hates to love
Bm E
But he's the one who loves to hate
F C
He can fix you all for good
D G
Because he is the neighbourhood
F C
You can get money for blood
D G
Blood money for doing no good
The song pretty much follows this pattern. Song ends on an A chord.
Opportunity
Courtesy of Joseph P. Wengert
The D#/E chord is a E chord with a D# bass note and the C#/D chord is a
D chord with a C# bass note.
E-C#m (repeat)
E C#m B-C#-A A-B-E
Born in the middle of a second big baby boom
E C#m
B-C#-A A-B-E
Those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon
E C#m
Now I'm looking for a little girl, I wonder where she's gone
E A
Big money for families having more than one
E D#/E
Opportunity, opportunity
D C#/D
This is your big opportunity
E
They shop around
D#/E
follow you without a sound
D
Whatever you do now
A E A-E
Don't turn around
A B
Whatever happened to the pride of the nation?
A B C#m
They say, "just wait until you break formation"
E C#m B-C#m-A A-B-E
She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion
E
C#m B-C#m-A A-B-E
But her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing
E C#m
She said, "When they get to Dover they'll be be taking over"
E A
I said I'd come to her defense and then she pulled me over
Chorus
A B
I'm in the foxhole, I'm down in the trench
A B C#m
I'd be a hero but I can't stand the stench
E C#m
B-C#m-A A-B-E
The Fitness Institute was full of General Motormen
E
C#m B-C#m-A A-B-E
And the "Hello House of Beauty" wouldn't stand a chance with them
E C#m
The chairman of this boredom is a compliment collector
E A
I'd like to be his funeral director
Chorus
A E
Please don't turn around...
The Imposter
michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough) wrote:
Define:
Dm7 XX0211
Intro riff (pretty close), like this:
e-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------|
G-----------------------------|-----------------------|
D-2-0----------------0-2-3----|-2-0------------0-2-3--|
A------3-2-3-2---3----------3-|-----3-2-3-2--3--------|
E-----------------------------|-----------------------|
e------------|----------------------------------------
B------------|----------------------------------------
G------------|----------------------------------------
D---------0--|---play twice---------------------------
A---0-2-3----|----------------------------------------
E------------|----------------------------------------
INTRO:
C E Am F C E Am F
G
Trying to be too bad
C
Trying to talk too tough
G
Trying to jack the lad
F
You'd think he'd had enough
F G
But he's not the man you'd think that he can be
C F
I just don't know why you can't see
Em Dm7 G C E Am F
That he is only the imposter
C E Am F C E Am F
That he is only the imposter
G
You've never been this far
C
You've always been too smart
G
And you know all our boys
F
Are really girls at heart
F G
But he's not the man you'd think that he can be
C F
I just don't know why you can't see
Em Dm7 G C E Am F
That he is only the imposter
C E Am F C E Am F
That he is only the imposter
Bm Am Em
When I said that I was lying I might have been lying
F G
Never let me hear you say you're not trying
C E Am F C E Am F
G
This is your big decision
C
Hope you're not disappointed
G
He's got double vision
F
When you want him double jointed
F G
But he's not the man you'd think that he can be
C F Em Dm7 G
I just don't know why you can't see
C E Am F
He'll only bring you souvenirs
C E Am F C
It's only gonna end in tears
E Am F C E Am F
And he is only the imposter
C E Am F C E Am F
He is only the imposter
(and so on . . . . . . )
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Imposter
(Elvis Costello from the Album "Get Happy!" - Words and Music by Elvis
Costello)
Transcribed by D. W. Bennett
Intro: C Em Am F x4
G
Trying to be too bad
C
Trying to talk too tough
G
Trying to jack the lad
F
You'd think he'd had enough
F G
But he's not the man you'd think that he can be
C F
I just don't know why you can't see
F G C Em Am F
That he is only the imposter
C Em Am F C Em Am F
That he is only the imposter
You've never been this far
You've always been too smart
And you know all our boys
Are really girls at heart
But he's not...
