This is a compilation of songs published by various different users to create the album
"Five Songs." Enjoy! :)
I have set each song up with a roman numeral, so to find the song that you would like,
hit "control f", or if you have a mac, "command f". Then you type in the numeral of your
song. REMEMBER TO TYPE "." AFTER THE NUMERAL!
I. Oceanside
II. Shiny
III. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
IV. Angel, Won't You Call Me?
V. I Don't Mind
VI. Apology Song
I. Oceanside
Tabbed By: Unregistered
Sweet Annabelle as seen reclining on an ocean swell as the waves do lather
up to lay her down 'til she's fast and sleeping oh well I guess I'm
something of a ne'er-do-well who fell asleep at the pealing of the steeple
bell I'm on track and keeping but oh if I could only get you ocean side
To lay your muscles wide it'd be heavenly oh if I could only coax you
overboard to leave these lolling shores to get you ocean side
Ocean side ocean side oh
At rising tide you're looking fresher than a July bride
We're picking up what our mothers always stigmatized.
The field is right for reaping oh well
I guess I'm something of a neer-do-well
Even though that's something I could never do well
I'm on track and keeping but oh if I could only get you ocean side to lay
your muscles wide it'd be heavenly oh if I could only coax you overboard
To leave these lolling shores to get you ocean side
Ocean side ocean side
II. Shiny
Tabbed By: TimMobbs
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Notes: Capo on 2nd Fret
This is a fairly easy song to play,
but uses some rather uncommon chords,
complete with long and weird names.
My advise would be to not be thrown
by the odd chords, but just to learn
the shapes of them, where they fit
into the song and keep at it :)
Here are all the chords used in the
song:
|--3--| |--0--| |--0--| |--0--| |--3--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--4--| |--0--| |--2--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--4--| |--2--| |--0--|
|--3--| |--3--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--|
e|--3--| e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--|
|--0--| |--1--| |--0--| |--3--| |--3--| |--1--|
|--0--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--2--| |--0--|
|--0--| |--2--| |--1--| |--4--| |--0--| |--2--|
~
duction:
by the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light,
i may have gone too far,
i may have gone too much, too long.
i'm a dull and witless boy.
in the after bars, think i was sullied by a dream.
in the killing jar,
you and me at war at arms
all falling in embrace.
tell me why you lied
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
all shiny
a tawny gypsy girl
sleeping blanketed by stars
'neath the tilt-a-whirl
where we were coyly caught alone
all fumbling with your blouse
tell me why you lied
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
all shiny
and in the rollercoaster din
by the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin
but i have never seen two eyes so shiny
and the sullen beery swine
try to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine
have they ever seen two eyes so shiny?
Cadd 9
the boys in denim vests
smoking cigarettes between
their bootblack fingertips
sweetly tipsy by the half-light
the light and the half-light
tell me why you lied
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
all shiny, all shiny
The rest of the song is the norman verse chord
sequence " "
Over Colin singing "All shiny" repeatedly.
The song then finishes with:
III. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
Tabbed By: mobaxwob
(x4)
My mother was a chinese trapeze artist
In pre-war Paris
Smuggling bombs for the underground.
And she met my father
At a fete in Aix-en-Provence.
He was disguised as a Russian cadet
in the employ of the Axis.
And there in the half-light
Of the provincial midnight
To a lone concertina
They drank in cantinas
And toasted to Edith Piaf
And the fall of the Reich.
My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
And left for the cattle
But later was found by a communist
Who'd deserted his ranks
To follow his dream
To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.
I get letters sometimes.
They bought a plantation
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."
"Sincerely, your sister."
So my parents had me
To the disgust of the prostitutes
On a bed in a brothel.
Surprisingly raised with tender care
'Til the money got tight
And they bet me away
To a blind brigadier in a game
Of high stakes canasta.
But he made me a sailor
On his brigadier ship fleet.
I know every yardarm
From main mast to jib sheet.
But sometimes I long to be landlocked
And to work in a bakery.
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
IV. Angel, Won't You Call Me?
Tabbed By: Underglow
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RIFF
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| Intro |
riff
x2
| Verse |
riff | | |
Angel, won't you call me?
riff | | |
Could I be the only?
riff | | |
Though I am a lost cause
riff | | |
Angel, won't you call me?
riff | | |
Waiting for a sweet breeze,
riff | | |
read it in the tea leaves.
riff | | |
Saw them crown you May Queen;
riff | | |
heard you sing the sweetest thing.
| Chorus |
But I've been so unbridled
I fled in the face of my rival
when I felt his breath
at the back of my neck
Angel, won't you call?
| Intro | x2 (.k.. | riff | x4)
| Verse (same chords as first)|
So here I am in corduroy
Catch it in your Polaroid
Thought it was an off night,
caught in such a warm light.
So Angel, won't you call me?
Could I be the only?
Though I am a lost cause,
Angel, won't you call me?
| Chorus |
But I've been so unbridled
I fled in the face of my rival
when I felt his breath
at the back of my neck
| | Chorus |
But I've been so unbridled
I fled in the face of my rival
when I felt his breath
at the back of my neck
Angel, won't you call?
I hope the timing makes sense - the vertical lines are the start of a measure.
The last "Angel, won't you call?" is twice as long as the first one. But if
you've listened to the song, you already know that!
V. I Don't Mind
Tabbed By: oneshotnothing
drop tuning
capo on 2nd fret
chords relative to capo
i'm not so sure about these chords, but then i'm not
so sure anyone's ever heard of this song. if you're looking
at this tab you probably have the song, so listen to it.
these are the chords i use and the general strumming pattern.
i'm not sure whether he changes chords on the first beat of
the measure, or on the off beat right before. i wrote the
latter, which is how i play it.
and i have no idea about the bridge. it sounds all right i guess.
/verse
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
bridge
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
ending
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1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1
song structure
bridge
ending
VI. Apology Song
Tabbed By: Unregistered
I'm really sorry Steven
But your bicycle's been stolen
I was watchin it for you
'Til you came back in the fall
Guess I didn't do such a good job after all
I was feeling really sorry Steven
And I spent all morning grieving
And everybody's saying
That you'll take the news gracefully
Somehow I don't think I'll be getting off that easily
I meant her no harm
When I left her unlocked Outside the Orange Street Food Farm
I was just running in
Didn't think I'd be that long
I came out, she was gone
And all that was there was some bored old dog
Leashed up to the place where your bicycle had been
Guess we'll never see poor Madeleine again
Let this be consolation, Steven
That all the while you were in England
I treated her with care and respect
And have her lots of love
And I was usually pretty good 'bout locking her up
Where has she gone?
Well, I bet she's on the bottom of a Frenchtown pond
Rudely abused on some hescher's joyride
So I wrote you this song
In the hopes that you'd forgive me
Even though it was wrong
Being so careless with a thing so great
And taking your poor Madeleine away, away
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END OF FIVE SONGS
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