Tuesday Night Album
Crow SherylTom0
Fonte15
90 BPM
To the comfort of the strangers, slipping out before they say "so long"
Baby loves to run
<Organ Solo> (Same chords as first half of verse)
She's searching through the stations for an unfamiliar song
And she pictures all the places where she knows she still belongs
And she smiles the secret smile that shows she knows exactly how to carry on
So run baby run baby run baby run baby run (repeat to fade)
...........
I think there's actually two electric guitars on the recording, but they're
doing much the same thing as each other. During the verse, they're playing
something along these lines
+ . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . .
(Stab) (Stab) (Stab) (Stab)
|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------4-----|-------4-----|
|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------4-----|-------4-----|
|-------1-----|-------1-----|-------4-----|-------4-----|
|-2-----------|-2-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|
|-2-----------|-2-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-4-----------|-4-----------|
+ . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . .
(Stab) (Stab)
|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|
|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
|-------2-----|-------2-----|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
|-4-----------|-4-----------|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
|-4-----------|-4-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
|-2-----------|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|
Arpeggiate the rest of the verse chords in this way as well.
The following is played over "Run baby run ..."
+ . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . . + . .
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|-------------|
|---9--9---9---------9|-9--9----9---------9|----------------|-------------|
|-9h11-9---9---------9|-11-9----9---------9|-9--9-----9-----|-------------|
|----------------9h11-|-------11------9h11-|-11-9-----9---11|-9-----------|
|---------------------|--------------------|--------11------|-7-----------|
The following is the pick-up into the last chorus
+ . .
---------------|
---------------|
-9-------------|
-9h11p9----9---|
--------11-9---|
---------------|
Everything else just follows the chords.
.............
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
-----------------
G /A /B Csus2 G/B A7sus Dsus D
Life springs eternal on a gaudy neon street
Not that I care at all
I spent the best part of my losing streak in an Army Jeep
For what I can't recall
Oh I'm banging on my tv set and I check the odds and I, and I place my bet
I pour a drink and I pull the blinds - I wonder what I'll find
I'm leaving Las Vegas, the lights so bright
Palm sweat blackjack on a Saturday night
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving for good, for good
I'm leaving for good
I'm leaving for good
Used to be I could drive up to Barstow for the night
Find some crossroad trucker to demonstrate his might
But these days it seems nowhere is far enough away
So I'm leaving Las Vegas today
I'm leaving Las Vegas, oh, the lights so bright
Blackjack on a Saturday night
I'm leaving Las Vegas
I'm leaving for good
I'm leaving for good
Em
For good
I'm standing in the middle of the desert
G G/B
Waiting for my ship to come in
Em
But now no joker, no jack, no king
Csus2 D
Can take this loser hand and make it win
I'm leaving Las Vegas, oh
I'm leaving Las Vegas for good
For good
I quit my job as a dancer at the Lido des Girls
Dealing blackjack until one or two
Such a muddly line between the things you want
And the things you have to do
I'm leaving Las Vegas, the lights so bright
Palm sweat blackjack on a Saturday night
Leaving Las Vegas
I'm leaving for good
I'm leaving for good
Oh, I'm leaving Las Vegas, the lights so bright
Palm sweat blackjack on a Saturday night
I'm leaving Las Vegas
I'm leaving for good
I'm leaving for good
Oh, I'm leaving Las Vegas, the lights so bright on a Saturday night
G Csus2 G Csus2 etc
I'm leaving Las Vegas
And I won't be back, no I won't be back
Not this time
Chords: G - 320033 G/A - x00033 G/B - x20033 Csus2 - x32033
A7sus - x02033 Dsus - xx0033 D - xx0232 Em - 022000
..............
The bass, acoustic and electric guitars each play repeating parts throughout
the most of this.
There is a two bar drum introduction and then the bass comes in with
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------|-------|-------|---------|
|-----------|-------|-------|---------|
|--------0-2|-3--2--|-------|-5-5-----|
|-3---------|-------|-5-----|-----0-2-|
After twice through that, the acoustic comes in with
+ + + + + + + + +
---------|---------3-3-3-3-|---3---3---|---------3-3---3-|-----3---2---2h3-|
-3-3-3-3-|---------3-3-3-3-|---3---3---|---------3-3---3-|-----3---3---3---|
-0-0-0-0-|-0-------0-0-0-0-|---0---0---|---------0-0---0-|-----0---2-------|
---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
After twice through that the verse starts and the electric comes in with
+ + + + + + + + +
---------|--------------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
---------|--------------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
---------|--------------|-----------------|------2-2|---2-------------|
-x-0-----|------x-0-----|-----0-0-----0-0-|---------|---------x-0-----|
---------|----------0-2-|-3-------2-------|-0-------|-----------------|
-----2---|-3------------|-----------------|---------|-------------2---|
(Palm muting throughout)
For the chorus, the electric plays more - without the palm muting and
possibly uses fuller chords.