Am Em
When I said that I was lying I might have been lying
Am G C Em Am F x4
Never let me hear you say you're not trying No!
This is your big decision
Hope you're not disappointed
He's got double vision
When you want him double jointed
And he's not...
He'll only bring you souvenirs
It's only gonna end in tears
And he is only the imposter
Secondary Modern
michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough)
Define:
Dm7 XX0211
F/G 3X3211
Bb/C X3X331
Eb XX1343
Intro riff
e----------|---------------|----------|--------------
B----------|---------------|----------|--------------
G----------|---------------|----------|--------------
D------3---|---------------|------3---|-----------3--
A--3-3---3-|--3-3-5-3-5-3--|--3-3---3-|-3-3-5-3-5----
E----------|---------------|----------|--------------
INTRO:
C F/G C Dm7 C Dm7 G C F/G C
C F/C C
This must be the place
Dm7 C Dm7 G
Second place in the human race
C F/G C
Down in the basement
Dm7 C Dm7 C
Now I know what he meant
F Bb/C F
Secondary modern
Gm7 F Gm7 F G C
But there must be a problem till the girls go home
F/G C Dm7 C Dm7 G C
This is the hand that you never shook
F/G C Dm7 C Dm7 C F
You never gave me the chance that I took
F Bb/C F
Secondary mod - ern
Gm7 F Gm7 F G C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
Am D
Is it out of the question
Em C
Between you and me
Eb F
Is it pleasure or business
Eb G
Or a packet of three?
C F/G C Dm7 C Dm7 G
No - bod - y makes me sad like you
C F/G C Dm7 C Dm7 C
Now my whole world goes from blue to blue
F Bb/C F
Secondary mod - ern
Gm7 F Gm7 F G C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
F Bb/C F
Secondary mod - ern
Gm7 F Gm7 F G C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
G C
Til the girls go home
(and so on . . . . . )
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Courtesy of Joseph P. Wengert
Secondary Modern
Main riff: C-C-G-C
C-C-C-D-C-D-G (repeat)
C
This must be the place
C
Second place in the human race
C
Down in the basement
C
Now I know what he meant
F
Secondary modern
F G C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
C
This is the hand that you never shook
C
You never gave me the chance that I took
F
Secondary modern
F G C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
Am D
Is it out of the question
Em C
Between you and me
D# F
Is it pleasure or business
D# G
Or a packet of three?
C
Nobody makes me sad like you
C
Now my whole world goes from blue to blue
F
Secondary modern
F G
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home...
G-C (repeat)
King Horse
Courtesy of Joseph P. Wengert
E--Am (repeat)
E
Cheap cut satin and bad perfume
G#m
Showtime is almost here
Am B
Teased up by a strip cartoon
E
Laughing up your sleeve
Am
Sniggering in your beer
E
He'd seen the bottom of a lot of glasses
G#m
But he'd never seen love so near
Am B
He'd seen love get so expensive
E Am
But he'd never seen love get so dear
A B E
Now I know that you're all King Horse
A B E
Between tenderness and brute force (repeat)
E
She can turn upon a sixpence in the mouth and trousers set
G#m
Hit the bill, ring the bell, never spill a sip
E
And still she knows the kind of tip that she is gonna get
G#m
A lot of loose exchanges, precious little respect
Am
When it's someone else's weekend
Am B E
That's the best you can expect
Chorus
A G#/A
So fond of the fabric
G/A F#/A
So fond of fabrication
A G#/A
>From comic books to tragic
A B E
Through the heart of complications
E
Meanwhile back in some secluded spot
G#m
He says 'will you please?' and she says 'stop'
E
If I ever lose this good thing that I've got
G#m Am B E
I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight
Am
E Am
Cause I knew that song so long before we met
F#m B
That it means much more than it might
Chorus
Possession
Chordially Interpreted By Scott Lamond,
Fall River, MA, USA (slamond@boremco.com)
(G5 is a G chord with high D added, B-string @ 3rd fret)
C G5 Am C C G5 Am C
If there's anything that you want If there's anything that you need
C G5 Am G C G5 Am G
There's no need to be evasive Money talks and it's persuasive
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
C G5 Am C C G5 Am C
Now you're sending me your best wishes Signed with love and vicious
kisses
C G5 Am G C G5 Am G
You lack lust, you're so lackluster Is that all the strength you can
muster
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
Em Am F Bb
Even when we are out of touch Now I know that I've seen too much,
C G C
Seen too much
C G5 Am C C G5 Am C
So I see us lying back to back My case is closed my case is packed
C G5 Am G C G5 Am G
I'll get out before the violence Or the tears or the silence
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
C G5 Am F C G5 Am F
Possession Possession
Men Called Uncle
Transcribed by Zach Maggio
Intro: G Em C G/B Am D
D G Em
Now there's newsprint all over your face, well
C G/B Am D
Maybe that's why I can read you like a book
G Em C
Just when I thought I was getting my taste, to bite
G/B Am D G
I go and lose my appetite
F G/B
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Cm/Eb F
They'd like to sink their teeth into you for
C G Am C G Am
The pride and the pleasure and the privlege of having you
G Em
If I say "you're the one" do you think that I'm serious?
