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From: casu@ens.lifl.fr
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 95 12:44:19 +0100


The Campaign for Real Rock
                      by EDWYN COLLINS


INTRO
Abm (133111@4)   Abm (133111@4)   Gb6 (2x4342@1)   EbAbm     Abm (133111@4)   Gb6 (2x4342@1)   Eb (x43121@3)1st VERSET
AbmDon't (133111@4)try so hard to be different
AbmThe (133111@4)cracks are beginning to show
Gb6You (2x4342@1)drift like a cloud through the festival crowd
EbIn (x43121@3)a frock coat from Saville Row
AbmYou've (133111@4)just been an all-night party
AbmWhere (133111@4)I have to admit it takes pluck
Gb6To (2x4342@1)go out on the floor and proclaim "What a bore"
EbIn (x43121@3)a T-shirt that reads "Disco Sucks"
AbmYes, (133111@4)here he comes, the not-so-young
AbmPretender (133111@4)to the Throne
Gb6He's (2x4342@1)singing "Rag, Momma, Rag"
EbWon't (x43121@3)you give that poor dog a bone?
AbmAnd (133111@4)he's wondering why we can't connect
AbmWhen (133111@4)he's sworn to us that he's totally wrecked
Gb6On (2x4342@1)the rustic charm that he affects
EbOn (x43121@3)a public schoolboy whim
AbmWith (133111@4)a raggle taggle plastic gypsy
AbmRobert (133111@4)Zimmerframe
Gb6With (2x4342@1)a synthesized accordian
EbA-scramblin' (x43121@3)up my brain
AbmWith (133111@4)a fiddle-dee-dee a fiddle on high
AbmExcuse (133111@4)me folks while I kiss the sky
Gb6Or (2x4342@1)at any rate give it one more try
Eb (x43121@3)                       before I
Ebdie (x43121@3)Eb (x43121@3)                       before I

SOLO
Abm (133111@4)   Abm (133111@4)   Gb6 (2x4342@1)   Ebdie (x43121@3)Abm (133111@4)   Abm (133111@4)   Gb6 (2x4342@1)   EbAbm     Abm (133111@4)   Gb6 (2x4342@1)   Eb (x43121@3)2nd VERSET
AbmThe (133111@4)overrated hit the stage
AbmOverpaid (133111@4)and over here
Gb6And (2x4342@1)their idea of counter-culture's
EbMomma's (x43121@3)charge account at Sears
AbmAnd (133111@4)they're wondering why we can't connect
AbmWith (133111@4)the ritual of the trashed guitar
Gb6One (2x4342@1)more paltry empty gesture
EbThe (x43121@3)ashes of a burned out star
AbmYes (133111@4)here they come, both old and young
AbmA (133111@4)contact low or high
Gb6The (2x4342@1)gathering of the tribes descending
EbVultures (x43121@3)from a caustic sky
AbmThe (133111@4)rotting carcase of July
AbmAn (133111@4)ugly sun hung out to dry
Gb6You (2x4342@1)gorgeous hippy dreams are dying
EbYour (x43121@3)frazzled brains are putrifying
AbmRepackaged, (133111@4)sold and sanitizied
AbmThe (133111@4)devil's music exorcised
Gb6You (2x4342@1)live, you die, you lie, you lie, you
Ebdie (x43121@3)         perpetuate the
Abmlie (133111@4)Abm (133111@4)            perpetuate the
Gb6lie (2x4342@1)Eb (x43121@3)            perpetuate the
Abmlie (133111@4)Abm (133111@4)    Just to perpetuate the
Gb6lie (2x4342@1)Eb (x43121@3)Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb ------------------------------5-----------------------------5---------------|
Gb6 -----------5-----------7--------------------------5----------------5-------|
Db --5------------------------------------7------------------------------------|
Ab ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Yes yes yes it's the summer festival the truly detestable summer festival

Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb ------------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
Gb6 -----------5-----------7---------------5---------4-------------------------|
Db --5---------------------------------------------------------7------5--------|
Ab ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Yes yes yes it's the summer festival the truly detestable summer festival

...etc


IMPROVISATION : B

      EbAb DbGb6 BbEb
Abm (133111@4) 0  0  2  2  1  0
Gb6 (2x4342@1) 3  2  0  0  3  0
Eb (x43121@3)  0  2  2  1  0  0

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