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God shuffled his feet album Crash Test Dummies
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[Mmm]In t[Mmm]he D[Mmm]ays [Mmm]of the Caveman
Swimming In Your Ocean
Here I Stand Before Me
I Think I'll Disappear Now
How Does a Duck Know
When I Go Out With Artists
The Psychic
Two Knights and Maidens
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God Shuffled His Feet
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[D]After seven [Bm]days, he was
The people sipped their wine, and what with
So he said once there was a boy, who
The people sat wait ing out on their
[G]Quite tired, so [D]God [A]said
God there, they asked him ques tions, like
woke up with blue hair. To
blankets in the gar den. But
[D]Let there [Bm]be a day just for
Do you have to eat, or get your
him it was a joy, until he
God said noth ing. So someone
[G]Picnics, with [Bm]wine and [G]bread
hair cut in hea ven
ran out into the warm air
asked him, beg your par don
[A] Gathered up some [D]people he had [G]made
And if your eye got poked out in this life,
He thought of how his friends would come to see
I'm not quite clear a bout what you just spoke
[Em] Created blankets and [D]laid back in the [G]shade
would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife
and would they laugh or had he got some strange dis ease
Was that a parable or a very subtle joke
(Chorus)
[A]God shuffled his [E]feet and glanced a [A]round at them
[D] The [A]people cleared their [E]throats and stared right [A]back at him [D]
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Afternoons and Coffespoons
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(Intro - 4/4 time, all chords 1/2 measure each)
[F] [F] [F] [Bb] [F] [F] [F] [Bb] [C] [C] [C] [C] (Verses)
[F]What is it that [C]makes me just a [F]little bit [Bb]queasy
Times when the day is like a play by Sartre
Maybe if I could do a play by playback
[F] There's a breeze that [C]makes my breathing [F]not so [Bb]easy
When it seems a book burning's in perfect order
I could change the test results that I will get back
[Ab] I've had my [Db]lungs checked out with [Eb]X rays
I gave the doctor my de scription
I've watched the summer evenings pass by
[Ab] I've smelled the [Db]hospital [Eb]hallways
I've tried to stick to my presciptions
I've heard the rattle in my bronchi
(Chorus)
[F]Someday [Bb]I'll have
[F] a disappearing hair [C]line
[F]Someday [Bb]I'll wear
[F] pajamas in the day [C]time
(Extended Chorus (play 2nd and 3d time through))
[Bb] Oh .... [F]oh .... oh
[C]After [F]noons will be
[Bb]measured out, [Dm]measured out, and
[Bb]measured with
[C] coffe [F]spoons, and T.S. [Bb]Eliot
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[Mmm] [Mmm] [Mmm] [Mmm]
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(Intro - 4/4 time, all chords 1/2 measure each)
[Gm7] [Dm7] [Gm7] [Dm7] [Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [Bb] (Verses)
[Cm]Once [Bb]there was this [Eb]kid who
Once there was this girl who
Once there was this boy whose
[Ab]got into an [Eb]accident and [Bb]couldn't come to [Eb]school, but
wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room. And
parents made him come directly home right after school. And
[Ab]when he finally [Bb]came back
when they finally made her
when they went to their church
[Bb]his [Eb]hair [Ab]had turned from [Eb]black into bright [Bb]white. He
they saw birthmarks all over her body. She
they shook and lurched all over the church floor. He
[B]said that it was [Eb]from when the [B]cars had smashed
couldn't quite ex plain it. They'd always just
couldn't quite ex plain it. They'd always just
[Bb]so [Ab]hard. (To Chorus)
been there. (To Chorus, then to Bridge)
gone there. (To Chorus, then fade)
(Chorus)
[Gm7]Mmm mmm [Dm7]mmm mmm. [Gm7]Mmm mmm [Dm7]mmm mmm.
[Gm7]Mmm mmm [Dm7]mmm mmm. [Gm7]Mmm mmm [Dm7]mmm mmm.
(Bridge)
[Fm]But both girl and [Eb]boy were [Bb]glad
[Fm]that one kid had it [Eb]worse than [Bb]that [Ab] 'Cause ...
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In the Days of the Caveman
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(Intro)
[G [F [E]&nbsinlcbsp; Foraging the [F [E] Using sharpened [F (Verses)
Your [E]thumb and forefinger
Sometimes when I lie awake,
when I finally get to sleep,
[F I hear the rainfall on my tent fly.
I dream in Techni color.
