View Guitar Chords for Fuzzy - chords ver. 1
# Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 23:51:39 -0700 From: Smiffs <[email protected]> Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo Here's the tab, lyrics and chords that I worked out for Grant Lee=20 Buffalo's album Fuzzy. Fuzzy - Chords and Lyrics Words and music: Grant Lee Phillips Note: the entire album is tuned down half a step (i.e. E flat, A flat, D=20 flat, G flat, B flat, E flat) so the chords here relate to a guitar in=20 this tuning. =20 The Shining HourAmAre we stilCl on the phone=20 Bm Dm AmWith laCdy Anna Clarke and herBm trumpet solo' Dm Am C Bm Dm Whose ghost sings for pay Am C Bm Dm In the blue billiard room of the Monterey Am C Bm Dm For room and for board AmAnd the back Cdoor key is a 19th centuBmry civil war swordDm Am C Bm Dm Once owned by John Booth Am C Bm Dm =20 And heAm misplaced his script when he caught his leather bootG F Dm Am This could be the shining hour G F Dm Am Based on all this mad belief G F Dm Am In money oil and angel powder G F Dm=09 In the new age magazine=20 There=92s a hole in the wall Behind the photograph of Al Capone He=92s sittin=92 down at city hall The police they peek through here And they watch you get dressed in the two-way mirror But it=92s all in good spirits And if you close eyes you can=92t help, help but to hear =91em move This could be the shining hour Based on all this mad belief In the money oil and angel powder In the new age magazine I propose a toast To the memory of the horse who carried King Tut and his gold Into the sun He collapsed last summer from a heat stroke somewhere in the east=20 village, oh=20 And it kills me to think That I=92m no longer living Just looking for excuses to dink So lift up your glass And your Ouija board =91cause I=92m fading, fading, fading fast Jupiter And Teardrop A Bm D Just a girl who can=92t say no A Bm D And her sweetheart on parole A Bm D Parents named her Jupiter A Bm D=09 To bless her with a lucky soul A Bm D He=92s a boy who never cried A Bm D When they lock him up inside A Bm D And she nicknamed him her Teardrop A Bm D For the tattoo by his eye E D Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed E ' D And he=92s sleepin=92 in her bed A Bm D And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop A Bm D And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop She divines by radio Pushing buttons show to show And she wonders =91bout the fate of=20 Lovers in the barrio=20 She forgets after awhile When she tune in on the dial Jackie Wilson=92s =91Lonely Teardrops=92 As she drive another mile Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed And he=92s sleepin=92 in her bed And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop Solo: E [----------------5----9-7-9-7-5-5-7-5-------7--] B [--5-5-5-5-7----7------------------------5-------] And they want to have a child Walk together down the aisle But they live in is mean And it=92s built on sheer denial The phone rings, it=92s for her "I gotta see you, Jupiter" "I=92m in trouble with the law" "Bring my 38-caliber" Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed As she pulls the phone plug dead And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop, oh And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Tear... And it=92s Jupiter and Tear... Outro: E ' D =20 E ' D=09 FuzzyDBring me home To this house of F#mmany days Just lay me Don the floor Hard and cool as F#mslate You know I love it Dmore and more Than before I F#mran away It triggers off so Dmany hurts Hurtful words and F#mbroken platesI've been Elied to Now I'm F#mFuzzy I've been Elied toAll and all The world is small enough for both of us To meet upon the interstate Waiting on a train And just when those big arms lift up Fall in love with no time to say it And I would have liked to Now I'm Fuzzy I would have liked to Now I'm fuzzy Fuzzy now Here we are In our car Driving down the street We're looking for a place to stop Have a bite to eat We hunger for a bit of faith To replace the fear We water like a dead bouquet It does no good does it dear And I've been lied to Now I'm Fuzzy We've been lied to Now we're Fuzzy Fuzzy now Lied to Wish You Well Intro: D5 Am D5 Am C G Note: the notes between the C and the G are : A[---2--0---] =20 D5 Am I see the end D5 Am I see the end of time D5 Am C G >From the widow=92s walk I feel the undertow D5 Am It grows D5 Am