THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
Rough Trade 1991
Transcribed by Tony Peart
Introduction
Woton
Getaway (Gateway) In Time
Admiral of the Sea (79 A.D. Version)
Wernher Von Braun
Space Jazz
Where You Gonna Land (Next Time You Fall Off Of Your Mountain)
Over My Head
Admiral of the Sea
Persuaded
Lavender and Grey
The Last Days of Pompeii
This is an extract from the British magazine 'Select' November 1990, where Grant talks about the
album 'The Last Days of Pompeii'.
He (Grant) compares 'Pompeii' to the Who's 'Quadrophenia'. It will not be played by a host of
stars, but by Nova Mob alone. The story itself is somewhat complicated.
"It starts out narrated by Pliny the Younger from Pompeii, OK?" He pauses, grinning. As the story
becomes more abstract, so his grin widens.
"He pretty much gives the general synopsis. The story starts with the fall of Nazi Germany, and
Wernher Von Braun doesn't wanna be captured. So he conjures up Wotan, the Nordic God of War,
and asks him, like, How the hell do I get out of this mess?"
Von Braun then escapes back in time in a V2 rocket, meets Pliny the Elder who takes him to Pompeii,
and ends up with King Pompedible (from the illustrated book, The Knave of Hearts) trying to control
his mind, much as Hitler had done before.
Grant takes up the bizarre story again...
"He slowly comes to the realisation that he's going to be manipulated, no matter what he does.
He leaves again, but it's not altogether clear how. It's more or less a transcendental thing
involving the eruption (of Vesuvius) - the eruption wakes him up from a sodium
pentathol-induced dream."
Weird - but different. Where does the concept come from?
"The theme of control, where he is being manipulated and controlled while being the smartest
person around."
Hope that makes everything crystal clear! Tony.
INTRODUCTION (The Last Days of Pompeii) - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
E 022100 A X02220 F# 244322 A* 577655
Intro:
E A E F# A*
E A E F# A*
E A
Let me tell you a story of old ancient glory
E F# A*
A glory that was once to Rome
E A
And except for the truth and a few other things
E F# A*
It's a story we've known to be told,
E F# A*
For I've lived in Pompeii,
E F# A8
Towards the very last days
E A
And I ran with my tail in between my legs
E F# A*
And I went on my way
A* E
In his castle King Pompedible sat high on his throne
A* E
Thinking of money and the thing that he wanted to own
E A E F# A*
E A E F# A*
E A
An intelligent clown name of Werner Von Braun
E F# A*
He was outside escaping one day
E A
And he looked all around and he spat on the ground
E F# A*
And he said I've discovered a way
E F# A*
In nineteen forty four
E F# A*
Towards the end of the war
E A
And those with the drive and the will to survive
E F# A*
Wouldn't fight anymore
A* E
Under rust and the busted up concrete the devil he died
A* E A E F# A*
With a shot through the roof of the mouth - some cyani - i - de Oh........
E A E F# A*
E A E F# A*
E A E F# A*
E(hold)
WOTON (Grant Hart)
Chords:
E 022100 E7 020100 E7sus4 020200 C5 X355XX D5 X577XX D XX0232
Intro(Used throughout - play where E is indicated below):
E E7 E7sus4
e:-------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------| Played
G:-1---1-1---1---1-1-1-1---2-2---| four
D:-2---2-2---2---0-0-0-0---0-0---| times
A:-2---2-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2---|
E:-0---0-0---0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E E
Tell me what's gone wrong, Woton?
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E
Well I delivered the bomb Woton
E
Get me out of here now
E
I want out of here now
C5 D5 E E
Oh....oh....oh....
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E E
They've been sick inside their bomb, Woton
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E
Well do they want the bomb, Woton?
E
Get me out of here now
E
I want out of here now
C5 D5
Oh....oh....oh....
Harmonica Solo:
E E E E C5 D5 E E
E E E E C5 D5 E E
E E
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E E
Tell me which way shall I run, Woton?
E E
Woton, Woton,
C5 D5 E
Well tell me what's going wrong, Woton?
E
Get me out of it now
E
I want out of it now
C5 D5 E
Get me out of it now Oh.... Oh....
D E D E D C5 D5 E
Woton, Woton, oh.... Woton, oh....
E E E E E D E D
Woton, oh....
E D E D(Repeat to fade).
