Tabbed by: lusion01

Tuning: Standard


All chords are open except the ones that are annotated.
A chord with a (1) next to it is a primary barre chord.
A chord with a (2) next to it is a secondary barre chord.

E5                                          D5  A5  E5
This is a tale from the Great North region
 E5                                         D5  A5  E5
Recounted to me by an old friend of mine
    E5                                          D5  A5  E5
Well his Christian name was a little Norwegian
    E5                                              D5  A(1) E5
I'm just pointing out that it's nothing like mine!
E5                                      D5  A(1) E5
He had a job as a young school sweeper
     E5                                 D5  A(1) E5
At a Catholic school in a simpler time
E5                                            D5  A5  E5
He fell in love and then lord he fell deeper
      E5                                           D5  A(1)
With a Carmelite sister, she taught the kids mime

   E5       F#m(1)
He told me 'She set fire to my ol' libider,
B (2 fr.)
'doin the rounds with Sister Marita,
F#m(1)
all of the young priests couldn't believe her!
B5 (2 fr.)                        D5        A5         E5
Read all about it in The Catholic Catholic Leader'

E5                        
Sweepin' the school with his heart all a leapin'
         D5                A5   E5
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
E5
Readin the leaves looking for signs
         D5                A5   E5
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
E5
He took a chance with the borders all sleepin'
 D5                 A5   E5
("how long till I get mine?")
   E5
He climbed up the lattice through the jasmine vine
         D5                A(1)   E5
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")

        F#m(1)
She was framed in the window

In a papal wind cheater
B (2 fr.)
His knees were knockin' like a Mormon team leader
F#m(1)
Under the moon the handyman freed her
B (2 fr.)
Check it out it's in The Catholic Leader

F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
B (2 fr.)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
        B5 (2 fr.)                    D5       A5       E5
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader


*Guitar solos* - During the solos:
E5  F#m(1)  E5 (x4)
Listen for the timing on that.
After the solos:
F#m(1)  B5 (2 fr.)  F#m(1)  B(2) D5  A5  E5


E5
Sunday morning and the whole congregation
 D5                A5   E5
("how long till I get mine?")
E5
Look in the paper and read the headline
  D5               A5   E5
("how long till I get mine?")
E5
Bosoms and ties all shake in consternation
  D5                A5   E5
("how long till I get mine?")
        E5
'SISTER JAN AND THE HANDYMAN JUST CROSSED THE STATE LINE'
  D5               A(1) E5
("how long till I get mine?")

F#m(1)
They left town in a beat up Cressida
B (2 fr.)
Humming along to the tune of Aiida
F#m(1)
Flipped the tape to the best of The Breeders
B (2 fr.)
They wrote about it in The Catholic Leader

F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
B (2 fr.)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
         B5 (2 fr.)                   D5         A5
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader

E5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5 (all starting on the 6th string)

C5
They settled down in the Spring Brook Canyon
B5(optional)
Making it out under the Kauri pines
    C(optional)
She traded the lord for a mortal companion
  E(optional)
A different world and a simpler time...

         D5               A5   E5
Singing 'how long 'til I get mine?'
  E5
A different world and a simpler time
         D5                A5   E5
Singing 'how long 'till I get mine?'
  E5
A different world and a simpler time
         D5                 A5   E5
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
  E5
A different world and a simpler time
          D5                A5    E5
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
  E5
A different world and a simpler time
          D5                 A5   E5
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
         E5
It was a different world and a simpler time
           D5                      E5
But tell me how long 'till I get mine?