C G/B Am D
You get that kind of talk from older men
G Em
If I say "I love you" then I must be delirous
C G/B Am D G
So why are you tryin' to put my temperature up again
F G/B
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Cm/Eb F C G Am (2x)
Having a heart attack around your ankles
Dm7
When you wake up
G
With X-rated eyes
Dm7
When you wake up
G
Still shaking
Dm7 G
How can I apologize as you
C Am
Check your facts and check your reflection
C Am Bb G
I'm so affected in the face of your affection
The rest is the same but the ending:
F G
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
F G
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
F E Cm G
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Clowntime Is Over
Transcribed by D. W. Bennett
Intro: C F C Csus4 Ab G
C F
Tears on your blackmail
Am Dm
Written to ransom
C F
A point of the fingernail
Am Dm
Says that he's handsome
C F
Clowntime is over
Ab F
Time to take cover
C F
While others just talk and talk
Am Dm G
Somebody's watching where the others don't walk
G C
Clowntime is over
A voice in the shadows
Says that his men know
He don't step back as expected
He's otherwise and unprotected
Chorus
C F
Almost too good to be true
Am Dm
Who do you? why do you? what do you do?
C F
While everybody's hiding under covers
Am Dm Dm/E Dm/F G
Who's making lover's lane safe again for lovers?
Chorus
I like to end with the intro followed by a sustained C12 (open C chord
with a
high G added) chord.
New Amsterdam
Transcribed by Daniel Lunsford (peachfish42@hotmail.com)
G Em C G
V1:You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
G Em F D
You give me your lip after punchin me silly
G Em C G
You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain
G Em F D
If I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back again
Chorus:
G Bb C G
New Amsterdam, it's become much too much
G Bb C G
Though I have the possession of everything she touches
G Bb C G
Till I step on the brake to get out of her clutches
G Bb C G
Can I speak double-dutch to a real double duchess
*(all verses and choruses have same chord progressions)*
Bridge:
Em A E
Back in London they'll take you to heart after a little while
E Am D (D/C)(D/B)(D/A)
Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile
Note: During the chorus, I have seen some people play Am instead of C
(As in "G-Bb-Am-G"). Either one works, but I think C sounds better. To
each his/her own.....
High Fidelity
michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough) wrote:
Define:
E/G# 4X2400
D/F# 2X023X
A/G 3X2220
This is something like the intro riff:
e-----------------------------------
B--3--1------3-3--1-1--3-3--1-1-----
G--2--2------2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----
D--2--2------2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----
A--0--0------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----
E-----------------------------------
e----------------------------------------
B--3--1------3-3--1-1--3-3--1-1----------
G--0--0------2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------
D--2--2------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
INTRO:
Am E/G# C/G D/F#
F E
Some things you never get used to
Am D/F# G
Even though you're feeling like another man
Bm
There's nothing that he can do for you
Dm E
To shut me away as you walk through
Am D
Lovers laughing in their amateur hour
Am D
Holding hands in the corridors of power
Am F E
Even though I'm with somebody else right now
A A/G D/F#
High fidelity
D
Can you hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
D E
Can you hear me?