GETAWAY (GATEWAY) IN TIME (Grant Hart)
Chords:
Bm X24432 Bb X1333X D XX0232 Dsus4 XX0233 A X02220
Intro(Played four times):
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If I could only get away in time
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
There'd be no rock I could not climb
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
There'd be no riddle to the rhyme
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If I could only get away in time
A
And I'd like to know the answer
Bb D
But I don't know what it's for
A
And you're looking for the reason
Bb D
I'm not looking anymore
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If I could only get away in time
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
There'd be no punishment no crime
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
I could relax in warmer climes
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If I could only get away in time
A
And I'd like to know the answer
Bb D
But I don't know what it's for
A
And you're looking for the reason
Bb D
And I'm looking for the door
Break (Played four times):
Bm Bb D Dsus4 D Dsus4
A
And I'd like to know the answer
Bb D
But I don't know what it's for
A
And you're looking for the reason
Bb D
And I'm looking for the door, two, three, four
A Bb D
A Bb D
A
Getaway in time, time, time, time
Bb D
Getaway in time, oh, oh
A Bb D
Getaway, getaway, getaway in time oh, oh
A Bb D
Getaway, ee-ay, ee-ay-ay in time, Getaway
A Bb D(Hold)
Getaway in time, Getaway, Getaway......
ADMIRAL OF THE SEA (79 A.D. VERSION) - (Grant Hart)
Intro (Played twice) - [* = harmonics]:
G:------------------------------------------|
D:-----7*----------7*------7*----------7*---|
A:------------------------------------------|
E:-5-------5-5-5-------5-------5-5-5--------|
G:----------------------------7-----------7-|
D:----------------------------7-----------7-|
A:-3---3-3-------------5---5------5-5-5-----|
E:---------3---3---3-3----------------------|
Verse 1 (Bass pattern continues throughout):
G:------------------------------------------|
D:-----7*----------7*------7*----------7*---|
A:------------------------------------------|
E:-5-------5-5-5-------5-------5-5-5--------|
I am an admiral of the sea
G:----------------------------7-----------7-|
D:----------------------------7-----------7-|
A:-3---3-3-------------5---5------5-5-5-----|
E:---------3---3---3-3----------------------|
and I'm known from far and wide inside the admiralty
What's this ahead, in front of me?
I am an admiral of the sea
I am an admiral of the land
and there's many men and armies under my command
When things are getting out of hand
I am an admiral of the land
Break (Bass pattern played twice):
G:------------------------------------------|
D:-----7*----------7*------7*----------7*---|
A:------------------------------------------|
E:-5-------5-5-5-------5-------5-5-5--------|
G:----------------------------7-----------7-|
D:----------------------------7-----------7-|
A:-3---3-3-------------5---5------5-5-5-----|
E:---------3---3---3-3----------------------|
With the pattern below played over (Twice):
G:---------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------0h5h7---------------------0h5h7-------|
A:-0h3h5-0h5h7-------0h5h7---0h3h5-0h5h7-------0h5h7-|
E:---------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------0h5h7---------------------0h5h7-------|
A:-0h3h5-0h5h7-------0h5h7---0h3h5-0h5h7-------0h5h7-|
E:---------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------------7-----------------7-|
D:---------------------------------------------7-----------------7-|
A:-5---7-5---3-5-3---2-----------------5---5-------5-5---5---5-----|
E:-----------------------3---3---3-3-------------------------------|
I am an admiral of the air
and I look at you when I fly by, I don't care
Look out be careful and beware
I am an admiral of the air
I am an admiral of the fire
but you could probably could tell me by my black attire
Flames rising higher and higher
G:----------------------------7-------------|
D:----------------------------7-------------|
A:-3----------------------------------------|
E:---------3--------------------------------|
I am an admiral of the fire
WERNHER VON BRAUN (Grant Hart)
Chords:
D XX0232 A X02220 G 320033 GaddBb XX0333 Bb X133XX
C5 X355XX D5 X577XX A5 577XXX G5 XX578X
INTRO:
D A G GaddBb D A Bb(hold)
e:-2---2-2---0---0-0---3---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---0---0-0-------------------|
B:-3---3-3---2---2-2---3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3---2---2-2-------------------|
G:-2---2-2---2---2-2---0---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-2---3---------------|
D:-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0---2---2-2---3---------------|
A:-----------0---0-0-----------------|-----------0---0-0---1---------------|
E:-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Then this (which continues for the verses):
D A G D A Bb
e:-2---2-2---0---0-0---3---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---0---0-0-------------------|
B:-3---3-3---2---2-2---3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3---2---2-2-------------------|
