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1. (Too late) the smart bomb 2. A Brand New Book I once read the story of somebody's life. I had a few moments to spare. He was a good man who lived with his wife. With the usual kids in his hair. There was happiness a lot of weirdness. And a s...3. A miracle a minute D Dm7 A. Intro: Bass and drums then, Ooh ooohh, Ooh oooh, ooh oooh. Then the band come in over Ooh ooohh, Ooh oooh, ooh oooh. A E A E. When you put your arms around me, the doctor has to operate. A E...4. AND IT SHOOK ME CHORUS. G Em G Em. And it shook me, it shook me up, it shook me up, yeah. G C Em. I remember the way you looked when we first met. G C Em. There are some things in this world you can't forget. G...5. Anniversary . Thanks to Kirk Anderson (kanderso@wheatonma. edu) for the chords. Capo at 4. intro: Em, C, Em, C, Em, C, Em, C. Em C Em C. This is our first year, no-one else but us here. D C. And even with the dar...6. Another grey area Capo at 4 Intro Am Am Am C 4 times. Am C G D. You're always kidding me something's happening but it isn't true. Am C G D. You're getting rid of me you know exactly what I'm tr...7. Back door love . Intro C C C C. VERSE. C Am. I've waited all night jumped all the red lights. F G. Dodged all the turnpikes took all the wrong rights. C Am. I pulled up outside made the cat run down the street....8. Back in time Intro Em Am Am7. G Em. You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinball. C Am. And look for the air-raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems so. G Em. small and all the gardens That h...9. BACK TO SCHOOLDAYS E B E. Don't seem to be no break in the line don't seem to be no break boys. E. They ruined my vision screwed up my eyes. B E. I'll tell you what I'm gonna do boys. A E. I'm g...10. BAGGAGE Capo at Fret 2 Intro Em / Am / Em. Em Am Em. Come and pick up your baggage it's cluttering up my head. Em C Am D. There always seems to be a catch to everything you've ever said. Em Am Em. T...11. Bean Counter Civilisation. Has come a long way. Out of the mud where chitinous bugs. Eat each other all day. Now we're in the clouds working overtime for our pay. Countin' the numbers and being the bugs...12. BEAN COUNTER - Graham Parker In answer to the question about the groove this song is based on here. is a rough version. I'm not sure if it's right nor not. It's possibly I've made. it (the chorus especially)...13. Between You & Me All I knew were the lights in the harbour, All I saw was the flash in my head, yeah, And thats all thats left between you and me, oh yeah, Said thats all thats left between you and me. Next thing I kn...14. BETWEEN YOU AND ME D Dsus4 D Dsus4. All I knew were the lights in the harbour, D Dsus4 D Dsus4. All I saw was the flash in my head, yeah, Em A D Bm. And that's all that's left between you and me, oh yeah, Em A...15. Beyond a joke D G. It's gone beyond a joke, it's gone beyond a laughing matter. D G. We had a flag out in the wind, now it's reduced to just a tatter. C C C. I get the feeling it's all getting o...16. Big fat zero Intro D A E. D A E A. Better listen to me, You better stay blind and you better not see. D A E A. You think it feels alright but you don't have to lie awake all night. CHORUS. D D A. Fumble with...17. BIG MAN ON PAPER Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop. I look at a news cast being broadcast and. try to connect with the events in front of my eyes. But I can't see any further than the bills on the table. o...18. Black honey Thanks to Robert Watson robert@gcmac. demon. co. uk. for his corrections. This used to be capo at 2 but since. I can't find my capo just now, I've put it in open chords. Intro G D F#m G x 2...19. Black Lincoln Continental Intro: notes picked out of A and Asus4. A (throughout). Shake that cocktail and follow the road. The doors are locked and the windows are closed. There's only one way to the American Dream. They&...20. Blue Highways Dmaj7: x 0 0 11 10 9. D: x x 0 5 5 7. D6: x x 0 7 7 7. intro: Dmaj7 / D / D6 / Dmaj7 / D / D6 / Dmaj7 / D / D6. D Bm D Bm. The kid's left home, the kid's got a kid of her own. D Bm D Bm. Don...21. Break Them Down A lot of people helped with the lyrics, notably William Wittman. Thanks WW and everybody!. Intro: G#m C#m G#m C#m Ebm G#m. G#m C#m G#m C#m Ebm G#m. The missionary's position is clear, break them...22. Bubblegum Cancer Joe Camel was a friend of mine He had a fine line in seduction. But the monkeys pulled Joe off the billboard sign. Somewhere near Clapham Junction. Now all the little children had no pied piper. There...23. CALL ME YOUR DOCTOR Bm G (twice). E A D G. Call me your doctor if you want, I'll get the cure out. E A Bm. To be administered before