A A/G D/F#
High fidelity
D
Can you hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
F G
Can you hear me?
C
There's a new kind of dedication
Maybe you'll find it down the tunnel
Maybe I got above my station
Maybe you're only changing channel
F E
Even though you're nowhere near me
Am D/F# G
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now
Bm
Even though the signal's indistinct
Dm E
And you worry what silly people think
Am D
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen out
Am D Am
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out of millions
F E
I suppose he'll never know about
(chorus)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
High Fidelity
(Elvis Costello from the album "Get Happy!" - Words and Music
by Elvis Costello)
Transcribed by D. W. Bennett
Not too sure of the chords
yet in the intro but the base notes go something like this:
A Ab G
F#
F E
Some things you never get used to
Am
D7 G C G
Even though you're feeling like another man
Bm
There's nothing that he can do for you
Dm E7
To shut me
away as you walk through
Am D7
Lovers laughing in
their amateur hour
Am D7
Holding hands in the corridors
of power
Am D E E7
Even though I'm with
somebody else right now
Chorus
A A/G F#m
High fidelity
D
Can you
hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
D E E7
Can you hear me?
A A/G F#m
High
fidelity
D
Can you hear me?
E
Can you hear me?
F
Can you hear me?
C
G
There's a new kind of dedication
C
G
Maybe you'll find it down the tunnel
C G
Maybe
I got above my station
C
Maybe you're only changing channels
F
E
Even though you're nowhere near me
Am D G
C G
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now
Bm
Even though the
signal's indistinct
Dm E7
And you worry what silly
people think
Am D
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen
out
Am D
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out
Am
D E E7
of millions, I suppose he'll never know
about
Chorus...
F E
Can you hear me? x2 then F G F G
fade out
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
(H. Banks & A. Jones)
Transcribed by D. W. Bennett
C Am
I'm the living result
F G
I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much
C E7 Am
F
and I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears
C E7 Am
F
sadness is all my lonely heart can feel
C F C F
I
can't stand up for falling down
C F C F
I can't
stand up for falling down
simple though love is
still it confused me
why
I'm not loved the way I should be
now I've lived with heartaches
and I've
roomed with fear
I've dealt with despair
and I've wrestled with tears
I
can't stand up for falling down
I can't stand up for falling down
F
Fm
the vow that we made
C Bb C
you broke it in two
F
Fm G
but that don't stop me from loving you
I can't stand up for
falling down
I can't stand up for falling down
Black And White World
-n.c.= no chord (i.e., single notes played)
-all chords are played with traditional fingering,
except F#/D, which is a combination of an F# note played
on bass and a D-chord played on guitar and organ.
D G-G-G/ D G-G-G/ D G-G-G/ E A-A-A/ D G-G-G
G G (n.c.)G-B-C
I was looking at the black and white world
Em Em
It seemed so exciting
G G-G (n.c.)G-B-C
If you'd only put me back to back with that girl
Em Em
When the night's inviting
B E F#/D G
With just a little lighting
(n.c.)C- B- Bb- A- A-G-F#-D
There'll never be days like that again
A-G-F#-D A-G-F#-D A-G-F#-D
When I was just a boy and men were men
E A D G
You never go from moment to moment
(n.c.)D-C-B-G D-C-B-G
You're the living double of a single fiction
E A D G
You're very colourful with your compliments
(n.c.)D-C-B-G D-C-B-G
As you feel the finger's friction
E A
It's a freeze-frame
E
Still it's real life
A E
You don't want to look
A E A D
Cause you've seen the film and you've read the book
(n.c.)D-C#-C-B-Bb-A-G
G G (n.c.)G-B-C
I was looking at the black and white world
Em Em
Trying to name some pin-up
G G (n.c.)G-B-C
Those days she was just a beautiful girl
Em Em
Now she's framed and hung up
B E F#/D
I thought she was young
G (n.c.)C- B- Bb- A- A-G-F#-D
Up until I saw her last night in close detail
A-G-F#-D A-G-F#-D A-G-F#-D
Though they all fade away when you're so pale
E A D G
It's more than just a physical attraction
(n.c.)D-C-B-G D-C-B-G
It starts with a face and ends up a fixation
E A D G
But you're never gonna feel a fraction
(n.c.)D-C-B-G D-C-B-G
Of the way it used to work on your imagination
D G-G (n.c.)G-B-C
When you were looking at the black and white world (repeat until fade)
5ive Gears In Reverse
B Movie
michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough) wrote:
Intro:
Try to approximate the bass part from the album.
