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Grant Hart — Ecce Homo

[Note: All tabs and lyrics below were transcribed by Tony Peart. They have been captured, unedited and with his permission, from his defunct website. Unless otherwise noted, all accompanying annotations are his as well. —plh]

Ballad Number 19
2541
Evergreen Memorial Drive
Come, Come
Pink Turns To Blue
She Floated Away
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
Admiral Of The Sea
Back From Somewhere
The Last Days Of Pompeii
Old Empire
Never Talking To You Again
Please Don't Ask
The Main


BALLAD NUMBER 19  (Grant Hart)

Chords: Em 022000    Em7 022033    G 320033    

     Asus2 X02200  Asus4 X0223X    D XX023X

Intro:

Em    G    Em    Asus2  Asus4

Em    G    Em    Asus2  Asus4

Em    Em7     Asus2  Asus4

Em    Em7     Asus2  Asus4


Em                  Em7                          Asus2  Asus4
Well now this is a story about a man named Willy James
Em                     Em7           Asus2  Asus4
Well he grew up using other people's names
Em                   Em7                             Asus2     Asus4
Well his mother, she named him the christian name of James the third
Em            Em7                           Asus2   Asus4
But the other name and the other ways was a heap of fire
Asus4      Asus2
I said you kept 'em going
Em                    Em7    Asus2          Asus4
Get right back, who's memory can? Go on get back
Em         Em7     Asus2        Asus4
Then they, oh they can take the name
Em             Em7        D(hold)
Leave it up to me, oh and down without a man
       D
Into James illegally eh, eh, eh

Em     Em7    Asus2     Asus4

Em            Em7         Asus2  Asus4
Nineteen seventeen took a wife
Em                         Em7             Asus2   Asus4
And he fed on pork chops until the day she died
Em                      Em7              Asus2 Asus4
But another an, an, an, another nineteen forty seven
     Em      Em7                      Asus4(hold)
Then another woman going turn into an angel in heaven
           Asus4(hold)     Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 Em 
I said you can't take that wife  away  from  me
Em7            Asus2(hold)                    Em  Em7
No, no, no, no can't take that wife away from me
         Asus2(hold)                    Em
Well you can't take that wife away from me
    Em7         Asus2(hold)
Oh, no but that day in nineteen forty three 
    D
And nineteen sixty three respectively

Em    G    Em    Asus2  Asus4
           Oh,   oh

   Em(hold)                                       Asus2     Asus4
In nineteen seventeen that man and that woman and then they came
     Em                            Asus2    Asus4
They took away his home, they took away his land
        Em              Em7
That he worked with his fingers
        Asus2           Asus4
Yeah he worked with his fingers
      Em(hold)
Right down to the bones of his hands
Asus4
I said you can't take that land away from me
Em Em7     Asus4
No you can't take that land away
Em        Em7        Asus4
Away from me, oh you cannot take
          Em        Em7        Asus4
That land away from me oh, oh, oh
                D
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Em    G    Em   Asus2  Asus4

Em    G    Em   Asus2  Asus4*

(* strum and slide this chord up an octave to the 14th fret)


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2541  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

D XX0232    Dsus4 XX0233    Am X02210    G 320033    A X02220    Asus4 X02230

Guitar riff(played as intro and throughout the song):

   D       Dsus4 D   Am        G
e:-----2---2-3-2-2---0---0-0---------3--|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3---1---1-1---------3--|
G:-2-------------2---2---2-2---0-----0--|
D:-0-----------------2-------------0-0--|
A:---------------------------------2----|
E:--------------------------------------|

Intro:

Repeat riff four times

    	  D                    Am    G        *Note Dsus4, D is played after
Jerry gave us a number                      each indicated D chord.
       D                  Am     G     
Jerry gave us a place to stay                
    D                   Am        G       
and Billy got hold of a van and a man
       D                      Am    G
and we moved in the very next day

D      Am   G
to 25  41 
D               Am         G
big windows to let in the sun
D        Am   G       D   Am   G
25       41

           D                Am   G
Oh well I put down that money 
    D                  Am   G
And I picked up the keys
    D                       Am         G
We had to keep the stove on all night long 
        D                     Am     G
so the mice wouldn't freeze
            D               Am     G
You put our names on the mailbox
           D                     Am     G
and I put everything else in the past
           D                          Am  
It was the first place we had to our selves
          G            D            Am      G
I didn't know it would be the last

   D   Am    G
at 25  41 
D               Am         G
big windows to let in the sun
D   Am      G
25  41

G                 A   
now everything is over
G                 A    
now everything is done

G               A  Asus4
everything's in boxes at

G       A     Asus4
25      41
D       Am        G  (rpt. four times)
Oh................

