From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
Subject: /l/christine_lavin/regretting_what_i_said.tab
REGRETTING WHAT I SAID TO YOU WHEN YOU CALLED ME 11:00 ON A FRIDAY
MORNING TO TELL ME THAT AT 1:00 FRIDAY AFTERNOON YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE
YOUR OFFICE, GO DOWNSTAIRS, HAIL A CAB TO GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT TO
CATCH A PLANE TO GO SKIING IN THE ALPS FOR TWO WEEKS; NOT THAT I
WANTED TO GO WITH YOU, I WASN`T ABLE TO LEAVE TOWN, I`M NOT A VERY
GOOD SKIER, I COULDN`T EXPECTYOU TO PAY MY WAY, BUT AFTER GOING OUT
WITH YOU FOR THREE YEARS, I DON`T LIKE SURPRISES: A MUSICAL APOLOGY
(by Christine Lavin)
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[Yes, that`s really the title of the song.]
[Actually in F; capo 5.]
[Use the tablature at the end of this file for chord fingerings
and picking pattern.]
[spoken:] In this song, I attempt to take back everything I said while
standing in a phone booth on the corner of 49th and 3rd.
[Intro: arpeggio C chord.]
C E Am Am/G
I didn`t mean it when I said I hope the cable in the elevator
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C G
snaps when you step on board
E E Am Am
And I was joking when I said I hope you crack your head
D/A D/A G - Gsus G5
And get mangled by the downstairs revolving door
C E Am Am/G
And I was kidding when I said I hope the number 103 bus
F F C G
Hits and makes a pancake out of you
Am Am E E
I`m sorry, I`m sorry
F G C G
Isn`t it amazing what a woman in love will do?
And I don`t really want to see your taxi on the 59th street bridge
Flip over and crash through the rail
And I`d feel bad if at the airport you were mistaken for a local
sex offender
Arrested, beaten up, and thrown in jail
And I really don`t want to see you getting radiation poisoning from
the metal detector
That all passengers on foreign and domestic flights must walk through
I`m sorry, forgive me
For all the mean things I said to you
E E Am Am
You thought I didn`t have a temper
E E Am Am
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise
E E Am Am
But I really don`t want to see you dismembered by the marijuana-
sniffing dogs
D/A D/A G - Gsus G5
When a simple little nipping would suffice, would suffice
And I`m sorry that I said I hope the plane explodes in mid-air
As it carries you away from me
And I`m sorry that I said I hope you break both legs
On the mountain while you ski
And I`m sorry for all the nasty things I said about your mother
Even though we both know they`re true
Am Am E E
I`m sorry, forgive me
Am Am E E
I`m swallowing my pride, I`d feel so guilty if you died
F C - G C - F C.
Oh I`m sorry, but I`m still mad at you.
TAB:
[This tablature isn`t _exactly_ what Christine plays in any
particular verse; it`s a combination of what I thought were the
best-sounding parts from all the verses.]
C E Am Am/G
E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
B 1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|1---------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|
A 3-------3-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|----------------|
E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
...mean it when I said I hope the cable in the elevator
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C G
E ----------------|------0---------|------0---------|------3---------|
B 1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
G ------2---------|--------------2-|--------------0-|----------------|
D ----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----2-------0---|----0-------3---|
A --------3-------|--------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
E 1---------------|1---------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
snaps when you step on board; And I was
E E Am Am
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------0-----|0=1-------0-----|
G ------1-------1-|--------------1-|------2---------|------2---------|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|
A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
joking when I said I hope you crack your head and get
D/A D/A G Gsus G5
E ------2---------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3---------------|------3---------|--0-------1-----|3---------------|
G ----------2-----|----------2-----|------0-------0-|0---------------|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|0---------------|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---------------|
mangled by the downstairs revolving door; And I was
C E Am Am/G
E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
B 1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|
A 3-------3-------|--------2-------|0------(0)------|----------------|
E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|3------(3)------|
kidding when I said I hope the number 1 - 0 - 3 bus
F C G
E ----1-----------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
B 1---1-----------|----------------|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
G ----2-----------|----------------|------0-------0-|----------------|
D ----3-----------|----------------|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----3-----------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
E 1---1-----------|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|
hits and makes a pancake out of you;
Am Am E E
E ----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|
B --1-------1-----|0=1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|
G ------2-------2-|------2-------2-|------1---------|------1-------1-|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
E ----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
I`m sorry; Forgive me; Isn`t it
F G C G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
B --1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|
G ------2-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----------------|
D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A --------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|--------0-------|
E 1---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3---------------|
amazing what a woman in love will do?
E E Am Am
E 0---------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|
B 0---------------|----------------|--1-------1-----|--1-------------|
G 1---------------|----------------|------2---------|------2---------|
D 2---------------|----------------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A 2---------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E 0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
You thought I didn`t have a temper; Ha
E E Am Am
E ----------------|------0---------|--------------0-|----------------|
B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1------(1)----|----------------|
G ------1-------1-|----------------|------2---------|------2---2-----|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0------(0)------|
E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise! But I
E E Am Am
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-----------0-|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------1---2-----|------1-------1-|------2-------2-|------2---------|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|
A --------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
really don`t want to see you dismembered by the marijuana-sniffing dogs
D/A D/A G Gsus G5
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3---------3-----|--3-------3-----|0-------1-------|3---------------|
G ------2---------|------2---------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|0---------------|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|[rit.]----------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---------------|
when a simple little nipping would suffice, would suffice
- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