The bass line for the bridge section goes like this
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|------------|
|-------|---------|-2-----|---------|-------|---------|-------|------------|
|-------|-------2-|-------|-------2-|-------|---------|-2-----|-2-2--------|
|-0-----|-0-0-3---|-------|-0-0-3---|-3-----|-3-3-5---|-------|-----5p3p5--|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|
|-------|---------|-2-----|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|
|-------|-------2-|-------|-------2-|-3-----|-----3---|-5--5--|-5-5-----|
|-0-----|-0-0-3---|-------|-0-0-3---|-------|-3-3---3-|-------|-----0-2-|
The acoustic and electric strum the chords over this - I can't be bothered
typing these parts up (sorry)
..........
STRONG ENOUGH
-------------
D G Bm A
God, I feel like hell tonight
(The) tears of rage I cannot fight
I'd be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?
(My man)
Nothing's true and nothing's right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can't change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Em D G A Bm C G A
Lie to me, I promise I'll believe
Em D G A Bm C G A
Lie to me, but please don't leave
(don't leave)
I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It's try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?
to be my man? *
to be my man? *
my man? *
When I've shown you that I just don't care
When I'm throwing punches in the air
When I'm broken down and I can't stand
Will you be strong enough to be my man?
Lie to me, I promise I'll believe
Lie to me, but please don't leave
Chords: D - xx0232 G - 320003 Bm - x24432
A - x02220 Em - 022000 C - x32010
...........
This song is a bit of a swine to transcribe - it doesn't involve any
difficult playing techniques, but it does involve a lot of guitars jumping
in and out of the mix. The following is an approximation of the main guitar
parts.
Guitar 1 plays the following riff twice for the introduction, and then four
times for the first verse.
+ + + + + +
|-----2-------0h2---------|-------------------------|
|---------------------0---|-----3---------3-----2---|
|-----2-----2-------------|-------------0-----------|
|-0-------0-----------0---|-----4-----4---------2---|
|-------------------------|-2-------2-------0-------|
|-----------------3-------|-------------------------|
After the first verse, guitar 2 comes in. The following is what the two
guitars play throughout the rest of the verses
Gtr1 + + + + + +
|-----2-----2-0h2---------|-------------------------|
|-----3-----3---------0---|-----3-----3-3-3-----2---|
|-----2---------------0---|-----4-----4-4-4-----2---|
|-0-------------------0---|-----4-----4-4-4-----2---|
|-------------------------|-2---------------0-------|
|-----------------3-------|-------------------------|
Gtr2 + + + | + + + |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------3---------0---|-----3-----3-3-3-3---2---|
|-----2-----2---------0---|-----2-----2-2-2-2---2---|
|-----2h4-----2p0---------|-----4-----4-4-4-2---2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------3-------|-------------------------|
The parts at the bridge ('Lie to me...') are as follows - play twice
Gtr1 + + + + + +
|---------0---------------|---------0---------------|
|-----------0---0-----3---|-----------0---0-----2---|
|-----0-------0-------2---|-----0-------2-------2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------0-------|
|-0---------------2-------|-3-----------------------|
Gtr2 + + + | + + + |
|-3---3-3---3-3---5-------|-7---7-7---7-7---9-------|
|-5---5-5---5-5---7-------|-8---8-8---8-8---10------|
|-4---4-4---4-4---7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---9-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr1 + + + + + +
|-----------------------------|---------0---------------|
|-----------0-------0-----1---|-----------0---0-----2---|
|---------0------0--------0---|-----0-------2-------2---|
|------4------4---------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------------3-------|-----------------0-------|
|-----------------------------|-3-----------------------|
Gtr2 + + + | + + + |
|-10---10-10--10-10---12------|-7---7-7---7-7---9-------|
|-12---12-12--12-12---13------|-8---8-8---8-8---10------|
|-11---11-11--11-11---12------|-7---7-7---7-7---9-------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
The following is what happens for the bit after the third verse - marked
in the text above with * : play twice
Gtr1 + + + + + +
|-----2---2-2-2-2-----2---|-----2---2-2-2-2-----0---|
|-----3---3-3-3-3-----3---|-----3---3-3-3-3-----2---|
|-----2---2-2-2-2-0-------|-4---4---4-4-4-4-2-------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr2 + + + | + + + |
|-----5-------5-------5---|-----5-------5-------5---|
|-----3-------3-------3---|-----3-------3-------3---|
|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
As well as that, there is also a mandolin (arranged here for guitar) playing
this over the top of that
+ + +
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-12----10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
The song finishes with
Gtr1 + + +
|-----2-------------------|
|-----3-------------------|
|-----2-------------------|
|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Gtr2 + + + |
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----2-------------------|
|-----2h4-----------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
.........
