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1. _ Mighty Rivers
pre>intro: the chords i have worked out here consist of two base notes only.
Some of them are power chords (neither major nor minor, no 3rd)
D5 55xxxx
Bm* 75xxxx
Asus4 55xxxx (same as d*)
G5 35xxxx
A5 57xxxx
Dsus2 xx0230
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The intro sequence i think, is this d5 bm* asus4 g5 a5
Verse
Bm* d5 bm* asus4 g5 d5 d d dsus2 d
Darlin' wake up now, i'm makin' a promise that i'm gonna keep
Bm* d5 bm* asus4 g5 a5
I'll never give up now, when love is a passion that can't go to sleep
Chorus
A5 d5 g5 a5 d5 g5 a5
Until the mighty rivers, until the mighty oceans dry up, i'll be your man
A5 d5 g5 a5 d5 g5 a5
Until the mighty rivers all run dry and fade away girl you understand
Verse
They tell you there's no chance, for love to be stable when everything shakes
It only took the one glance, for my heart to tremble and my soul to quake
Repeat chorus (plus)
A5 bm* d5 a5 d5
Till the mighty rivers ooh mighty rivers,
Bridge
Bm* d5 bm* d5
Ooh can you hear me as you run into my back
Bm* d5 bm* a5
And the customs never clear me, they want to put me behind black
Repeat intro
Verse
Oh darlin wake uh up now, before there's no sunshine left up in the sky
I'll never give up now, let's shed all the teardrops and let our hearts dry
Repeat chorus (plus)
D5 bm* d5
Until the mighty rivers, the mighty rivers, the mighty rivers,
Bm* d5 bm*
The mighty rivers, the mighty rivers, the mighty rivers,
Repeat chorus
D5 a5 bm* g5 a5 d5
Till the mighty rivers oooooh mighty rivers... /pre>
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2. _ Break Them Down
pre>a lot of people helped with the lyrics, notably william wittman.
Thanks ww and everybody!
Intro: g#m c#m g#m c#m ebm g#m
G#m c#m g#m c#m ebm g#m
The missionary's position is clear, break them do---wn
G#m c#m g#m c#m ebm g#m
Converting the savage panare, break them do----wn
And purge them of all of their sins, break them down
Whilst making funds trading jaguar skins, break them down
Instrumental (as intro, and verse)
The new tribe's mission and the lord, break them down
Are gonna fit them with a vinyl spinal cord, break them down
In the jungle in venezuela, break them down
Checked shirts, radios, barbed wire, break them down
Bridge
Ebm c#m ebm g#m
Ooh when they teach those savages to believe
Ebm c#m g#m ebm
We'll all be one step closer to world harmony
(ebm) g#m c#m g#m c#m ebm g#m
Break them down, break them do---wn
Instrumental (guitar solo same chords as verse)
They rewrote the lord's prayer, break them down
And made the death of christ the work of the panare, break them down
Nearby darwin was hanging by his throat, break them down
The fundamentalists were starting to gloat, break them down
Bridgelosing their loin cloths as they gain ethnicide
All dressed in western clothes and god will be their guide
Break them down, (repeat and fade) /pre>
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3. _ Wake Up (next To You)
pre>i think this is a vamp essentially on a and dmaj7 which are probably the main chords
In "must be my imagination" quoted near the end.
To my ears it sounds as though the intro is something like this.
Hit the a string a6 (pull off to) a/e a
Xx2222 xx2220 x0222x
Wake up (next to you) - graham parker
Intro
A dmaj7 a dmaj7
I can't have no objection to the world outside
A dmaj7 a dmaj7
I don't have no complaints against life's one way ride
A dmaj7 a dmaj7
I know i'm sleeping with an angel and this devil's in luck
A
Oooooooh wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
E d
I've been dreamin for too long
E d
I guess something's always wrong unless i
A d a d
Wake up, next to you, i wanna
A d a d
Wake up, next to you you
E d a a d a
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh
A
Oooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah
The summer's left a spell on us, magic and gold
The tarmac's cracked and shimmering, up on the road
I know i'm walking with an angel down a hot avenue
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
I've been dreamin for too long
I guess something's always wrong unless i
A d a d
Wake up, next to you, i'm gonna wake up
A d a
Wake up, next to you ooooooo (sax solo)
(spoken)
You know what i'm gonna do, i'm gonna pick up the telephone
Right now and i'm gonna call information and i'm gonna say to 'em
"where is she right now? cause i want you and i need you"
And i wanna hear her say: "hey baby, wake up!" (bass riff from
"must be my imagination")
A d a d
Wake up, next to you, i'm gonna wake up
A d a d
Wake up, next to you you
E d a a d a
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh
A
Oooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah
"where is she right now? cause i want her and i need her" fade on "wake up"
/pre>
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4. _ Lunatic Fringe
pre>verse in g
G em
I want to thank you for sticking my neck out
G em7 c
I know i'll be there when they let the cranks out
G em c dm
I won't be culpable, got too much to answer for ooo oooh
G em
My heart is in a can, my neck is in your hands
G em7 c
You wanted a family man but i'm not relating
G c c em7 em em
I'll never be arranged i'd rather be estranged, i don't care, i don't care
Chorus in a
A f#m
Second cousin to the poor relation,
A f#m7 d
Holding last week's ticket in this week's train station
A f#m d em
Relegated to the third division on the lunatic fringe
Verse in g
We're not on any team not after what i've seen
All that back slapping makes me want to scream
I'll just be feeling low, waiting for the final whistle to blow oo oo ooh
They're beating metal, outside this window
I'm getting a kick out of every hammer blow
I know i can't escape it until i've been reshapen
I'm on the i'm on the...
