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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:39 
-0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./f/five_americans/*


Intro:

        organ: D5 (4 bars; fades in)

        guitar (2X alone; 2X after 
bass and drums enter)

         D               Dsus4
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v
   v

        -------5---------|-------
        -----7-----7-----|-----8-
        ---7---------7---|---7---
        -0---------------|-0-----
        -----------------|-------
        -----------------|-------

 |5---------| 
 |----8-----| 
 |------7---| 
 |----------| 
 |----------| 
 |----------| 

Verse 1:

         D          Dsus4
        Things went wrong today
         D       Dsus4
        Bad news came my way
        D     Dsus4
        I woke up to find
        D           Dsus4
        A wire that blew my mind

        D  Dsus4  [1, 4: 2X; 2, 3: 
1X  5: to coda]

Verse 2:

        Bad news in his hand
        Knocking at my door
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Eliminar anuncios
        Selling me the score

Verse 3:

        Fifteen cents a word to read
        A telegram I didn't need
        Said she didn't care no more
        Think I'll throw it on the 
floor

Bridge 1:

        Bm              E
        Got your cable just today
        Bm                      E 
        Killed my groove, I've got
          D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
 to say, hey

        [1, 3: to refrain  2: to 
solo]

Refrain:

        E        A [N.C.]
        / / / /  /

        (acapella; high voice holds 
A; low voice alternates A and G):

--|    Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-
--|    Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-

-|da-da 
-|da-da 

        (band enters)

        D              
        Da-da-da-da-da  
Dsus4
da-da-da-da-da
        D              
        Da-da-da-da-da  
Dsus4
da-da-da-da-da

Verse 4:

        Now you've gone away and
        How it's sad to say you've 
gone
        I remember what they said
        Now I'm going out of my head

Bridge 2:

        Telegram just had to say
        You've learned your lesson 
all the way, hey

Organ solo:

        D       Dsus4        [4X]
        / / / /  / / / /

[repeat bridge 2]

[repeat refrain]

Verse 5:

        I'll be on my way 'cause
        There's another girl for me
        I'll be sure of her and
        Things'll be as they were

Coda (repeat to fade):

        D              
        Da-da-da-da-da  
Dsus4
da-da-da-da-da



-- another ace 60's tab from 

-|Andrew Rogers