#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # ... or, "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand". It's a very, very simple song, just the bassline, some chords, and maybe a guitar every so often. It's mostly keyboard, however. And the sample is B.B. King going "I been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met." 'Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand' Primitive Radio Gods (O'Connor, Feather, Feather. Contains samples from "How Blue Can You Get" by Feather and Feather.) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep G (320003@1) Moonlight spills on comic books Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) And superstars in magazines G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) An old friend calls and tells us where to meet G (320003@1) Her plane takes off from Baltimore Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) And touches down on Bourbon Street G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) We sit outside and argue all night long G (320003@1) About a god we've never seen Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) But never fails to side with me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Sunday comes and all the papers say Bm (x24432@1) Ma Teresa's joined the mob C (x32010@1) And happy with her full time job G (320003@1) Do do do do doo do G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am I alive or thoughts that drift away? G (320003@1) Does summer come for everyone? Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) Can humans do as prophets say? G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And if I die before I learn to speak G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1) Can money pay for all the days I lived awake C (x32010@1) But half asleep? G (320003@1) Do do do do doo do x 2 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) A life is time, they teach us growing up G (320003@1) The seconds ticking killed us all Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) A million years before the fall G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) You ride the waves and don't ask where they go G (320003@1) You swim like lions through the crest Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) And bathe yourself on zebra flesh G (320003@1) I've been downhearted baby, I've been downhearted baby, Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) Ever since the day we met (repeat) As always, this is an interpretation of O'Connor's brilliant song. Corrections, btab, are welcome. -- Josh Ellis gabriel@poboxes.com http://www.loop.com/~pat1/ "If I die before I learn to speak Will money pay for all the days I've lived awake but half-asleep" --Primitive Radio Gods