Chorus in a
Second cousin to the poor relation,
Holding last week's ticket in this week's train station
Relegated to the third division on the lunatic fringe
Instrumental break in a (nice guitar solo, brins)
Verse in g
They're pumping iron down in the village
They're locking lions up in the zoo
I don't know what i'm thinking i don't know where i'm sinking
Down there, down there
Second cousin to the poor relation,
Holding last week's ticket in this week's train station
Relegated to the third division on the lunatic fringe
On the lunatic fringe, on the lunatic fringe, on the lunatic fringe,
/pre>
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5. _ Canned Laughter
pre>intro f# b a
A d a d a
Canned laughter, rings in my ears the morning after
Canned laughter, would cans save a big disaster?
D f#m d f#m
Spreads around the room like a tumour, i'm not exactly in good humour
D a dm e
I wish it came just one joke sooner, then i'd have to laugh
Canned laughter, i can't crack up and i don't have to
Canned laughter, i'm not too canned to fall in after
Can't disguise the actual gloom but you can't do nothing but consume
Until there isn't any room for anything worth while
D a e d a e d a e d a
Canned laughter, ooh, canned laughter, ooh, canned laughter, ooh
Sax break over a and d then e
Canned laughter, still echoing in the rafters
Canned laughter, i hang on the morning after
Can't disguise the way you feel, you see the razor blade and the reel
It don't do nothing to conceal that you're not having fun
Canned laughter, rings in my ears the morning after
Canned laughter, don't laugh baby you don't have to
(note the riff from discovering kapan and "hey")
I can do without the rumour, i'm not exactly in good humour
It feels like a malignant tumour growing in my heart
D a e d a e d a e d a
Canned laughter, ooh, canned laughter, ooh, canned laughter, ooh
Canned laughter (audio fx) /pre>
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6. _ Locked Into Green
pre>(the subject of this song, william wittmam informs us, is snooker.)
G dm em c
I find i fall into each night what passes for a dream
G dm em c
But all i see are pinks and blacks and i don't know what they mean
Cm gm bm e
My opponent's got the edge but his face just can't be seen
E c d g c g
And i...........'m locked into green
I been up since 8 oclock smoking endless cigarettes
And i'll be at the table as the bookies take their bets
A shot of drink to steady nerves and i'll wipe that table clean
And i...........'m locked into green
C g
Reds and blues, yellows, greens and browns
C d
If i keep my eye in i will put them down
Cm gm bm e
There's other ways of life out there but there's nothing they could mean
E c d g f e
Because i...........'m locked into green
E c d g c g
Oh i...........'m locked into green
G g c g g g c g
I'm locked into green, i'm locked into green
G g
I'm locked into green /pre>
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7. _ The Weekend's Too Short
pre>intro: e then riff
E e eadd9 e7 e6 e (use the pinkie)
Get your car out of the parking lot,
N.y. city's getting much too hot
Way down island there's a real cool breeze,
Bridge
D a e a bm
Baby get ready, the pressure's off, your body's hot, you got a good personality,
A e a bm
My hand goes down your heart beat's up i can't go back to reality
Chorus
E eadd9 e eadd9 e7 e6 e
The weekend's too short, ooh yeah
The weekend's too short, ooh yeah
Instrumental
Bless that bible, let the liquor run (the weekend's too short, ooh)
Before they raise the drinking age to 21 (the weekend's too short, ooh)
Two days time it's going back to the grind (the weekend's too short, ooh)
Bridge
And the party's all over,
The time goes fast, our love will last, can't past the test of reality
My hand goes down your heart beat's up i said with some finality
Repeat chorus then instrumental with solo
Get your car out of the parking lot, n.y. city's getting much too hot
Way down island there's a real cool breeze, baby get ready,
The pressure's off, your body's hot, you got a good personality,
My hand goes down your heart beat's up i can't go back to reality
Repeat chorus (three times) /pre>
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8. _ When You Do That To Me
pre>intro: guitar and whip cracks (drum sound)
Capo at 2
Am am
When you walka that walk girl, into a dark bedroom
Am f g
It fills my heart up with lovin' puts sugar in my spoon oo yeah
Chorus
C c
When you do that to me, when you do that to me
C c
When you do that to me, when you do that to me
If i took a picture, tried to write a book
It was shock at the printer, never give it a second look
Repeat chorus
Bridge
Em am
I need you so bad, it feel so bad, to be be waiting for so long
Em am
You got the love could stop a truck, i can feel it, (3 more times)
Repeat chorus (var)
C c
When you do that to me, when you do that to me
F f g
When you do that do me, when you do that to me
Then c g f c g f then ooh over c g f rhen repeat chorus (var)
Verse
So let the lovingness stay there, let them let them be
You know what they say girl not just whisper and tea
Repeat chorus then oooooh then repeat chorus with bass progression
And fade (graham yells "put sugar in my spoon) /pre>
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9. _ Black Lincoln Continental
pre>intro: notes picked out of a and asus4
A (throughout)
Shake that cocktail and follow the road
The doors are locked and the windows are closed
There's only one way to the american dream
They're awaiting your arrival in a big limousine
Chorus
E e e
In the back of a, black... in the back of a, black..in the back of a, black...
