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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:48:30 +0000
From: EBarohn 
Subject: CRD: "Spike" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Submitted by: Ruth Barohn
Subject: CRD: "Spike" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Written by: T.P.
>From the wonderful 1985 album "Southern Accents"--MCA Records

This song is the story of Spike--the legendary boy with a dog collar
on--
and his experience upon entering the Cypress Lounge, a little redneck
bar
in lovely Gainesville, Florida. 

Intro: Am
Am (x02210@1)Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
	Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Verse:
Am (x02210@1)Oh look we got another one, just like the other ones

	Another bad ass, another trouble maker
G (320003@1)I'm scared, ain't you boys scared
	Am (x02210@1)Oh, I wonder if he's gonna show us what bad is 
	F (133211@1)Boys we got aman (x02210@1)with adog (x02210@1)collar on
	G (320003@1)                                  Am (x02210@1)Think we oughta throw ol' Spike abone (x02210@1)
    Make me say
	Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
	Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Verse 2:
Oh here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean
Bet he's got a motorbike, whatta ya'll think
Bet if we be good, we'll get a ride on it
If he ain't to mad about the future
Maybe we oughta help him see, the future ain't what it used to be

Chorus: 
		    G (320003@1)                         Am (x02210@1)Listen, hey Spike whatta you like
	G (320003@1)                         Am(2 measures)  D(2 measures)
	Hey Spike whatta you like

	C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C/ (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D/ (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C/ (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D/ (xx0232@1)Em(4 measures)
AmOh (x02210@1)say 
Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Chorus:
Hey Spike whatta you like 
Hey Spike you're scarin' my wife
Hey Spike tell us about life
Can you tell me about life
I might need me a dog collar too boy
It might make me say, say Oow
I might say, might say...
(to get the full effect, you must end by panting like a dog)