first four measures (on bass, if posssible):
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|------2h3--h4---|----------------|------4h5--p4---|
S |2----------0----|2---------------|2-----------0---|2---------------|
S |------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
e(1) |----------------|
B(2) |----------------|
G(3) |----------------|
D(4) |----------------|
A(5) |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E(6) |----------------|
then the guitar repeats this a few times:
e|| ----------------| |----------------|---------------- ||
B|| ----------------| |------4-------2-|2--------------- ||
G||.----------------| |----------------|----------------.||
D||.----------------| |----------------|----------------.||
A|| 0h2-------------|2-0---2-5-4-----2-0h|2---------------|--------------0- ||
E|| \______________/ slide ^ up from 4 |----------------|---------------- ||
the verse riff is:
e|| ---------------- ||
B|| ---------------- ||
G||.----4-------4---.||
D||.--4-------4---4-.||
A|| 2--------------- ||
E|| ------3--------- ||
the chorus riff is:
|1st, 2nd, 3rd |last
e|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------|
B|| ----------------|---------------- ||0---------------|
G||.----------0-----|--0-----0-----0-.||2---------------|
D||.------4-----4---|----2-----2-----.||2---------------|
A|| ----2---------2-|------2-----2--- ||----------------|
E|| 0---------------|0--------------- ||----------------|
the bridge is like this:
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------0---------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|0---------0-----|
G|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----|--1---------1---|
D|--4---------4---|--4---------4---|--2---------2---|----2---------2-|
A|--------------4-|--------------4-|--------------2-|----------------|
E|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter
First he's got to learn to read
He's gonna be a clown on TV
Flags at his elbow, time to breathe
That's my folly, I believe
Drink up the lake Kensey's awake
That's my folly, that's my mistake
Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie
First he's got to learn to count
He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount
Letters to be signed in sopped-up tar
Kensey's going far
John, Bill and Ed, stand on your head
That's my folly, I'm ready to go
Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher
First he's got to learn to stand
He's gonna be a clown in a marching band
Letters to be signed ransom greed
That's my folly, I believe
Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ed,
That's my folly, that's my mistake
Kensey's awake, stand on your head
That's my folly, I'm ready to go
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