Tank Park Salute

Tank Park Salute From the hit album "Don't Try This At Home"

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I watched his hands when he played on Carson, so this is pretty close

to how he plays the song (live at least). It consists of 2 (two) parts,

which I will henceforth refer to as Part I and Part II.

Part I

This repeats over and over:

e:----------------------------------------------------------------------

B:-------8---8------8-----8---8-----8------0---0-----------0---0--------

G:---------0---0------------0---0------------0---0---0-------0---0---0--

D:-----9----------9-----9---------9-------------------------------------

A:--10----------------9------------------9---------9-----7---------7----

E:------------------------------------10---------------8----------------

Part II

This just repeats a couple of times:

e:---0--------0--------0----

B:---3--------3--------0----

G:---0--------0--------0----

D:---4--------4---sl---2----

A:---5--------5---sl---3----

E:---5--------5---sl---3----

You may notice (it would be clever to notice) that if you just hold your

hand like you are playing an open C this entire song consists basically

of a few slides, a few finger lifts, and some finger picking. Part I

is primarily based on the C shape and the open G shape. Part 2 is the

C shape. Enough, now that you have that memorized ... the song:

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intro: Part I

Part I

Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers

Leave the light on at the top of the staris

Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky

A tree taps on the window pane

That feeling smothers me again

Daddy is it true that we all have to die

Part II

At the top of the stairs

Is darkness

Part I

I closed my eyes and when I looked

Your name was in the memorial book

And what had become of all the things we planned

I accepted the commiserations

Of all your ffiends and your relations

But there's some things I still don't understand

Part II

You were so tall

How could you fall?

Part I

Some photographs of a summer's day

A little boy's lifetime away

Is all I'ce lefdt of everything we've done

Like a pale moon in a sunny sky

Death gazes down as I pass by

To remind me that I'm but my father's son

Part II

I offer up to you

This tribute

I offer up to you

This tank park salute

Now try playing and singing at the same time.

&y

awit@nwu.edu