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 /The Good Life /   really would like to kill him! Think of emotional courage it takes -
/______________/    I could write a book about it, but here's just the tabs...


  - Here are the chords used:
            D   D/C#   D/B   D/A   E   Em    F#   G   Gm   G6  
       e|---2----2------2-----2----0---0-----2----3---3----0---|
       b|---3----3------3-----3----0---0-----2----3---3----0---|
       g|---2----2------2-----2----1---0-----2----0---3----0---|
       d|---0----x------0-----0----2---2-----4----0---5----0---|
       a|--------4------2-----0----2---2-----4----2---5----2---|
       e|--------------------------0---0-----2----3---3----3---|

          Gmaj7   G/B   G/A   G/E   A   Asus4   A6sus4   Bm/F#
        |---2------3-----3-----3----0-----0-------2--------2---|
        |---3------3-----3-----3----2-----3-------3--------3---|
        |---0------0-----0-----0----2-----2-------2--------4---|
        |---0------0-----0-----0----2-----2-------2--------4---|
        |---2------2-----0-----2----0-----0-------0--------2---|
        |---3------------------0---------------------------2---|

  - In the song are also two small fill-ins noted as 'Riff-1' and 'Riff-2':
         Riff-1:                                     Riff-2:
        |-2---2-2-2----2-2-|-2----2-2-2----2-2-|    |-0---0-0-0-------0---|
        |-3---3-3-3p2--2-2-|-2h3--3-3-3p2--2-2-|    |-2---2-2-2-2h3p2-2-2-|
        |-4---4-4-4----4-4-|-4----4-4-4----4-4-|    |-2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-|
        |-4---4-4-4--------|-4--------4--------|    |-2---2-2-2-2-----2-2-|
        |-2---2-2-2--------|-2--------2--------|    |-0---0-0-0-----------|
        |-2---2-2-2--------|-2--------2--------|    |---------------------|



INTRO:
  D                     D/B                   A6sus4                Gmaj7
|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---|-----2-2-2-2---------|-----------2---------|-----2-2-2-2---2-2---|
|-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---|-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3---3-3---|
|-2-----2---2---------|-------2-2-2---2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0-----0---|
|-0---------0---------|-----------0---------|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-----0-----0-----0---|
|---------------------|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|-----------2-----2---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|

  D                     D/B                   A6sus4                Gmaj7
|-----2-2-2-2---2-2---|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|-----3-3-3-3---3-3---|-----3-3-3-3---3-3---|-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
|-----2-2-2-2---------|-----2-2-2-2---2-2---|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|
|-0---------0---------|-----0-0-0-0---0-0---|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-----------0-----0---|
|---------------------|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|

  G6        G           Gmaj7                 G6        G
|-0---0-0---3---3-3-3-|-----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|-0---0-0-0-3---------|
|-0---0-0---3---3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3---2-3-3-|-0---0-0-0-3---------|
|-0---0-----0-----0---|-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-----0---0---------|
|---------------------|-----------0-----0---|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|


1st VERSE:
D                         D/B                          A6sus4 A
You'd be surprised if you looked through the eyes of a no    -va
Em                  Gm                      Bm/F#*                           *Riff-1
Not recognizing the molehills on top of the star
D            D/C#       D/B            D/A       E
Cheerful and swollen he waves from his seat in a Rover
            Gm
That is his car


2nd VERSE:
             D                           D/B                 A6sus4 A*       *Riff-2
You wouldn't doubt him to shake the most powerful hands of impor   -tance
Em                       Gm                     Bm/F#*                       *Riff-1
Changing the world as we know it by leaving his ink
D                 D/C#             D/B           D/A          E
To judge from the fence 'round his house he must love all his children
                Gm
That's what you think


CHORUS:
            D
But there's no time to think
       Asus4      A
Have a pill and a shrink
           G/B  G/A G   G/E D
Just don't show us  how you sweat
                    Asus4
Making love to your kids
       A              G/B G/A  G  G/E D
Is the last love that you will e -ver get
         A                  G/B  G/A G       G/E A
You're a vanishing image of what I   thought I   knew
                F#
But it comes to show
         Bm/F# A E    Gm
That the man   I know


3rd VERSE:
                D                         D/B                    A6sus4  A*    *Riff-2
Is kissing that cheek that she had lifted up for her forty first birth  -day
Em                       Gm                         Bm/F#*                     *Riff-1
Love is when someone you trust cuts a smile in your face
D         D/C#         D/B        D/A            E
Boy had a dog and poor girl had a stroke like an earthquake
             Gm
Now dog is a bird


CHORUS:
            D
But there's no time to think
       Asus4      A
Have a pill and a shrink
           G/B  G/A G   G/E D
Just don't show us  how you sweat
                    Asus4
Making love to your kids
       A              G/B G/A  G  G/E D
Is the last love that you will e -ver get
                   A        G/B  G/A G       G/E A
You're a vanishing image of what I   thought I   knew
               F#
But it goes to show
         Bm/F# A E
That the man   I know
      Bm/F# A    E
Has a fa   -ding glow
     Bm/F# A   E     Gm
In a white lampshade


(the following four verses are played from a bass, but Ablari has a good
suggestion on how to play it on guitar - look at lampshade-chords version 3)

4th VERSE:
Tell me lampshade the truth did you cover his soul
Did you protect all the horrible
I shall tear you apart so that everyone knows
What he's been carrying around


5th VERSE:
Tell me lampshade what is it you're trying to hide
Under your stinky old corduroy
I shall rip and be shattered by the shrapnel of light
That I've been choking on always


6th VERSE:
There is a dog barking close within the range of my ear
Sounds like he wants to escape the chain
He would probably bite me to death if he could
But the chain lets me spit in his face


7th VERSE:
Like the dog has a chain clinging tight to its neck
This man is tied to his secrecy
I would like to have killed him off in this last verse
But instead I removed his lampshade


SOLO (the bends have to be done quickly for this to sound good)
 [played from an electric guitar with a lot of distortion]:
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-----5-----7------10----|--9----(9)-----------|-3-----5-----7------10----|-12-----(12)-------------------|
|-6b7---7b9---9b11---13b14-|-11b13p11b13r11-9~---|-6b7---7b9---9b11---13b14-|-14b16---14b16r14-13~-13-11----|
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------14-|
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
 -shade                                           Uhh

|-----------x------x-x-------|----------------------------|-------------|----------|----------|----------|
|-3-----5---x-7----x-x-10----|--9------(9)----------------|--8----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-6b7---7b9-x-9b11-x-x-13b14-|-11b13---11b13r11-9~---9-11-|-11b12-------|----------|----------|----------|
|-----------x------x-x-------|----------------------------|--------bend-|-this-----|----------|----------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|--throughout-|-these----|----------|----------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|--four-empty-|-measures-|----------|----------|
 Removed his lampshade


OUTRO (pretty simple):
|-2-------|
|-3-------|
|-2-------|
|-0-------|
|---------|
|---------|


01/31/05
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