G:-2---2-2---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
D:-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
A:-----------0---0-0---2---2-2-2-----|-----------0---0-0---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|
E:---------------------3---3-3-3-----|-------------------------------------|
Well her
D A G D
favourite colour's Wernher Von Braun
D A Bb
I know just what she's doing
D A G D
And I'm left here just a wearing this around
D A Bb
I know just who she's screwing
C5
There she comes
D5
There she goes
C5
Here she comes
D5 A5
There she goes
D A G D
Her favourite colour's Wernher Von Braun
D A Bb
I know just what she's doing
D A G D
And I'm left here just a wearing this around
D A Bb
I know just who she's screwing
C5
There she comes
D5
There she goes
C5
Here she comes
D5 A5
There she goes
Break:
D A G GaddBb D A Bb
e:-2---2-2---0---0-0---3---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---0---0-0-------------------|
B:-3---3-3---2---2-2---3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3---2---2-2-------------------|
G:-2---2-2---2---2-2---0---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
D:-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
A:-----------0---0-0-----------------|-----------0---0-0---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|
E:-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D A G GaddBb D A Bb
e:-2---2-2---0---0-0---3---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---0---0-0-------------------|
B:-3---3-3---2---2-2---3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3---2---2-2-------------------|
G:-2---2-2---2---2-2---0---3-3-3---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
D:-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0---2---2-2---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-|
A:-----------0---0-0-----------------|-----------0---0-0---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-|
E:-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C5
There she comes
D5
There she goes
C5
There she comes
D5 A5
There she goes
D A G D
Her favourite colour's Wernher Von Braun
D A Bb
I know just what she's doing
D A G D
And I'm left here just a wearing this around
D A Bb
I know just who she's screwing
C5
There she comes
D5
There she goes
C5
Here she comes
D5 A5
There she goes
D A G GaddBb D
e:-2---2-2---0---0-0---3---3-3-3---2-|
B:-3---3-3---2---2-2---3---3-3-3---3-| Played
G:-2---2-2---2---2-2---0---3-3-3---2-| three
D:-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0-0---0-| times
A:-----------0---0-0-----------------|
E:-----------------------------------|
Her favourite colour is Wernher Von Braun
D Bb C5 G5 D(hold)
Her favourite colour is.......
SPACE JAZZ - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
E 022100 F# 24430X G 35540X A 57760X
Intro (Also used for the verses - Play four times):
E F# G F#
e:-----------------------------------------------|
B:-----0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
G:-----1-1-1---3---3-3-3---4---4-4-4---3---3-3-3-|
D:-2---2-2-2---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
A:-2---2-2-2---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
E:-0---0-0-0---2---2-2-2---3---3-3-3---2---3-3-3-|
A F# G F#
e:-----------------------------------------------|
B:-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
G:-6---6-6-6---3---3-3-3---4---4-4-4---3---3-3-3-|
D:-7---7-7-7---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
A:-7---7-7-7---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
E:-5---5-5-5---2---2-2-2---3---3-3-3---2---2-2-2-|
E F# G F# A
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, sayeth the Lord
F# G F#
as quoted by the blind, toothless man
E F# G
And as ye sow, so shall ye also reap
F# A
And then the board, the seamstress
F# G F# E
Queen of the harvest as she mounted the crib of carnations
F# G F# A
It ran its way down Deeley Plaza, where the books are held in storage
F# G F# E
and she flashed a giant jewel, a magnificent ruby
F# G F# A
Flashing things, flashing questions from flash cars, flashing a gun
F# G F#
and then there was a giant flash
Break:
A
e:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
B:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
G:-6-6---6---6-6---6---6-6---6---6-6---6---|
D:-7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---|
A:-7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---|
E:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
e:-5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---|
B:-5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---|
G:-6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--|
D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------|
Intro (Played four times):
E F# G F#
e:-----------------------------------------------|
B:-----0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
G:-----1-1-1---3---3-3-3---4---4-4-4---3---3-3-3-|
D:-2---2-2-2---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
A:-2---2-2-2---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
E:-0---0-0-0---2---2-2-2---3---3-3-3---2---3-3-3-|
A F# G F#