                D                 Am     G
Well things are so much different now
                 D             Am     G
I'd say that the situations reversed and it will 
      D                   Am
It'll probably not be the last time
	G  	         D             Am     G
I have to be out by the 1st

   D      Am    G
at 25  41 
D              Am         G
big windows to let in the sun
D       Am       G
25      41 
D               Am                G
big windows to let in, let in the sun
D      Am      G
               let in the
D      Am      G
sun (rpt. three times)
   D    Am      G
at 25   41 (rpt. with a few 'ohs')

D           Dsus4 D  Am          G          D(strum)
Twenty five for - ty one, twenty five forty one

Dsus4(strum, to end)


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EVERGREEN MEMORIAL DRIVE  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

D XX0232    F/D XX0565    G/D XX0787    G 320033    C X32010

Note: Grant uses two hammers-on/pull-offs, on the D chord. Both involve lifting off the two 
notes that are fretted at the second fret. Listen to the record and you'll soon get the hang of it.


Intro: 

D / / /    F/D / / /    G/D / / /    D / / /

D / / /    F/D / / /    G/D / / /

D
Up on highway twenty-three
G
greener than the greenest can be
C
it was you and me
                  D
the way it should be

Out there on lake eleven
G
bluer than the bluest heaven
C                 D
It was more than seven

            C      G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D  	         C     G
Evergreen Memorial Drive

D
As cove as northern witches
G
Naked son as son of a bitches
C
With nothing but kind words
                 D
for people they say

Out there on the northern shore
G
quater mile from the liquor store
C                                  D
oh it was this and more the way to go

            C      G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D  	         C     G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D  	         C     G
Evergreen Memorial Drive

D               C hold       G hold
Evergreen Me  - morial       Drive
D  	        C           G
Oh...........................Ever-
D              C           G
green          Oh  Oh...........

D
As cove as northern witches
G
Naked son as son of a bitches
C
With nothing but kind words
                 D
for people they say

D
Out there on the northern shore
G
quater mile from the liquor store
C                                   D
oh it was this and more the way to go
            C      G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D           C      G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D           C      G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D               C hold       G hold
Evergreen Me  - morial       Drive

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COME, COME  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

D XX0232    D/E XX2X32    D/B X2X03X    D/C X3X03X    Dsus4 XX0233    

C X32010    A X02220

Note: The series of D related chords are played by fixing your third finger to the 'B' string, 
third fret and then using your first and second fingers to fret the bass notes as required.

Intro:

D    D/E    D/B    D/C    D/B    D

D    D/E    D/B    D/C    D/B    D


D  
Well I'm so speechless
D/E                     D/B
I can barely reach this place
    D/C   D/B  D
but don't know how

We were together
    D/E 
and we were untethered
    D/B           D/C  D/B  D 
but things aren't like that now

It seems we're drifting
D/E 
things are now shifting
D/B       D/C  D/B  D 
into this ag - o -  ny

and now I assemble
D/E 
things that resemble
D/B      D/C  D/B  D
whatever used to   be

C
Come, come
                                D / C / D / / / 
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
                         D  Dsus4  D   A
can't you take the time away

D
I don't reckon
D/E 
not for one second
     D/B          D/C  D/B  D 
that I'd feel the need to   cry

Your calculating
     D/E  
that I'm just waiting
    D/B    D/C  D/B  D
for you to walk on   by

and love lies bleeding
D/E 
You were stampeded
  D/B     D/C  D/B  D
I knew it all  a -  long

and it's my vision
D/E 
that your decisions
      D/B      D/C  D/B  D
gonna turn out to   be   wrong, oh, oh

C
Come, come
                                D / C / D / / / 
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
                         D  Dsus4  D   A
can't you take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away


D                   D/E 
Well I refrain from speaking about pain
  D/B      D/C  D/B  D
I wont use such a    word
                         D/E 
and I will not guard the thoughts that you've started
D/B                D/C   D/B  D   
because that would seem  so   absurd
                       D/E  
but you can't touch me all that much
   D/B          D/C  D/B  D
my feelings are un - molested
                               D/E  
but you can contact me however abstractly
    D/B     D/C  D/B   D   
but I'm not in - ter - ested no, no, no, no 

C
Come, come
                                D / C / D / / / 
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
                         D  Dsus4  D   A
can't you take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away
              D  Dsus4  D   A
Take the time away

D    D/E     D/B     D/C     D/B     D (strum).
                                                               

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PINK TURNS TO BLUE  (Grant Hart)

C#m X46654  E   079900
Bm  X24432  Am  X02210

  Riff 1 (Played throughout song - bass notes played with thumb).

