Two Bites of Cherry Cardiacs
Two Bites of Cherry
On Land and In the Sea
by
The Cardiacs
KungFuAsGaeilge
Notes:
The chords are placed (hopefully) exactly over the lyrics where they appear, giving a
better indication of when they come in than if I were to judge the time in distance apart.
The other tab for this song was sorely lacking, especially in the bit at the end where
the chords go all over the place, so I've added (almost all of) what was missing and
written the tab out in full.
You can distribute this tab however and to whomever you want, but do give me some
credit, this took me bloody ages to figure out! :)
The only funny tab symbol I used is '/', indicating a slide up (in this case the whole
barre chord slides up). All chords
are standard A and E shape barre chords, EADGBe tuning, so no need for big chord
diagrams. The only 'solo' in this song is at 1:39 to 1:54, and I haven't worked it out, it
seems simple enough though.
The GCGCGC bits are done on acoustic guitar, with an upstroke on the offbeat, but I play
it as '5' chords double time, all downstrokes, which I find works nicely.
[C]Any real [C]egg has a [C]shell has a [C]shell an egg[Ab] [Ab] [C#] [Cm]
[F]So break it [F]killer fisty [F]Killer fisty [F]beat [G]his [Ab]head[Ab] [Gm]
[C]The watching [C]everytime [C]beats playing of [C]every kind[Ab] [Ab] [C#] [Cm]
[F]And has the [F]way subsiding [F]every crack is [F]yours [G]for [Ab]mine [C/C#]Un...
[C#]dreaded c[C#]ourage a[C#]ll the [A]time[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Knees up pleading, picks up hope)
[C#]For the [C#]drunken [C#]line after [A]mine[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [C#] [F#] [B]
(Line after mine aft...)
[C]As if she [C]like sugar, [C]as I [C]said she did[Ab] [Ab] [C#] [Cm]
[F]She like a [F]snail says she [F]like a gail [F]says [G]id[Ab]eal[Ab] [Gm]
[C]Like coming [C]down with a [C]newly born [C]energy[Ab] [Ab] [C#] [Cm]
[F]Only trouble [F]is I'm [F]too afraid of [F]what [G]was [Ab]said, [C/C#]aaaah
[C#]Different [C#]arms and [C#]different [A]eyes[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Different colours different size)
[C#]Different [C#]smell and [C#]different [A]cries[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Different meaning different life)
[G]On[G]ly[G], [G]to[G] h[G]ave [C]wh[C]ite [G]ha[GCCGGDDGGGGGGCCGGCCGGF#F#BBB]ir
[C]Cause[C]d by the [G]trou[G]ble [D]that [D]never [G]co[G]me[G]s[G] [G] [G]
And a [CCGG]gail, [C]more [C]power[G]full [G]than [F#]all of[F#] the [B]guns[B] [B] [Ab] [C#] [F#] [B] [B]
[C]Crying need, [D]leading astray
And [E]steals her gentle [F#]smile [C#]awa[E]y
[B]Came [C]made two bites of [D]cherry when
The [E]world's too big for [F#]dan[C#]ger
[Eb]World's [Bb]too [C]big [G]for [C]dan[G]ger
INSTRUMENTAL
C (rest) Ab Ab C# Cm F F F F G Ab Ab Gm
[C/C#]And [C#]demo[C#]litions [C#]all the [A]time[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Knees up pleading, picks up hope)
[C#]For the [C#]drunken [C#]line after [A]mine[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Line after mine, after mine)
[C#]Different [C#]arms and [C#]different [A]eyes[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Different colours different size)
[C#]Different [C#]smell and [C#]different [A]cries[A] [Eb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab] [C#]
(Different meaning different life)
[G]On[G]ly[G], [G]to[G] h[G]ave [C]wh[C]ite [G]ha[G]ir
[C]Cause[C]d by the [G]trou[G]ble [D]that [D]never [G]co[G]me[G]s[G] [G] [G]
And a [CCGG]gail, [C]more [C]power[G]full [G]than [F#]all of[F#] the [B]guns, [B]EVER[Ab] [C#] [F#] [B]
[C]Crying need, [D]leading astray
And [E]steals her gentle [F#]smile [C#]awa[E]y
[B]Came [C]made two bites of [D]cherry when
The [E]world's too big for [F#]dan[C#]ger
[E]And [B]for [C]all the sake of [D]imitating [E]mum & dad
There's [F#]good [C#]and [E]bad [B]down [C]cul-de-sac and [D]sanctuary
Mak[E]ing two bites of [F#]che[C#]rry [Eb]when [Bb]the [C]world's [G]too [A]big [E]for [F#]dan[C#]ger
[Eb]Jeo[Bb]par[C]dy [G]and [C]risk [G]is [C]ten [G]miles [C]high
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