sleep. E A D. Call out the thing you really want And I'll be there. G. I&apos...24. Can't waste a minute . Intro: the notes are e c# b c# c# b (3 times) over an A. bass first and then a D bass, so the chords would probably be. xx0220. A Dmaj9 A Dmaj9 A E (notes over E go b c# d e). A D. I was playing wit...25. Canned Laughter Intro F# B A. A D A D A. Canned laughter, rings in my ears the morning after. Canned laughter, would cans save a big disaster?. D F#m D F#m. Spreads around the room like a tumour, I'm not exactly...26. CHARACTER ASSASSINATION doo doo etc. Am. She opens up and pulls you in, dabs a napkin on your chin. Em. She's like an ornament on a hood, does the mambo like a piece of wood. Am. Taking you under, taking you under, for...27. CHILDREN and DOGS INTRO: (A) B A E E A A (to get to the first B). B A B A. She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good. B A B A. Something to play with now again And give lots of food. C#m A B C#m. We...28. Clear Head Intro C G (8 times). C G C G C G C G. Look round baby tell me what you say, am I imagining it, is it me. C G C G D C G. Does the world get faster day by day? you better get a clear head hey. What a sh...29. Crawlin from the wreckage Crawlin from the wreckage G. Parker. Chords: From David Windhorst <colorg@mindspring. com>. G D G. Got out really early from the factory. D G. Drivin' like a nut in the rain. G D G. Don&ap...30. CRUEL STAGE Take me for what I'm worth though it may not amount to much. Take me from this abyss and put me back in touch. Though I have strayed from you though I have fallen from grace. I am back on higher...31. Crying for attention Intro F#m E A (3 times then D). (D) A E A. Can you hear me?. D A E A D. Baby can you hear me?. A E A. Who do you think I'm talking to?. D A E A D. Is there anyone else near me?. F#m. Precious thi...32. Cupid Graham Parker/Johnny Nash. REFRAIN. Cupid draw back your bow. And let your arrow flow. Straight to my lover's heart for me. Nobody else but me hey hey hey. Cupid please hear my cry. And let your...33. DADDY'S A POSTMAN . E Asus4 A 4 times. E Asus4 A E Asus4 A. We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the car. E Asus4 A E Asus4 A. Jump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like stars. E Asus4 A E Asus4 A. The...34. DANCING FOR MONEY . A F#m. When I ask you for a light You don't turn the lights out. A F#m. When I'm looking for a fight You don't punch my lights out. E A D. Sometimes they say Love is invincible. E A D...35. Dark side of the bright lights Intro A Asus2 A6 A A (twice) (the notes go c# b f# e c#). A F#m G A. The party may wind down the bottles are strewn and broken. D Em7 A. The games are all played out like useless tokens. A F#m G A. Th...36. Devil's Sidewalk . Like No Holding Back you can get the main melody (riff) in your head. to play over over the intro chords, you're set. Capo at 2 makes the transitions more manageable for. solo guitar. Chords m...37. DISCOVERING JAPAN [intro] Bm D A (3 times). D Bm. Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking. D A. The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt. G A Bm G. And there's nothing...38. DISNEY'S AMERICA Capo at 4 Intro: E A E A. VERSE. A Amaj7 D A. I knew Virginia once She was a pretty girl. D A D E. She walked in the wild fields and swam the wild streams. A Amaj7 D A. I took her out one day to the C...39. DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS Lead Guitar intro Em Bm A Em Bm D A Bm then Bm G. Bm G Bm G. Crimson autograph is what we leave behind, Everywhere man set foot. Em Bm F#m Bm. War mongers laughing loud behind a painted face. Em Bm F#...40. Don't Get Excited Capo at 2 Intro C C C C C D. C D C D. There is always some advantage to be wielded and brought to bear. C D D. It's a lonely occupation keeping others out of your hair. C D C D. Fingers on all th...41. Don't let it break you down Intro: D G (4 times). D G D G. Now don't get bent out of shape, don't start tearing out your hair. D G D G. One a sweet little angel, that stuff's nowhere. D G D G. When the bombs go of...42. Empty Lives This one has bunch of chords that are easy to play if. the capo is at 4. Chords mapped out as if they were open. Intro Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7. Esus4 Em Cmaj7. I'm just a tick in a box on a questionna...43. Endless Night (E) A E D A D E. Uh, I had the time but I blew it, I had the power and I knew it. D A D E. had the energy, but outgrew it, the identity but saw through it, yeah. E D A D E. I had the walk, but got tra...44. Everyone's hand is on the switch Intro: A G (several times). A G A D G. Everyone's hand is on the switch, up above there's a leaden sky. Everyone's thinking of the switch, get