CAN'T CRY ANYMORE
-----------------
(Band in)
|G D |G D |G D |G x x|G D |G D |G D |G D |
G D G D G
Took your car, drove to Texas
D G D Em
Sorry honey, but I suspected we were through
C G etc
And I can't cry anymore
Since I left, been feelin' better cause
That's what you get when you stay together too long
And I can't cry anymore
Em Am
Wouldn't it be good if we could hop a flight to anywhere
Em A
So long to this life
C
So much for pretending, bad luck's never ending
D (stab)
And now I know that..
Money comes in but the fact is there's not enough to pay my taxes
And I can't cry anymore
Well, got a brother - he's got real problems
Heroin - no, there's just no stopping him tonight
And I won't cry anymore
Wouldn't it be good if we could hop a flight to anywhere
So long to this life
So much for pretending, bad luck's never ending
It's never ending
<Guitar Solo> (Same chords as first half of verse)
Well it could be worse: I could've missed my calling
Sometimes it hurts but when you read the writing on the wall
Can't cry anymore
Em Am
Wouldn't it be nice if we could hop a flight to anywhere
Em A
So long to this life
C
So much for pretending, cause bad luck's never ending
And too much time I've been spending
With my heart in my hands waiting for time to come and mend it
D (stab)
I can't cry anymore (x5)
.............
The following riff is played throughout by two electric rhythm guitars
+ + + +
(stab)
|-----3-----------|
|-----3-----3-3---|
|-----0-----2-2-0-|
|-----------0-0---|
|-----------------|
|-3---------------|
Tricky, isn't it! Obviously, the chord isn't always a G (and a D), so
follow the chords
There is also a lead guitar which plays the following during the chorus
('Wouldn't it be good..'):
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------2---|-3-------|-------------2---|-4-------|
|-0-----0-3-------|---------|-0-----0-3-------|---------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|-----8---8--------|-8-------|-----8---8--------|---------|
|-------7h9p7------7h9-------|-------7h9p7------|-7\\-----|
|-------------10-7-|---------|-------------10-7-|-7\\-----|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
The solo is...
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-----8-8-------|-----8----8---8---|-----------------|-----------------|
7h9-----7-7-------|-----7--7h9---7---|-------8---------|-----7---7-------|
|-----------------|---9---9----------7h9------7h9------|---7h9-7h9-7---7-|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------10--|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---5------5---5---|-4--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---5----5h7-5h7---|-5--------------|---5------5---5---|
|-7-------------5/|/7-----7----------|----------------|---5----5h7-5h7---|
|-----------------|------------------|--------------5/|/7-----7----------|
And finally, the following is played as an outro over the repeated "I can't
cry anymore" line
+ + + + + + + +
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------| (repeat to fade)
|--------5-5h7-------|------------------|
|---3-/7-------------|---3-/7p5---3-0-3-|
............
SOLIDIFY
--------
Dm
Pouring in and around the great wellspring of simple feeling
And I need bearings in the face of your cool cool fire
Walking backwards with the pounding of your voice makes my soul tired
And concrete is as concrete doesn't - and voices can drown
G7
Why should I? Why should I? Why should I? Why should I?
Bb7 A7b9 G7
Solidify, make me real
Bb7 A7b9 Dm
So you can see me
I guess you thought I'd hide the sun from my liquid thoughts and make ice
for you
You thought I'd seed my clouds with the rain of your personal dreams
I guess you thought I'd throw confetti at your parade of lofty thoughts
I guess you thought I'd shine good morning in some good morning Jack -
surprise
Why should I? Why should I? Why should I? Why should I?
