The Boy With The Arab Strap - LP - Chords ------------------------------------------------------------------ It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career IndiaRubb@aol.com Just the basic chords here, nothing difficult. One note, though: where the song hits the "been a brilliant.." part, the bass line changes, but the guitar stays with an A chord. Sounds a bit awkward at first. E A He had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Painting lines in a school that was too well known C#m B A Painting lines with a friend that had gone before F# B She challenged everyone to a fight A E B But the prefects all backed down A E B And they ran her out of town A E B Cause she drank and swore and spoke A E F# Out of turn, she was the village joke (Repeat same for the rest of the song) She had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Getting clients to finance her strategies Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday She wears the clothes of an emperor But her paintings are a sham And they're going for a grand When the dealers come to view Do they ever see the real you? He had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that He is dribbling spit tonight And the one he sent away Was the only one who stayed With a spoon and a decent book And you can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned As he wets himself for the final time ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep the clock around: K.Watson@qss.co.uk E - B - C#m - A repeat until end... dead easy ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ease Your Feet In The Sea IndiaRubb@aol.com Just the basic chords. The guitar doing the more noodley stuff is a bit too random to tab out, though it's all based around the same chords, though the F is done higher up the fretboard (ie as a barre A chord on the 8/10 frets). I think said guitar is capo'd at the 6th fret actually, just to make it easier. I've tabbed out the solo, though. Intro: just F, the little riff you hear goes like this e-------------- b-------------- G-------------- D-------------- A------7-8-7-8- E-8-10--------- F Ease your feet off in the sea A# My darling it's the place to be F Take your shoes off curl your toes A# And I will frame this moment in time F Troubles come and troubles go A# The trouble that we've come to know F Will stay with us till we get old A# C Will stay with us till somebody decides to go A# Decides to go Soberly, without regret, I make another sandwich And I fill my face, I know that things have got to you But what can I do? Suddenly, without a warning On a pale blue morning You decide your time is wearing thin A conscious choice to let yourself go... C dangling Cm Hovering A# It's an emergency A#m There's no more "wait and see" F A# (repeat during the string section bit) Maybe if I shut my eyes Your trouble will be split between us People come and people go You're scouring everybodies face For some small flicker of the truth To what it is that you are going through, my boy I left you dry The signs were clear that you were not going... C anywhere Cm Anywhere A# Save for a falling down A#m Save for a falling down C Anywhere C (not minor, this time) Anywhere A# Save for a falling down G# F# (repeat G# to F# 3 times, then go to F for the rest of the solo) Everything's going wrong Solo: Play this during the above line. Number of hits on a string isn't necessarily exact here, just listen to the song. e------------------------------------------------------------------- b--9-9999-9-9-9-7-7777-7-7-7-9-9999-9-9-9-11--11-11-11-11--11-11-11- G------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------------------- b--12-12-12-12--11-9-99-7-7-7-7-9-9999-9-9-9-9-9999-7-10-9-7--- G------------------------------------------------------------9- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------- e-------------------------------------------------------------- b-------13--10-10-11--------11-10-10----11--------------------- G--7/10--------------10--10----------10----10-10--------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------7-8---- E--------------------------------------------------8-10-------- Later on, as I walked home The plough was showing, and orion I could see the house where you lived I could see the house where you gave All your time and sanity to people Then you waited for the people to acknowledge you They spoke in turn But their eyes would pass... C over you Cm Over you A# Who's seeing you at all? Who's seeing you at all? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Is It Wicked Not To Care Reid.Dossinger@bigfoot.com (capo on first fret, chord shapes shown) G C G Is it wicked not to care when they say that you're mistaken C G D Thinking hopes and lots of dreams that aren't there? G C G Is it wicked not to care when you've wasted many hours C G D Talking endlessly to anyone that's there? Am I know the truth awaits me D But still I hesitate because of fear G Skipping tickets making rhymes C G Is that all that you believe in? C G D Wearing rags to make you pretty by design G Rusting armour for effect C G It's not fun to watch the rust grow C G D For it will all be over when you're dead G Counting acts and clutching thoughts C G By the river where the moss grows C G D Over rocks the water running all the time G C G Is it wicked when you smile even though you feel like crying C G D Even though you could be sick at any time? Am But if there was a sequel Would you love me as an equal? D Would you love me till I'm dead? ------------------------------------------------------------------ A Summer Wasting IndiaRubb@aol.com I think this song is played with a capo on the 2nd fret, that makes the intro/outro the easiest to play. I'll put the basic chords down, and also an alternate, easier way to play them with the capo on (ie no barre chords). Intro/Outro (relative to capo on 2nd fret) e--------0-2--------3-2--------0-2--------9-7-(0)- <--(0) optional for intro b----3----------3----------3----------3-------(3)- <--(3) optional for outro G--2---2------2---2------2---2------2---2--------- D------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------- (intro played with this part) Summer in winter Winter in springtime You heard the birds sing Everything will be fine F#m B I spent the summer wasting F#m B A The time was passed so easily F#m B But if the summer's wasted F#m B A How come that I could feel so free F#m B I spent the summer wasting F#m B A The sky was blue beyond compare F#m B A photograph of myself F#m B Is all I have to show for E A Seven weeks of river walkways E D Seven weeks of staying up all night F#m B (interlude) I spent the summer wasting The time was passed so pleasantly Say cheerio to books now The only things I'll read are faces 1 spent the summer wasting Under a canopy of E A Seven weeks of reading papers E A Seven weeks of river walkways E A Seven weeks of feeling guilty E D Seven weeks of staying up all night F#m B (interlude) (intro/outro played with this) Summer in winter Winter is springtime You heard the bird say Everything will be fine Chord fingerings with the capo (all are relative to the capo): EADGbe F#m: 022000 B: x02220 A: 320033 E: x00232 D: x32010 so basically, an F#m is played like Em, B like an A, A like a G, etc. I don't know whether they actually play it like this...anyone notice if Stuart M. used a capo for this at one of the shows? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Seymour Stein rewb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk D / Em7 / D / Em7 (introduction) D Em7 D Seymour Stein Em7 D I've been lonely Em7 A Caught a glimpse of someone's face G D It reminded me I'd been crying Em7 D Half a world away Em7 D Ticket for a plane Em7 A Record company man G D I won't be coming to dinner (?) Em7 D My thoughts are far away Em7 D And I'm working all the day Em7 A North country girl I think she's going to Am Bm C Bm promises of fame, promises of fortune Am Bm C Bm LA to New York, San Francisco back to Boston C D North of Scotland has he seen C D Won't he hire a limousine C A Seymour send her back to me --- D, Em7, D, Em7, D, Em7, A, G --- D Em7 D I heard dinner went well Em7 D You like Chris's jacket Em7 A He reminded you of Johnny G D Before he got electronic Em7 D Seymour Stein Em7 D Sorry I missed you Em7 A Have a nice flight home G D It's a good day for flying Em7 D Seymour stein x4 Em7, D..... ad infinitum ---------------------------------------- (Em7 is <022033> I think, as least that's how I play it) ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Boy with the Arab Strap Reid.Dossinger@bigfoot.com (When playing G, do a repetitive hammer-on to the 2nd string, 1st fret . I don't know how to tab this out...you'll just have to listen to the song) G A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time C The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by G Day upon day of this wandering gets you down C Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town G Hovering silence from you is a giveaway Squalor and smoke's not your style "I don't like this place" C We better go G Then I compare notes with your older sister C D I am a lazy gett, she is as pure as the cold driven snow G What did you learn from your time in the solitary cell of your mind? C There was noises, distractions from anything good And the old prison food G Colour my life with the chaos of trouble Cause anything's better than posh isolation C I missed the bus You were laid on your back D G With the boy with the arab strap, with the boy from the arab strap G It's something to speak of the way you are feeling To crowds there assembled C Do you ever feel you have gone too far? G Everyone suffers in silence a burden The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton C The Asian man With his love hate affair D With his racist clientele G A central location for you is a must as you stagger about C Making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts G We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking C >From noon until noon again D G You're the boy with the filthy laugh, you're the boy with the arab strap Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches And sets off the smoke alarm What do you make of the cool set in London? You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks She's a waitress and she's got style Sunday bathtime could take a while ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dirty Dream #2 a9653157@hud.ac.uk Intro: E A/E E A/E E maj7 A6/E E maj7 A6/E I'm lucky, I can open the door and I can walk down the street E maj7 A6/E C# min Unlucky I've got nowhere to go and so I follow my feet C# min A E B A choice is facing you, a healthy dose of pain C# min A E B A choice is facing you as you stare through the rain C# min A E B A choice is facing you but I choose to refrain E G# min A For today tomorrow we'll be back in trouble again (Rest of the song follows these chords until...) Instrumental Ending: A D E A D E (repeated lots) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chickfactor a9653157@hud.ac.uk G C G C G What was it I saw in New York C G I'm not the same any more E7 A min D G How will I hide these feelings inside C G C Call my girl on the phone G C G Neon lights shine bright G C G Taxi cabs glide by E7 A min D G Aeroplanes that fly high up in the sky A/G Pretty girl says "Hi D/F# What's the worst job you've had? A/G What do you read? D/F# Bb/C G What's driving you mad? (Other verses are the same) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Simple Things IndiaRubb@aol.com I'm not 100% sure on the intro riff...if this isn't exact, it's pretty close, at least. Intro: e------------------------------ b----0-----2-----3-----2-3-2--- G------0-----0-----0---------2- D--------2-----2-----2--------- A------------------------------ E-(0)-------------------------- Em If you want me I'll be there G D A boy to deal with all your problems C G But part of the deal C G Is for you to feel something Em If you want me look me up G D I don't exist in usual places C G D Subtle as the wind is grey REPEAT INTRO RIFF (played over Em) Em G If you want me you know where I am D C I saw your arms in a dream G C And there were blue veins blue G Blue veins Em G If you want me all you have to do D Is ask a thousand questions C G Triplicate and file under B C G "Simple things you ask to make a young boy sigh" (Repeat C to G until last "young boy sigh," then...) C Em Young boy sigh (EADGbe) REPEAT INTRO RIFF...End on Em7--> 022030 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Rollercoaster Ride Reid.Dossinger@bigfoot.com D G D G Hey people, looking out the window at the city below D G D G Hey people, looking out the window, full of fun and sorrow D G D G Hey people, looking out the window at the city below D G D G Hey people, looking out the window, you'll be gone tomorrow A G The rollercoaster ride A G The rollercoaster ride Bm G Of all the trouble kept her inside D G D G D G Take Judy, with her bow and arrow, she's a mastermind D G D G Too frumpy for the teenage population of her time D G D G Car coat, she has a quilted jacket with a hood if it rains D G D G Big pockets for the pharmaceuticals she takes to fix her brain A G The rollercoaster ride A G The rollercoaster ride Bm G Of all the trouble kept her inside D G Of all the trouble kept her inside D G D G A puzzle, for the moment settle down to do it with him D G D G You're happy cause your cosy and the rain comes rattling in D G D G It tickles, and it's something that is very good for the skin D G D G You're waiting for a baby, Baby, watch the idiot running Refrain D G D G You're hanging from the balcony upon the riverboat glass D G D G You're watching with your mouth wide open for the top of the class D G D G She came on with the boys while you were stuck in various poses D G D G If you were to remove your clothes d'you think the singer would notice? Refrain