• Song:

    Harry And Maggie

  • Artist:

    Swervedriver

General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar 
(12/10/2000, Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time. 

Verse:

     G           D           Em             Em7            
E |  | --3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000--- | 
B |  | --3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0--3330--- | 
G |  | .-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000--- | 
D |  | .-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2--2222--- | 
A |  | --2-----2-----------------2-----2-----2-----2--- | 
E |  | --3-----3-----------------0-----0-----0-----0--- | 
     1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
                             I   was   born  on a close    street     down  a  hill   
        Mauve                     and  so did my hands                     Oh   and the


   F                       C           B/C
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- | 
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1---- | 
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- | 
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0---- | 
A | -------------------------3-----3-----2-----2---- | 
E | ------------------------------------------------ | 
   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
       The trees that lined the street could sense the winter   change they felt the
     Sound?                           There  was  no sound and I?m freezing in  the   


   Em             Em7      C           B/C
E | -0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- | 
B | -0-----0-----0--3330-----1-----1--11-1-----1---- | 
G | -0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0---- | 
D | -2-----2-----2--2222-----2-----2--22-0-----0---- | 
A | -2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2---- | 
E | -0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------- | 
   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
     chill         they ducked and dived and  so   we knew that they were alive  
     sun       Nobody   cares  to  hide        the dopeheads and the suicides   

 
1st time through
   F                       C           B/C    rep. 2X
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0--00-- |  | 
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1--11-- |  | 
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0?-00-. |  | 
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0?-00-. |  | 
A | -------------------------3-----3-----2-----2------ |  | 
E | -------------------------------------------------- |  | 
   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & 
            Until the   year the   silver     rain  came    down       the trees turned 

2nd time through
   F                          C                 rep. 4X  
E | -1-----1--11-1-----1---- |  | --00---00----00--00-022--- |  | 
B | -1-----1--11-1-----1--?- |  | --11---11----11--11-111--- |  | 
G | -2-----2--22-2-----2---- |  | .-00---00----00--00-0----. |  | 
D | -3-----3--33-3-----3---- |  | .-2----2-----2---2--2----. |  | 
A | ------------------------ |  | --3----3-----3---3--3----- |  | 
E | ------------------------ |  | -------------------------- |  | 
   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &     1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & 
        Cause  everyone  freezes    in  the       sun

Verse 2:

Basically, the same structure of the first verse, but the order of the chords is 
flipped. Each line below = 1 bar

   Em            Em7         
        I kicked around with

   C                    B/C             
   Harry who lived near Salisbury Plain

   F
     He worked on the cathedral there 

   C              B/C
   every now and again he worked with 

   G             D
   stone,        carved with stone 

   Em                     Em7
     Odd jobs on the telephone 

   F                                
    One sunny day he was sent to the 

   C         B/C
   Houses of Parliament

   Em                 Em7  
     chippin' away at gargoyles 

   C         B/C
   Under the blistering sun 

   F                                   
   He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the 

   C              B/C
   backs of every one

   G               D
   And so in five-hundred years

   Em                       Em7 
   There's gonna be some history here 

   F                            C
   After it all subsides in the sun 

Chorus:

Play the riff on the C chord from the end of the first verse 4X, and over the last 
two times through, sing:

   And it's fallin' away 

Verse: 

This one is the same chord changes from the first verse.

   G            D 
    Another day, another loon

   Em                 Em7 
    A new pied piper calls the 

   F
   Tune so blow it up, watch it explode 

   C             B/C
   Noah's ark on overload

   Em                  Em7
   Wrestle with the results and 

   C                   B/C
   throw 'em round the ring

   F
   Everybody knows there 

   C                 B/C
   ain't no rules in wrestling

   G          D  
          The referee's a dupe 

   Em                 Em7
    Who only old ladies and children be-

   F        
   -lieve, 

   C           B/C
   I'm getting up now to leave 

   Em                            Em7
   I'll go back to that street someday

   C                       B/C
    The air's better there anyway

   F                                              C  
   Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun 

Chorus/Outro:

Use the Riff from the first chorus, but on F where noted.

   And it's fallin' away 

                     F
   And I don't wanna know 

                    C
   I'm glad I don't know 

       G           D   Em
What's draggin' it un  der
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