Solidify, make me real
So you can see me
<First two lines of third verse are spoken>
Pouring in and around the great wellspring of simple feeling
I need bearings in the face of your cool cool fire
Walking backwards with the pounding of your voice makes my soul tired
And concrete is as concrete doesn't - and voices can drown
Why should I? Why should I? Why should I? Why should I?
Solidify, make me real
So you can see me
Chords: Dm - x x x 10 10 10 G7 - xxx767
Bb7 - x x x 10 9 10 A7b9 - xxx688 or xx7688
...........
There are at least three guitars on the recording here (not counting the
spectacular bass-line). There are two electrics, one on each side, and some
acoustic stuff too. The left electric plays with the chords as shown above
in a suitably funky manner -
+ + + +
|------9/10-10-10-10----10----------10----9/10-|
|------9/10-10-10-10----10----------10----9/10-|
|------9/10-10-10-10----10----------10----9/10-| etc
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
(compression makes this sound well cool)
Meanwhile, the right electric plays this repeatedly -
+ + + + + + + +
|-------15-13-----------------|-------15-13-------------|
|-------------15--------13h15-|-------------15----------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
When you get to the G7 chord , the two electrics keep on with what they're
doing, but an acoustic slide guitar does this -
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|/12----------|/12----------|/12----------|/12----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Then an acoustic guitar (I'm not sure whether or not it's the same one -
you could give the part to one or both of the electric guitars since they
drop out here) plays the chords in much the same way as the left guitar was
doing up to now -
+ + + +
|------10---10-10-------10----10-10---10-10----|
|------9----9--9--------9-----9--9----9--9-----|
|------10---10-10-------10----10-10---10-10----| etc
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
When you reach the Dm chord, the electrics go back to what they were doing,
and the acoustic plays
+ + + + + + + +
|-----10--10------------------|-----10--10------------------|
|/10----10--10----------------|/10----10--10----------------|
|-------------7--/10----------|-------------7--/10----------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-----10--10------------------|-----10--10------------------|
|/10----10--10----------------|/10----10--10----------------|
|-------------7--/10----9-----|-------------7--/10-9--7-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
After the second verse, this becomes
+ + + + + + + +
|-----10--10------------------|-----10--10------------------|
|/10----10--10----------------|/10----10--10----------------|
|-------------7--/10----------|-------------7--/10----------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-----10--10----------------------|---------------------------|
|/10----10--10--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------9--/10--9--10-9---10|----9--10-9--5/////7-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
.............
THE NA-NA SONG
--------------
A
Video countdown cyber phallic optics
Profligate talk shows scrounging for a topic
Rock-a-buy gravy train cradle's gonna rock me
37 million's what Larry Parker got me
World War XIV, my first Sony
Beatles wrote the Nike song and called it macaroni
Billy Jean Burger King, chauvinist pig pen
U.S. Army only wants a few straight men
Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na
Panaflex, Soloflex, Genuflect, Pope
What the world needs now is babies, gun and hope
Guardian angel dust in the wind cries Mary
Wanna be Madonna but the price is too high, very
Perfect rhythm Nazis in the pagan rhythm nation
Everybody's equal in the glow of radiation
Gotta four wheel drive and I park it in the driveway
When I get drunk I drive it on the parkway
Gotta get a TV set for my car
Tonight's the Battle of the Network Stars
Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na
Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na
Sanaflush Bud-Bowl makin' me sick
Cause anybody in a helmet looks just like a dick
Steely Dan, rather be hammer than a nail
The Serbs, the Poles, and the cheque's in the mail
Eat, sleep, live, die, @#$%ing record label
G Gordon Liddy under the table, table, table
Clarence Thomas organ grinder Frank Dileo's dong
Maybe if I let him I'd have had a hit song
Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na
(Repeat to fade)
...........
That's right, A the whole way through! - I always suspected that three
chord rock and roll was complicating things unnecessarily...
There's no guitar on this song at all, so just strum along.
However, I'm not too sure whether or not anybody in the States will have
this, but there was a free limited edition live CD released with the album
over here recorded at the BBC studios in London, which finishes with the
song "Volvo Cowgirl" - this is just The Na-na song with different chords
put to it. I'll transcribe it if anyone's interested...
...........
NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY
----------------------------
A G F#m D
It's obvious the trouble we're in
When your father pulls up in a Mercedes Benz
He says he just happened to be in the neighbourhood
But before he leaves he slips the landlord the rent
You say, "It's just a question of eliminating obstacles"
As you throw your dinner out the kitchen door
You say, "I know how you try
A G F#m G* F#m
But, honey, let's eat out tonight"
D /E /F# A G F#m
No one said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
You can't seem to ever fold up a shirt
I bring it up and you think I'm a jerk
But I think we're here to stay
I can't imagine it any other way
No one said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
F#m G A* Bm
Sometimes I wonder who he's picturing
Em
When he looks at me
G F#m
When he looks at me and smiles
<Guitar solo>
A G F#m D
A G F#m G
No one said it would be easy
No one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
Oh, and look, we've come this far
NB The guitars are tuned (low to high) DADGAE (ie drop the B and low E
strings down by a whole tone)
Chords: A - x02200 G - 555xxx F#m - 444xxx D - 000200 (or 000202)
G* - 5x0003 A* - 777xxx Bm - 999xxx Em - 222xxx
................
Don't be scared off by the funny tuning - this song is dead easy to play -
beauty in simplicity.
There are three guitars on the recording - one electric and two acoustics.
Throughout the verses, the electric plays:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
-----0-----|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------0-----|
-----------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
-----------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
-7/9---9\7-|---------|-----------------|
--------|-------7/9---9\7-|
-----------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
-----------|---------|-------4-5---4\\-|-0-------|-----------------|
Meanwhile the first acoustic guitar plays
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
(NH)
-----0-----|-------------|-------------|-------12----|-------0---0-----|
-----------|-------0-----|-0-----------|-------12----|-------0---0-----|
-2/4---4-2-|-2-----2-----|-2-----------|-------------|-------------4-2-|
-----------|-2-----2-----|-2---4-5--4--|-
0-----------|-0--------------|
-----------|-0---0-0---0-|-0---4-5--4--|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-----------|
-----------|-------------|-----4-5--4--|-0---0-----0-|-0---0-----------|
The second acoustic comes in on the line "He says he just happened .." with
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----------|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----0---------|
|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----------|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----0---------|
|-2---2-2---2-|-2-----------|-2---2-2---2-|-2-----2---------|
|-2---2-2---2-|-2---4-5--4--|-
0--0-0---0-|-0-----0---------|
|-0---0-0---0-|-0---4-5--4--|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----0---------|
|-------------|-----4-5--4--|-0---0-0---0-|-0-----0---------|
When going into the chorus, replace the last two bars of each of these
figures with:
Elec + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-------------4\\-|
Ac-1 + + + + | + + + + |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----------4---|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----------4---|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5-----------4---|
Ac-2 + + + + | + + + + |
|-3-----3-3-----3-|-3---------------|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0---------------|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0---------------|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-5-----5-|-5---------------|
The chorus consists of:
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|---------2---4---|-7---------------|-------4-5---4\\-|
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0---------------|
|-2-----2-2-----2-|-2-----2-2---2---|-2-----2-2-----2-|-2---------------|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-2-----2-2-----2-|-2-----4-5---4---|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----4-5---4---|
|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-----------------|-------4-5---4---|
played 4 times.
The bridge ("Sometimes I wonder...") consists of:
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7/9---9\7-|-----------------|-------7/9---9\7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-----4-4---4---|-5-----5-5---5---|-7-----7-7---7---|-9-----9-9---9---|
|-4-----4-4---4---|-5-----5-5---5---|-7-----7-7---7---|-9-----9-9---9---|
|-4-----4-4---4---|-5-----5-5---5---|-7-----7-7---7---|-9-----9-9---9---|
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7/9---9\7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2/4---4-2-|
|-2-----2-2---2---|-2-----2-2---2---|-5-----5-5---5---|-5----(Ac1 only)-|
|-2-----2-2---2---|-2-----2-2---2---|-5-----5-5---5---|-5---------------|
|-2-----2-2---2---|-2-----2-2---2---|-5-----5-5---5---|-5---------------|
The solo is: (the backing is the same as a verse)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-------|--------/4-------2p0-|-2/4-------------|---------4-----5---7-|
|--------0|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------|---------------------|-0-------------------|-----------------|
|-7----2--|-----2--/4-------2p0-|---------------------|-----------------|
|--0------|---0---0-------------|-------0h2-----------|-----------------|
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------4\\-|
........
WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU
---------------------
|Am | |D | |F | |G | | x2
Am D
I'm so glad you're awake; that you're not like the others
F G
Cause they're so straight-laced and no fun
Gosh that's nice, that lingerie
Makes me feel like .. oh, I don't know
Am D/A Am
You're a very pretty thing - you remind me of someone
D/A
You must have heard some awful nasty things about me, but
F Am
What I can do for you there's no one else on God's green earth can do
F Am
What I can do for you there's no one else on God's green earth can do
D Em F
Just ask anybody, they'll tell you that it's true
G Em C G/B Am
There's no one else on earth can do the things that I can do for you
(For you, for you) x8 <Same chords as intro>
You're never gonna make it all by yourself
You're gonna need a friend, you're gonna need my help
I have so much to offer if you just be nice
If you do what I say and don't make me say it twice
Am D/A
Do you mind if I just rub my hand up, thus
Am D/A
Come on just my hand, come on just my hand.
Am D/A
You got to understand: I'm gonna be your man
Am D/A
I'm gonna be your man, you're gonna need me (I'm gonna be your man)
Am D/A
I'm gonna make you understand, yeah (I'm gonna be your man...)
Am D/A
I'm gonna be your man, gonna be, I'm gonna be your man (I'm gonna be ..)
What I can do for you there's no one else on God's green earth can do
What I can do for you there's no one else on God's green earth can do
Just ask anybody, they'll tell you that it's true
There's no one else on earth can do the things that I can do for you
(For you, for you) x lots
(There's no else on earth can do those things
that I can do, that I can do for you)
............
There is one guitar on the recording (probably a telecaster with a bit of
slapback echo for extra coolness) which comes in on the line "You're a very
pretty thing.." - I've only transcribed as far as the link into the second
verse because:
a - once you get the idea of what's going on, it's kind of fun to improvise
b - I'm lazy
(Hold bend)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------------|
|-8-------|---------|---------|---------------------------------|
|-7b9-----|-9b11----|-7b9-----|-9-r-7---5---7b9r7p5-------------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------------------7---7---\\\-|
|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------------|
Follow the chords until you get to "Just ask anybody":
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|----3------------|-------1---------|----1------------|-----1-3-|
|-------2---------|----0------------|-------2---------|-0-------|
|-0---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-0-2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------8-----|----------10b12---------r10p8----|
|-------------8h10------------10--|-----------------------------10--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----(0)--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------8---------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10----------10------------------|-x---12\---8---------8-----------|
|---------------------------------|-x---12\---7----/9-------9\7p5---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------8-------8-----------|-10--10--10------------------10\\|
|-------------7b9---------9r7p5---|9b11-b11-b11r9p7-7------/11------|
|---------------------------------|----------------9----------------|
|----(0)--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------8---------10------8\\-----|
|---------------------------------|-------------7-------------------|
|-----5-----4-----2-----0---------|/9-------------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----3-----3---------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
...........
ALL I WANNA DO
--------------
Bb6
Hit it!
A Bb6
This ain't no disco
A Bb6
It ain't no country club either
A
This is LA!
E
"All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die,"
C D
says the man next to me out of nowhere
It's apropos of nothing, he says his name is William,
but I'm sure he's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
And he's plain ugly to me and I wonder if he's
ever had a day of fun in his whole life
We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
in a bar that faces a giant car wash
The good people of the world are washing their cars on their lunch break
hosing and scrubbin as best they can in skirts in suits
A Bb6
They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
A Bb6
Back to the phone company, the record store, too
A
Well they're nothing like Billy and me, cause
E C7 D
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
E C7 D
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
E C7 B7
All I wanna do is have some fun, until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
I like a good beer buzz early in the morning
And Billy likes to peel the labels from his bottles of Bud
He shreds them on the bar then he lights every match in an oversized pack
letting each one burn down to his
thick fingers before blowing and cursing them out
and he's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor
And a happy couple enters the bar
Dangerously close to one another
The bartender looks up from his want ads
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun, until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
<Solo> (Same chords as verse)
Otherwise the bar is ours,
The day and the night and the car wash too
The matches and the Buds and the clean and dirty cars
The sun and the moon, but
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun, I got a feeling the party's just begun
All I wanna do is have some fun, I won't tell you that you're the only one
E C7 D E
All I wanna do is have some fun, until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
C B7 E
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
E C7 D E C7 D E C7 B7 E (E7)
Chords: Bb6-6x8786 A-577655 E-022100 C-x32010 D-xx0232 C7-x32310
...........
