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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#mE    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#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