• Song:

    Meanwhile Rick James

  • Artist:

    CAKE

"Meanwhile, Rick James" by Cake
Standard Tuning

Gm (3 x 0 3 3 x)
F (133211@1)(1 3 3 2 1 1)
A# (x 1 3 3 3 1)
C (x32010@1)(x 3 2 0 1 0)
Dm (x 5 7 7 6 5)
D# (x 6 8 8 8 6)
D#m(x 6 8 8 7 6)

Intro:
Gm (355333@1)     F (133211@1)name="chord_355333@1">Gm       F (133211@1)GmDisempowered, (355333@1)the scattering flock
FDances (133211@1)in a fever at the castle rock
GmDust-devil (355333@1)cypress and ripening fruit
FAscending (133211@1)quick into the author's bathroom
A#Fawn, (x1333x@1)Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
CLettuce-toothed (x32010@1)junkies all full of desire

F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)A#Meanwhile, (x1333x@1)Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)A#Meanwhile, (x1333x@1)Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
Dm (xx0231@1)      Gm (355333@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)       Gm (355333@1)            And there's nothing I can say to you
                          D# (x43121@3)D#m (xx4342@1)                    A#I've (x1333x@1)got a lot of work to do, I guess I'll leave it up to you

GmUninvited, (355333@1)we'll stay if we want
FSearching (133211@1)through your closets for your grandfather's gun
GmWe'll (355333@1)swim in your kidney, kidney shaped pool
FScratching (133211@1)at the bottom for another clue, yeah
A#Fawn, (x1333x@1)Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
CLettuce-toothed (x32010@1)junkies all full of desire

F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)A#Meanwhile, (x1333x@1)Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)A#Meanwhile, (x1333x@1)Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)                        C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)A# (x1333x@1)
                And there's nothing I can say      to you
F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)        A# (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)A#Ahhhh (x1333x@1)                       Ahhhhhh  
                          DmAnd (xx0231@1)there's nothing I can do
Gm (355333@1)                             DmAnd (xx0231@1)there's nothing I can say to you
                          D# (x43121@3)D#m (xx4342@1)                    A#I've (x1333x@1)got a lot of work to do, I guess Ill leave it up to you

Outro:
Gm (355333@1)   F (133211@1)name="chord_355333@1">Gm     F (133211@1)
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