[E]You can hear their [F I think of all the insects that are sleeping,
I see creatures come back from the Ice Age
[E]They don't have to [F and wonder if the animals are dreaming.
alive and being fed inside a zoo cage.
(Chorus)
[F [F (Extended Chorus (play 2nd and 3d time through))
[C]In the days of the [D]caveman,
and [G]mammoths, and [Em]glaciers.
[C]Bugs and trees were your [D]food then
[G]no pajamas, or [Em]doctors.
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Swimming in Your Ocean
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(Intro - 4/4 time, 1 measure per chord)
[F] [F] [C] [Am] [F] [C] (Verses)
[G]When I'm [C]sampling from your [Am]bosom
When I kneel before your bounty
When you let me taste your fingers
[G]sometimes [C]I suffer from distractions like
sometimes I wonder if there could be really
I take them like fruit and as I linger, I
[Fmaj7]Why does God [Am]cause things like torna [C]does and train wrecks.
U F O's that come from other planets.
wonder if my seed will find pur chase in your soil.
(Chorus)
[F]When I'm swimming in, when I'm swimming in your ocean,
[C]floating aloft on creams [Am]and scented lotion, well
[F]I can get pretty sidetracked. [C]I hope you understand.
(Postchorus Instrumental)
[Am] [F] [G] [Dm7] [G] [Dm7] [Bb] [Bb]
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Here I Stand Before Me
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(Intro (simple, ain't it?))
[Esus4] (Verses)
[A]My doctor told me that it was time for me to have my [E]X ray.
Well, take my fingers, what to fingers really mean to me?
(Instrumental 3d verse)
[F Oh, you can easily look them up in the dictionary.
(Instrumental 3d verse)
[A]The room was dark and my skeleton was floating on the [E]wall.
They call them digits or techically they're known as the pha langes.
(Instrumental 3d verse)
[D]My voice [G]trembles down in [A]side me.
My joints con nected up in side me,
My, my the future lay be fore me.
[D]I'm trapped [G]way down in my [A]body.
way down deep inside my body.
Hey hey, deep inside my body.
(Chorus)
[G]I, I, I, [A]oh here I stand be [D]fore me, but
[A]something's out of [D]place here.
[G]My mind's eye is [A]missing from my [D]body.
[G]Well, I know it's there, [A]but I can't see where.
(First time through, play G and goto second verse. Second time through,
play Bm -> B and then this bridge)
[E]My bones shine brightly, a [A]map of my whole [B]body.
[E]My vital organs just [A]churn away in [B]side me. Some-
[E]day [B]they're going to stop this motion, [E]and I'll be left with
(Then play B, D and goto the instrumental third verse.)
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I Think I'll Disappear Now
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(Intro - 4/4 time, 4 distinct beats per chord except for (Csus4-C)
and (Dm-C), which are each 4 beats total)
[Bb] [C] [F] [Csus4] [Bb] [Csus4-C] [F] [Bb] [F] [Dm-C] (Vocal Intro)
[F]Running into [Bb]you like this without a [F]warning
[C]is like [Bb]catching a sniff of te [C]quila in the [F]morning.
[Dm]But I'll try, I'll [Bb]try to keep my food down.
[F]That's quite an aftertaste that [Dm]you've left now that
[Gm]you're not a [C]round.
(Verses)
[F]You can just pretend we're [Bb]not in the [F]same room.
I'll buy a fast car and drive it fast from here.
Well, you can bet that I'll forget how it was then,
[Bb]Well alright I'll just [C]mosey to the [F]bathroom.
There's a beach I haven't seen since last year.
all the drives to your farm for the weekend.
[Dm]You flew by like a [Bb]summer vacation
It's far, but I like night drives
But I've seen the swimsuit magazines
[F]and you left me with [Dm]TV movies and a [Gm]messy [C]kitchen
it just makes it nicer when I do ar rive.
and I've smelled te quila first thing in the morning.
(Chorus)
[Bb]I think [C]I'll disap [F]pear now, slip out sideways.
[Bb]Just for a [C]while, but un [Am]til then, I'll [Dm]stay in and sleep late. Ex -
[Bb]cuse me.
(Extended Chorus (play 2nd and 3d times through))
[Csus] [C] [Gm]Aren't you going to [C]miss me?
[Gm]Aren't you going to [F]even say one [Dm]thing to [Bm]me anymore.
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How Does a Duck Know
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[F]How does a duck know
[C]what direction [F]south is?
[F]And how to tell his wife [C]from all the other ducks?
[D]You can cut a chicken's head [A]off
[D]but it will keep on [E]running and [D]twitching.