ready, make someone cry. D Am Em. Ooh they...45. EVERYTHING GOES Intro: D then briefly G A (4 times). D G A. Another schoolgirl disappears. D G A. She's the twenty-third one this year. D G A. They're gonna search on the river bank. D G A. And in the disus...46. Fear Not Intro C#m B A B A B C#m. C#m E C#m E. The dark hand will call you out of nowhere it seems. C#m A E B. The black cloud will bust apart shattering your dreams. C#m E C#m E. They all put up barricades bl...47. FIRST DAY OF SPRING Capo at 4. A B. The sky might be massive up above. E/A Asus2. but it is not as blue as love. A B. The stars might shine brightly in the night. C#m7 Asus2. but that is not the only light. A B. No that...48. Fly As you look into an invisible landscape. And the waves of time part behind your back. As your life crumbles and turns into fiction. And the end of it becomes a fact. The ghosts of children will run in...49. FLY Graham Parker . Intro Am C (twice). (C) Am C. As you look into an invisible landscape. Dm7 C. and the waves of time part behind your back. G. As your life crumbles and turns into fiction. Dm7 C. and the end of it b...50. Fool's gold Intro as per verse. A D A D. I been doing my homework now for a long long time. A D A D. And everything that I look for I know I will one day find. E D E D. I'm a fool so I'm told I get left...51. FORCE OF NATURE This little shuffle climbs and climbs over the circular chord progression. It's fun to play. When I look at the lyrics it makes me think this woman. is one of GP's fictional favourites - th...52. GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON . Just looked at this again (26/10/97) and listened to the bass in the. chorus which has given me a way of playing this little rocker. You can put an Asus4 x0223x in the verses as an embellishment to...53. Get Started Start A Fire Thanx Kirk Anderson (kanderso@wheatonma. edu) for chords, he writes:. For the basic intro, verse, chorus riff play Em at fret 7. then pull off fingers 2, 3, and 4: voila the other chord: 777777, thoug...54. GIRL ON THE PIER Graham Parker Intro: G D Em7 C. G D Em7 C. G D Em7 C. As the twilight was returning and the sun began to fall. G D Em7 C. I walked down to the beach front and watched the whitecaps roll. G D Em C. A flare exploded...55. Glass Jaw . Intro C#m A G#m (three times) then C#m. E B. I got a real wooden heart girl, sometimes it's hard to ignite it. E B C#m. I must have water for blood girl, but don't cut me out or write me o...56. GREEN MONKEYS . E B. In a distant street a distant beat Repeats machine gun like. In a forest grows a sweet fruit Filled with poison. In a clear blue sky a plane bursts into flames High above us. In an office blind...57. GUARDIAN ANGELS 022130 002220 002120. E7 A Amaj7. Your guardian angels are looking down on you. D A. As they fold your wings and collect your things. E E7. And lift you into the blue. A Amaj7. Your guardian angels th...58. GYPSY BLOOD Capo at fret 2 Intro. D / D / G / D D / D / A / A. D / D / F# / G D / A / D / D. G A D. Now don't you try to put it down, G A D. Don't pour cold water over me, G A D G. 'Cause I been up...59. HAUNTED EPISODES Capo at 3 /C /B etc mean passing bass notes. G C /C /B. I wonder what you are thinkin'. Am7. under the rooftops there. D. pullin' tangles from your hair. G C /C /B. I wonder if the water you...60. Heat Treatment Thanks to Robert Watson robert@gcmac. demon. co. uk. for a complete revision of this chart. Robert's chart has the Em over the word "treatment". I like playiong G G Em as below. Try it...61. Help me shake it . VERSE. G. I've been sweating I've been fretting. G. I've been burned and I ain't forgetting. C D G. Oh no oh no don't you notice something going on?. I'm so hungry I wa...62. Here it comes again . Capo at 2. Am. Let's talk about a criminal procedure. Am. throw out the idea of illegal seizure . G Am. put a rope around somebody's neck. let's hold some bastard up for example . tak...63. HONEST WORK As long as you give me my pay You'll get your moneys worth. I'll be there 8 hours a day I won't hide and I won't shirk. I got a way with a hammer and a nail A dovetail and a tongue...64. Hotel Chambermaid Thanks to Robert Watson robert@gcmac. demon. co. uk. for corrections and the tablature. Intro F# A E 4 times. Intro Guitar. G ------3----------6------. D ------------------------. A 2-s-4---4---s-7---...65. HOWLIN' WIND The waterfalls trinkling. like bells to my ear. The earth rolls out before me through smiles. and tears. A country lost, a soul discovered. The ruin that I once was will soon recover. CHORUS. And I kn...66. I don't know Intro G D G C. G D G C. I don't know what's behind that veil I ask questions to no avail. G D G C. I don't know why