D5 Am And my fishin=92 pole like a willow=20 C G D5 Am D5 Am C G=20 Bends toward the blackest hole See the film See the black and whites Circle stationed Stupid to the tape that rolls =20 My soul recieves another blow >From the flashlight of the city hat line F C=09 I wish you well F C Tell you that it can be helped F D5 =09 Told you it can be helped I see the bad dreams that you speak about And all the things you bring to light are coming down now Everybody hit the ground Fear is on the march And in the lost and found These are the times to read between the lines Yea, my truck runneth over false prophet signs And road blocks I wish you well Tell you that it can be helped Told you it can be helped Told you it can be helped D5 Em Newspaper cloaks to wrap the truth Propagand-acid droppin=92 the youth It=92s easy to see Like pullin=92 a tooth No one in line at the ballot booth The dragon down south may blow some smoke Even the jester is drummin=92 up votes They talk about building morale and hope They=92re just bulding bigotry A better rope One you can't break One you can=92t even see Once made of paper and policies I wish you well Tell you that it can be helped Told you it can be helped It can be helped Oh, but it can be helped The Hook Intro & verse: Bm G D E =20 [------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------] B =20 [------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------] G =20 [----------------------------------0-------------------0--------------0--= ------------ ---] D =20 [-------0---------0-----------0------0-------------2-----2-------2-----2h= 3p2------] A =20 [----2----2----2----0-----2------------2-------3-------------3-----------= ------------] E =20 [--2---------2----------3-------------------3----------------------------= ---------------] Bm G D=09 There's one thing I tell you friend Bm G D I don=92t believe in supermen Bm G D =09 Who fly through the clouds above the restBmI don=92t belieGve in the best D BmAnd I never wanted Gto fight with you D Bm G D=09 That=92s just the last thing I wanted to do Bm G D =09 But you=92re so afraid to look at love Bm G D =09 You=92ve got to let it all go, this cut-above stuffA G =91Cause this is the hook that drags you D=09 This is the hook in the crook of your neck A G It=92s the hook that snags you D This is the hook And there's one thing I tell you friend All of our trials are gonna come to an end And you and I we=92re gonna fall Like we never had stood on this little earth at all =91Cause this is the hook that drags you This is the hook in the crook of neck It=92s the hook snags you This is the hook in the crook of your neck It=92s the hook that drags you This is the hook Solo: E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------] B[---------------------------------------------------------------12--10--= -----10--10h12--12--10------10 10h12---10-----------------------] G[------------------------------------------7--7--9--10--11------------11= ---------------------------11---------------------11--99--7-- 7--7---] D[-----------------7-----------------7--9--------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------] A[---5--7--7s9 ----=20 5--5--7--7s9-------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------------------------]] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] B[--------------8h10--10--12--12--12--12--10--10-10--12--12--12--12--10--= 10--10-------------------------------------------] G[---9--9s10-------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------]= D[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -] A[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] Grant plays a bit more but it=92s a bit too soft to figure out (for me=20 anyway). Soft Wolf Tread (Lyrically, this is one of my favorite Grant Lee Buffalo songs) Am Em =09 The soft wolf tread through Emerald Forest Dm He was looking to make a bed C F Am There in the spindly thicket, softly did he tread The soft wolf tread, he sure was starved Em Dm And through his silver coat his ribs shone sharply carved C F The hand that feeds was pickin' weedsAmAnd he sure looked starved Up comes Hood Dm Em He=92s beautiful as a sirloin steak to a pit bull chained up Dm Em =20 It's to good to see such an old friend again, such an old friend again,=20 such an old friend againThen he said "Dear Hood, what brings you to this neck of the woods'" "With your scarlet cape and your basket full o=92 grapes, what lures you = to=20 the woods'" The soft wolf tread the clearing And he's nervously tugging on his earring He talked, "How good. Such an old friend again, such an old friend=20 again, such an old friend again.