The Trap Door

>From the *fabulous* Jules Shear album The Great Puzzle. This is the

opening track on this highly recommeded disk. Go out and buy it before

it's deleted.

This song is (c) 1992 Geffen Again Music/Juters Music, Inc/Funzalo

Music Ltd, administered by Music Corporation of America, Inc.

The Trap Door (Shear)

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Intro1: | \ \ \ Bb ||: C Bb :|| (repeat 7 times)

Note: C = 3 beats, Bb = 1 beat

guitar solo over above

Intro 2: ||: Eb | Bb Ab | Gsus4 | G :|| G |

Verse1: Eb

Your enemies guard cornered you in a yard

You paid him off and ran

You knew he'd understand

He's just a workin man

(Eb)

But you think he's a fool just a capitalist tool

Who plays the games of life to tie

If the tables had been turned tonight

There'd be nothin that his money could buy - but soon...

The trap door gives in under the wicked weight of sin

You fall down, down, down farther than you've ever been

Yeah, the trap door falls open just as you were smugly hoping

That you could cheat and win, the trap door falls in

Verse2: Eb Bb

So one escape does not a life make the earth floats under your feet

You can't trust who you meet

Your bravery's a conceit

It's no longer suspense it's a fear that makes sense

Pullin you through the ground

The trap door makes no sound

One day just not around - Cause...

(Chorus)

(Intro2)

Verse3: Eb

I should have known when I was struck with a stone

That you were aiming at the moon

That like a gas balloon

You'd come falling soon - yeah-eh

(solo over chorus chords)

(Chorus) (<- lead with "Yeah the trap door...")

Coda: F C G Ab Bb C

That you could cheat and win, the trap door fa-a-a-lls in