4th Of July

I'm a little unsure about all the chords in this song, as it's

quite difficult to hear clearly. Any corrections welcomed. One

thing is for certain- you don't want to be strumming all the

strings all the time. Most of it's on 2, 3 and 4, but hit the

top string on the upstroke, especially on that C#m in the

verse.

This transcription dedicated to Marc Hirsh.

Title: 4th of July

Artist: Aimee Mann

Writer: Aimee Mann

Album: Whatever

Trans: rick@maya.demon.co.uk (Rich Tebb)

A Bsus4 Asus2 x2

Today's the 4th of July

another June has gone by

and when they light up our town I just think

what a waste of gunpowder and sky.

 

I'm certain I am alone

in harbouring thoughts of our home

it's one of my faults that I can't quell my past

I ought to have gotten it gone

I ought to have gotten it...

Ooh baby I wonder if when you are older some day

you'll wake up and say "My God I should have told her,

what would it take?

But now here I am and the world's gotten colder

and she's got the river down which I sold her"

So that's today's memory lane

with all the pathos and pain

another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless

and they're always the same

a verse and a verse and refrain

Ooh baby...

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| | 2 3 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 3 | | | | | | | 1 < 4 fr.

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| | | | | | | | 2 3 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | |

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X=X=O====== X==========

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| | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | 1

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black rick

rick@maya.demon.co.uk