I like to play the whole thing just on the E
string, but it can be played like this:
e-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A------0-0-----0-0--2--4--2--0------
E---0-------0-------------------2---
e----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D----------------------------------
A------0-0-----0-0--2--4--2--0-----
E---0-------0-------------------2--
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D----------------------2-1-0---
A------0-0-----0-0--4----------
E---0-------0------------------
e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------0--2--????--
A------0-0-----0-0--2--4--------------
E---0-------0-------------------------
E A B E
I found America hiding in the corner of my wallet
B
It's a well kept secret, thought that I had better swallow it
F#m D
Before they make me spit out the truth
G C B
Before they find you're lying about your youth
E A B E
B movie, that's all you are to me
Just a soft soap story
B
Don't want the woman to adore me
F#m B
You can't stand it when it goes from real to reel
F#m B
Too real too real
F#m A C
You can't stand it when I throw punch lines you can feel
C#m F#m C#m
All the time, there's a rule book in Brittania
F#m C#m
That no one ever waives
E
And everybody's on the make
B
It's not your heart I want to break
E
Turn out the lights
A B E
I'm thinking that I want to go to sleep now
B
Just give me a promise that I'm supposed to keep now
F#m D
I don't want some fool asking me why
G C B
When I find you're finally making me cry
(Chorus)
C
you can feel. you can feel. you can feel. . . .
Motel Matches
NOTE: All notes in "()" are bass notes for the walk up and down in
The intro and the main verse. Drag your feet when playing this song.
Always stay behind the beat except for the first two lines of the chorus.
In a full band situation, make sure everbody nails the three sharp notes
Before the chorus and the bass player can pull an optional (C) (B) (A)
down to the Am. (a la Bruce Thomas)
Send notes, comments or corrections to HAMNRYE@MINDSPRING.COM
________________________________
INTRO: C (C) (D) (E) F (F) (E) (D)
________________________________
C F
Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?"
G C
This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man
C (C) (D) (E) F
Though you say I'm unkind
F
I'm being as nice as I can
Am
Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches
Am F
I struck lucky with motel matches
G F
Falling for you without a second look
G F
Falling out of your open pocketbook
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
___________________________________
C (C) (D) (E) F (F) (E) (D)
___________________________________
C (REPEAT OF FIRST VERSE)
I wake with the siren in an emergency
Though your mind is full of love
In your eyes there is a vacancy
And you know what I'll do
When the light outside changes from red to blue
Chorus
Human Touch
tabbed by kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore)
Ken writes:
>Does anybody happen to know the chords to "Human Touch?" I know it's a
>simple song, but I'm a novice at figuring out songs. Any help would be
>greatly appreciated!
Oh, simple, is it? Well, I had just returned from Tower with my $11.98 Ryko
pressing of Get Happy, so I was only too eager to give this a shot-but this
song has some funky stuff in it! I'm eager to hear what everybody else got.
The Ryko disc, by the way is night and day better than the original-good
grief-the highs and lows and general clarity are just SO much better-what
on earth did they do the Columbia ones to make them sound so bad?
Anyway, the thing that make this simple sounding song complex is the
ska-like rhythm-the bass falls right on the down beat but the chords are
all played on the upbeat.
