Note: the entire album is tuned down half a step (i.e. E flat, A flat, D=20 flat, G flat, B flat, E flat) so the chords here relate to a guitar in=20 this tuning. =20 The Shining Hour A5 C5 B5 D5 Are we still on the phone=20 A5 C5 B5 D5 With lady Anna Clarke and her trumpet solo? A5 C5 B5 D5 Whose ghost sings for pay A5 C5 B5 D5 In the blue billiard room of the Monterey A5 C5 B5 D5 For room and for board A5 C5 B5 D5 And the back door key is a 19th century civil war sword A5 C5 B5 D5 Once owned by John Booth A5 C5 B5 D5 =20 A5 And he misplaced his script when he caught his leather boot G5 F5 D5 A5 This could be the shining hour G5 F5 D5 A5 Based on all this mad belief G5 F5 D5 A5 In money oil and angel powder G5 F5 Dm=09 In the new age magazine=20 There=92s a hole in the wall Behind the photograph of Al Capone He=92s sittin=92 down at city hall The police they peek through here And they watch you get dressed in the two-way mirror But it=92s all in good spirits And if you close eyes you can=92t help, help but to hear =91em move This could be the shining hour Based on all this mad belief In the money oil and angel powder In the new age magazine I propose a toast To the memory of the horse who carried King Tut and his gold Into the sun He collapsed last summer from a heat stroke somewhere in the east=20 village, oh=20 And it kills me to think That I=92m no longer living Just looking for excuses to dink So lift up your glass And your Ouija board =91cause I=92m fading, fading, fading fast Jupiter And Teardrop A5 B5 D5 Just a girl who can=92t say no A5 B5 D5 And her sweetheart on parole A5 B5 D5 Parents named her Jupiter A5 B5 D=09 To bless her with a lucky soul A5 B5 D5 He=92s a boy who never cried A5 B5 D5 When they lock him up inside A5 B5 D5 And she nicknamed him her Teardrop A5 B5 D5 For the tattoo by his eye E5 D5 Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed E5 ? D5 And he=92s sleepin=92 in her bed A5 B5 D5 And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop A5 B5 D5 And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop She divines by radio Pushing buttons show to show And she wonders =91bout the fate of=20 Lovers in the barrio=20 She forgets after awhile When she tune in on the dial Jackie Wilson=92s =91Lonely Teardrops=92 As she drive another mile Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed And he=92s sleepin=92 in her bed And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop Solo: E [----------------5----(b9)7-(b9)7-5-5-7-5-------7--] B [--5-5-5-5-7----7------------------------5-------] And they want to have a child Walk together down the aisle But they live in is mean And it=92s built on sheer denial The phone rings, it=92s for her "I gotta see you, Jupiter" "I=92m in trouble with the law" "Bring my 38-caliber" Now she=92s sleepin=92 in her bed As she pulls the phone plug dead And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop, oh And it=92s Jupiter and Teardrop And it=92s Jupiter and Tear... And it=92s Jupiter and Tear... Outro: E5 ? D5 =20 E5 ? D=09 Fuzzy D5 Bring me home F#5 To this house of many days D5 Just lay me on the floor F#5 Hard and cool as slate D5 You know I love it more and more F#5 Than before I ran away D5 It triggers off so many hurts F#5 Hurtful words and broken plates E5 I've been lied to F#5 Now I'm Fuzzy E5 I've been lied to All and all The world is small enough for both of us To meet upon the interstate Waiting on a train And just when those big arms lift up Fall in love with no time to say it And I would have liked to Now I'm Fuzzy I would have liked to Now I'm fuzzy Fuzzy now Here we are In our car Driving down the street We're looking for a place to stop Have a bite to eat We hunger for a bit of faith To replace the fear We water like a dead bouquet It does no good does it dear And I've been lied to Now I'm Fuzzy We've been lied to Now we're Fuzzy Fuzzy now Lied to Wish You Well Intro: D5 A5 D5 A5 C5 G5 Note: the notes between the C and the G are : A[---2--0---] =20 D5 A5 I see the end D5 A5 I see the end of time D5 A5 C5 G5 >From the widow=92s walk I feel the undertow D5 A5 It grows D5 A5 D5 A5 And my fishin=92 pole like a willow=20 C5 G5 D5 A5 D5 A5 C5 G=20 Bends toward the blackest hole See the film See the black and whites Circle stationed Stupid to the tape that rolls =20 My soul recieves another blow >From the flashlight of the city hat line F5 C=09 I wish you well F5 C5 Tell you that it can be helped F5 D5 =09 Told you it can be helped I see the bad dreams that you speak about And all the things you bring to light are coming down now Everybody hit the ground Fear is on the march And in the lost and found These are the times to read between the lines Yea, my truck runneth over false prophet signs And road blocks I wish you well Tell you that it can be helped Told you it can be helped Told you it can be helped D5 E5 Newspaper cloaks to wrap the truth Propagand-acid droppin=92 the youth It=92s easy to see Like pullin=92 a tooth No one in line at the ballot booth The dragon down south may blow some smoke Even the jester is drummin=92 up votes They talk about building morale and hope They=92re just bulding bigotry A