Regretting What I Said

"REGRETTING WHAT I SAID TO YOU WHEN YOU CALLED ME 11:00 ON A FRIDAY

MORNING TO TELL ME THAT AT 1:00 FRIDAY AFTERNOON YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE

YOUR OFFICE, GO DOWNSTAIRS, HAIL A CAB TO GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO

CATCH A PLANE TO GO SKIING IN THE ALPS FOR TWO WEEKS; NOT THAT I

WANTED TO GO WITH YOU, I WASN'T ABLE TO LEAVE TOWN, I'M NOT A VERY

GOOD SKIER, I COULDN'T EXPECTYOU TO PAY MY WAY, BUT AFTER GOING OUT

WITH YOU FOR THREE YEARS, I DON'T LIKE SURPRISES: A MUSICAL APOLOGY"

(by Christine Lavin)

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[Use the tablature at the end of this file for chord fingerings

and picking pattern.]

In this song, I attempt to take back everything I said while

standing in a phone booth on the corner of 49th and 3rd.

I didn't mean it when I said I hope the cable in the elevator

snaps when you step on board

And I was joking when I said I hope you crack your head

D/A D/A G - Gsus G5

And get mangled by the downstairs revolving door

And I was kidding when I said I hope the number 103 bus

Hits and makes a pancake out of you

I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Isn't it amazing what a woman in love will do?

And I don't really want to see your taxi on the 59th street bridge

Flip over and crash through the rail

And I'd feel bad if at the airport you were mistaken for a local

sex offender

Arrested, beaten up, and thrown in jail

And I really don't want to see you getting radiation poisoning from

the metal detector

That all passengers on foreign and domestic flights must walk through

I'm sorry, forgive me

For all the mean things I said to you

You thought I didn't have a temper

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise

But I really don't want to see you dismembered by the marijuana-

sniffing dogs

D/A D/A G - Gsus G5

When a simple little nipping would suffice, would suffice

And I'm sorry that I said I hope the plane explodes in mid-air

As it carries you away from me

And I'm sorry that I said I hope you break both legs

On the mountain while you ski

And I'm sorry for all the nasty things I said about your mother

Even though we both know they're true

I'm sorry, forgive me

I'm swallowing my pride, I'd feel so guilty if you died

F C - G C - F C.

Oh I'm sorry, but I'm still mad at you.

[This tablature isn't _exactly_ what Christine plays in any

particular verse; it's a combination of what I thought were the

best-sounding parts from all the verses.]

E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|

B 1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|1---------------|

G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|

A 3-------3-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|----------------|

E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|3-------3-------|

...mean it when I said I hope the cable in the elevator

E ----------------|------0---------|------0---------|------3---------|

B 1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|

G ------2---------|--------------2-|--------------0-|----------------|

D ----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----2-------0---|----0-------3---|

A --------3-------|--------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|

E 1---------------|1---------------|----------------|3-------3-------|

snaps when you step on board; And I was

E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|

B --0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------0-----|0=1-------0-----|

G ------1-------1-|--------------1-|------2---------|------2---------|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|

A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|

joking when I said I hope you crack your head and get

E ------2---------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|

B 3---------------|------3---------|--0-------1-----|3---------------|

G ----------2-----|----------2-----|------0-------0-|0---------------|

D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|0---------------|

A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|

E ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---------------|

mangled by the downstairs revolving door; And I was

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B 1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|

G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|

A 3-------3-------|--------2-------|0------(0)------|----------------|

E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|3------(3)------|

kidding when I said I hope the number 1 - 0 - 3 bus

E ----1-----------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|

B 1---1-----------|----------------|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|

G ----2-----------|----------------|------0-------0-|----------------|

D ----3-----------|----------------|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|

A ----3-----------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|

E 1---1-----------|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|

hits and makes a pancake out of you;

E ----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|

B --1-------1-----|0=1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|

G ------2-------2-|------2-------2-|------1---------|------1-------1-|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|

A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|

E ----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|

I'm sorry; Forgive me; Isn't it

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|

B --1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|

G ------2-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----------------|

D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|

A --------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|--------0-------|

E 1---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3---------------|

amazing what a woman in love will do?

E 0---------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|

B 0---------------|----------------|--1-------1-----|--1-------------|

G 1---------------|----------------|------2---------|------2---------|

D 2---------------|----------------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|

A 2---------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

E 0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

You thought I didn't have a temper; Ha

E ----------------|------0---------|--------------0-|----------------|

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G ------1-------1-|----------------|------2---------|------2---2-----|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|

A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0------(0)------|

E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise! But I

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B --0-----------0-|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|

G ------1---2-----|------1-------1-|------2-------2-|------2---------|

D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|

A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|

really don't want to see you dismembered by the marijuana-sniffing dogs

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B 3---------3-----|--3-------3-----|0-------1-------|3---------------|

G ------2---------|------2---------|0-------0-------|0---------------|

D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|0---------------|

A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|[rit.]----------|----------------|

E ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---------------|

when a simple little nipping would suffice, would suffice

- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu