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( This is the riff played in the background durring the verses.)
E----------------------|----------------------|
B-3-1-0-----0-1-0-1-0--|-3-1-0-------1-0------|
G-------2-0------------|-------2-0-2-----2-0--|
D----------------------|----------------------|
A----------------------|----------------------|
E----------------------|----------------------|
Verse 1:
RE SOL MIm LA SI SOL MIm LA
Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
RE SOL MIm LA SI SOL MIm LA
Mom leans down and says, "My sentiments exactly
SIb SOL LA
you son of a bitch" I palindrome I
Chorus
SI SOL MIm LA
(I palindrome I) I palindrome I
(I palindrome I)
SIm RE SOL RE MIm SOL LA
And I am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side
(snake head) (snake head)
SOL RE
I palindrome I (man o man)
Verse 2:
See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline
see the medical chart with the random zig-zag
Now I'll help it decide I palindrome I
(Chorus)
Bridge ( The bass is weird here. Maybe the flatted third? ):
G A B A(bass C#) D Em D(F#) G
"Son I am able," she said, "though you scare me." "Watch," said I,
LA SI LA(C#) SIm(D) MIm RE SOL LA
"Beloved," I said, "watch me scare you though" Said she: "Able am I, son..."
Verse 3:
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding
(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
see the hands of my offspring making windmills
(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)
Dad palindrome dad. I palindrome I
(Chorus)
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