A
Lincoln continental, lincoln continental lincoln continental,
E
Black black, lincoln continental black black, lincoln continental,
E
Black black, lincoln continental (then repeat intro)
They take you to dinner and you eat off the plate
And you don't taste the poison until it's too late
And seven years later something is funny
Is it the black upholstery or the dirty money?
Repeat chorus then instrumental bridge (f g am c) and intro var.
The rugs all fake made of persian jute
And the chauffeur got the job by actin' cute
He's watching the speedometer and counting your money
And the big white lines make your heart beat funny
Repeat chorus then instrumental intro and shuffle and then fade
/pre>
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10. _ Everyone's Hand Is On The Switch
pre>intro: a g (several times)
A g a d g
Everyone's hand is on the switch, up above there's a leaden sky
Everyone's thinking of the switch, get ready, make someone cry
D am em
Ooh they all laughed when the pope got on the phone
D em bm
Ooh and the president pretends that he's not home
Everyone's hand is on the switch, while the cameras waited outside
Let's hope there is another hitch, last time the guy didn't die
Oooh while the nation is holding back its breath
Ooh mr sullivan is holding, still to death??
Bridge
D a bm a
And if you wanna get scared, look at that chair
Bm a d a
Feel that power run through, ooh yeah
Instrumental (guitar solo)
Everyone's hand is on the switch, come on people pull together now
Then we can go down to the beach, as the florida sunshine comes out
Ooh where's the party, the soft drinks and the fudge
Oooh don't worry they'll be comin' soon, give that switch a nudge
Repeat bridge
Everyone's hand is on the switch, what a swell execution!
Sweet revenge is such a bitch, dance to the execution!
Everyone's hand is on the switch, (drum beats)
Everyone's hand is on the switch, (drums and guitars) (repeat 4 times)
/pre>
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11. _ Take Everything
pre>
B g#m e f#
Take every, take every, take everything
Take every, take every, take everything
C#m e c#m f#
Don't tell me that you're above it, you might as well learn to love it
C#m e c#m b f#
It's just a natural obsession, keep your mouth full
The sky is thick with the fuse wire you think it's safe in your room
Hoping the very next boom won't be the big one
B g#m e f#
Take everything you can and run, that's the way it's done
B g#m e f#
What's on your shoulders must weigh a ton, that's for having fun
B g#m e f# e
Shoot all of those bullets out of that gun, now before they explode inside you
Come home with a pack of dioxin, we need brand names on our toxins
For people who's lives are boxed in, just like ours are
You don't have to shoot your mouth off, but baby, please don't cough
You don't have to sell your soul just to admit it
Take everything you can and run, that's the way it's done
Don't think of this world baby it's gone, that's for having fun
You might not be here when the sun, gets pulled out of the sky above you
Instrumental section
Take every, take every, take everything
Take every, take every, take everything
Don't tell me that you're above it, you might as well learn to love it
It's just a natural obsession, keep your mouth full
Take everything you can and run, that's the way it's done
What's on your shoulders must weigh a ton, and blots out the sun
Shoot all of those bullets out of that gun now before they explode inside you
Take every, take every, take everything
Take every, take every, take everything (3 times) /pre>
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12. _ Too Much Time To Think
pre>intro: bm d bm a e
Bm d bm d e
I wanna walk out the door, i want to take the next bend
Bm d bm a e
This makes the nuclear war seem like a personal friend
Bm d bm d e
The whites won't let you live, the blacks won't let you forget
Bm d bm a e
The spaniards at the checkout counter just want to make you sweat
Chorus
Bm d e bm d e
And the news comes second hand on the radio am band
A e d
And i'm caught in a traffic jam ooooh
Bm d (a) e
I got too much time to think, too much time to think
I got too much time to think, too much time to think
Too much time to think, too much time to think
Instrumental break
There ain't nothing to read, as is read in words
I can't watch the tv, it all looks absurd
Somebody's standing right here, but nobody's ringing my bell
The best team just lost, i'm not taking it well
Repeat chorus
Instrumental break (think, think, think (bm)) then solo.
Repeat chorus then repeat last line and fade /pre>
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