better rope One you can't break One you can=92t even see Once made of paper and policies I wish you well Tell you that it can be helped Told you it can be helped It can be helped Oh, but it can be helped The Hook Intro & verse: B5 G5 D5 E5 =20 [------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------] B5 =20 [------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------] G5 =20 [----------------------------------0-------------------0--------------0--= ------------ ---] D5 =20 [-------0---------0-----------0------0-------------2-----2-------2-----2h= 3p2------] A5 =20 [----2----2----2----0-----2------------2-------3-------------3-----------= ------------] E5 =20 [--2---------2----------3-------------------3----------------------------= ---------------] B5 G5 D=09 There's one thing I tell you friend B5 G5 D5 I don=92t believe in supermen B5 G5 D5 =09 Who fly through the clouds above the rest B5 G5 D5 I don=92t believe in the best B5 G5 D5 And I never wanted to fight with you B5 G5 D=09 That=92s just the last thing I wanted to do B5 G5 D5 =09 But you=92re so afraid to look at love B5 G5 D5 =09 You=92ve got to let it all go, this cut-above stuff A5 G5 =91Cause this is the hook that drags you D=09 This is the hook in the crook of your neck A5 G5 It=92s the hook that snags you D5 This is the hook And there's one thing I tell you friend All of our trials are gonna come to an end And you and I we=92re gonna fall Like we never had stood on this little earth at all =91Cause this is the hook that drags you This is the hook in the crook of neck It=92s the hook snags you This is the hook in the crook of your neck It=92s the hook that drags you This is the hook Solo: E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------] B[---------------------------------------------------------------12--10--= -----10--10h12--12--10------10 10h12---10-----------------------] G[------------------------------------------7--7--(b9)-10--11------------11= ---------------------------11---------------------11--9(b9)-7-- 7--7---] D[-----------------7-----------------7--(b9)-------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------] A[---5--7--7s9 ----=20 5--5--7--7s(b9)------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------------------------]] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] B[--------------8h10--10--12--12--12--12--10--10-10--12--12--12--12--10--= 10--10-------------------------------------------] G[---(b9)-9s10-------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------]= D[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -] A[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] E[-----------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --] Grant plays a bit more but it=92s a bit too soft to figure out (for me=20 anyway). Soft Wolf Tread (Lyrically, this is one of my favorite Grant Lee Buffalo songs) A5 E5 =09 The soft wolf tread through Emerald Forest D5 He was looking to make a bed C5 F5 A5 There in the spindly thicket, softly did he tread The soft wolf tread, he sure was starved E5 D5 And through his silver coat his ribs shone sharply carved C5 F5 The hand that feeds was pickin' weeds A5 And he sure looked starved D5 Up comes Hood E5 He=92s beautiful as a sirloin steak to a pit bull chained up D5 E5 =20 It's to good to see such an old friend again, such an old friend again,=20 such an old friend again Then he said "Dear Hood, what brings you to this neck of the woods?" "With your scarlet cape and your basket full o=92 grapes, what lures you = to=20 the woods?" The soft wolf tread the clearing And he's nervously tugging on his earring He talked, "How good. Such an old friend again, such an old friend=20 again, such an old friend again.=94 Bridge: A5 E5 D5 C5 F5 And then he spun a twisted tale=20 About a child who cries his name so many times That even when he yelled no one ever came The soft wolf tread The soft wolf tread And he tread and tread and tread and tread Such an old friend again, such an old friend, such an old friend again Stars N=92 Stripes Intro: E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D=09 Steel mill streets, overrun E5 D5 E5 D=09 The ghosts of cars in the yard E5 D5 E5 D5 B5 Am=20 Sunflower speaks of a one, of a one E5 D5 E5 D5 Engines purr up above E5 D5 E5 D5 B5 Am=09 =09 The L train roars like a love, like a love I can hide in you and your chestnut hair I confide in you, whisper in your ear When the earth is ripe, all the worms wake up In their stars and stripes and their swastikas There=92s a cure in sight, set your soul at ease For the red and white and the blue disease String us along String us along=20 String us along B5 G5 Got you on the handycam , fits in my hand B5 G5 E5 Got you on the handycam B5 G5 Got on the handycam , fits in my hand=20 B5 G5 E5 Sits in my hand, see my green light I got you on the handycam , fits in my hand=20 Got on you the handycam Got you on my handycam , fits in my hand Sits in my hand, see my... I got you on the handycam , fits in my hand Got you on the handycam , green light I got you on the handycam , fits in my hand Sits in my hand, see my green light I got you on the handycam , fits in