there's empty shelves Empty books and silent bells. CHORUS. G D...67. I want you back (The Corporation) I want you back (The Corporation) [top] [back to index]. Capo at 3. G C Em C D C G. Oooohh oh oh let me tell you now uh huh, uh uh uh. G C. When I had you to myself I didn't want you around. Em C...68. I WAS WRONG VERSE. A D A. I dreamed I was someone special In another life. A D A. They gave me my fifteen minutes Then they pulled the knife. BRIDGE. G A D C. It was just another deal It was just another reel. A...69. I'm gonna tear your playhouse down (E Randle) Intro as first line twice. Ebm G#m. You think you've got it all set up, Ebm G#m. You think you've got a perfect plan. Ebm G#m. But charm any man you see, Ebm G#m. And play with everything on...70. I'm just your man E^ as 0 14 14 13 12 0. A~ as 0 7 7 6 5 0. INTRO: E^ / A~ / E^ / A~ / E. E A E A. I'm not a page in history not something that bold. E A G#m B. I'm not the greatest mystery that was ever told...71. IMPENETRABLE Intro: Am / Am+9 / Em7 / Dm7 (twice). Am+9 means hammer the B, that is, Am 577555 Am+9 577557. Am. I'm in a trailer with some white trash. Em7 Dm7. They're drinkin' beer and smokin&apos...72. It's all worth nothing alone Bm (4 times) then A G F#. Bm. Speak to me baby across this room. C F#. I never noticed silence like this before. Bm. Cry for me baby I'm empty too. C F#. If I could pull myself up off the floor....73. Joe Meek's Blues Capo at 2. G. My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint. Em. you got paint on your coat like an arrow point . D. I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow . C Am D. fired into the night deep and slo...74. Jolie Jolie Graham Parker . Intro: A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm. G A. There's no remedy. G A. I just keep yearning for the sound of your voice. G A. I don't use teardrops as a weapon by choice. Bm. They're just a fall ou...75. Just like a man . Intro A D A A D A E. A D A D E. Just like a man, flexing his muscle and not really usin' it. A D A D E F#m. Just like a fool, making her suffer And stuffing her feelings with cotton wool. D A F...76. Just like Hermann Hesse Two keys in this song, very tricky. intro: A D A E A D E A. F C G C F C G. I took off my mask that night and bared my teeth in your face . F C G C F C G. you saw something else living under my skin th...77. LADY DOCTOR Bb F (3 times). G C G C. I've got a lady doctor She cure da pain for free. G C Bb F G. I've got a lady doctor Oh there ain't nothing wrong with me. G C G C. I went in with a heart burn...78. Last couple on the dance floor E E/G# B F# A. People call and ask how we're doing in the L shaped room. E E/G# B E. They understand how different it is in this profession. E E/G# B F# A. They all fall for all our excuses that...79. Life Gets Better Cmaj9 320010 Dmaj9 xx0220. C Cmaj9, Am, F (four times). Intro oooohs. C G C F. I used to think that it all stopped happening. C Cmaj9 Am F. by the time you reached twenty one. C G C F. They said there...80. LITTLE MISS UNDERSTANDING . D G D A D. Intro: Understanding Understanding (twice). D G D A D. When I get mad I'm really a drag, tear down walls start losing my rag. D G D A D. Like a bunch of cats tied up in a bag, how co...81. Local Girls INTRO D Bm G (three times) then G A. B E. Sit by my window and look outside. A G#m E. Wonder why a sun don't shine on me. B E. What's wrong with you, you stupid child. A G#m C#. Don't y...82. Locked into Green (The subject of this song, William Wittmam informs us, is snooker. ). G Dm Em C. I find I fall into each night what passes for a dream. G Dm Em C. But all I see are pinks and blacks and I don't k...83. Long stem rose E C#m F#m B. My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece. E C#m F#m B. she's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's. E A. a living thing that's bound to get tired. B E A C#m...84. Love gets you twisted Thanks for Greg Longfield for help with this. Greg Longfield <longfiel@ozemail. com. au>. E B E A C#m E A E. Love gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the way. The hearts are enlisted, th...85. Love is a Burning Question E A E A E A E A. We work through the rituals and cover our poisonous tracks . E A E A E A E A. Making good use of weaknesses, horoscopes, rumours and facts . Inspired by the needles and pins and the p...86. Love without Greed Dsus4 xx0233. Intro D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Bm G A. D Dsus4 D Dsus4. I can see a man, well dressed and tanned. Bm G D A. Collecting you in secret in a long sedan. D Dsus4 Dsus4. I can hear you laugh at all...87. LOVERMAN I can take those riff raff. and get them out of your hair. Clean up your doorstep and polish your