   C#m                           E (End of each verse)      
e:-----4-------------4-----|  e:---------0-0---|
B:-----5-------------5-----|  B:---------0-0---|
G:-----------------------6-|  G:-9---9---9-9---|
D:---------------6---------|  D:-9---9---9-9---|
A:-4-------4-0-------------|  A:-7---7---------|
E:-------------------------|  E:---------------|

Intro:

Riff 1 (C#m) X 4

C#m (riff)
Going out each day to score

She was no whore
        E
But for me
C#m
Celebrating every day

The way
                      E
She thought it should be


Chorus:

      Bm                  Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
      Bm                  Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue

C#m riff X 3

C#m
She was always by my side

And never tried
    E
To leave
C#m
Standing up for me

And like a tree
               E
For what she believed

Chorus:

      Bm                  Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
      Bm                  Am
Now I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue

C#m riff X 3

C#m
No more rope

And too much dope
                   E
She's lying on the bed

C#m
Angels pacing

Gently placing
                 E
Roses 'round her head


Chorus:

      Bm                 Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
      Bm                 Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue

      Bm                 Am
And I don't know what to do
                  C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
      Bm                 Am       C#m(hold)
And I don't know what to do, ooh, oh


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SHE FLOATED AWAY  (Grant Hart)

Intro Chords:

E 079900  B5 799XXX  C5 8,10,10,XXX

Verse Chords:

G 320033  D XX0232  Am X02210  Em 022000

Intro (played twice):

   E                 B5  C5    E                 B5  C5
e:---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------|
B:---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------|
G:-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|
D:-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|
A:-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|
E:---0---------------7---8---|---0---------------7---8---|

   E                 B5  C5    E   
e:---------------0-----------|-------0---0-0-0---0-0-----|
B:---------------0-----------|-------0---0-0-0---0-0-----|
G:-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|-9-----9---9-9-9---9-9-----|
D:-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|-9-----9-----------9-9-----|
A:-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|-7-7---------------7-7-----|
E:---0---------------7---8---|---0-----------------------|

         G                          D
With her grandmother's face and her father's brown eyes
    Am                       Em
Her own force of will to her mother's surprise
  G                          D
A whole look about her that says that she may
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away

    G                 D
She floated away, she floated away
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
    G                          D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away


Intro Riff (played twice)


        G                        D
"Let me talk to you mother," she tried to confess
      Am                   Em
"Well go ahead darling and wear the white dress
    G                        D
And don't let traditions go stand in your way"
       Am                      Em
As she lifted her arms and she floated away


    G                    D
She floated away, as she floated away
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
    G                          D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away

Intro Riff (played twice)

       G                       D
Well a man has two reasons for things that he does
    Am                         Em
The first one is pride and the second one is love
    G                       D
And all understandings must come by this way
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away

         G                 D
Well she floated away, she floated away
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
    G                          D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
    Am                      Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away

Intro Riff (played once - strum E to end).

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THE GIRL WHO LIVES ON HEAVEN HILL  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

Em 022000    C X32010    G 320033    D XX0232  


Intro (same riff used throughout verses):

   Em                          C
e:-----------------------------0---0-0--|
B:-----------------------------1---1-1--| Play
G:-----------------------------0---0-0--| four
D:--2---2-0-2----2-0---2-2-2---2---2-2--| times
A:--2---2-0-2----2-0---2-2-2---3---3-3--|
E:--0---0-0-0----0-0---0-0-0------------|

Em                                 C           Em           C
There's a girl who lives on Heaven Hill.
     Em                    C                   Em           C 
Well I go up to her cabin still.
        Em                          C          Em           C
Oh well she keeps a lantern lit for me.
Em                           C                 Em           C
And a bottle up on her mantlepiece


G                           D                  Em           C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G                           D
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill

Intro Riff (played twice)

     Em                                     C   Em          C         
Well she's got a big room and it's always a mess
Em                            C                 Em          C
Worn out shoes and a worn out dress
    Em                                     C    Em          C        
And a worn out smile that she'll wear some more
Em                                C             Em          C
And a worn out welcome mat by the door


G                           D                   Em          C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G                           D
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill

Intro Riff (played twice)

     Em                                        C      Em    C 
Well I'd trade big mountains and rooms full of gold
Em                                              C     Em    C
For just one look at the beauty of this woman's soul
Em                                   C                Em    C
Up on Heaven Hill is where I want to be
Em                                       C            Em    C
That girl, that bottle, that matress and me


G                           D               Em              C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G                           D               Em              C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G                           D               Em              C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G                           D               Em(hold)
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill


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ADMIRAL OF THE SEA  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

A X02220    Asus4 X02230    C X32010    G 320033    D XX0232    Dsus4 XX0233

Intro (Played twice):

A    Asus4    A    Asus4    C    G    D    Dsus4


A(hold)                A(hold)
I am an admiral of the sea
        C                  G               D         Dsus4
and I'm known from far and wide inside the admiralty
A           Asus4              A    Asus4
What's this ahead, in front of me?
C       G              D         Dsus4
I am an admiral of the sea


A       Asus4          A    Asus4
I am an admiral of the land
            C            G            D         Dsus4
and there's many men and armies under my command
A               Asus4          A    Asus4
When things are getting out of hand
C       G              D         Dsus4
I am an admiral of the land


Break (Played twice):

A    Asus4    A    Asus4    C    G    D    Dsus4


(No chord)
Oh, I am an admiral of the air
      C                G         D           Dsus4
and I look at you when I fly by, I don't care
A           Asus4         A    Asus4
Look out be careful and beware
C       G              D         Dsus4
I am an admiral of the air


A       Asus4          A    Asus4
I am an admiral of the fire
        C              G             D            Dsus4
but you probably could tell me by my black attire
A             Asus4      A    Asus4
Flames rising higher and higher
C       G              D         
I am an admiral of the fire


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BACK FROM SOMEWHERE  (Grant Hart)

Chords: G  320033  A7sus4 X02233  Csus2 X32033  Em 022000  C X32010

        D  XX0232  Dsus4  XX0233    

Intro:

   G                  A7sus4  Csus2   G                  A7sus4  Csus2  
e:-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|
B:-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|
G:-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---0---0-|-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---0---0-|
D:-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---2---2-|-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---2---2-|
A:-2---2------2-2-2---0---0---3---3-|-2---2------2-2-2---0---0---3---3-|
E:-3---3------3-3-3-----------------|-3---3------3-3-3-----------------|

        G                      A7sus4    Csus2
Now you look like you just got back from somewhere
G                  A7sus4         Csus2
Somewhere yeah you know that it's true
G                A7sus4    Csus2
Together we went nearly to nowhere
G                    A7sus4 Csus2
Nowhere really worth going to

Em              C
Standing at the city center
Em            D
In the middle of the winter
Em                C                D   Dsus4  
I was waiting for you and you were due

     G              A7sus4        Csus2
When I got back you said you were leaving
G           A7sus4     Csus2
Leaving you said right away
G                       A7sus4    Csus2
And coming back for the sake of retrieving
G                      A7sus4  Csus2
Things you'd forgotten on that day

Em           C
Still now my eyes are burning
Em                D
With the sight of your returning
Em           C                 D   Dsus4
Everywhere I look I'm finding you
           G      A7sus4    Csus2
I remember you

           G      A7sus4    Csus2

           G      A7sus4    Csus2

           G      A7sus4    Csus2

Em         C
I remember asking whether
Em                D
Or where we could be together
Em            C               D(hold)
You smiled at me and you said soon                  

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LAST DAYS OF POMPEII  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

A X02220    Asus2 X02200    Asus4 X02230    D XX0232    DaddG XX0032

VERSE PATTERN (used throughout):

A  /  Asus2  A  /  Asus4  A  /  Asus4  A
      
D  /  DaddG  D  /  /  /  DaddG  D / 

Chorus Pattern:

A / / / / / / /     D  / / / / / /  

Intro:

A  /  Asus2  A  /  Asus4  A  /  Asus4  A  D  /  DaddG  D  /  /  /  DaddG  D / 

A  /  Asus2  A  /  Asus4  A  /  Asus4  A  D  /  DaddG  D  /  /  /  DaddG  D / 

A  /  Asus2  A  /  Asus4  A  /  Asus4  A  D  /  DaddG  D  /  /  /  DaddG  D / 

A / / / / / / /     D  / / / / / /

A / / / / / / /     D  / / / / / /

A                                    D
Woke up back got dressed and went to Herculaeneum
A                               D
With no idea of what the future deemed or would become
A                                  D
My uncle he is an admiral - as for me I have no trade
A                                   D
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made


