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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:17 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./b/blues_magoos/albert_common_is_dead.crd
A... C... I... D... how could I guess that this came out in 1967?
"Albert Common Is Dead"
(Gilbert - Scala)
Intro:
bass (w/drums):
v v v v
-----------------|
-2-----2-----2---|
-----2-----2-----|
-----------------|
Intro:
G A B [slide into chords]
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
E G
At evening time when work is through
A B
You change yourself to someone new
E G
You try to run to get away
A B
From the pressures of your day
Chorus:
C#m
So you run
A B A B
Fast as you can
C#m
Swear
A B A B
You're a different man
C#m
Tell them
F# G# [N.C.]
Albert Common is dead
Verse 2:
Your job is big, your pay is small
Your income tax takes it all
You'll get your watch in one more year
Will anyone remember you were ever here?
[repeat chorus]
Break:
(1-bar drum beat)
(guitar solo over bass riff [8X]):
(E)
v v v v
-----------------|
-------------5---|
-7-7-7-5-7-------|
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[repeat chorus in slow shuffle tempo]
Coda:
(guitar solo over bass riff [2X])
D E Gm
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/blues-magoos/1876.html ]