chair. I could move your house slightly to the left. Squeeze you till you're breathless. then bre...88. Lunatic Fringe VERSE IN G. G Em. I want to thank you for sticking my neck out. G Em7 C. I know I'll be there when they let the cranks out. G Em C Dm. I won't be culpable, got too much to answer for ooo ooo...89. Manoeuvres B E G A. B E G A. C7 F7 C7 F7. C7 F7 C G7. C7 F7. You let me in and I'll help you win. C7 G7. this chance must be heaven sent. C7 F7. You buy the time I sold you all mine. C7 G7. No-one knows the...90. Mercury Poisoning . INTRO C C C G Bb F C G Bb F. C G Bb F C G Bb F. No more pretending now, the albatross is dying in its nest C G. The company is crippling me, Bb F Am Am. the worst trying to ruin the best, the best....91. Mighty Rivers Intro: The chords I have worked out here consist of two base notes only. Some of them are power chords (neither major nor minor, no 3rd). D5 55xxxx. Bm* 75xxxx. Asus4 55xxxx (same as D*). G5 35xxxx. A...92. MILK TRAIN Graham Parker . Am Dm7 G. You know your mamma's good lookin' you're gonna eat a lot of her cookin'. Am Dm7 F. Sweet potato pie and green jello oh oh oh yeah. Am Dm7 G. Your daddy might not be ri...93. Mr Tender Capo at 2. E B E A. Mr. Tender is something I'm not I pulled too tight when we tied the knot . E B E A. Surrender is something I can't, I can't let go and I rave and I rant . C#m A C#m...94. MUSEUM OF STUPIDITY One day there'll be a museum of stupidity. Where we can hang ourselves and throw away the key. Along with the attitudes of the PMRC. And this bullshit drug war full of hypocrisy. The banning of 2...95. MUSEUM PIECE (Alright, let's do the museum piece!). Elvis P. and Jerry Lee, . (?). perfect three (?). Gather dust, an undercrust in Cleveland. Everybody bows down to them. No one looks and says "Hey,...96. MY LOVE'S STRONG Intro A / D A / D. (D) A D A D. When the world's asleep And there's no one in your arms. (D) A D A D. Raindrops hit the window Like distant alarms. (D) A D A D. You don't have to worry...97. New York Shuffle (Spoken) All right, let's do the New York Shuffle (over D). A D A D A D. D A. Manhattan baby with a sing song voice. G D. she got her place in the human zoo. D A. I went to living on the boulevar...98. NEXT PHASE Capo at 4 Intro: G C G C G C G C. G C G C. You have always struck a chord in me. G C G C. one that resonates within like ancient chemistry. G C G C. You have always rung the bell my love. G C G C. Tak...99. No Holding Back . (Capo at 2) Intro:. D A D Dsus4 D Bm Gsus4. D A D Dsus4 D Bm Gsus4. VERSE 1. D A D. Someone called me from across the ocean. A G. to find a weak link in my devotion. D A D. They can shoot hot knives...100. No more excuses Intro riff The high notes are f# g b f# g c. The chords appear to be Em Cmaj7 E C then Em Cmaj7 3 times. Em Cmaj7 D Em. Every street is a crowded place every crowd is too much to face. Em Cmaj7 D. Eve...101. NOBODY HURTS YOU Riff over E D A E B A E D A D E. G. I try to pull my weight, study my geography. A D. It doesn't seem to get me anywhere. G. I hold a picture up, everybody thinks it's me. A D. I get a thril...102. NOT IF IT PLEASES ME Blues in F (capo at 1). Instrumental verse. E E7. If I should stumble down the street. A F#7. Pay no attention just jump my feet yeah. E B7 E F#7 B7. You can't stop me not if it pleases me. E E7....103. NOTHIN'S GONNA PULL US APART Intro E A E A. E A E A D B. If you got a will of iron and a heart of fire. E A E A D B. You might try to stop the world and catch your soul desire. B A E. And then nothing's gonna pull it apart....104. Oasis I am a lucky man that's what I think. I might come close to the edge but I never sink. And I notice that vulnerable look in your eyes tonight. And in the desert that passes for my heart, Sweet ra...105. OBSESSED WITH ARETHA Intro: Hey ay ay ay etc. Em D C Am twice. (Am) Em D C Am. You get a lot of girl singers obsessed with Aretha. (Am) Em D C Am. You get a lot of little swingers wishin' they could be her. Em D. Som...106. OK Heironymous G C. I break a heart in a thousand places, she makes a slur against other races. G C D. He rejects all of the unpretty faces, sticks them full of knives. G C. I take a shot at birds flying south, he t...107. OVER THE BORDER (TO AMERICA) A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works and a kid kvetches. I'm ridin' on a road that stretches Over the border to America. Over the border to America (INTRO). I got nothin' but...108. Paralysed G 355433. G/B 335433. Intro G G/B C. G G/B C. G G/B C. F G C. G G/B C D. I'll wait for someone to tell me what I already know. G G/B C D. And I'll wait for my grip to fail me then I'll...109. PARTNER FOR LIFE This is reported to be played with open tuning but what