From the album Jesus of Cool

Tuning: EADGBE

Crazy lyric. Great pop song.


G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)Marie Provost did not look her best
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)    DThe (xx0232@1)day the cops bust into her loneli-ness
G (320003@1)                      EmIn (022000@1)the cheap hotel up on Hollywood West
C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)July Twenty Nine

G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)          DShe'd (xx0232@1)been lying there for two or three weeks
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)     DThe (xx0232@1)neighbours said they never heard a squeak
G (320003@1)                    EmWhile (022000@1)hungry eyes that could not speak
C (x32010@1)                            D (xx0232@1)Said even little doggies have got to eat

          G (320003@1)    D/F# (200232@1)                      C (x32010@1)   /B AmShe (x02210@1)was a winner      that became a doggie's dinner
                             GShe (320003@1)never meant that much to me
          C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DWho (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh poor Ma-rie

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)   DMarie (xx0232@1)Provost was a movie queen
G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)    DMysterious (xx0232@1)angel of the silent screen
G (320003@1)                                EmAnd (022000@1)run like the wind the nation's young men steamed
C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1) When Marie crossed the silent screen

G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)Woah she came out west from New York
G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)              DBut (xx0232@1)when the talkies came Mar-ie just couldn't cope
G (320003@1)            /Gb  Em (022000@1)      
The public said Mar-ie take a walk
C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)All the way back to New York

          G (320003@1)    D/F# (200232@1)                      C (x32010@1)   /B AmShe (x02210@1)was a winner      that became a doggie's dinner
                             GShe (320003@1)never meant that much to me
          C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DBut (xx0232@1)now I see  poor Mar-ie

Instrumental:
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G -4--4--2--0-2-0-|-5--5--4--2-4-2-|-7--7--5--4-5-4-|-9--9--7--5-7-5-|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)      DThose (xx0232@1)quaalude bombs didn't help her sleep
G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)      
As her nights grew long and her days grew bleak
G (320003@1)                    /Gb    Em (022000@1)     
It's all downhill once you've passed your peak
C (x32010@1)                       D (xx0232@1)Marie got ready for that last big sleep

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)      DThe (xx0232@1)cops came in and they looked a-round
G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)         DThrowing (xx0232@1)up everywhere over what they'd found
G (320003@1)             /Gb                   Em (022000@1)      
The handiwork of Marie's little dachs-hund
C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)That hungry little dachshund!


          G (320003@1)   D/F# (200232@1)                        C (x32010@1)   /B AmShe (x02210@1)was a winner       that became a doggie's dinner
                             GShe (320003@1)never meant that much to me
          C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DWho (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh poor Ma-rie


        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DPoor (xx0232@1)Ma-rie

        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DPoor (xx0232@1)Ma-rie

             G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DPoor (xx0232@1)poor Ma-rie

        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DPoor (xx0232@1)Ma-rie

        G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DPoor (xx0232@1)Ma-rie

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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2010

watfordkev@gmail.com