There are two guitars on the recording - one is an acoustic which strums the
chords as shown above (although outside the chorus all you can hear is
its picking noise) and the other is an electric which plays the funky intro
with wah-wah:
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-9/10--10----9/10--10----9/10--10|-----9/10--10----11--11--11h13p11--| x2
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
followed by
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-9/10--10----9/10--10----9/10--10|-----9/10--------10----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
The following is the solo, the first four bars of which are also played twice
over the line "We are drinking beer on Tuesday.." and once over the line
"thick fingers before..".
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------0-----|---0----0h2--0---|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------0-2-----0-|-2-----2---------|----------------0-h2-|-0-------2-------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3-------|-------3-----3\--|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------8p7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7\--|
|-----------0-----|---0----0h2--0---|-5-----5-5--7-/9-|-7---------------|
|-------0-2-----0-|-2-----2---------|--------5--------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Finally, right at the very end of the song, strum the following E7 chord
backwards (ie from high to low)
|-12---\\-
|-12---\\-
|-13---\\-
|-12---\\-
|-14---\\-
|-12---\\-
............
WE DO WHAT WE CAN
-----------------
E7 Am E7 Am
Downstairs they're playing Kenton, the house set to swing
E7+9 E7-9 Am E7* Am11
I lay in my bed and listen to everything
E7-9 E7 Am E7-9 E7 Am
Cause Leo's in rare form tonight, his trombone sings so sweet
E7+9 E7-9 Am A
This is the room where they all come to meet
Dm A/C# C G/B
He said "I do what I can, I live for the moment
Bb9-5 E' A *NB-see below*
and that's who I am, yeah that's who I am"
Dm A/C# C G/B
And isn't it good if we could freeze moments in time
Bb9-5 E' Am
We all would, but I do what I can, I do what I can
E7 E7-9 Am E7 E7+9 E7-9 Am
Downstairs he's playing Kenton, the Magnavox sighs
E7 Am E7 Am
But oh how the music has changed in all of our lives
E7 Am E7-9 E7 Am6
He says "nobody listens to modern jazz
E7+9 E7-9 Am A
and I'll never have what those guys have"
He says "I do what I can, I work for a living
and that's who I am, yeah that's who I am"
And it's good to be alive, but everything's different
Since Leo died, I do what I can
E7-9 E7 Asus4 Am E7 Asus4 Am
Dm Asus4 Am
Is this the end of the modern world
E7 Asus4 Am
What could it mean for a young girl
E7-9 E7 Asus4 Am
Who sees the pain on his face?
E7 Am
He does what he can
Dm Asus4 Am
The procession on the TV screen
E7 Asus4 Am
What could it possibly mean
Dm Asus4 Am
For a man who's come this far
E7 Asus4 Am
just to turn around
Dm Asus4 Am } these two lines are
Could there still be life in Kenton's swing }-played in 4/4 time
E7 Asus4 Am } rather than 6/8
With the Kennedys gone and everything }
Dsus4 Dm Cadd9 C
Those sad rows of houses with their optimistic colours
Dsus4 Dm Cadd9 C
Democrat grandparents and draft dodging brothers
Bbadd9 Bb E7sus4 E7
Riots down the street and discontented mothers
Am E7* Am E7+9 E7-9 Am
We do what we can
E7 Am E7 E7+9 E7-9 Am
Downstairs it's quiet - less alive, somehow
E7 Am A
Somehow he was everything that I am now
And he says "I do what I can, I work for a living
And that's who I am, and that's who I am"
But it's good to be alive, and these are the choices
We make to survive - you do what you can
................
Weird jazzy chord city! I've tried to transcribe an accurate representation
of most of the chords, but understand that most of the chords for the verse
would have been improvised over the vague guidelines of Am followed by E7.
Note that I have just called all the weird Am chords "Am", so they can be
played as Am-002210, 577555, or 007555; Asus2-002200; A7sus2-002000,
Amadd9-577500 or 007500; or Am7add9-575555 or 005500. I have, however, noted
a couple of especially weird ones - Am11-00543x and Am6 002212.
The E type chords are E7-020130, 020100(E'), 076750 or 076707(E*);
E7+9-07678x; and E7-9 - 07676x.
The chords for the chorus are Dm-xx0231 or x57765; A/C#-x42225 or x42255;
C-x32010; Bb9-5 (my favourite!)-010110; then E7' and Am as shown above.
There is a chord progression in the first two choruses (but not the last)
at the point marked with asterisks - goodness knows what the chords should
be called: A-x07655, ?-x07676, ?-x07565, ?-x05433.
