ECCE HOMO
World Service 1995
Transcribed by Tony Peart
These songs were recorded at The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle - 13 October 1994.
Ballad Number 19
2541
Evergreen Memorial Drive
Come, Come
Pink Turns To Blue
She Floated Away
The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
Admiral of the Sea
Back From Somewhere
Last Days of Pompeii
Old Empire
Never Talking To You Again
Please Don't Ask
The Main
BALLAD NUMBER 19 (Grant Hart)
Chords: Em 022000 Em7 022033 G 320033
Asus2 X02200 Asus4 X0223X D XX023X
Intro:
Em G Em Asus2 Asus4
Em G Em Asus2 Asus4
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Well now this is a story about a man named Willy James
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Well he grew up using other people's names
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Well his mother, she named him the christian name of James the third
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
But the other name and the other ways was a heap of fire
Asus4 Asus2
I said you kept 'em going
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Get right back, who's memory can? Go on get back
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Then they, oh they can take the name
Em Em7 D(hold)
Leave it up to me, oh and down without a man
D
Into James illegally eh, eh, eh
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
Nineteen seventeen took a wife
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
And he fed on pork chops until the day she died
Em Em7 Asus2 Asus4
But another an, an, an, another nineteen forty seven
Em Em7 Asus4(hold)
Then another woman going turn into an angel in heaven
Asus4(hold) Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 Em
I said you can't take that wife away from me
Em7 Asus2(hold) Em Em7
No, no, no, no can't take that wife away from me
Asus2(hold) Em
Well you can't take that wife away from me
Em7 Asus2(hold)
Oh, no but that day in nineteen forty three
D
And nineteen sixty three respectively
Em G Em Asus2 Asus4
Oh, oh
Em(hold) Asus2 Asus4
In nineteen seventeen that man and that woman and then they came
Em Asus2 Asus4
They took away his home, they took away his land
Em Em7
That he worked with his fingers
Asus2 Asus4
Yeah he worked with his fingers
Em(hold)
Right down to the bones of his hands
Asus4
I said you can't take that land away from me
Em Em7 Asus4
No you can't take that land away
Em Em7 Asus4
Away from me, oh you cannot take
Em Em7 Asus4
That land away from me oh, oh, oh
D
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Em G Em Asus2 Asus4
Em G Em Asus2 Asus4*
(* strum and slide this chord up an octave to the 14th fret)
TP.
2541 (Grant Hart)
Chords:
D XX0232 Dsus4 XX0233 Am X02210 G 320033 A X02220 Asus4 X02230
Guitar riff(played as intro and throughout the song):
D Dsus4 D Am G
e:-----2---2-3-2-2---0---0-0---------3--|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3---1---1-1---------3--|
G:-2-------------2---2---2-2---0-----0--|
D:-0-----------------2-------------0-0--|
A:---------------------------------2----|
E:--------------------------------------|
Intro:
Repeat riff four times
D Am G *Note Dsus4, D is played after
Jerry gave us a number each indicated D chord.
D Am G
Jerry gave us a place to stay
D Am G
and Billy got hold of a van and a man
D Am G
and we moved in the very next day
D Am G
to 25 41
D Am G
big windows to let in the sun
D Am G D Am G
25 41
D Am G
Oh well I put down that money
D Am G
And I picked up the keys
D Am G
We had to keep the stove on all night long
D Am G
so the mice wouldn't freeze
D Am G
You put our names on the mailbox
D Am G
and I put everything else in the past
D Am
It was the first place we had to our selves
G D Am G
I didn't know it would be the last
D Am G
at 25 41
D Am G
big windows to let in the sun
D Am G
25 41
G A
now everything is over
G A
now everything is done
G A Asus4
everything's in boxes at
G A Asus4
25 41
D Am G (rpt. four times)
Oh................
D Am G
Well things are so much different now
D Am G
I'd say that the situations reversed and it will
D Am
It'll probably not be the last time
G D Am G
I have to be out by the 1st
D Am G
at 25 41
D Am G
big windows to let in the sun
D Am G
25 41
D Am G
big windows to let in, let in the sun
D Am G
let in the
D Am G
sun (rpt. three times)
D Am G
at 25 41 (rpt. with a few 'ohs')
D Dsus4 D Am G D(strum)
Twenty five for - ty one, twenty five forty one
Dsus4(strum, to end)
TP.
EVERGREEN MEMORIAL DRIVE - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
D XX0232 F/D XX0565 G/D XX0787 G 320033 C X32010
Note: Grant uses two hammers-on/pull-offs, on the D chord. Both involve lifting off the two
notes that are fretted at the second fret. Listen to the record and you'll soon get the hang of it.
