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From: fail@oberon.pps.pgh.pa.us (John Fail)

Camper Van Beethoven:
"All Her Favorite Fruit" - Key Lime Pie

(I worked this out also over the break)
                                                        last time slide
e-2-------2-------2-------2-3-5-3-0-2-----------------|-/10-----------------|
B-3-------3-------3-------3---------3-----------------|---------------------|
G-2-------2-------2-------2---------2----repeat this--|---------------------|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----------------|---------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

DI (xx0232@1)drive alone, home from work
                      Bm (x24432@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I always think of her
D (xx0232@1)                                         Bm (x24432@1)  ALate (x02220@1)at night I call her, but I never say a word
G (320003@1)                           Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)GBut (320003@1)I can see her squeeze the phone between her chin and shoulder
Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  GAnd (320003@1)I can almost smell her breath, faint, with a sweet scent of decay
DShe (xx0232@1)serves him mashed potatoes
                        Bm (x24432@1)       AShe (x02220@1)serves him peppered steak, and corn
D (xx0232@1)                                                   Bm (x24432@1) APulls (x02220@1)the dress up over her head, lets it fall to the floor
G (320003@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)GAnd (320003@1)does she ever whisper in his ear, all her favorite fruit
Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)             GAnd (320003@1)all the most exotic places they are cultivated
D (xx0232@1)                                              Bm (x24432@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)I'd like to take her there, rather than this train I'm on
D (xx0232@1)                                                       Bm (x24432@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)if I weren't a civil servant, I'd have a place in the colonies
G (320003@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)                   A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)GWe'd (320003@1)play croquet behind white-washed walls and drink our tea at four
Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)             GWithin (320003@1)intervention's distance of the embassy
D (xx0232@1)                         AD
The midday air grows thicker with the heat
           Bm (x24432@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)drifts towards the line of trees
D (xx0232@1)                         AD                    BmA
When negroes blink their eyes, they sink into siesta
G (320003@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)             A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)we are rotting like a fruit underneath a rusting roof
Bm (x24432@1)         A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            GWe (320003@1)dream our dreams and sing our songs of love - fecundity
   D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GOf (320003@1)life and love, of life and love, of life and love

(end with opening riff, then finish on D)

You may wish to play the G barred on the 3rd fret, and sometimes pick the
top three strings descending.

-john

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