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Intro
MI LA SI LA SOL LA SI LA SOL
(arpeggiate gently; A = xx7655, B = xx9877, etc. Add 2nd on top string
while picking. See below for more detail).
MI DO
I was born as a pantomime horse,
RE
ugly as the sun when he falls to the floor
MI DO
I was cut from the wreckage one day,
RE
this is what I get for being that way
LA SI LA SOL
Well, did you ever, did you ever go round with them?
LA SI LA SOL
Well, did you ever, did you ever go round the bend?
LA
during chorus: --------5h7p5------ move up 2 frets during B chord
----5h7-------7---- move down 2 frets during G chord
-4/6--------------- (This is similar to the guitar
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MI MIsus4 DO
I was conned by a circus hand
RE
Tragic as the son of a superman
MI MIsus4 DO
"I would die for the stars" she said
RE
this is what I get for my beautiful head
Repeat Chorus, then.....
E D E (hold) C D E
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----------------------------------3-2---3-2---7-5---7-5-6-7-7-----
-----3-2-0----------------------------3-----3-----7---------------
bend... ever tried it that way..(etc.)
LA
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-8----------------------------------
---9-7-----------------------------
-------9-7-------------repeat, etc. Fade....
-----------9-7----------------------
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The Drowners
Intro: A (5fr) | D (5fr) | C (3fr) | E
The E is picked out approximately;
e----------------------------0----------
-------------------------------0-------
---------------------1-----------------
-----2------------------2--------------
--------2--0--------------2------------
E ---0--------------0-------------------
Chorus (pick the chords):
G (3fr) | B (2fr) | C (3fr) | D (5fr)
for the last C chord bend the middle three strings up one semitone.
Note that when playing the chords don't stick exactly to a rigid shape.
Eg for C
e---------------------------
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---------------5-p5-------- etc.
----------3-h5-------------
----3-h5-------------------
E --------------------------
Breakdown
Intro MIb
SIbm MIb SOL# FAm
Back where the dogs bark, where still life bleeds the concrete white
SIbm MIb SOL#
Try not to go too far inside your mind
SIbm MIb SOL# FAm
Back where the cars decide, where the lame star limps an endless mile
SIbm MIb SOL#
Have I gone too far inside my mind?
LA FA#m SIm MI
Oh, if you were the one, would I even notice now my mind has gone?
LA FA#m SIm MIb
Oh, if you were the one, would I even notice?
SIbm MIb SOL# FAm
Back where the car was parked, where the canine in the A-line stole your time
SIbm MIb SOL#
You can only go so far for womankind
LA FA#m SIm MI
Oh, if you were the one, would I even notice now that he has come?
LA FA#m SIm MIb
Oh, if you were the one, would I even notice?
SIbm MIb SOL# FAm
You can only go so far, you can only go so far
SIbm MIb SOL#
You can only go so far in your mind
[Ending: Ab Bb Db Eb E Ab Gb Ab Eb]
MIb SOL# SIb
Does your love only come, does your love only come
DO# MIb MI SOL# FA# SOL# MIb
Does he only come......... in a Volvo?
Metal Mickey
INTRO
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-0(fb)--2(p)0------0---0-----------
-------------2(p)0-------0----------
---------------------------3--0__(effects) (I think he scrapes the pick
----------------------------------- along the A string)
The main rhythm is A5 A5 G A5:
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-2-2-0-2-2-------------------------
-2-2-0-2-2-------------------------
-0-0---0-0---etc.------------------
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so the rest of the intro, as well as the verses, are
A5 G D C A (with this lick thrown in:E|-2-3-2-3---)
SI -2-2-2-2---
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LA5 SOL RE DO LA
Well she's show showing it off then the glitter in her lovely eyes
LA5 SOL RE DO LA
Show show showing it off then and all the people shake their money in time
SOL DO RE DO SOL DO RE
She sells heart, she sells meat
LA RE MI RE SOL MI
Oh Dad, she's driving me mad, come see
We shake shake shake to the trumpet and through the slippery city we ride
Skyline swine on the circuit where all the people shake their money in time
then A5 G A5 G A5 G etc. into solo (A blues pentatonic scale, centered
around 5th position: notes are A C D E G)
LA RE MI RE LA RE MI
She sells heart, she sells meat (repeat and fade)
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