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You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: u8915431@qub.ac.uk (Tony Bowden) Subject: PRO: Lemonheads : Shame about Ray [album] i make to claims to any of these - i just compiled it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ********* * Songs * ********* Rockin Stroll [missing] Confetti It's a shame about Ray Rudderless [missing] My Drug Buddy The Turnpike Down [missing] Bit part Alison's starting to Happen Hannah & Gabi Kitchen [missing] Ceiling fan in my Spoon [missing] Frank Mills Mrs Robinson ------------------------------------------------------------------- {t:Rockin Stroll} She takes me on a rocking stroll If you won't wave guess I won't know As by I roll I hope you'll throw a smile at me Cause this here pram is all I've known Won't be walking till I've grown All I've been shown is everything I want to see People's knees Trunks of trees Smile at me Looking upward to the sky Moving forward all the time The sidewalk lines gdunk gdunk gdunk gdai If it's warm in here is it cold down there Around out where I can only stare I'm still aware of little but I'm gonna try {ns} {t:Confetti} [D]He kinda shoulda [G]sorta woulda [A]loved her if he [A]coulda. [D]This story's [G]getting very near [A]the end. [A] [D]He kinda shoulda [G]sorta woulda [A]loved her if he [A]coulda. [D](But) He'd rather [G]be alone than p[A]retend.[A] [G]She wanted him to love her but he didn't.[A] [G]He took to the woods and wandered in it.[A] [G]Walked along and on until they couldn't.[A] [G]Stoned himself to tell her that he wouldn't[A] [D] [A] [B] [G] [E] [E] [A] [A] [x2] She wanted him to love her but he didn't. He took to the woods and wandered in it. He walked along and on 'til his legs couldn't. Stole her voice to tell her that he wouldn't. [D] [A] [B] [G] [E] [E] [A] [A] [x2] [G] [G] [A] [A] [G] [G] [A] [A] [x2] {ci:END ON D AFTER DRAMATIC PAUSE} {ns} {t:It's A Shame About Ray} {c: riff} {sot} e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---2-3-2-| A|--3-----3| E|1--------| {eot} [A]I've never [E]been too good with [D]names. [A]The cellar [E]door was open, [G]I could never [D/F#]stay away. [A]I know it's [E]probably not my [D]place. [A]It's either [E]or I'm hopin' [G]for a simple [D/F#]way of sayin'... {soc} [A]It's a [E]shame about [D]Ray. [A]In the [E]stone under the [G]dust his name is [D/F#]still engraved. [A]Some things [E]need to go aw[D]ay. [A]It's a [E]shame about [G]Ray. [D/F#] [riff] {eoc} If I make it through today, I'll know tomorrow not to put my feelings out on display. I'll put the cobwebs back in place. I've never been to good with names, but I remember faces. {ns} {t:Rudderless} Waiting for something to break Left my heart out to bake Nothing there in my glass Wasn't never made to last Hope in my past All the way down to the lake Found the lake was wet How much more could I take? Better yet Walked back home to my place Tired of getting high Guess I don't wanna die Hope in my past Waiting for something to break Left my heart out to bake Slipped my mind that I could use my brain I'll stay up all night and crash on the plane A ship without a rudder is like a ship without a rudder is like a ship without a rudder {ns} {t: My Drug Buddy} [F]She's coming [Gm]over [Dm]We'll go out [Bb]walking [F]and make a [Gm]call on the way [Dm] [Bb] She's in the phone booth now I'm looking in There comes a smile on her face Still got some of the same stuff we got yesterday Still got some of the same stuff we got yesterday, yeah I'm too much with myself I want to be someone else I'm too much with myself I want to be someone else I'm too much with myself I want to be someone else So we take off at Fiona's door Walkin' till its light outside Like before when we were on the phone We have to laugh to look at each other We have to laugh because we're not alone As the cars fly up King St. It's enough to startle us It's enough to startle us I love my drug buddy My drug, my drug buddy I love my drug buddy My drug, my drug buddy {ns} {t:The Turnpike Down} I'm lost and the see-through Pane always needs a bath Between a want and a need to Butterscotch streetlamps mark my path My country was of thee Now why'd you have to leave How'd this come to have to pass Butterscotch streetlamps mark my path Mark my path Mark my path down {ns} {t:Bit Part} {sot} E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| B|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| G|----9---|---7---|---5---|-------|---5---|---7---|-------| D|----9---|---7---|---5---|---5---|---5---|---7---|---9---| A|----7---|---5---|---3---|---5---|---3---|---5---|---9---| E|--------|-------|-------|---3---|-------|-------|---7---| E|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| B|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| G|---5----|-------|-------|---9---|---5---|---7---|-------| D|---5----|---5---|---7---|---9---|---5---|---7---|---9---| A|---3----|---5---|---7---|---7---|---3---|---5---|---9---| E|--------|---3---|---5---|-------|-------|-------|---7---| {eot} [G]I