=94 Bridge: Am Em Dm C F And then he spun a twisted tale=20 About a child who cries his name so many times That even when he yelled no one ever came The soft wolf tread The soft wolf tread And he tread and tread and tread and tread Such an old friend again, such an old friend, such an old friend again Stars N=92 Stripes Intro: Em D Em D Em D=09 Steel mill streets, overrun Em D Em D=09 The ghosts of cars in the yard Em D Em D Bm Am=20 Sunflower speaks of a one, of a one Em D Em D Engines purr up above Em D Em D Bm Am=09 =09 The L train roars like a love, like a love I can hide in you and your chestnut hair I confide in you, whisper in your ear When the earth is ripe, all the worms wake up In their stars and stripes and their swastikas There=92s a cure in sight, set your soul at ease For the red and white and the blue disease String us along String us along=20 String us along Bm G Got you on the handycam, fits in my hand Bm G Em Got you on the handycamBmGot on the handycam, fits in my hanGd=20 Bm G Em Sits in my hand, see my green light I got you on the handycam, fits in my hand=20 Got on you the handycam Got you on my handycam, fits in my hand Sits in my hand, see my... I got you on the handycam, fits in my hand Got you on the handycam, green light I got you on the handycam, fits in my hand Sits in my hand, see my green light I got you on the handycam, fits in my hand Got you on the handycam, green light I got on my handycam, got you on my handycamMy my Down in my soul Moon River flows And flows=20 All my trials, all my trials Will halt Dixie Drug Store Intro: B A E B A E It was muggy July, around supper time when I pulled into New Orleans B A E I got dropped off at South Rampart Street, I was hungry for a plate of=20 greens B A E=09 I made my down the banquette where I could see an open door An overhead sign made of painted pine read =91The Dixie Drug Store=92 Peppers and roots were hangin=92 from the rafters above There oils and sprays all on display, for money, luck and for love I reached down to pick one up but a dark hand grabbed my arm And before I could see just who it was, she said "You don=92t want that= =20 charm." "The last man to walk that thing outta here just up and disappeared." "They found his wallet and his wing-tip shoes near a tombstone down in=20 Algiers." "What you need my travelin=92 friend is a place to wash your jeans,"=20 "And I wouldn=92t be the least surprised if you were hungry for a plate o= =92=20 greens." She beckoned me on up the stairs =91cause she=92d done made up her mind She said: "Take off your hat and kick off your boots and leave your pride= =20 behind." She took me down to a secret place in the bayou of her blankets She offered to share her bourbon, I thanked her then I drank it Through a small crack in the ceiling burst the Louisiana moon It shone down on our bodies and we began to croon Like a couple o=92 coyotes we were howlin=92 through the night And I swear they were beatin=92 those congo drums outside We laughed until the morning, by then my pants had dried I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots and I gathered up my pride I figured she had done slipped out, I couldn=92t see her anywhere And I set out to find her and I headed on downstairs I got down to the bottom and I couldn=92t believe my eyes: gone were all=20 the bottles and the remedy supplies I shouted out for Mary, I darted out the door An old man on the wooden porch said: "What you in there for'" "Son, you got no business, the hoodoo store=92s been closed. Long as I=20 remember, a century I suppose." " But, mister, I just spent the night with a young girl named Laveau." He said: "The widow Paris done had a little laugh on you." I said: "You mean to tell me that was the Voodooin''" He nodded, "Yes, none other - the Queen o=92 New Orleans." =20 America Snoring Intro: E[--1------1-----1-----1--] B[--1------0-----1-----0--] C Bm Am G G[- 2------2-----2-----2--] =20 D[--3------3-----3-----3--] I hear America snoring I hear America snoring F G F G Did you see it on TV, or in your own backyard' F G F G=09 Gate's LAPD and they called the National Guard F G And then the tanks came rolling down Sunset Boulevard Dm G<