Intro:
D / / / F/D / / / G/D / / / D / / /
D / / / F/D / / / G/D / / /
D
Up on highway twenty-three
G
greener than the greenest can be
C
it was you and me
D
the way it should be
Out there on lake eleven
G
bluer than the bluest heaven
C D
It was more than seven
C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D
As cove as northern witches
G
Naked son as son of a bitches
C
With nothing but kind words
D
for people they say
Out there on the northern shore
G
quater mile from the liquor store
C D
oh it was this and more the way to go
C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C hold G hold
Evergreen Me - morial Drive
D C G
Oh...........................Ever-
D C G
green Oh Oh...........
D
As cove as northern witches
G
Naked son as son of a bitches
C
With nothing but kind words
D
for people they say
D
Out there on the northern shore
G
quater mile from the liquor store
C D
oh it was this and more the way to go
C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C G
Evergreen Memorial Drive
D C hold G hold
Evergreen Me - morial Drive
TP.
COME, COME (Grant Hart)
Chords:
D XX0232 D/E XX2X32 D/B X2X03X D/C X3X03X Dsus4 XX0233
C X32010 A X02220
Note: The series of D related chords are played by fixing your third finger to the 'B' string,
third fret and then using your first and second fingers to fret the bass notes as required.
Intro:
D D/E D/B D/C D/B D
D D/E D/B D/C D/B D
D
Well I'm so speechless
D/E D/B
I can barely reach this place
D/C D/B D
but don't know how
We were together
D/E
and we were untethered
D/B D/C D/B D
but things aren't like that now
It seems we're drifting
D/E
things are now shifting
D/B D/C D/B D
into this ag - o - ny
and now I assemble
D/E
things that resemble
D/B D/C D/B D
whatever used to be
C
Come, come
D / C / D / / /
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
D Dsus4 D A
can't you take the time away
D
I don't reckon
D/E
not for one second
D/B D/C D/B D
that I'd feel the need to cry
Your calculating
D/E
that I'm just waiting
D/B D/C D/B D
for you to walk on by
and love lies bleeding
D/E
You were stampeded
D/B D/C D/B D
I knew it all a - long
and it's my vision
D/E
that your decisions
D/B D/C D/B D
gonna turn out to be wrong, oh, oh
C
Come, come
D / C / D / / /
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
D Dsus4 D A
can't you take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D D/E
Well I refrain from speaking about pain
D/B D/C D/B D
I wont use such a word
D/E
and I will not guard the thoughts that you've started
D/B D/C D/B D
because that would seem so absurd
D/E
but you can't touch me all that much
D/B D/C D/B D
my feelings are un - molested
D/E
but you can contact me however abstractly
D/B D/C D/B D
but I'm not in - ter - ested no, no, no, no
C
Come, come
D / C / D / / /
can't you think of something to say
C
Come,come
D Dsus4 D A
can't you take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D Dsus4 D A
Take the time away
D D/E D/B D/C D/B D (strum).
TP.
PINK TURNS TO BLUE (Grant Hart)
C#m X46654 E 079900
Bm X24432 Am X02210
Riff 1 (Played throughout song - bass notes played with thumb).
C#m E (End of each verse)
e:-----4-------------4-----| e:---------0-0---|
B:-----5-------------5-----| B:---------0-0---|
G:-----------------------6-| G:-9---9---9-9---|
D:---------------6---------| D:-9---9---9-9---|
A:-4-------4-0-------------| A:-7---7---------|
E:-------------------------| E:---------------|
Intro:
Riff 1 (C#m) X 4
C#m (riff)
Going out each day to score
She was no whore
E
But for me
C#m
Celebrating every day
The way
E
She thought it should be
Chorus:
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
C#m riff X 3
C#m
She was always by my side
And never tried
E
To leave
C#m
Standing up for me
And like a tree
E
For what she believed
Chorus:
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
Bm Am
Now I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
C#m riff X 3
C#m
No more rope
And too much dope
E
She's lying on the bed
C#m
Angels pacing
Gently placing
E
Roses 'round her head
Chorus:
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
Bm Am
And I don't know what to do
C#m
Now that pink has turned to blue
Bm Am C#m(hold)
And I don't know what to do, ooh, oh
TP.