tuning. exactly I don't know. I have created a simple version which. gets me by. It involves sliding the Cadd 9 up but leaving. the other...110. Passion is no ordinary word Intro A E D. A E A. It worked much better in a fantasy. D A E. Imagination's one thing that comes easy to me. A E A. Cause this is nothing else if not unreal. D A E. When I pretend to touch you,...111. Passive Resistance . CApo at 2 C F C Am C F Am G. C F Am C F Am G. Nothing can be further removed, not everybody wants to be soothed ooooh. D C Am D G C. they're out there now in their padded cells and armchairs. A...112. Platinum blonde Intro - Country picking oohs G Em C D. G Em C Am7 G. Stuff comes down from the golden triangle on ferries from Denmark to helsingborg . G Em C Am7 G. The band strikes up but they're out of time o...113. POLLINATE C Dm7 C F C. I can feel it in the air I can smell you everywhere. C Dm7 C F C. I don't know if you're receptive so l will play the love detective. C. Cos when the bees buzz in the apple blos...114. Pourin' it all out Intro E D (4 times) (played as Barre chords 7th, 5th fret). VERSE. E D E D. Yeah its cold and hot and the rain came tumbling down like a wild December night. E D E D. No love left out on your front do...115. Problem Child Intro Bass run of d c# b a a b then. E B A B / E B A B. The fill ( G#m F#m A B E) can just be played over the B. but these would probably be the chords if they were there. E B A G#m F#m A B E. How fas...116. Protection Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D. Em G G C. So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed. Am C D. So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head. Em G G C. And all of those infected...117. Release me . F#m whack whack F#m B A F#m F#m B F#m. Intro (drums) Na na nah etc (twice). Same sequence for verses. F#m B A F#m F#m B F#m. I can still feel your teethmarks in my neck your footprints on my back. A...118. Saturday Nite is Dead Intro D Dsus4 D Dm D (4 times). A Bm A D. Everybody just looks ugly now information don't compute. A Bm. I draw a blank every time I think. E A. the football crowd is going to give me a boot. CHO...119. SEE YOURSELF surupa nile <grovecenter@saber. net> wrote with some corrections. for this one. It is played inm open tuning (how I don't know). but Surupa worked out that the weird chord was Adim/E 0x121...120. SHARPENING AXES Intro b b b b b b c b (then) a a a a a a b a. (0ver) Em Dm7 (twice). Em Dm7. I'm not selling molasses I'm not pushing tea. Em Dm7. I don't appeal to the masses and they don't appea...121. SHE NEVER LET ME DOWN Cmaj7 Bm7 F#m7 Cmaj7 F#7. She never let me down. That's one thing I can say for sure. Bm7 F#m7 Cmaj7 F#7. I had her wrapped around my finger. Then I cut the cord. Bm7 F#m7 Cmaj7 F#7. And when t...122. She Wants So Many Things (Struck By Lightning). She Wants So Many Things (G. Parker). Capo 2. INTRO: Em / D/ A/ D (3 times). G D A D. She wants so many things you can't give to her. G D A G. She wants so many things you...123. SHORT MEMORIES (1992 by Graham Parker, submitted by Kirk Anderson) (kanderso@wheatonma. edu). D A. They took their kids in their teenage years. D G. Fitted them out with combat gear, D A Bm G. Filled their hearts wi...124. SILLY THING E A / E A / E A / E B7 A. A E. You want me be someone better. A E. I just wanna monkey 'round yeah. A E. You want me to write you a letter. A E A E. But the words just won't come the right w...125. Slash and Burn . D A D A. The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working man. He was told it was his duty baby Again and again and again. They took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacks. To build...126. Something you're going through Intro as in verse. VERSE. B A A E F#. Take your money and take your time. B A A E F#. You already taken mine. I bet your wondering how it's gone this way. The shoes on the other foot now Bet you&...127. Soul on Ice Intro D Bm D Bm D Bm. A F#m Bm E A F#m Bm E. Every story told me, is wasted on my ears. A F#m Bm E A F#m Bm E. Ah someone else's therapy, well someone else's fears. F#m E. Every body said ah...128. SOUL SHOES Intro G C/G (4 times. VERSE. G C/G G C/G. Well I ain't got no worry I ain't in no hurry. You better tell your mother, That you're a real soul brother Hey hey!. I have to say it's a...129. SOULTIME . D C G (4 times). D C G. When I was a boy I never felt The weight I'm feeling. D C G. I had a crowd around me And that was that. D C G. I'd get on the bus and go to the Ata every weekend. D...130. Sounds like chains (The backing vocals at the ends of the lines are sung twice). Intro C#m A (twice). C#m A. I got to break this armour, cutting off all the feeling (don't wear it). It's like a