my hand Got you on the handycam , green light I got on my handycam , got you on my handycam My my Down in my soul Moon River flows And flows=20 All my trials, all my trials Will halt Dixie Drug Store Intro: B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 E5 It was muggy July, around supper time when I pulled into New Orleans B5 A5 E5 I got dropped off at South Rampart Street, I was hungry for a plate of=20 greens B5 A5 E=09 I made my down the banquette where I could see an open door An overhead sign made of painted pine read =91The Dixie Drug Store=92 Peppers and roots were hangin=92 from the rafters above There oils and sprays all on display, for money, luck and for love I reached down to pick one up but a dark hand grabbed my arm And before I could see just who it was, she said "You don=92t want that= =20 charm." "The last man to walk that thing outta here just up and disappeared." "They found his wallet and his wing-tip shoes near a tombstone down in=20 Algiers." "What you need my travelin=92 friend is a place to wash your jeans,"=20 "And I wouldn=92t be the least surprised if you were hungry for a plate o= =92=20 greens." She beckoned me on up the stairs =91cause she=92d done made up her mind She said: "Take off your hat and kick off your boots and leave your pride= =20 behind." She took me down to a secret place in the bayou of her blankets She offered to share her bourbon, I thanked her then I drank it Through a small crack in the ceiling burst the Louisiana moon It shone down on our bodies and we began to croon Like a couple o=92 coyotes we were howlin=92 through the night And I swear they were beatin=92 those congo drums outside We laughed until the morning, by then my pants had dried I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots and I gathered up my pride I figured she had done slipped out, I couldn=92t see her anywhere And I set out to find her and I headed on downstairs I got down to the bottom and I couldn=92t believe my eyes: gone were all=20 the bottles and the remedy supplies I shouted out for Mary, I darted out the door An old man on the wooden porch said: "What you in there for?" "Son, you got no business, the hoodoo store=92s been closed. Long as I=20 remember, a century I suppose." " But, mister, I just spent the night with a young girl named Laveau." He said: "The widow Paris done had a little laugh on you." I said: "You mean to tell me that was the Voodooin'?" He nodded, "Yes, none other - the Queen o=92 New Orleans." =20 America Snoring Intro: E[--1------1-----1-----1--] B[--1------0-----1-----0--] C Bm Am G G[- 2------2-----2-----2--] =20 D[--3------3-----3-----3--] I hear America snoring I hear America snoring F5 G5 F5 G5 Did you see it on TV, or in your own backyard? F5 G5 F5 G=09 Gate's LAPD and they called the National Guard F5 G5 And then the tanks came rolling down Sunset Boulevard D5 G5 C5 B5 A5 G=09 And I hear America snoring They wanna legislate the moon They wanna legislate the womb They wanna legislate all the things they hate They wanna legislate this tune And I hear America snoring I hear America snoring I hear America snoring, snoring Give wind time to blow, the rooster to crow Plug my ears and I hear America Solo: C5 B5 A5 G5 F5 G5 F5 G5 See the shoemaker and his shoes Silver needle, thread and glue He=92s closin=92 up the shop Move it all to Timbuktu Where the labor force is cheap and the rivers there run deep And I hear America snoring I hear America snoring, snoring I hear America snoring Grace Intro & Verse riff: E[---0---0---0------0--0--0--] B[---1---1---1------1--1--1--] G[---0---0---0------0--0--0--] D[---3---3---2------3--3--2--] A[---3---3---3------3--3--3--] E[------------------------------] C5 If I was the Lone Ranger hidin=92 behind a mask C5 There wouldn=92t be any danger to the questions I ask C5 Whatcha say Pocahontas, trade in your feathers and beads C5 For an electric blanket and a packet o=92 cigs F5 D5 C=09 "You bet", that=92s what she said If I had me a needle for every bubble I popped Bind =91em all like one, you would hear that pin drop Like a gunshot, like a shot If I was a world leader, I would not mislead the world I would not miss anything Miss America knows that it=92s only a pagaent, that=92s it=92s only a sho= w Isn=92t any film in the camera, these aren=92t even my clothes No, no, no, no, Miss America knows You remember Houdini, not a shackle could hold Cut a trapdoor into heaven to escape growin=92 old Guess he just couldn=92t hack it, bundled up for the cold Double-breasted straightjacket, French handcuffs of gold No, no, no, no, he escaped grown=92 old You Just Have To Be Crazy D5 You just have to be crazy, don=92t you? D5 You just have to be out of your mind D5 You just have to be crazy, don=92t you? D5 You just have to be G5 True or not D5 True or not You just have to be touched, don=92t you? You just have tobe tapped on the head You just have to be crazy, don=92t you? You just have to be True or not True or not True or not D5 A5 G5 You just have... You just have to be be starry, baby You just have to be chocolate cake You just have to be chocolate cake True or not True or not True or not You just have...