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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:39 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./f/five_americans/western_union.crd
Western Union
(Rabon - Ezell - Durrill)
Intro:
organ: D5 (4 bars; fades in)
guitar (2X alone; 2X after bass and drums enter)
D Dsus4
v v v v v v v v
-------5---------|-------5---------
-----7-----7-----|-----8-----8-----
---7---------7---|---7---------7---
-0---------------|-0---------------
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Verse 1:
D Dsus4
Things went wrong today
D Dsus4
Bad news came my way
D Dsus4
I woke up to find
D Dsus4
A wire that blew my mind
D Dsus4 [1, 4: 2X; 2, 3: 1X 5: to coda]
Verse 2:
Western Union man
Bad news in his hand
Knocking at my door
Selling me the score
Verse 3:
Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn`t need
Said she didn`t care no more
Think I`ll throw it on the floor
Bridge 1:
Bm E
Got your cable just today
Bm E D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Killed my groove, I`ve got to say, hey
[1, 3: to refrain 2: to solo]
Refrain:
E A [N.C.]
/ / / / /
(...hey) Western Union
(acapella; high voice holds A; low voice alternates A and G):
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
(band enters)
D Dsus4
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
D Dsus4
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
Verse 4:
Now you`ve gone away and
How it`s sad to say you`ve gone
I remember what they said
Now I`m going out of my head
Bridge 2:
Telegram just had to say
You`ve learned your lesson all the way, hey
Organ solo:
D Dsus4 [4X]
/ / / / / / / /
[repeat bridge 2]
[repeat refrain]
Verse 5:
I`ll be on my way `cause
There`s another girl for me
I`ll be sure of her and
Things`ll be as they were
Coda (repeat to fade):
D Dsus4
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
(Western Union, oh Western Union)
-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers