Tuesday Night

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Hi folks, I thought I'd waste a bit of time doing some tabbing (I had some

exams, you see) - here's the results.

Thanks to Arabella Clauson ([email protected]), Anthony Watson

([email protected]) and Jan Kaestner ([email protected])

whose transcriptions I used as a starting point.

Comments, corrections and suggestions welcome.

Enjoy!

Paul

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TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB - Sheryl Crow

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RUN, BABY, RUN

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E G#m

She was born in November 1963 - the day that Aldous Huxley died

F#m

And her mama believed that every man could be free

/G# A7

So her mama got high, high, high

/B C7

And her daddy marched on Birmingham singing mighty protest songs

Am7 /G

And he pictured all the places where he knew that she'd belong

F Bb B

But he failed and taught her young the only thing she'd need to carry on

He taught her how to

E C#m G#m B

Run baby run baby run baby run baby run

E C#m G#m B

Run baby run baby run baby run baby run

A7 C7

Past the arms of the familiar and their talk of better days

A7 C7 D B

To the comfort of the strangers, slipping out before they say "so long"

Baby loves to run

She counts out all her money in the taxi on the way to meet her plane

And stares hopeful out the window

at the workers fighting through the pouring rain

She's searching through the stations for an unfamiliar song

And she's thinking 'bout all the places where she knows she still belongs

And she smiles the secret smile because she knows exactly how to carry on

So run baby run baby run baby run baby run

Run baby run baby run baby run baby run

From the old familiar faces and their old familiar ways

To the comfort of the strangers, slipping out before they say "so long"

Baby loves to run

(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-----|

|-------1-----|-------1-----|-------4-----|-------4-----|

|-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

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

For good

I'm standing in the middle of the desert

G G/B

Waiting for my ship to come in

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

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

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

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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?

[Are you strong enough] to be my man? *

[Are you strong enough] 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

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(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

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

(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

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

--------

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

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

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-| 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

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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

N-|a-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

When he looks at me

G F#m

When he looks at me and smiles

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---97-|---------|-----------------|

--------|-------7/9---97-|

-----------|---------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|

-----------|---------|-------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---------|

|-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---|

Ac-2 + + + + | + + + + |

|-3-----3-3-----3-|-3---------------|

|-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---97-|-----------------|-------7/9---97-|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-4-----4-4---4---|-5-----5-5---5---|-7-----7-7---7---|-9-----9-9---9---|

Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-------7/9---97-|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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---------------|

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

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

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-------97p5---|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------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

This is LA!

"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

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, until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd

(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 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---\-|

|-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

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

(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 :)

...................

Finger

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