The chords for the bridge ("Is this the end of..") go along these lines
|-------|-------|-------|-0--0--|-------|-------|-4-----|-5--5--|
|-6-----|-5--5--|-3--0--|-3--1--|-6-----|-5--5--|-3-----|-5--5--|
|-7--7--|-7--5--|-1--1--|-2--2--|-7--7--|-7--5--|-4--4--|-7--5--|
|-6--6--|-7--7--|-0--0--|-2--2--|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-0--0--|-5--5--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-0--0--|-5--5--|-0--0--|-------|-------|-5--5--|-0--0--|-5--5--|
|-------|-------|-4-----|-5--5--|
|-6-----|-5--5--|-3-----|-5--5--|
|-7--7--|-7--5--|-4--4--|-7--5--| etc
|-6--6--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-7--7--|-7--7--|-2--2--|-7--7--|
|-0--0--|-5--5--|-0--0--|-5--5--|
The chords for the line "Those sad rows of houses.." onwards are:
Dsus4-xx0233, Dm-xx0231, Cadd9-x32030, C-x32010, Bbadd9-688768, Bb-688766
E7sus4-022435, E7-022434.
..........
I SHALL BELIEVE
---------------
E A
Come to me now, and lay your hands over me
E C#m B
Even if it's a lie say it will be alright
A
And I shall believe
E A
I'm broken in two, and I know you're on to me
E C#m B
That I only come home when I'm so all alone
A E
But I do believe
C#m B A
That not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be
C#m B A
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
C#m B F# A
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
E A E A
And I shall believe, and I shall believe
Open the door and show me your face tonight
I know it's true, no one heals me like you
And you hold the key
Never again would I turn away from you
I'm so heavy tonight, but your love is alright
And I do believe
That not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe, I shall believe
And I shall believe
<Solo> (Same chords as chorus)
That not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe, I shall believe
I shall believe, I shall believe
I shall believe, and I shall believe
C#m B A (hold)
Please say honestly you won't give up on me...
And I shall believe. (x15)
.............
Another song that demonstrates the power of underplaying.
One acoustic guitar does this -
+ + + + + +
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------| (repeat ad infinitum)
|-4---4-2-----|-4---4-2-----|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
throughout. One electric with its tone control turned down does this -
(-------------Intro-------------)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-2-----|
|-2-----|-2-----|-2-----|-------|-2-----|-2-----|-2-----|-2-----|-0-----|
|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|-------|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|-------|
(etc) throughout with plam muting - follow the chords, obviously. The only
variation in this is on the F# chord in the chorus -
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-2-----|-------|
|-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-|-0-----|-------|
|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-|-------|-------|
There is also another part which I think is a guitar, but a pretty strange
sounding one. I suspect that it must be using a volume pedal or else some
kind of sustaining device like an E-bow, a Fernandes sustainer pickup or
good old fashioned compression. Once again, it's wonderfully underplayed,
so tabbing it out completely would be pointless.
However, it comes in on the second half of the first verse and goes
something like this -
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|/9-----|-----9-|-8-----|-------|-6----6|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-7-----|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
The first half of the second verse goes like this -
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-9-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----7-|-6-----|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-7-----|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
The first chorus and link into the third verse go like this -
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------7|
|h9-----|p8-----|-6-----|------8|h9-----|p8-----|-6-----|------8|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|h9-----|p7-----|-------|-------|-------|------7|
|h9-----|p8-----|-6-----|-------|/9-----|-------|
|-------|-------|-8-----|-------|/11----|------9|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|h9-----|-------|\5-----|------7|h9-----|-------|\5-----|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|\7-----|------9|-------|-------|\7-----|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
The solo goes like this -
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|h9-----|p8-----|p6-----|---6/8-|h9-----|p8-----|p6-----|---6/8-|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---7/9-|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------7|
|-9-----|p8-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-9-----|-------|-8-----|-------|/11----|------9|
|-------|-------|-9-----|-------|/12----|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Finally, note that any of the guitars can simulate the hammond organ intro
by doing this -
(NH - natural harmonics)
|--------
|-12-----
|--------
|--------
|-7------
|--------
...................
Tab explanation:
+ = Beat marker
. = Eighth note marker
/ = Slide
h = Hammer-on
p = Pull-off
b = Bend to the equivalent of the fret indicated
r = Relase bend back to fret indicated
Have fun :)
...................