From dcmst25@pop.pitt.edu Tue May 6 20:18 EDT 1997 Received: from cat (cat.nyu.edu [128.122.47.28]) by graphics.cat.nyu.edu (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id UAA06414 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:18:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu by cat (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id UAA05016; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:15:42 -0400 Received: from local (root@localhost) by post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu (8.8.5/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID for hertzman@cat.nyu.edu; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:13:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:13:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:12:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Das (spg-as25s30.erols.com [207.172.38.29]) by pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.5/cispop-1.6.1.4) ID for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:11:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970507001039.00674964@pop.pitt.edu> X-Sender: dcmst25@pop.pitt.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 20:10:39 -0400 To: hertzman@cat.nyu.edu From: Dave Madden Subject: Jack Ruby Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 2666 Status: OR "Jack Ruby" by Camper Van Beethoven (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen) Lyrics: Basehead Chords: Gene D. Levoff There are only two parts to this song, repeated over and over. I will call them "PART A" and "PART B" PART A (the first part of each verse) The tabbed chords are: F#m C#7sus4 F#m D -2- -2- -2- -2- -2- -3- -2- -4- -2- -4- -3- -0- -4- -4- -x- -2- -x- -x- PART B (the second part of each verse, and the intro as well) The chords are: D E7/G# F#m B7 G#dim/F F#m -2- -0- -2- -2- -4- -5- -3- -3- -2- -4- -3- -3- -2- -1- -2- -2- -4- -4- -0- -0- -4- -4- -3- -3- -x- -x- -4- -2- -x- -x- -x- -x- -2- -x- -x- -x- (1) (2) (a quick note about the E7/G#: It's not a tab error...The G# is played in the bass. The guitar-only chord is then "E7/D") Structure (excluding instrumental breaks): INTRO (a la PART B) VERSE (a la PART A) F#m C#7sus4 F#m D I remember his hat tilted forward F#m C#7sus4 F#m D His glasses are folded in his vest VERSE (a la PART B) D E7/G# F#m B7 G#dim/F (type 1) And he seems like the kind of man who beats his horses G#dim/F (type 2) F#m or the dancers who work in a bar. PART A We saw on the screen his face for a moment No time to plead or even ask why PART B Jack Ruby appears from out of nowhere Then disappears in broad daylight. 'Cause he's a friend of that cloven-hoofed gangster the devil He's been seen with the sheriff and the police Drinking whiskey and water after hours, saying "Let's do business, boys. The drinks are on me." So draw the box along quickly Avert your eyes with shame Let us stand and speak of the weather And pretend nothing ever happened on that day Grant us the luxury, 'cause all our heroes are bastards Grant us the luxury, 'cause all our heroes are thieves Of the innocence of the afternoons Now we think it's a virtue to simply survive But it feels like this calm it's decaying It's collapsing under its own weight And I think its your friend the hangman coming Choking back a laugh, a drunkard swaggering to your door Now do you feel that cold, icy presence? In the morning with coffee and with bread Do you feel it in the movement of traffic And days a terrible significance. [{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{ Dave Madden dcmst25@pop.pitt.edu http://www.pitt.edu/~dcmst25 Tasty like a raindrop, I've got the look. }][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}][{}]