               A               D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
              A             D
These are the last days, oh oh, hey hey
               A            D
These are the last days

A    D

A                             D
A pretty little city, barely inland from the sea
A                              D
A social life of orgy, soirees and debauchery
A 
What took fivehundred years to build
    D
was over in a flash with
A  
people, temple, government, houses
    D
all covered up with ash
               A               D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
               A            D
These are the last days, oh oh, hey hey
               A            D
These are the last days

A    D  (Repeated four times)

A                                    D
Woke up back got dressed and went to Herculaeneum
A                               D
With no idea of what the future deemed or would become
A                                  D
My uncle he is an admiral - as for me I have no trade
A                                   D
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made
               A               D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii   (Repeated seven times)
               A                 D
These are the last da...   ay....ys, 

A(slide up the neck to 14th fret while strumming)


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OLD EMPIRE  (Grant Hart)

Chords:

C X32010    CaddD X32030    F XX3211    FaddD XX3231    Am X02210    

G 320033    Dm    XX0231    

Intro:
   C           F       FaddD
e:-0-----------1-1-1---1---1-1-1---|
B:-1-----1-----1-1-1---3---3-3-3---|
G:-0---0---0---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---|
D:-2-----------3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|
A:-3-------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|

   C   CaddD C   F       FaddD
e:-0---0---0-0---1-1-1---1---1-1-1---| This bar
B:-1---3---3-1---1-1-1---3---3-3-3---| runs 
G:-0---0---0-0---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---| throughout 
D:-2---2---2-2---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---| each verse -
A:-3---3---3-3-----------------------| play whenever
E:-----------------------------------| you see C and F indicated.

C      F                          C      F
Broken chains are dangling at her feet
C          F                   C    F 
She's on a pedestal for all to see
Am            G                      Dm
She holds the book and she holds the fire
Am              G                     Dm                     
And she's still clinging to the old empire

F    FaddD  /	 /    F  /

C      F               C     F
Broken promises in one hand
C         F                        C     F  
Upholding sovereignty you were the land
Am         G                Dm
In certain circles she is a liar
Am              G                   Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire

F    FaddD  /	 /    F  /

C          F               C     F
The Monroe doctrine in one claw
C             F                     C     F 
Other hand is holding international law
Am         G                        Dm
In foriegn shipments she's a famous warrior
Am              G                   Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire

Break: 

C      F                       C     F

C      F                       C     F

Am     G     Dm 

Am     G     Dm

F    FaddD  /	 /    F  / 


C      F                          C     F 
Broken chains are dangling at her feet
C          F                   C      F 
She's on a pedestal for all to see
Am            G                      Dm
She holds the book and she holds the fire
Am              G                     Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire

F    FaddD  /	 /    F  /

C      F               C     F  
Broken promises in one hand now
C         F                        C     F
Upholding sovereignty you were the land
Am         G                Dm
In certain circles she is a liar
Am              G                     Dm   
And she's still clinging to the old empire
F   FaddD  /  F  /  C(hold)
The    old   em  -  pire.

TP.



NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN  (Grant Hart) 

Chords:

Am X02210     Asus2 X02200    Em 022000    G 320033    D XX0232    

Dsus4 XX233   Dsus2 XX0230

Intro:  Am   Em   Am   Em   (Played twice)
 
Am        Em              Am      Em
There are things that I'd like to say
        G     D          Am   Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
Am                 Em      Am          Em
There's things I'd like to phrase some way
        G     D          Am   Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
 
Chorus:

    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2 
I'm never talking to you again
    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2
I'm never talking to you
    D        Dsus4 D Am     Asus2 
I'm tired of wasting all my time
G(hold)           D
Trying to talk to you
 
Am          Em         Am    Em   
I'd put you down where you belong
        G     D          Am   Asus2 
But I'm never talking to you again
Am           Em    Am         Em 
I'd show you every way you're wrong
        G     D          Am   Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
 
Chorus:

    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2 
I'm never talking to you again
    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2
I'm never talking to you
    D        Dsus4 D Am     Asus2 
I'm tired of wasting all my time
          G            D
Trying to talk to you, talk to you, talk to you,  talk to you
 
Break: Verse chords (no vocal)

Chorus:

    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2 
I'm never talking to you again
    D     Dsus4 D    Am   Asus2
I'm never talking to you
    D        Dsus4 D Am     Asus2 
I'm tired of wasting all my time
G(hold)           Dsus2(hold)
Trying to talk to you                                 

TP.