want a bit part in your [Em]life [G]A walk-on would be [Em]fine [G]I just want a bit part in your [Em]life [G](A bit part in your [Em]life) I want a bit part in your life Rehearsing all the time I just want a bit part in your life (A bit part in your life) [C]Little more than a [D/F#]cameo [C]Nothing traumatic w[D/F#]hen I go Litle more than a stand-in I won't need reprimanding {ns} {t:Allison's Starting To Happen} She'd shake it [G]up Was [D]hard to make out [C]Now it's plain to [G]see. I couldn't [G]cook to save my[A]self found my [C]life a reci[D]pe. I never [G]looked at her this [D]way before but [Cm]now she's all I see... [Em]Allison's starting to [D]happen [C]Allison's starting to [Em]happen [Em]Allison's starting to [D]happen to [C]me {c:walk the bassline down --C,B,A,G} I'm so [G]mezmerized I [D]can't describe it [D]All that inside [G]hate No one [G]knows her last name; [A]I didn't ask so [C]Who am I to [D]blame [G]Earthquakes started [D]forming under[Cm]neath my feet today... [Em]Allison's starting to [D]happen [C]Allison's starting to [Em]happen [Em]Allison's starting to [D]happen to [C]me... [F] [G] [x4] {c:ascending bass run or just play G,A,B,C,B,C,D to the key change} [D]Oh, this [D]world is topsy-[A]turvy And [G]it is mine to [D]eat. She's a [D]pebble in my [E]mouth And [G]underneath my [A]feet She's the [D]puzzle piece [A]behind the couch that [Gm]makes the sky complete... [Bm]Allison's starting to [A]happen [G]Allison's starting to [Bm]happen to [G]me... {c:Walk the bassline G,F#,E,D} {ns} {t:Hannah & Gabi} {sot} D Am G E--0-----5---0--0--0---0---7---0--0--0--3-| B--3/7---7---7--7--7---0---0---0--0--0--0-| G--3/7---7---7--7--7---5---5---5--5--5--0-| D--0------------0------7----------7-----0-| A----------------------0----------0-----2-| E---------------------------------------3-| ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ {eot} [D]Got me w[Am]atching your eyes w[G]atching things go by outside [D]out the [Am]window of a t[G]rain [D]easy s[Am]ipping them just s[G]eeing it fly left to right [D]pour the m[Am]ilk and I'll say [G]when [Em]I'm out w[A]andering a[G]round [Em]you're but o[A]ne thing I've f[G]ound [Em]I don't m[A]ean to bring you d[G]own [Em]I'm out w[A]andering a[G]round kinda hoped you wouldn't blame me I can't wake up every day and find the same me you can scream but I'll just dream how you might disappear all I know is it's never clear I can't hold you near you just are not here though it wasn't hard or far I walked you to your car {ns} {t:Kitchen} Thrilled to be in the same post code as you I tell you things I know you'd like to know Treat you to cake every night Suddenly talk and it will make you fright Smile at me and I'll hold you really tight Follow you into bed Run around all morning We'll stay awake all night We'll repeat the same stories but of course never in front of friends How it all started in the kitchen Remember the time you said we should wait a while You'd let me know when you changed your mind Yeah I was sad for some time But 12 hours watching me at the wheel Made me realise what you really feel Won't have to hurt anymore Walking you home along Mt. Vernon St. You told me secrets I was shocked to know I'm gonna be in the same post code as you Come to visit maybe never go {ns} {t:Ceiling Fan In My Spoon} Started out today jello in the sand Went out of my way not to understand Walked into a tree don't you look at me See I'm not myself phoney mystery Sore afraid That's my tune Ceiling fan in my spoon Clothed in iron there's no denyin When you feel like a bent fork tine Feeling like a bent fork tine Clothed in iron there's no denyin {ns} {t:Frank Mills} [C]I met a boy called [G]Frank Mills, on Sep[Am]tember 12th right here, [F] in front of the [C]Waverly, but un[F]fortunately, [G]I lost his address.[C] [C]He was last seen with his friend, [C] a drummer he re[Am]sembles George Harrison of[F] the Beatles, but he [C]wears his hair tied [F]in a small [G]bow at [C]the back. I [Gm]love him, but it em[F]barrasses me to walk down the street with [C]him. [Em] He lives in [Am]Brooklyn [Em]somewhere, [Am]and he wears his white crash [G]helmet. He has [C]golden chains on his leather jacket, and [F]on the back, are [C]written on the names [F]Mary and [Am]Mom and Hells [F]Angels.[C] [C]I would gratefully [G]appreciate it [Am]if you see him, [F]tell him [C]I'm in the park with my [F]girlfriend, and[G] please, tell him [C]Angela and [G]I don't want the [Am]two dollars [F]back, [G]just [C]him. {ns} {t:Mrs Robinson} We'[E]d like to know a little bit about you for our files We'[A]d like to help you learn to help yourselves [D]Look around you [G]all you see are [C]sympa[G/B]thetic e[Am]yes St[E]roll around the grounds unt[D7]il you feel at home Nnd here's to y[G]ou Mrs R[Em]obinson Je[G]sus loves you m[Em]ore than you will [C]know, wo-wo-w[D]o God bless you pl[G]ease Mrs R[Em]obinson H[G]eaven holds a p[Em]lace for those who pr[C]ay hey-hey-[Am]hey hey-hey[E]-hey {ci: As a general rule for the others try bar chords with no 3rds to give it a heavier edge.}