View Guitar Chords for Mighty joe moon - chords ver. 1
# Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 23:56:16 -0700 From: Smiffs <[email protected]> Here's the tab, lyrics and chords for Grant Lee Buffalo's album Mighty=20 Joe Moon as I and others have figured out to the best of our collective=20 ability! Mighty Joe Moon - Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon - Chords and Lyrics Words and music: Grant Lee Phillips **Grant seems to have changed his vocal style slightly since Fuzzy and=20 this makes it difficult to decipher some of his lyrics (particularly when= =20 they=92re not provided in the sleeve). So, I apologize if and when my=20 interpretations are incorrect - I=92ll do my best. He didn=92t develop a= =20 speech impediment, did he'! Any suggestion are more than welcome. Oh, and= =20 Grant, if you=92re out there, please, please, please give us a hand!** Tune guitar down half a step for entire album (Eflat, Aflat, Dflat,=20 Gflat, Bflat, Eflat). Lone Star Song =20 Intro & Verse riff: E[-----------7------------------------------7------------------------] B[-------7--------10--7------7------7--------10--7--------------] G[-9b----------------------------9b---------------------9b---7---] D[--------------------------------------------------------------------] A[--------------------------------------------------------------------] E[ -------------------------------------------------------------------]There's a bBmullet in the heart tonight In the heart oEf Texas D '''''''Bm''''''''''' We are rolling hEome D They sBmhot the angel in mid flight And now she won't protectE us D TheyBm shot it to the friendly mass E D=20 We are westward, ho =20 HAurray the holy war is ending D Bm A Like in the films of Hollywood And the angels are descending D Like Koresh Bmsaid they would beforeF#m too long D SiF#mng our lone star sBongThey had him nailed up to a T With a T for Texas His disciples with artillery They held the fort inside And by the time the story broke Down in Dealy Plaza We already caught the smoke Read the TV guide Pray the holy war is ending Like the films of Hollywood And the choppers are descending Like Marina said they would before too long Sing our lone star songLone star Dsong In the souAth, words they can't help D But escapBme my mouth '''''''' D Down the house, dayA upon day Bm Day upon day, dGay upon day EHurray the holy war is ending Like in the films of Hollywood And the trumpet's blast is blending With the crack of burning wood before too long Sing our lone Star songLone star sDong Lone star=20Outro: Bm E D **Credit is due to Shane Shepard, David Kipp and the Mulchman for helping= =20 to figure out the lyrics.** MockingbirdsADevastatGion at last, finally weD meet AAfter allG of these years out here in tDhe street AI had a feeliGng you would make yourself Dknown AYou came along jusGt to claim your place on the throne D Now I have been overthrown, overtBmhrown DAAnd I thought GIf I toed the right F#lines But these mockingbirds won't let Ame shiGne F#Devastation my door was left open wide You brought me into your heart then you swallowed my pride I had a feeling you were hiding your thoughts I made a note to myself, I nearly forgot Now I am overwrought, I'm overwrought And I thought If I toed the right lines But these mockingbirds won't let me shine And I thought If I toed the right lines But these mockingbirds won't let me shineEOne day this ground will Abreak =20 E A F# B and open up for me I hope it will, I hope it will=20Solo: E D A E[------------------------------------------------------] B[---9--12--9s7--7--7--9--7--5-------5---------] G[--------------------------------------6--------------] E D A =20 Salutations at last, I'm down on my knees E D A=09 I heard the bugle this morn blast Revilie E D A Woke from a dream where I was in a terrible realm E D A All my sails were ablaze, I was chained to the helm F# A Now I am overwhelmed, I'm overwhelmed E D C# A =20 And I thought if I toed the right lines E D C#=20 But these mockingbirds won't let me shineAAnd I thought GIf I told the right F#lines But these mockingbirds won't let Ame shiGne F#Outro solo: E[---9--12--9s7--7--7--9--7--5-------5---------] B[---------------------------------------7-------------] **Thanks to David Kipp for help with a couple of the lyrics** It=92s The Life This figure is played throughout the entire song: D E[--------------2-----------2-------------------2----------2-----------]B= [----------3------3-----------------------3-------3--------------------]G= [------2--------------2---------------0---------------0---------------]D[= ---0------------------------------0------------------------------------] If the life you have created Has buried you in luxuries outdated And you ask: "What is the purpose'" Too weak to claw your way up to the surface You resent all of your trophies They belittle human spirit like a time piece That is ticking in your breast pocket And so you long to reach in and stop it Then your heart, it will be broken And every sour word that you have spoken About everybody else Will return to act upon yourself If the life you have created=20 Is founded on jealousy and hatred It=92s too late to ask questions For you=92re much too old to take any suggestions It=92s the life you have created It=92s the life you have created It=92s the life It is the life It is the life It is the life Sing Along **Of all the tracks on Mighty Joe Moon, this is the one I really struggle= =20 to figure out the lyrics to. These are more than likely way off line so=20 please bear with me.