melodrama, ever...131. Stick to Me Intro- Em C Em C Em C G G Am C. Em C F C. Every last drop will go into this now, don't want to miss now. Em C F C. I don't know when to stop I just pump and pump till that's all there i...132. STRONG WINDS Graham Parker Intro G D C G. G G D. Have you seen her run through the wild things. D C C D. Dropping behind her the child's things That she'll no longer need. G G D. Scattering like seeds they are discard...133. Stupefaction . Another one I find easier to play with. capo at 2. Chords mapped out as if they were open. Intro A D A D A D F# (twice). A D A D. The sun is burning it never changes. A D A D. The people look up wi...134. Success Esus4 E (strummed, then) Intro:. Esus4 E B C#m7. Oooh ooooh Oooh ooooh ooh ooooh (twice). followed by notes: e eb c# b e e f# g#. A B G#m A. The dreams and hopes of men are powered by addiction. A B G...135. SUGAR GIVES you ENERGY C# B F# C# (twice). C# B F# C#. I believe every man has a chance to make good I'm convinced that this is so. C# B F# C#. Equal opportunity for the king or the hood And everybody knows. CHORUS. B...136. Take Everything . B G#m E F#. Take every, take every, take everything. Take every, take every, take everything. C#m E C#m F#. Don't tell me that you're above it, you might as well learn to love it. C#m E C#...137. TEMPORARY BEAUTY . [E,A,E,B / E,A,E,B]. [for the intro, play E with an F# added on the high. E string, and then a "normal" E chord for the second. strum. Tack that F# onto the A chord as well. ]. E A C#m. Y...138. TEN GIRLS AGO Intro: E A E A E. E A E. Buster turned round to me And said hey kid you must be joking. E A C#m. You got an attitude You think you're funny but you're choking hey hey. A E. Back every word t...139. Thankless task Intro E D 4 times then E Bm7 E D. E A. You can brace yourself for it. Bm7 D G C. but never ignore it away got to go stop. E A. There are hints of forgiveness. Bm7 D G C. You can stand as your witness...140. THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY . Thanks to "John D. Hayman" <jhayman@k12s. phast. umass. edu> (Jukebox John). Thanks to Kirk Anderson <kanderso@wheatonma. edu> for some refinements. Em* 322003 (Gmaj6). INTRO....141. THAT'S WHERE SHE ENDS UP . G. It's not right the way that you deal with her. She's not something you handle like cash. To be undressed like Sunday's leftovers. G D G. To be picked on Monday And Tuesday in the t...142. The Beating of Another Heart Intro G Em Bm G C D. G D. She comes from the hardest town. Em Bm C. they build you up to let you down and. D Em G Bm D. leave you with an armour hard as steel. G D. It's not the chaos or the heat...143. The girl isn't ready Intro. A F#m. The girl isn't ready (twice). A F#m. The girl isn't ready is what her mother says. A F#m. We just put her toys away it seems like yesterday. E D. She has seen something better...144. The Heat in Harlem . C#m. I ain't stopping fingers keep bopping. F#m B E. Swing band rocking from the street to the bar. C#m. West Coast's dated music's overrated. F#m A B. Here it on the radio in every c...145. THE KID WITH THE BUTTERFLY NET Intro: (Fiddle over) G / C / D / D (twice). G C G C G. She walks through the field, walks in the heat through the field. G C G C D. She swings with her arm, But can what she catches be real. Em C Em C...146. The Raid . SLOW INTRO. A D A E. Where were you when the raid came? Where were you when the raid came?. A D A E D A. Out of the window or on the floor. Yeah, on the night of the raid. A D. I was just rolling u...147. The sun is gonna shine again E B C#m A. Someday we will cross a bridge, someday we will see. E B C#m A. That I can lean on you and you can put your weight on me. A E A E G#m A B. And every man will get a chance to be what a man w...148. The weekend's too short Intro: E then riff. E E Eadd9 E7 E6 E (use the pinkie). Get your car out of the parking lot, N. Y. city's getting much too hot. Way down Island there's a real cool breeze, BRIDGE. D A E A B...149. THEY GOT IT WRONG (AS USUAL) Intro F C G (twice). F C G. They took the girl with the famous eyebrows and plucked them out. F C. They made her shadow disappear in the mirror. G. And called it a shadow of doubt. F C. Then they want...150. THEY MURDERED THE CLOWN INTRO: A Em A Em Gm. A Em G D. The ringmaster looked a bit pasty and down Dying as he was to get out of town. A Em. The lions and the tigers had gnawed at his feet. G D. But the lion tamer's whip...151. Three Martini Lunch This was originally on the OLGA -- this is my version based on that. Sorry I've lost the original author credit. Thanks to babysnakes@webtv. net (Moribund The Burgermeister). for the corrections...152. Thunder and Rain Intro C D F Am C D A(nat) Am. Am Am G Dm. Cold