#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:39:34 -0600 From: Kevin Fredrick Cumming Subject: CRD: h/hawkins_ron/the_tame,_the_half-born,_the_wild_and_you.crd The Tame, The Half-Born, The Wild and You Ron Hawkins album: The Secret of my Excess transcribed by Kevin Cumming intro: G Am Em C x2 NOTE: When playing Am in the intro, start off with the B string open and then hammer on the 1st fret for the same sound that Ron has. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CIf (x32010@1)Carolyn called me up today I'd hang up the phone and walk away G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DIt's (xx0232@1)not that I don't care anymore but time changes locks on a lot of doors Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I know what you're thinking and it's true Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)DSometimes (xx0232@1)there is nothing you can do G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CBut (x32010@1)there's a time that I recall a purple street in Lisbon G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was speaking dreams to me and I thought I was listening G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CBut (x32010@1)I was fifteen yards away before I felt the distance G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)cried in Augusta street and stared into the windows Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I know what she's thinking and it's true Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DSometimes (xx0232@1)there is nothing she can do C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) AmCarolyn (x02210@1)is tamed... All those years and all those tears Cuddling her insecure And shaking like a child and feeling helpless But maybe I share the blame G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CPeter (x32010@1)has a fan club he's a whiskey hating Christian G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he's in love with everyone as long as they keep listening Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)there's a hole in my old faith where he belongs Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DBut, (xx0232@1)the whole of me has never been that strong C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmPeter (x02210@1)is half-born... With one foot in and one foot out A princess on a barstool Anarcho- Commun- Liberat- ingratiating stranger to me now Bridge: G D F Em G D F Em G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) EmG D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) EmClose (022000@1)friends and passerby love affairs and suicides Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DSex (xx0232@1)and drugs and crash n' burn decisions politics and prostitute religions Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Em (022000@1) CFucking (x32010@1)at the movies or fighting in the street G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CChristopher's (x32010@1)a scapegoat cause he lives like a poem G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)they want explanations but I just want to know him G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CNot (x32010@1)for what he claims to be or what they say he isn't G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) DJust (xx0232@1)because he's got the balls to make his own decisions Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)sometimes the pain he's feeling is so real Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DSometimes (xx0232@1)that is all I need to feel C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmChristopher (x02210@1)is wild... With fire-escape guitar afflictions Different lives but shared addictions Late night taxi, Frank Black happy birthdays And blood-pact butchers knives G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CAmsterdam, (x32010@1)the sex museums and the New York City subway G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DVancouver (xx0232@1)in November, and Montreal on Monday G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) CWe'll (x32010@1)get a fix in Union Square we'll drop at C.B.G.B.'s G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if we can't find salvation there, we'll stay home and watch the t.v. Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I'll be your disciple if you'll be mine Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)we'll make love in the moaning summertime C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmCause (x02210@1)you are beautiful... Chords: G (320003@1) 320033 Am (x02210@1) x02210 Em (022000@1) 022000 C (x32010@1) x32010 F (133211@1) 133211 D (xx0232@1) xx0232