Tuning: Standard
Guitar 1: Acoustic 12-String
Guitar 2: Electric with some kind of sustain pedal
Intro
Guitar 1
Cmaj7 G (x2) then guitar 2 comes in
Guitar 2:
e|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----12p10p9-10-7-----|
B|-------------------------------------8--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7
chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately.
Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B
string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to
the song, you can kind of tell.
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats
Gwe kicked around
Cmaj7From stairway to station, we made a sensation
with the gadabout crowd
Cmaj7And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets
GFor the old men at the off-tracks
Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars
GWhich we squirreled away
Em Am Asus2 AmIn our rat-trap hotel by the freeway
And we slept in Sundays
Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious
GAt the old school
Cmaj7You left without leaving a note for your grieving
Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel
Cmaj7And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied
GAs you learned quick to make a fast buck
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms
GWe bit our tongues
Em AmSucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling
Such was our calling
And here in our hollow we fused like a family
Em D CBut I will not mourn for you
Em D Am CSo take up your makeup and pocket your pills away
We're kings among runaways
GOn the bus mall
Cm GWe're down on the bus mall
Intro x2
Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants
GOf the old town
Cmaj7We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball
And we never let the bastards get us down
Cmaj7And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks
GOn the colonnades of the waterfront park
As four in the morning came on cold and boring
GWe huddled close
Em Am Asus2 AmIn the bus stop enclosure enfolding
Our hands tightly holding
But here in our hollow we fused like a family
Em D CBut I will not mourn for you
Em D Am CSo take up your makeup and pocket your pills away
We're kings among runaways
GOn the bus mall
Cm GWe're down on the bus mall
We're down on the bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff)
Cm GDown on the bus mall
D Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 GOhhhh
Chords Used:
EADGBeCm [x35543] or [x3x043]
h=hammer on
p=pull off
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