e:-----------------------------------------------|
B:-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
G:-6---6-6-6---3---3-3-3---4---4-4-4---3---3-3-3-|
D:-7---7-7-7---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
A:-7---7-7-7---4---4-4-4---5---5-5-5---4---4-4-4-|
E:-5---5-5-5---2---2-2-2---3---3-3-3---2---2-2-2-|
This just in for Houston
That was hell, the earth on his shoulders
and tired as he became, he became a missile
and then the conveyance for Telstar, then Satcom
then the two, twin Gemini astronauts
Romulus and Uncle Remus
Don't throw me in the butter patch
Briar Fox, said Briar Rabbit
He hunched his back legs, he leapt skyward
into the heaven knows what have you
He re-entered the atmosphere
He saw his home, he dreamt about his home
The beautiful earth, he read about the earth
He smiled
Break:
A
e:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
B:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
G:-6-6---6---6-6---6---6-6---6---6-6---6---|
D:-7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---|
A:-7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7---|
E:-5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---|
e:-5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---|
B:-5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---5---5-5---|
G:-6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--6-b(7-7)--|
D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------|
Then Intro (Played four times):
This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Man, kind and disinterested in his current wars applauded the accomplishment
He is terrible power of effectiveness
Effective July 1969
Men and their through moments, selects suits
asked and played in their own little world
Away from earthly pain
No territory, no boundary, no enemy
We will let 'em in and the fruit of this century
Break:
Then Intro (Played four times):
Well there she goes, she's really beautiful
She's flying up in the sky
I really can't describe how she looks
It's really, It's really out of this world
Em she's reaching for the sky ladies and gentlemen
She's gone. Right now the altitude is about eleven thousand feet
and she's... well.... the nineteenth successful mission for the Apollo programme
Her destination is the Sea if Tranquility
Em While they're up there
I understand they're going to be doing some testing on the moons surface.
And leading a long distance survey in the Rover.
And he's going along on the mission for the third time
He's going eh.. to be travelling along with the eh..
A(Hold)
Two of the astronauts....
WHERE YOU GONNA LAND (NEXT TIME YOU FALL OFF OF YOUR MOUNTAIN)? - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
G 320033 G/C X3X033 G/B X2X033 D XX023X Dsus4 XX0233
C X32010 Am X02210 Asus4 X02230
Intro:
G G/C G/B D Dsus4 D G G/C G/B D(hold)
e:-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-----------------|
G:-0---0---0-0---0---2---2-2---2-2-2---|-0---0---0-0---0---2-----------------|
D:-0---0-------------0---0-0---0---0---|-0---0-------------0-----------------|
A:-2---2---3-----2---------------------|-2---2---3-----2---------------------|
E:-3---3-------------------------------|-3---3-------------------------------|
Well it -
Verse (Use this pattern throughout):
G G/C G/B D Dsus4 D G
e:-3---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---3-3---3-3-3---|
G:-0---0---0-0---0---2---2-2---2-2-2---|-0---0-0---0-0-0---0---0-0---0-0-0---|
D:-0---0-------------0---0-0---0---0---|-0---0-0---0-0-0---0---0-0---0-0-0---|
A:-2---2---3-----2---------------------|-2---2-2---2-2-2---2---2-2---2-2-2---|
E:-3---3-------------------------------|-3---3-3---3-3-3---3---3-3---3-3-3---|
used to be a ball but now darling all in all, it's all just the same
G G/C G/B
Well I thought of you and all but then
D G
it turned into another ball game
C
Well I had two strikes against me
Am Asus4 Am
Before I realised that you were counting
G G/C G/B D
Where you gonna land next time
G
you fall off of your mountain?
G G/C G/B D
Well I used to love you truly, you know that I should do
G
and it's all o.k.
G G/C G/B
Considering everything we used to be
D G
and everything that we are today
C
Ah you ran out of wishes
Am Asus4 Am
threw all your pennies in the fountain
G G/C G/B D
Where you gonna land next time
G
you fall off of your mountain?
Break (Verse and chorus pattern):
G G/C G/B D G
G G/C G/B D G
C Am Asus4 Am
G G/C G/B D G
G G/C G/B D
Well it used to be a ball but now darling
G
all in all, it all looks just the same
G G/C G/B
Well I thought of you and all but then
D G
it turned into another ball game
C
And I had two strikes against me
Am Asus4 Am
Before I realised that you were counting
G G/C G/B D
Where you gonna land next time
G
you fall off of your mountain?
Break (Verse and chorus pattern):
G G/C G/B D G
G G/C G/B D G
C Am Asus4 Am
G G/C G/B D G
G G/C G/B D
Well I used to love you truly, you know that I should do
G
and it's all o.k.
G G/C G/B
Considering everything we used to be
D G
and everything that we are today
C
But you ran out of wishes
Am Asus4 Am
threw all your pennies in the fountain
G G/C G/B D
Where you gonna land next time
G
you fall off of your mountain?
