From: Jeff
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
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by dada From the album Puzzle
transcribed by Jeff Matson (jdm7@cornell.edu)
Overall there are three main guitar parts in this song that overlap. I`ve
basically included them all. It`s up to you to decide how you want to play
it.
Riff 1
G -------------0------------------------------
D ------0------------0------0-----------------
A ----2------3-----2------3-------------------
E --3------1-----3------1---------------------
This riff is played almost throughout the song. It`s fun to improvise with
it a little, like the guys do in the actual song.
Riff 2
G --3h4--0--3h4--0--4/5--4--0---3h4--0--4/5--4--0---
Intro: Riff 1
Verse: (Keep playing Riff 1)
I used to hide my camels in a paper bag
I only took them out when it was safe to drag
My first sixteen years in a catholic-boy suit
One father with a sixer and a steel-toe boot
See we`re all...
Here today, gone tomorrow
(Now a second guitar comes in, repeating Riff 2, while the first
guitar keeps chugging away on Riff 1).
One night in the mirror I saw a movie star (Riff 2)
So I flew to Hollywood in a neighbor`s car (Riff 2)
A pack of No-Doz
I`m a bundle of nerves (Riff 2)
Laughing out loud as the highway curves (Riff 2)
`Cause you know we`re all
(Repeating chords G F come in here)
Here today, gone tomorrow
Bridge: (These chords are improvised, but they sound sort of okay)
35x333 335533 G F G F
35x333 335533 F F F F (or instead of F you can try 113213)
Solo: (I`m not going to bother to transcribe it. Sorry.)
Play G F repeatedly under the solo.
Verse: (Back to just Riff 1)
Twenty-two miles out of Pasadena
I picked up a hiker named Tina
Now we`ve only been here a couple of weeks
Soaking up the sun, the drugs and the freaks
We hit it off and moved in together
Got a cat named Ringo and it purred like leather
We robbed a bank in Santa Monica
Bought a Caddy and a gold harmonica
(Riff 2 comes in here)
We`d ride by day and play by night
(chords come in here)
We`re making love every night
Here today, gone tomorrow
So we went up to Hef`s to meet some bunnies
I saw Hugh he was actin` funny
He handed me some grass and a vodka and gin
And that`s about the time that Jack Webb walked in
He said Son, I`m gonna tell you something and it ain`t pretty
There`s a thousand ways to die in this naked city
Here today, gone tomorrow
You know we`re
Here today, gone tomorrow
Chords:
G 355433