SHE FLOATED AWAY (Grant Hart)
Intro Chords:
E 079900 B5 799XXX C5 8,10,10,XXX
Verse Chords:
G 320033 D XX0232 Am X02210 Em 022000
Intro (played twice):
E B5 C5 E B5 C5
e:---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------|
B:---------------0-----------|---------------0-----------|
G:-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|
D:-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|
A:-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|
E:---0---------------7---8---|---0---------------7---8---|
E B5 C5 E
e:---------------0-----------|-------0---0-0-0---0-0-----|
B:---------------0-----------|-------0---0-0-0---0-0-----|
G:-9-----9-9-9---9-----------|-9-----9---9-9-9---9-9-----|
D:-9-----9-9-9---9---9---10--|-9-----9-----------9-9-----|
A:-7-7---7-7-7-------9---10--|-7-7---------------7-7-----|
E:---0---------------7---8---|---0-----------------------|
G D
With her grandmother's face and her father's brown eyes
Am Em
Her own force of will to her mother's surprise
G D
A whole look about her that says that she may
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
She floated away, she floated away
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
Intro Riff (played twice)
G D
"Let me talk to you mother," she tried to confess
Am Em
"Well go ahead darling and wear the white dress
G D
And don't let traditions go stand in your way"
Am Em
As she lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
She floated away, as she floated away
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
Intro Riff (played twice)
G D
Well a man has two reasons for things that he does
Am Em
The first one is pride and the second one is love
G D
And all understandings must come by this way
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
Well she floated away, she floated away
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
G D
She don't give a damn what the other girls say
Am Em
She lifted her arms and she floated away
Intro Riff (played once - strum E to end).
TP.
THE GIRL WHO LIVES ON HEAVEN HILL (Grant Hart)
Chords:
Em 022000 C X32010 G 320033 D XX0232
Intro (same riff used throughout verses):
Em C
e:-----------------------------0---0-0--|
B:-----------------------------1---1-1--| Play
G:-----------------------------0---0-0--| four
D:--2---2-0-2----2-0---2-2-2---2---2-2--| times
A:--2---2-0-2----2-0---2-2-2---3---3-3--|
E:--0---0-0-0----0-0---0-0-0------------|
Em C Em C
There's a girl who lives on Heaven Hill.
Em C Em C
Well I go up to her cabin still.
Em C Em C
Oh well she keeps a lantern lit for me.
Em C Em C
And a bottle up on her mantlepiece
G D Em C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G D
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
Intro Riff (played twice)
Em C Em C
Well she's got a big room and it's always a mess
Em C Em C
Worn out shoes and a worn out dress
Em C Em C
And a worn out smile that she'll wear some more
Em C Em C
And a worn out welcome mat by the door
G D Em C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G D
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
Intro Riff (played twice)
Em C Em C
Well I'd trade big mountains and rooms full of gold
Em C Em C
For just one look at the beauty of this woman's soul
Em C Em C
Up on Heaven Hill is where I want to be
Em C Em C
That girl, that bottle, that matress and me
G D Em C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G D Em C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G D Em C
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
G D Em(hold)
She's the girl who lives on Heaven Hill
TP.
ADMIRAL OF THE SEA - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
A X02220 Asus4 X02230 C X32010 G 320033 D XX0232 Dsus4 XX0233
Intro (Played twice):
A Asus4 A Asus4 C G D Dsus4
A(hold) A(hold)
I am an admiral of the sea
C G D Dsus4
and I'm known from far and wide inside the admiralty
A Asus4 A Asus4
What's this ahead, in front of me?
C G D Dsus4
I am an admiral of the sea
A Asus4 A Asus4
I am an admiral of the land
C G D Dsus4
and there's many men and armies under my command
A Asus4 A Asus4
When things are getting out of hand
C G D Dsus4
I am an admiral of the land
Break (Played twice):
A Asus4 A Asus4 C G D Dsus4
(No chord)
Oh, I am an admiral of the air
C G D Dsus4
and I look at you when I fly by, I don't care
A Asus4 A Asus4
Look out be careful and beware
C G D Dsus4
I am an admiral of the air
A Asus4 A Asus4
I am an admiral of the fire
C G D Dsus4
but you probably could tell me by my black attire
A Asus4 A Asus4
Flames rising higher and higher
C G D
I am an admiral of the fire
TP.
