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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:33:32 -0400
From: Geoffrey Smith
Subject: g/gorka_john/up_until_then.crd
UP UNTIL THEN
by John Gorka
>From the album "Out of the Valley" High Street Records, 1994
Intro: G/D/C/D (x4)
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DWho (xx0232@1)was looking for a man of steel
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DWho (xx0232@1)would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)a dream no one else could reveal
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DHer (xx0232@1)new man said to meet him at eight
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)came in dressed to the nines
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DBut (xx0232@1)by ten it was clear he was more than late
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she just wouldn't take it this time
Em (022000@1) DThe (xx0232@1)bartender said she had had enough
G (320003@1) CThat (x32010@1)he'd call a cab to take her somewhere
Em (022000@1) DBut (xx0232@1)she wasn't a stranger to loneliness
G (320003@1) CShe (x32010@1)had grown up and spent her life there
CHORUS
G (320003@1) DUp (xx0232@1)until then, up until then
C (x32010@1) EmIt (022000@1)happened over and over again
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DUp (xx0232@1)until then, up until then, up until then
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DWell (xx0232@1)practice had increased her tolerance
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she had hardly eaten all day
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was all hyped up on her new romance
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DBut (xx0232@1)she drank in the usual way
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)check her machine just in case
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DHe (xx0232@1)had called to excuse or apologize
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)she saw his unpenitent face
Em (022000@1) DHe (xx0232@1)approached with a girl she had seen before
G (320003@1) CA (x32010@1)bimbo up from Raspberry Street
Em (022000@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)he saw her he laughed and so did the whore
G (320003@1) CThey (x32010@1)dropped a ten dollar bill at their feet
[CHORUS]
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G/D/C/D (x2)]
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was small he was tall but she blocked his path
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)explained in unprintable words
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)reason she seized him so full of wrath
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThat (xx0232@1)more than half of the neighborhood heard
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)then kicked in his personal zones
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DHer (xx0232@1)high heels would ruin his perfect looks
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)left a couple of unbroken bones
Em (022000@1) DWell (xx0232@1)the bimbo she ran in to get the cops
G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)the owner had called from the bar
Em (022000@1) DIt (xx0232@1)took two cars with dogs just to make her stop
G (320003@1) CI'm (x32010@1)told that's how some women are
[CHORUS]
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DBut (xx0232@1)she would suffer in no permanent way
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)spent thirty nights on a county cot
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she's regarded with fear till this day
G (320003@1) DUp (xx0232@1)until then, but never again
C (x32010@1) EmIt (022000@1)happened over and over again
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DUp (xx0232@1)until then, up until then, up until then
Em (022000@1) DNow (xx0232@1)she's tending bar where the Pagans
used to meet
CAnd (x32010@1)he's living with that bimbo up on
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Raspberry Street
Outro: G/D/C/D [repeat to fade]
Transcribed by Geoffrey Smith geosmith@iwaynet.net
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