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Date: Sunday, October 13, 2002
Subject: d/davis_stuart/jonah.tab
Jonah by Stuart Davis from The Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN 06/29/01
Submitted by Del Kreiser
tune down 1/2 step
intro
C#m*
E |-4---4-X-|
B |-4h5-5-X-|
G |-6---6-X-|
D |-6---6-X-|
A |-4---4-X-|
E |-4---4-X-|
repeat rhythm throughout first verse
E |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
B |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
G |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
D |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
A |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
E |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
The dogs are still expecting
your father is a general
Benjamin's a murderer
your sister is a sponge
your mother is a worker
C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)
Jonah, I ran into your mom, she isn't aging very well
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)
sometimes I think her face is gonna burst
A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4) Ecause (022100@1)hiding pain is work, and your mother is a worker
A (x02220@1)E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) BJonah, (x2444x@1)some thoughts about your sister -- her eyes are always closed
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Bever (x2444x@1)since that day she's held a certain pose
F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)
it's not a coma, she's the opposite of numb
A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4) Esome (022100@1)people soak pain up, and your sister is a sponge
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) Eand (022100@1)your mother is a worker
F# (244322@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B*
Jonah, I still see Ben, but if i bring your name up the conversation ends
F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4) Ecause (022100@1)he loaned you the shotgun you took up to the cabin
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B* C#m (x13321@4) Ewhatever (022100@1)people say, he only hears the words 'Benjamin's a murderer'
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B*
your sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
B* A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BJonah, (x2444x@1)Jonah, news about your dad -- you thought he drank before
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B* A (x02220@1) C#mnow (x13321@4)he drinks, his body is at war and his stomach's never full
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) Ecause (022100@1)your father is a general, Benjamin's a murderer
F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) Ayour (x02220@1)sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) BJonah (x2444x@1)they gave me your goddamn dogs and I'm sick of what they do
F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1) F# (244322@1) Ethey (022100@1)bark at everything until they see it isn't you
C#m (x13321@4) F# (244322@1) Ecause (022100@1)the dogs are still expecting, your father is a general
A (x02220@1) B* A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) ABenjamin's (x02220@1)a murderer, your sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)C#m*
The dogs are still expecting
your father is a general
Benjamin's a murderer
your sister is a sponge
your mother is a worker
Chords
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A X02220
B X244XX
B* 799877
C#m X46654
C#m* 446654
E 022100
F# 244322