** Intro: F#m D The little lead riff over the D chord is: E[----13--13--13--13--13--13----12--12--12--12--12--12-----] B[----13--13--13--13--13--13----12--12--12--12--12--12-----]F#mHallelujaDh, the wheel F#m D A hound=92s life is for me F#m D Everything but the kitchen sink F#m D He built it just for me F#mHallelujaDh, you=92re the fan That leadF#m me to the ''' D F#m D I built you a river=20 F#m D But I=92m still not through with this arkA G F#m Man built a furnace D E A Mercedez Benz A G F#m D E Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin A G F#m Man slew the bisons D E And he built a Thieves=92 Road A G F#m D E That pass over Tel Aviv-Jaffa and lead to the motherlode =20 F#m D Motherlode Hallelujah, the wheel A fool=92s life is for me Steppin=92 off a parapet Where they don=92t live in '''' Hallelujah, the girl That wields it=92s path through the wall I built you a hammer with a thick head and long claw Man built an empire Out of ocean and earth Man built the prisons, the Joliets, San Quentin, Levenworth And man built a market from Ohama to Rome Evil Knievel and the legacy of John Wayne Gacey, Gacey E F#m But I can sing along **Buggered if I can figure out the harmony part=20 here. 'Miracle...' perhaps' Aaaggh!!** E F#m A=09 But I can sing along, sing along=20 E F#m But I can sing along E F#m A=09 But I can sing along, sing along, sing along E F#m=09 Man built a furnace E A A Mercedez Benz E F#m C# E Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin **Thanks to Dee Oneil for pointing out my glaring error i.e the 'legacy=20 of John Wayne Gacey" bit and Benjy Mokotoff for 'Mercedez Benz' and=20 'slew'!** Mighty Joe Moon E Am D=20 Have you been to the Cumberland Gap, oh no E Am D=20 Fix your eyes on the green of the map, oh noEWhere the Appalachians rise, oh no, ohAm no D C A E Am D=20 Have you tasted the finest of trout, oh no E Am D =20 Have you sleep in a log-burning house, oh no E Am D C =20 With Ayour feet flopping over the couch oh no oh no =20 But Mighty Joe Moon there is Cno controlling hiF#mm C CDrive off the bridge F#mif you choose to swiCm MCighty Joe Moon can't prevent what is heaveF#mn sent C Joe can't control whF#mere his money goes C He=92s MightyA Joe =20 E Am D=20 Have you been to the Cumberland Gap oh no E Am D C =20 TheA air is sweeter than oranges there oh no oh no**Thanks to Jeff for a couple of the lyrics and the A chord.** Demon Called Deception Bm A G Em=09 I=92m in tight with a demon called Deception Bm A G Em It=92s alright, he=92s a-treatin=92 me quite well Bm A G Em =09 I=92m in tight with a demon called Deception Bm A G Em =09 He=92s right beside me when I fell To whisper words like, brother, nothin=92 here is any good See the birds, they=92re a-dropping like a star wormwood And all I wanted was a little patch of green We were peasants, and the cotton was our king And in the fields, how I sing a prisoner=92s song Well, Deception whistles right along, right along Bm A G Em John, he sang for a pocket full of pills When Deception was a-clicking his high-heels We=92re in tight, playin=92 seven one night stands And Deception made me as I am=20 As I am As I am As I am As I am Tight, and we=92re tight and we=92re tight, and we=92re... D G Truth is low and tired Em D I barely saw the light D G=09 And just as they came clean Em D G F#m Em=09 =09 Something saved my skin, something saved my skin Lady Godiva And Me Intro: D D G G D A G She rides un-cloaked through the streets of Coventry D A G =09 Upon a great cock horse, ahead of the '''' D A G=20 I wore a minotaur=92s mask and I blame =91em on cow D A G I was the last to see her anyhow Dm G F No one=92s gonna lay eyes to see Dm G F Lady Godiva and me Peeping Tom watched the whole thing from the side lines =91Til the Peeping Tom=92s peepin=92 had stricken poor Peeping Tom blind Even those things that we know can be seen with two eyes All those who look her over are surely to die No one=92s gonna lay eyes to see Lady Godiva and me Heavier bit: D C F D C F =09 Bullet all the things of your hardened youth D C F Harder than you wanted to be D C F Bury my bones in the stinking sands D C F=09 To save her for the world to see D C F I=92ve got the mean streak D C F I=92ve got the mean streak Bridge: Em F G A G Em Em F G F D=09 The crook's in town '''''''' Thing's he's saying I can't repeat When you're walking down there, down there Dm G F No one=92s gonna lay eyes to see Dm G F Lady Godiva and me Drag Intro: E C#m E C#m=09 Shoot that cannonball into my wings E C#m Shoot that cannonball into my wingsInto my wings A ''''''''''' D E You better tell me sweet thingsFold your pretty head into my '''' Fold your pretty head into my ''''Isn=92t it quainAt'=20 D=09 Isn=92t it queer' E C E C You better drag me back here, hereSolo: D[-----------2-------------2------2--4--6b---] A[---2--4------4--2--4------4----------------] E[------------------------------------------------] Sing Van Morrison: "Would you kiss a-my eyes'" Sing Van Morrison: "Would you kiss a-my eyes'" Singing it low, singing it high Would you kiss my eye' My eyesBTurn me on my ear=20 A E C =09 =09 When you drag me right back here, here E C E C=20 You drag me back here, you drag me back here E C E =20 C =20 You drag me back, j-j-just drag me back hereE C#m E C#m E C Last Days of Tecumseh In the last days of Tecumseh, there in the end There were rumours of invasions and even talk of spacemen But he couldn=92t believe all that he knew would fade In the ground, below the airplanes, Tecumseh laid Happiness Intro: F C G D F C =09 Never mind me =91cause I=92ve been dead G D F Out of my body, been out of my head C Never mind the songs they hum D G F Don=92t wanna sing along with nothin=92 that I said &nb