This is fine til you switch chords-then it can get sticky- you have to make
a basic decision-do you change to the new chord on the upbeat of 4 or the
upbeat of 1? Let's say the bass plays E E E E B B B B. You, the guitar
player, play inbetween the bass player's notes. So the big question is,
what do you play after the 4th E, an E, or a B? You can do it either way.
If you play a B, it sounds like you're anticipating the next chord. Any ska
freaks out there? Which is more common?
Human Touch USUALLY anticipates the next chord, but not always. Anyway,
here's what the guitar plays, where "-" represents the silent downstrum
while the bass is playing.
VERSE:
-E-E-E-E|-E-E-E-B|-B-B-B-B|-B-B-B-B
-B-B-B-B|-B-B-B-E|-E-E-E-E|-E-E-E-E
-E-E-E-E|-E-E-E-A|-A-F#-F#-B|-B-B-B-E
-E-B-BBB
CHORUS:
EE-E-E-A|-A-A-A-B|-B-B-B-E|-E-E-BBB
-E-E-E-A|-A-A-A-B|-BBB-C#mC#mC#m|-D=B0D=B0D=B0-B/D# B/D# B/D# ***see note #1
-E-E-E-B|-B-B6-B7-(E)
Notes:
1) The best way I could find to play the rise starting at bar 6 of the
chorus would be to play a chord with the first finger on the 4th fret of
the 5th string, deaden the 4th string, 3rd finger on the 6th fret of the
3rd string, and 2nd finger on the 5th fret of the 2nd string-use this for
the C#mi, then slide it up a fret for the D=B0, and slide it up another fret
for the B- ANY OTHER IDEAS?? The bass riff here is definitely B C# D D# E
2) The following figure "-BBB" means that the guitar does a variation on
the ska rhythm and hits a down beat.
3) The B-B6-B7 thing at the end of the chorus can be done with a 7th fret
bar and adding the pinkie on the 9th and then the 10th frets.
4) Although the guitar plays regular bar chords for the most part, the
*actual* harmony of this song is much more complex, owing the the intricate
arpeggiated bassline.ESPECIALLY at bar 10 of the verse! The bass goes A C#
C# F#|D# B G# F#|E. the A and C# are for the A chord and the C# and F# are
for the F# chord and the D# and B are for the B chord, but about that G#
=46#?? ANY IDEAS?
I'd love to see what others have to say about this-there are a couple
places I'm not certain of and any insight on ska playing would also be
great. Who plays guitar on this tune anyway? And what other tidbits does
anyone know about its origin, lyrics, etc.?
[Note: the "official" guitar chords to this song are available in
songbook form; see the info on the bottom of the guitar page. --mjs]
Beaten To The Punch
Courtesy of Joseph P. Wengert
C7
C7
You say that you can and then you run to get your mummy
C7
And you're almost beaten to the punch
C7
Looking for the man who sold you the dummy
F
And you're almost beaten to the punch
Am D F
Laughing at the older guys who say it's just as well
F
Saved by the wedding bell
D# D C7
Almost beaten to the punch
C7
You're looking for somebody new that you can knock around
C7
You are almost beaten to the punch
C7
If you've got a head for figures then you'd better count me out
F
You were almost beaten to the punch
Am D
You pulled the piece but you soon called it love
F
You go hand in glove
D# D C7
Almost beaten to the punch
Am D E
Your body speaks much louder than your voice
Am D E
You let it do the talking so I don't have any choice
C7
Now you find the younger guys are putting up resistance
C7
And you're almost beaten to the punch
C7
You better get out now because you'll never go the distance
F
And you're almost beaten to the punch
Am D
You'll find a girl and you'll promise her anything
F
Even a wedding ring
D# D C7
Almost beaten to the punch
Temptation
Courtesy of Joseph P. Wengert
These are the chords for the Get Happy version. On the Costello and
Nieve box set, it is played in C
Intro: E - A - B (repeat)
E A B
Who's this kid with his mumbo jumbo
E A B
Living in air-conditioned limbo
E A B
Though they treat him just like a guest
E A B
He's living under threat of arrest
B A B E
Now that he's finally trying to make some sense
D E A
He drinks in self-defense
B E-A-B
Give me temptation
The subtle touch of authority will
Take you anytime down to the station
