workin’ at the car - meetup post-fest jam - labor day songs... · in my rubber suit rubbin these...
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Workin’ At The Car
Wash Blues Jim Croce, 1974 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/FRrrEC_ITqo
INTRO: [HONKY TONK STRUM: D-DU-UDU] G B7 Em G7 |X X X X|X X X X| C7 D7 G D7 |X X X X|X X X X|
VERSE 1: G Well I had just got out
From the county prison D7 Doin ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position G But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn’t listen to the fact
That I was a genius C7 A The man say “We got all that we can use”
Now I got them
VERSE 2: G Well I should be sittin in a air conditioned D7 Office in a swivel chair
Talkin some trash to the secretaries G Sayin “Hey now mama, come on over here”
Instead I’m stuck here
Rubbin these fenders with a rag C7 A And walkin home in soggy old shoes
With them
BRIDGE: C You know a man of my ability C7 G He should be smoking on a big cigar C But til I get myself straight
I guess I’ll just have to wait A[HANG] D7 In my rubber suit rubbin these cars
VERSE 3: G Well all I can do is a-shake my head D7 You might not believe that it’s true
For workin at this end of Niagara Falls G Is a undiscovered Howard Hughes, so baby
Don’t spect to see me
With no double martini C7 A In any high-brow society news
Cause I got them
INSTRUMENTAL PARTIAL VERSE: G D7 D7 G
OUTRO: G So baby, don’t spect to see me
With no double martini C7 A In any high-brow society news
Cause I got them
OUTRO:
Yeah, I got them
CHORUS: G B7 Steadily depressin Em G7 Lowdown mindmessin C7 D7 G Workin at the car wash blues
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The Boxer Paul Simon, 1968 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/xnXhXSx2ikk
[ARPEGGIO: MA-I-P-I / 1st2nd-3
rd-4
th-3
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C |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X| C G Am I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 G6 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises G Am G F All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G-G7 G6-C And disregards the rest, hmm - mmm C G Am When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 G6 C In the quiet of the railway station running scared Am G F Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G G7 G6 C Looking for the places only they would know
C G Am Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 G6 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue G Am G F I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome C G G7 C I took some comfort there, lie la lie, lie lie lie lie C G Am Now the years are rollin by me, they are rockin evenly G I am older than I once was G7 G6 C And younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual G Am G F Nor is it strange, after changes upon changes C We are more or less the same G G7 G6 C After changes we are more or less the same
C G Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G Goin home G7 C Where the New York Ciy winters aren’t bleedin me Em Am G F C Leadin me - goin home G Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C G Am Or cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame G F C G7 F C I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains, mmm
CHORUS: [BOLD EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] Am Em Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie Am G F2 C Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie - lie lie lie lie
REPEAT CHORUS x2
REPEAT CHORUS x3
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The Boxer Paul Simon, 1968 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/xnXhXSx2ikk
[ARPEGGIO: MA-I-P-I / 1st2nd-3
rd-4
th-3
rd]
C |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X| C Am I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises Am G F All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G7 C And disregards the rest, hmm - mmm C Am When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 C In the quiet of the railway station running scared Am G F Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G G7 C Looking for the places only they would know
C Am Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue Am G F I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome C G7 C I took some comfort there, lie la lie, lie lie lie lie C Am Now the years are rollin by me, they are rockin evenly G I am older than I once was G7 C And younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual Am G F Nor is it strange, after changes upon changes C We are more or less the same G G7 C After changes we are more or less the same
C Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G Goin home G7 C Where the New York Ciy winters aren’t bleedin me Em Am G F C Leadin me - goin home Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C Am Or cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame G F C G7 F C I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains, mmm
CHORUS: [BOLD EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] Am Em Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie Am G F C Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie - lie lie lie lie
REPEAT CHORUS x2
REPEAT CHORUS x3
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Paperback Writer Lennon/McCartney (Beatles), 1966 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/FcBMa1-0tIQ
VERSES 1 & 2: C Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book
It took me years to write will you take a look
It’s based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job so I want to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer
It’s a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn’t understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It’s a steady job but he wants to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer
VERSES 3 & 4: C It’s a thousand pages give or take a few
I’ll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it round and I want to be a F C C7 Paperback writer, paperback writer
C If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer
OUTRO: [Repeat to fade] C Paperback writer
INTRO: F[HANG] Pa-per-back wri-ter, wri-ter, wri-ter…
[FAST EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] C7 |---3--1-|------1-|---3--1-|------1-| |-13--3--|-1--13--|-13--3--|-1--13--| |0-------|0--0----|0-------|0--0----| |--------|--------|--------|--------|
REPEAT INTRO
REPEAT INTRO
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Secret Agent Man P.F. Sloan / Steve Barri (Johnny Rivers 1966) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/qgOP66fn7Es
[FANDANGO STRUM: DfanU-UDU]
VERSE 1: Dm Gm Dm There’s a man who leads a life of danger A To everyone he meets he stays a stranger Dm Gm With every move he makes, another chance he takes Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow
VERSE 2: Dm Gm Dm Beware of pretty faces that you find A A pretty face can hide an evil mind Dm Gm Oh, be careful what you say, or you will give yourself away Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE: Dm Gm Dm - - - A - Dm - Gm - Dm Gm Dm [STOP]
VERSE 3: Dm Gm Dm Swinging on the Riviera one day A And lying in a Bombay alley next day Dm Gm Oh, don’t you let the wrong words slip while kissing persuasive lips Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
OUTRO: Dm
INTRO: [3 TIMES] |- - - 1|- 1 1 1|2 222 1|- 1 1 1| |1 111 1|- 1 1 1|1 111 1|- 1 1 1| |2 222 2|- 2 2 2|2 222 2|- 2 2 2| |2 222 2|- 2 2 2|2 222 2|- 2 2 2|
CHORUS: Am Dm Am Dm Secret - agent man, secret - agent man Bb A Dm They’ve given you a number and taken away your name
REPEAT INTRO 2 TIMES
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REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT INTRO 3 TIMES
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