night air everywhere, holes in my feet and bats in my hair. Am G Dm. TV meals scattered round, glazed up eyes rolling through town. F G Em Am. And when n...153. Too many knots to untangle Intro D Bm (4 times). D G A. I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you. D G A. I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you. D D/C# D/C D/B (bass run). Cos w...154. Too much time to think Intro: Bm D Bm A E. Bm D Bm D E. I wanna walk out the door, I want to take the next bend. Bm D Bm A E. This makes the nuclear war seem like a personal friend. Bm D Bm D E. The whites won't let yo...155. TURN IT INTO HATE The latest I looked at this was the live version on. "The Last Rock and Roll Tour" - Graham parker and The Figgs. This version works fairly well for me now. Intro: B / E / B / E (twice). Fir...156. Turned up too late . VERSE. G C G G C D G. When you get inside my head it just goes emp ty. G C G G C D G. With all that junk I've been fed you'd think I'd make you get me. Hey baby what are you blind? Ho...157. Under the mask of happiness 005453 005352 224232 x79870. Intro Cmaj7 Em add9 Cmaj7 Bm7 Emaj9. The majors can be played by sliding the E shape up and. leaving bottom and top strings open. A* 0077650 B* 099870. E A E. All the dir...158. Waiting for the UFOs Intro out of the notes in open D. D Em G (A). No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imagining. D Em G A. Even the skeptics are unsure when they stop to think. Bm G Bm G. People are not wort...159. Wake Up (Next To You) I think this is a vamp essentially on A and Dmaj7 which are probably the main chords. in "Must be my imagination" quoted near the end. To my ears it sounds as though the intro is something l...160. Watch the moon come down Watch the moon come down [Top] [Back to Index]. G C. In this dirty town there's nothing going for me. G C. No shows going down that I would want to see. G Em C. Nothing but the midnight tra----in...161. WEEPING STATUES Capo at 4 INTRO: Em Am (twice). Em Am Em Am. Weeping statues Elvis sightings Visitations man struck by lightning. Em Am Em Am. Everyday someone gets a sign It rips apart the fabric of their daily live...162. WHEN I WAS KING Capo at 2 INTRO: ??. G G C Em. When I was King I was not really the man I am now. G Am G C. I was like anyone sitting on a throne made out of china. G G C Em. When I was king I had already abdicated....163. When you do that to me Intro: guitar and whip cracks (drum sound). Capo at 2. Am Am. When you walka that walk girl, into a dark bedroom. Am F G. It fills my heart up with lovin' puts sugar in my spoon oo yeah. CHORUS....164. WHITE HONEY Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F. C G F G. C F C F C F C F. White honey get it from the candy man. C F C F C F C F. White honey yeah any time I think I can. G C. You wake up early in the morning. G C. A-...165. Worthy of your love If I had the slightest clue as to what you are and what's inside you. I would know exactly what to do and be worthy of your love. If a flower bloomed in the frozen wastes and the moon had a smili...166. Wrapping Paper I've broken your glass, called someone a dirty name. Made a nuisance of myself in front of friends. I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it. Instead let's bury everyth...167. Yesterday's Cloud There's a man in my suitcase, a woman in your clothes. Skeletons inside us that dance on hot coals. Cannibals are outside following our trail. All our information comes from junk mail. Don't...168. You Can't Be Too Strong (This was originally on the OLGA - sorry I've lost the author credit). Intro- E A B E A B E. B C#m. Did they tear it out, with talons of steel. G#m A. And give you a shot, so that you wouldn&apos...169. You can't take love for granted . Intro Am G (twice). VERSE. Dm Am G Am. Took her to a party and danced with the host. Took her to a restaurant and treat her like a ghost. Took her to a movie and looked at another screen. Paid for e...170. YOU GOT THE WORLD (RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT IT) Intro C Cadd9. C Cadd9 C Dm7. As you wash your hair and bathe in Perrier. Am Dm. As you hit the bank machine at night. Am Dm. Drinking money for tomorrow's flight. C Cadd9 C Dm7. As you count you...171. You hit the spot . This groove is Em D Em Bm7 and the other chord is A. Em D Em B7. You hit the spot send a heatwave through my brain. Another shot of an antidote for pain. When I get the fear gets down to the bone. A...172. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING Second verse minus the passing chords. Hey hey yeah la la la la. Oh oh la la la la la la la la la la. la la. E / F#m7 / B/ A E F#m7 B A B E. You got to be kidding when you say your line is cast. E / F...
