This song will be familiar to anyone who knows the Whitlams' older song
"10 or 11 Drink Clown." This song was transcribed on guitar, so in the
verses, it's not wholly accurate: Tim's piano right hand plays the below
chords while his left hand plays syncopated lead-in notes to the root of
the chord.
I'll show the chords as chord name/bass note eg Eb/G is an Eb triad over a
G bass note. Easy for pianists, shocking for guitarists, so guitarists,
short of changing to a dropped tuning to enable the fingering to work,
just play the triad not the root note eg in the above example just play Eb
- ie follow Tim's right hand. Pianists, each chord has a lead in note on
the off-beat before it starts, usually an F or Eb below the chord... I
hope that makes sense!
Eb/G Fm/Ab
I go to parties
Ab Bb
Head straight to the bathroom
Eb/G Fm/Ab
Sit there for half an hour
Ab Bb
Listen to the queue forming
Eb Fm Ab Bb
I Listen to the queue forming
Eb/G Fm/Ab
I rise to meet them
Ab Bb
Steeled for action
Eb/G Fm/Ab
but the women are empowered
Ab Bb
with a strange and brutal hatred for me
Cm Eb
Why doesnt Andy talk on stage?
Ab Fm Ab
Why doesn't Andy act his age?
Cm Eb
Why are the birds all in my dreams?
Fm Ab
Why won't Stevie listen to me?
Repeat to end.
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Daniel Meijer - Sydney, Australia.
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http://www.zip.com.au/~dm/
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