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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:33:36 -0400
From: Bob Kaphan 


>From the *fabulous* Jules Shear album The Great Puzzle. This is the
opening track on this highly recommeded disk. Go out and buy it before
it's deleted.
This song is (c) 1992 Geffen Again Music/Juters Music, Inc/Funzalo
Music Ltd, administered by Music Corporation of America, Inc.

		The Trap Door (Shear)
		---------------------

Intro1:	|    Bb||: (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1) Bb:|| (x1333x@1)(repeat 7 times)

	Note: C= (x32010@1)3 beats, Bb= (x1333x@1)1 beat
	      guitar solo over above

Intro 2: ||: Eb | Bb Ab | Gsus4 | G :|| G |

Verse1:	Eb (x43121@3)Your enemies guard cornered you in ayard (x02210@1)	     Bb (x1333x@1)You paid him off and ran
	      Eb (x43121@3)    Ab (xx1114@1)You knew he'd understand
	      Eb (x43121@3)   Bb (x1333x@1)   Eb (x43121@3)He's just aworkin (x02210@1)man
	(Eb)
	But you think he's afool (x02210@1)just acapitalist (x02210@1)tool
	      Bb (x1333x@1)Who plays the games of life to tie
	        Eb (x43121@3)                     Ab (xx1114@1)If the tables had been turned tonight
                    Eb (x43121@3)            Bb (x1333x@1)        Eb (x43121@3)There'd be nothin that his money could buy - but soon...

Chorus:       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)The trap door gives in under the wicked weight of sin
                  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)You fall down, down, down farther than you've ever been
                    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)Yeah, the trap door falls open just as you were smugly hoping
	                 C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)That you could cheat and win, the trap door falls in

Verse2:    Eb (x43121@3)                                Bb (x1333x@1)So one escape does not alife (x02210@1)make the earth floats under your feet
             Eb (x43121@3)                Ab (xx1114@1)You can't trust who you meet
	       Eb (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)  Eb (x43121@3)Your bravery's aconceit (x02210@1)                 Eb (x43121@3)It's no longer suspense it's afear (x02210@1)that makes sense
         Bb (x1333x@1)Pullin you through the ground
              Eb (x43121@3)              Ab (xx1114@1)The trap door makes no sound
             Eb (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)   Eb (x43121@3)One day just not around - Cause...

			(Chorus)
			(Intro2)

Verse3: Eb
	I should have known when I was struck with astone (x02210@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)That you were aiming at the moon
              Eb (x43121@3)          Ab (xx1114@1)That like agas (x02210@1)balloon
         Eb (x43121@3)       Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3)You'd come falling soon - yeah-eh

		(solo over chorus chords)
		(Chorus) (

Coda:	F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)      Ab (xx1114@1)Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)That you could cheat and win, the trap door fa-a-a-lls in