BACK FROM SOMEWHERE (Grant Hart)
Chords: G 320033 A7sus4 X02233 Csus2 X32033 Em 022000 C X32010
D XX0232 Dsus4 XX0233
Intro:
G A7sus4 Csus2 G A7sus4 Csus2
e:-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|
B:-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|-3---3------3-3-3---3---3---3---3-|
G:-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---0---0-|-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---0---0-|
D:-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---2---2-|-0---0------0-0-0---2---2---2---2-|
A:-2---2------2-2-2---0---0---3---3-|-2---2------2-2-2---0---0---3---3-|
E:-3---3------3-3-3-----------------|-3---3------3-3-3-----------------|
G A7sus4 Csus2
Now you look like you just got back from somewhere
G A7sus4 Csus2
Somewhere yeah you know that it's true
G A7sus4 Csus2
Together we went nearly to nowhere
G A7sus4 Csus2
Nowhere really worth going to
Em C
Standing at the city center
Em D
In the middle of the winter
Em C D Dsus4
I was waiting for you and you were due
G A7sus4 Csus2
When I got back you said you were leaving
G A7sus4 Csus2
Leaving you said right away
G A7sus4 Csus2
And coming back for the sake of retrieving
G A7sus4 Csus2
Things you'd forgotten on that day
Em C
Still now my eyes are burning
Em D
With the sight of your returning
Em C D Dsus4
Everywhere I look I'm finding you
G A7sus4 Csus2
I remember you
G A7sus4 Csus2
G A7sus4 Csus2
G A7sus4 Csus2
Em C
I remember asking whether
Em D
Or where we could be together
Em C D(hold)
You smiled at me and you said soon
TP.
LAST DAYS OF POMPEII - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
A X02220 Asus2 X02200 Asus4 X02230 D XX0232 DaddG XX0032
VERSE PATTERN (used throughout):
A / Asus2 A / Asus4 A / Asus4 A
D / DaddG D / / / DaddG D /
Chorus Pattern:
A / / / / / / / D / / / / / /
Intro:
A / Asus2 A / Asus4 A / Asus4 A D / DaddG D / / / DaddG D /
A / Asus2 A / Asus4 A / Asus4 A D / DaddG D / / / DaddG D /
A / Asus2 A / Asus4 A / Asus4 A D / DaddG D / / / DaddG D /
A / / / / / / / D / / / / / /
A / / / / / / / D / / / / / /
A D
Woke up back got dressed and went to Herculaeneum
A D
With no idea of what the future deemed or would become
A D
My uncle he is an admiral - as for me I have no trade
A D
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made
A D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
A D
These are the last days, oh oh, hey hey
A D
These are the last days
A D
A D
A pretty little city, barely inland from the sea
A D
A social life of orgy, soirees and debauchery
A
What took fivehundred years to build
D
was over in a flash with
A
people, temple, government, houses
D
all covered up with ash
A D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii
A D
These are the last days, oh oh, hey hey
A D
These are the last days
A D (Repeated four times)
A D
Woke up back got dressed and went to Herculaeneum
A D
With no idea of what the future deemed or would become
A D
My uncle he is an admiral - as for me I have no trade
A D
My name is Pliny and these are observations I have made
A D
These are the last days in the city of Pompeii (Repeated seven times)
A D
These are the last da... ay....ys,
A(slide up the neck to 14th fret while strumming)
TP.
OLD EMPIRE - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
C X32010 CaddD X32030 F XX3211 FaddD XX3231 Am X02210
G 320033 Dm XX0231
Intro:
C F FaddD
e:-0-----------1-1-1---1---1-1-1---|
B:-1-----1-----1-1-1---3---3-3-3---|
G:-0---0---0---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---|
D:-2-----------3-3-3---3---3-3-3---|
A:-3-------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|
C CaddD C F FaddD
e:-0---0---0-0---1-1-1---1---1-1-1---| This bar
B:-1---3---3-1---1-1-1---3---3-3-3---| runs
G:-0---0---0-0---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---| throughout
D:-2---2---2-2---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---| each verse -
A:-3---3---3-3-----------------------| play whenever
E:-----------------------------------| you see C and F indicated.
C F C F
Broken chains are dangling at her feet
C F C F
She's on a pedestal for all to see
Am G Dm
She holds the book and she holds the fire
Am G Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire
F FaddD / / F /
C F C F
Broken promises in one hand
C F C F
Upholding sovereignty you were the land
Am G Dm
In certain circles she is a liar
Am G Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire
F FaddD / / F /
C F C F
The Monroe doctrine in one claw
C F C F
Other hand is holding international law
Am G Dm
In foriegn shipments she's a famous warrior
Am G Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire
Break:
C F C F
C F C F
Am G Dm
Am G Dm
F FaddD / / F /
C F C F
Broken chains are dangling at her feet
C F C F
She's on a pedestal for all to see
Am G Dm
She holds the book and she holds the fire
Am G Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire
F FaddD / / F /
C F C F
Broken promises in one hand now
C F C F
Upholding sovereignty you were the land
Am G Dm
In certain circles she is a liar
Am G Dm
And she's still clinging to the old empire
F FaddD / F / C(hold)
The old em - pire.
TP.
NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN (Grant Hart)
Chords:
Am X02210 Asus2 X02200 Em 022000 G 320033 D XX0232
Dsus4 XX233 Dsus2 XX0230
Intro: Am Em Am Em (Played twice)
Am Em Am Em
There are things that I'd like to say
G D Am Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
Am Em Am Em
There's things I'd like to phrase some way
G D Am Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
Chorus:
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you again
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm tired of wasting all my time
G(hold) D
Trying to talk to you
Am Em Am Em
I'd put you down where you belong
G D Am Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
Am Em Am Em
I'd show you every way you're wrong
G D Am Asus2
But I'm never talking to you again
Chorus:
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you again
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm tired of wasting all my time
G D
Trying to talk to you, talk to you, talk to you, talk to you
Break: Verse chords (no vocal)
Chorus:
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you again
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm never talking to you
D Dsus4 D Am Asus2
I'm tired of wasting all my time
G(hold) Dsus2(hold)
Trying to talk to you
TP.
PLEASE DON'T ASK (Grant Hart)
Chords: Am X02210 G 320033 C X32010 Dm XX0231 F 133211
Intro(used throughout each verse):
Am G C CaddD C
e:---------0---------------3-------------------0---0---|
B:---------1---------------3-------------------3---1---|
G:---------2---2-----------0---0-------0---0---0---0---| Play
D:-----2---2-----------0-----------2-------2---2---2---| twice
A:-0-------------------------------3-------3-----------|
E:-----------------3-----------------------------------|
Am G C
It's all a mistake
Am G C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am G C
Oh it's all in its place
Am G C
It gets kicked back in your face
Dm F C
But please don't ask, don't ask me what I'm doing
Dm F C
And please don't take your time to find out what is going on in my mind
Dm F C
Please, what you said were just promises instead
Dm F C
Please don't, please don't ask me what I'm doing
Am G C
It's all in its place
Am G C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am G C
Oh it's such a mandate
Am G C
Don't throw away what you did not create
Dm F C
But please don't ask, don't ask me what I'm doing
Dm F C
And please don't take your time to find out what is going on in my mind
Dm F C
Please, what you said were just promises instead
Dm F C
Please don't, please don't ask me what I'm doing
Break:
Am G C CaddD C
e:---------0---------------3-------------------0---0---|
B:---------1---------------3-------------------3---1---| Play
G:---------2---2-----------0---0-------0---0---0---0---| four
D:-----2---2-----------0-----------2-------2---2---2---| times
A:-0-------------------------------3-------3-----------|
E:-----------------3-----------------------------------|
Dm F FaddD F C CaddD C
e:-1-1-1-1-1---1---1---1---------------0---0---|
B:-3-3-3-3-3---1---3---1-----------1---3---1---| Play
G:-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---| four
D:-------------------------2---2---2---2---2---| times
A:-------------------------3-------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------|
Am G C
It's all in its place
Am G C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am G C
Oh it's such a mad race
Am G C
Don't throw away what you can not replace
Dm F C
But please don't ask me what I'm doing
Dm F C
Please don't try to find out what is going on in my mind
Dm F C
These words you said were just promises instead
Dm F C
Please don't ask me, ask me what I'm doing
Am G C
It's all in its place
Am G C
It gets kicked back in your face
Am G C
Dissolve into grace....
Am G C(strum).
TP.
THE MAIN (Grant Hart)
Chords:
G 320033 Am X02210 C X32010
Intro:
G Am C G (played two times)
G Am
Well it sinks to the bottom
C G
or floats to the top
G Am
I avoided policemen when
C G
I went to cop
G Am
She sang one two three, one two three
C G
come get it now
G Am
and I took just as much as my
C G
brass would allow
Chorus:
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G Am C G
Remember the things you and I became
G Am C G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name
G Am C G
She was so crucified by the end of the day
G Am C G
with her head in her hands she decided to pray
G Am C G
Jesus Christ topped the list of the most wanted souls
G Am C G
Like DeQuincey he died with his arms full of holes
Chorus:
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G Am C G
Remember the things you and I became
G Am C G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name
G Am C G (played three times - whistle over)
G Am C G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Chorus:
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G Am C G
Remember the things you and I became
G Am C G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name
G Am C G
I was smack in the middle of alphabet town
G Am C G
There was life on the corners and death all around
G Am C G
You know hell is the worst place that I've ever been to
G Am C G
The hell that I've been through but I stuck it into
Chorus:
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G Am C G
Remember the things you and I became
G Am C G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name
G Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name,
G Am C G
Remember the things you and I became
G Am C G
Reeperbahn, Christiania, Pigalle, all the same
G(slowing) Am C G
On the main, the main, remember your name
TP.