PLEASE DON'T ASK  (Grant Hart)

Chords: Am X02210    G 320033    C X32010    Dm XX0231    F 133211

Intro(used throughout each verse):

   Am              G               C         CaddD C
e:---------0---------------3-------------------0---0---|
B:---------1---------------3-------------------3---1---|
G:---------2---2-----------0---0-------0---0---0---0---| Play
D:-----2---2-----------0-----------2-------2---2---2---| twice
A:-0-------------------------------3-------3-----------|
E:-----------------3-----------------------------------|

Am   G        C
It's all a mistake
Am             G            C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am      G          C
Oh it's all in its place
Am             G            C
It gets kicked back in your face

                 Dm         F               C
But please don't ask, don't ask me what I'm doing
                 Dm        F                C
And please don't take your time to find out what is going on in my mind
Dm               F              C
Please, what you said were just promises instead
              Dm           F               C
Please don't, please don't ask me what I'm doing

Am   G          C
It's all in its place
Am             G            C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am      G         C
Oh it's such a mandate
Am           G                C
Don't throw away what you did not create

                 Dm         F               C
But please don't ask, don't ask me what I'm doing
                 Dm        F                C
And please don't take your time to find out what is going on in my mind
Dm               F              C
Please, what you said were just promises instead
              Dm           F               C
Please don't, please don't ask me what I'm doing

Break:

   Am              G               C         CaddD C
e:---------0---------------3-------------------0---0---|
B:---------1---------------3-------------------3---1---| Play
G:---------2---2-----------0---0-------0---0---0---0---| four
D:-----2---2-----------0-----------2-------2---2---2---| times
A:-0-------------------------------3-------3-----------|
E:-----------------3-----------------------------------|

   Dm          F FaddD F   C         CaddD C
e:-1-1-1-1-1---1---1---1---------------0---0---|
B:-3-3-3-3-3---1---3---1-----------1---3---1---| Play
G:-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---| four
D:-------------------------2---2---2---2---2---| times
A:-------------------------3-------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------|

Am   G          C
It's all in its place
Am             G            C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am      G          C
Oh it's such a mad race
Am           G                C
Don't throw away what you can not replace

                 Dm     F          C
But please don't ask me   what I'm doing
             Dm     F                      C
Please don't try to find out what is going on in my mind
                Dm    F           C
These words you said    were just promises instead
             Dm      F               C
Please don't ask me, ask me what I'm doing

Am   G          C
It's all in its place
Am             G            C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am  G         C
Dissolve into grace....

Am   G    C(strum).

TP.



THE MAIN  (Grant Hart)

Chords:
G 320033    Am X02210    C X32010    

Intro:

G   Am   C   G   (played two times)

        G            Am
Well it sinks to the bottom
    C            G
or floats to the top
    G       Am
I avoided policemen when
C         G
I went to cop
         G              Am
She sang one two three, one two three
C           G
come get it now
G                  Am
and I took just as much as my 
C             G
brass would allow

Chorus:
G                Am    C             G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G             Am            C   G
Remember the things you and I became
G                  Am    C                G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G                Am       C          G
On the main, the main, remember your name

        G       Am          C          G
She was so crucified by the end of the day
         G           Am          C        G
with her head in her hands she decided to pray
      G                 Am          C           G
Jesus Christ topped the list of the most wanted souls
       G          Am            C            G
Like DeQuincey he died with his arms full of holes

Chorus:
G                Am    C             G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G             Am            C   G
Remember the things you and I became
G                  Am    C                G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G                Am       C          G
On the main, the main, remember your name

G   Am   C   G  (played three times - whistle over)

G   Am   C   G
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Chorus:

G                Am    C             G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G             Am            C   G
Remember the things you and I became
G                  Am    C                G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G                Am       C          G
On the main, the main, remember your name

      G            Am        C        G
I was smack in the middle of alphabet town
          G           Am          C          G
There was life on the corners and death all around
         G           Am               C         G
You know hell is the worst place that I've ever been to
    G              Am               C          G
The hell that I've been through but I stuck it into

Chorus:
G                Am    C             G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G             Am            C   G
Remember the things you and I became
G                  Am    C                G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G                Am       C          G
On the main, the main, remember your name

G                Am    C             G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G             Am            C   G
Remember the things you and I became
G                  Am    C                G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G(slowing)       Am       C          G
On the main, the main, remember your name

TP.

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