You say that it's alright by me
Now you're living with the curse of sophistication
Now that you're shackled up to the rigmarole
With absolute control
A
I see you lying so wide awake
E B
After I've given you all that you can take
B
So for heaven's sake
F#
Give me temptation
Still you want to succeed so badly
Finding your life will not be deadly
You tell me you can take it or leave it
Sometimes I think that you really believe it
You're just itching to break her secret laws
As you go from claws to clause
A-A-A-A-A-A-E-A
Give me temptation
B
(intro again)
I Stand Accused
Riot Act
michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough) wrote:
D/C = x20232
Bm7 = x2x23x BbMAJ7 = x1x23x
intro:
Basically just play the A and Dm as arpeggios, like this:
e--------------------|-----------1--------|----
B-----------2--------|--------3--3--3-----|----
G--------2-----2-----|-----2-----------2--|----
D-----2-----------2--|--0-----------------|----
A--0-----------------|--------------------|----
E--------------------|--------------------|----
A Dm A Dm A
Forever
Dm C F
doesn't mean forever anymore
A Dm A
I said forever
Dm C F
But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
D G
When the heat gets so tropical
Bm Em
And the talk gets so topical
D D/C Bm7 (can use B5)
Riot act - you can read me the riot act
BbMAJ7 Em7
You can make me a matter of fact
A
Or a villain in a million
Em7 A
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
C#m C Bm
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense
Bb A
When my mind could rest much easier
C#m C Bm
Instead of all this dumb dumb insolence
Bb A
I would be happier with amnesia
A Dm A
They say forget her
Dm c F
Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
A Dm A
I got your letter
Dm C F
Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
D G
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Bm Em
Don't make me laugh by talking tough
D G
Don't put your heart out on your sleeve
Em
When your remarks are off the cuff
Chorus . . . . . .
Girls Talk
From: SMTP%"dal23@hermes.cam.ac.uk" 11-DEC-1996 13:37:59.35
Subj: Girls Talk
A G D
A G D
A G D A G D
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
A G
I thought I heard you mention my name
D E
Can't you talk any louder?
F#m
Don't come any closer
E/G#
Don't come any nearer
A D
My vision of you can't get any clearer
A G D A G D
Oh I just want to hear girls talk
A G D E
I got a loaded imagination being fired by girls' talk
F#m E/G#
But I can't say the words you want to hear
A D
I suppose you're going to have to play it by ear
A G
Right here and now
D
Girls talk
A G
And they want to know how
D
Girls talk
A G
And they say it's not allowed
D
Girls talk
If they say that it's so
E
Don't you think that I know by now?
That the word upon everyone's lips
Stick that you're dedicated
Though you may not be an old-fashioned girl
You're still going to get dated
Was it really murder?
Were you just pretending?
Lately I have heard you are the living end
Girls talk and they wanna know about her
Girls talk they wanna know if I care
Girls talk and they wanna know where yeah
Girls talk
Girls talk
Getting Mighty Crowded
So Young
Just A Memory
Tabbed by Zach Maggio
spadwick@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Intro: F Bb/F F C/F F (x2)
F Bb/F F C/F
Layin about lyin in bed
F Dm7 Gm
Maybe it was something that I thought I said
Gm
With the tempo of today and the temptation of tomorrow
Ab Eb/G
I don't know if I could give you anything but sorrow
Eb
They stay alive this late on Radio Five
Eb
But the pen that I write with won't tell the truth
Eb
'Cause the moments that I can't recall are the moments that I treasure
Eb Dm D
Better take another measure for measure
Bb Eb Bb
Losing you is just a memory, memories
Eb
Don't mean that much to me
Bb Eb Bb
Losing you is just a memory, memories
Eb Dm Cm F
Don't mean that much to me
Gm
Now you're here
Dm
I'm here too
Eb Fsus4 F
Could be this easy for me and you
Repeat chorus and then first part of 1st verse
Hoover Factory
Ghost Train
Dr. Luther's Assistant