G G/C G/B D
I said where you gonna land next time
G
you fall off of your mountain?
G G/C G/B D
I said where you gonna land next time
G(hold)
you fall off of your mount....
OVER MY HEAD - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
Em 022000 F 133211 C X32010 G 320033
Intro (Played twice):
Em / / / F / / / C / / / Em / / /
Em / / / F / / / G / / / / / / /
Em F
It's funny, oh how funny
C Em
But I won't even laugh,
Em F G
I won't do that on your behalf
Em F
I know it's tragic
C Em
But I feel no need to cry
Em F G
I guess you know the reason why
G Em
'Cause it's over my head
F G
It's over my head
Em
And it's hanging by a thread
F G
It's over my head
Em F C Em
I look around me and the only thing I see,
Em F G
This shining sword of Damaclese
Em F C Em
It's hanging up there by such little, tiny threads
Em F G
Where shall with a sovereign instead
G Em
'Cause it's over my head
F G
It's over my head
Em
And it's hanging by a thread
F G
It's over my head
Intro (Played twice):
Em / / / F / / / C / / / Em / / /
Em / / / F / / / G / / / / / / /
G Em
And it's over my head
F G
It's over my head
Em
And it's hanging by a thread
F G
It's over my head
Em F
It's funny, oh how funny
C Em
But I won't even laugh,
Em F G
I won't do that on your behalf
Em F
I know it's tragic
C Em
But I feel no need to cry
Em F G
I guess you know the reason why
G Em
'Cause it's over my head
F G
It's over my head
Em
And it's hanging by a thread
F G
It's over my head
G Em
I said, I said, I said it's over my head
F G
It's over my head
G Em
and it's dangling by a thread
F(hold) Em(hold)
It's...... over my head
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 Asus4 A Asus4
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
A Asus4 A Asus4
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 Dsus4
I am an admiral of the fire
Break (Played four times):
A Asus4 A Asus4 C G D Dsus4
A Asus4 A Asus4
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 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
Outro (Played eight times):
A Asus4 A Asus4 C G D Dsus4
PERSUADED - (Grant Hart)
Chords: E 022100 B X2550X D X5770X C X355XX C# X466XX
Intro:
E B D
E B D
E B D
I got something to tell you that I never thought I would know
E B D
I'm living in two worlds and the second one's got to go
E B D
I got something to tell you that I never thought I would say
E B D
I'm living in a couple of worlds and this first one's got to pay
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no
E B D
One day out of twenty and I'm feeling that I should
E B D
Two days is too many, I'm not feeling very good
E B D
Three days is a day of peace, apart from all the rest
E B D
Four days is four days for yesterday, which got so messed
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Break:
E B D E B D E B D E B D
With this little riff over:
e:---------0-------|
B:---0---------0---|
G:-----------------|
D:-2---2-----------|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------------|
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no, no, no, no, no
E B D
An' I'm not gonna be persuaded this time
E B D
No I'm not no
E B C C# D(hold)
LAVENDER AND GREY - (Grant Hart)
Chords:
Dm XX0231 Am X02210 Em 022000 G 320033 Csus2 X32033 Dsus4 XX0233
Intro (Played twice):
Dm Am Em G
Dm Am
I didn't know what time it was
Em G
You didn't know the day
Dm Am
I knew not what kind of crime it was
Em G
And you had nothing to say
Dm Am
And if you wanted to go straight to hell
Em G
I wouldn't stand in your way
Em Am
You were just sitting there
Em G
You were standing in your lavender and grey
G Csus2
G Csus2 Dsus4
Dm Am
What was it about me
Em G
That said that you'ld be betrayed
Dm Am
And all these little decisions
Em G
That had already been made
Dm Am
When walking in the sun
Em G
Well your print is in the shade
Dm Am
You were just sitting there
Em G
You were just standing there in your lavender and grey
G Csus2
G Csus2 Dsus4
Solo(Whistle over these chords - played four times):
Dm Am Em G
Then:
G Csus2
G Csus2 Dsus4
Dm Am
I didn't know what time it was
Em G
You didn't know the day
Dm Am
I knew not what kind of crime it was
Em G
And you had nothing to say
Dm Am
And if you wanted to go straight to hell
Em G
I wouldn't stand in your way
Em Am
You were just sitting there
Em G
You were standing in your lavender and grey
G Csus2
G Csus2 Dsus4 Dm(Hold)
THE 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 five 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 D (Repeated four times).