Vanilla Ice Cream - Stephen Lynch

Tabbed by Liam Linley (Liam_linley@yahoo.com)

Standard Tuning EADGBE

Chords Used

A   - X02220
Em  - 022000
G   - 320003
D   - XX0232
E   - 022100

Cappo on the first fret.

Listen to the song for the correct rhythm and timing.


INTRO A Em A Em A Em A Em

A (x02220@1)            Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)               EmHave (022000@1)a seat and listen, please don't say a thing

    A (x02220@1)            Em (022000@1)                 A (x02220@1)            EmThe (022000@1)matters of the heart sometimes, the truth will ever sting

A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)       EmJust (022000@1)don't take it personally, this is no attack

    A (x02220@1)         Em (022000@1)                G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)    
   EBut (022100@1)we will never last because I am white and you are...also white

            A (x02220@1)           Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)       DI (xx0232@1)only like black girls the brown girls, the caf? au lait

A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)      DCaramel (xx0232@1)girls, and mocha girls just blow me away

A (x02220@1)                 Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)       DIf (xx0232@1)your a nubian, I want you to-be in every fantasy

A (x02220@1)                     Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)          
       [A] 
But if you're a whitey, say nighty-nighty, your just not the girl for me

INSTRUMENTAL CHORDS [A] Em A Em A EmA Em


     A (x02220@1)          Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)         EmOh (022000@1)I hate vanilla ice cream, I like chocolate instead

  A (x02220@1)                Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)           EmI (022000@1)hope she likes her soul food with a little Wonder Bread

      A (x02220@1)            Em (022000@1)        A (x02220@1)             EmDon't (022000@1)call it Jungle Fever cause that just isn't right

A (x02220@1)        Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)         EI (022100@1)am not a racist, some of my best friends are white

              A (x02220@1)              Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)     DI (xx0232@1)just prefer black girls, the brown girls, the caf? au lait

  A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)      DA (xx0232@1)caramel girls and mocha girls just blow me away.

A (x02220@1)                      Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)            
  DIf (xx0232@1)you're a cracker, you better get blacker or else you best get out

A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)                G (320003@1)             
      [A] 
It is no mystery, I like a sister see that's what I'm talkin about

INSTRUMENTAL CHORDS [A] Em A Em A EmA Em

    A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1)   A (x02220@1)       EmOur (022000@1)wedding song will be "Ebony and Ivory",

    A (x02220@1)                  Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)        Emand (022000@1)we'll sing Christmas carols round the old Kwanza tree

    A (x02220@1)              Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)           EmBut (022000@1)color is not the issue here, it's dignity, it's class

     A (x02220@1)           Em(PAUSE)         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      
 EIt's (022100@1)all about her heart, okay it's partly about that ass

               A (x02220@1)             Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)      DI (xx0232@1)want me some black girl, the brown girl, the caf? au lait

  A (x02220@1)                Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)      DA (xx0232@1)caramel girls, and mocha girls, just blow me away

A (x02220@1)                       Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)           
DIf (xx0232@1)you're a honky, you're singin the wrong key, it's the honest truth

    A (x02220@1)                         Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)     
   D (xx0232@1)         [A] 
The skin that she's dwellin in, must contain melanin, that is the Fountain of Youth.


INSTRUMENTAL CHORDS [A] Em
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)Thomas Jefferson
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)Robert DeNiro
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)David Bowie
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)To Acertain (x02220@1)extent
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)Ted Dansen
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)Strom Thurman!!!
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)Strom Thurman!!!
                     A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)    Yeeeahh...
                     A (x02220@1)