Arthur

A
Arthur was born just a plain simple 
man
      E                        
in a plain simple working class 
    A
position

Though the world was hard and its 
ways were set
        E                      
he was young and he had so much 
    A
ambition

All the week he was overtaken
    E                         A
by people who make the big decisions

But he tried and he tried for a 
better life
       E                    
and a way to improve his own 
     A
condition
   D                               
If only life were easy it would be 
          A-G-D-A
such fu-u-un
D                                 
Things would be more equal and be 
                A-G-D-A
plenty for everyone
D
Arthur the world's gone and passed 
you by
           A                  D
Don't you know it, don't you know it

You can cry, cry all night but it 
won't make it right
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           A                  D
Don't you know it, don't you know it

Arthur we know and we sympathize
           A                  D
Don't you know it, don't you know it

Arthur we like you and want to help 
you
A                              D
Somebody loves you, don't you know 
it

It shifts keys back to the A-E 
section for the guitar solo and the 
"How's
your wife" verse, then goes back to 
D-A after repeating the middle eight
("If only life were easy"). At the 
end there's this part:

           A                  D
Don't you know it, don't you know it
A                              D
Somebody loves you, don't you know 
it
           A                  D   
Don't you know it, don't you know 
       A-D
it

And then it's back to "Arthur, the 
world's gone..." with its D-A 
chords,
which are continued for the long 
fade-out.

On those late verses where there's 
no singing on the "don't you know 
it"
parts, you can play an A7 instead of
 an A.



Date: May 24, 1997  3:43 PM
From: Christopher Carl Heckman


"Arthur" lead guitar bits.

During the A & E chords ("verses"), 
the following is played:

G|--2--2--0--2--0--0--2--2--0--2--

G|0--0--1----1----1----1--1--0--2-- 

The prechorus I just play the chords
 noted. Over the D & A chords
("chorus"), I play:

B|--3--3--1--3--1--1--3--3--1--3--

B|1--1--5----5----5----5--5--1--3-- 

and during the solo, this line is 
moved up an octave to:

B|-10-10--8-10--8--8-10-10--8-10--

B|8--8-12---12---12---12-12--8-10---

B|- 

with liberal bends on the E's at the
 12th fret.