[D]When everything seems [E]planned out
[D]when everything seems [E]nicely planned out
[D]well the human race [A]will come and smack your face
[F]How come all my body parts
[C]so nicely fit to [F]gether?
[F]All my organs doing their [C]jobs, no help from [F]me.
A [D]person pulls a spider's leg [A]out
[D]to watch it keep on [E]moving and [D]twitching.
[D]When everything seems [E]planned out
[D]when everything seems [E]nicely planned out
[D]well the human race [A]will come and smack your face
[Bbmaj7]Satan
[C]lives here
on grain and earth, [A]rain and air.
[D]You can put me in and iron [A]lung
[D]and I will keep on [E]breathing and [D]twitching.
[D]When everything seems [E]planned out
[D]when everything seems [E]nicely planned out
[D]well the human race [A]will come and smack your face
[D]You might be dead, [A]but you keep your head.
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When I Go Out With Artists
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(Intro - 4/4 time, each chord is 1/2 measure)
[D] [D] [A] [E] [D] [A] [E] [D] [D] [E] [E] (Verses)
When [Bm]I go out with [E]artists,
If I were David Byrne,
[F I'd go to galleries and
[D]cubists and the [A]dadaists and I
not be too con cerned. Well, I would
[Bm]try to catch their [E]meanings
have a cup of coffee
[D]and keep up with [E]all of their mar [A]tinis.
and I'd find my sur roundings quite a musing. And
[E]I don't know which [A]should be my favorite [D]paintings.
people would ask me which were my favorite paintings.
(Chorus - Second time through, goto Bridge)
[D]If I could see, if I could see, if I could
[A]see all the symbols, unlock what they [F &inlc; [D]Maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
[A]could meet the artists and get to know them
[F (Bridge - Play after second Chorus, and then goto Instrumental Bridge)
[C &inlc; [E]All the ads would inlcor [A]fine scotch or [B]whiskey
[C [A]the whole single malt [E]family -[A]-
(Instrumental Bridge - 4/4 time, each chord equals 1/2 measure)
[D]D [D]D [D]D [D]D [A]A [A]A [A](N[F [C] [C] [E] [E] [B] [B] [E] (Close - Play after Instrumental Bridge)
The [C [G &inlc; [E]different nomen [B]clatures. And they'll
[C &inlc; [E]and they'll sing and
[F [F &inlc; [B]They'll dream of brilliant [E]paintings.
[E]If I could see, if I could see, if I could
[B]see all the symbols, unlock what they [G &inlc; [E]maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
[B]could meet the artists and get to know them [G &inlc; [E]If I could see, if I could see, if I could
[B]see all the symbols, unlock what they [G &inlc; [E]maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
[B]could meet the artists and
get to know them personal [D]ly [F
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The Psychic
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(Intro - 4/4 time, all chords represent 1/2 measure)
[D] [D] [G] [G] [D] [D] [A] [A] [C] [F] [A] [A] [D] [G] [G] [G] [D] [D] [D] [D] (Verses)
[G]She knows the [A]fu [D]ture
She said her vis ions
What does she think when
[A]like the palm of your [D]hand.
were a bane in her life.
she foretells a dis ease?
[G]She knows your [C]past [D]like the
She could not con trol them, they
Would she keep it a se cret if
[Gsus2]lay of the [D]land. The
kept her up nights. I
death stood be fore me
[A]first time she [D]met me
know what you're thinking
What could some cards hold
[G]she saw right [D]through me, some
haven't been drinking.
Where is her foothold?
[G]cards and a cane in her [A]hand. (To Chorus)
She knew things that cut like a knife. (To Bridge)
Can I escape what she sees? (To Ending)
(Chorus)
[A]And she said,
[D]All the years that have [G]come to pass and
[D]all the years that shall [A]be
[C]I [F]see [A]here right be [D]fore [Gsus2]me.
(Bridge)
[D] [Gmaj7] [Dadd2] [G] [D] [A]Will there be [Bm]earthquakes and
[Em7]great tidal [A]waves?
[G]Can she see [D]back to the [G]dinosaur [A]days? How
[D]can she fore [G]see just by [D]squinting at [G]me? And
[Em7]can she see me [Bm]naked in her [Am]mind's [A]eye
(Ending)
[A]And she said,
[D]All the years that have [G]come to pass and
[D]all the years that shall [A]be
[C]I [F]see [A]here right be [D]fore [Gsus2]me.
[C]I [F]see [A]here before [D]me.
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Two Knights and Maidens
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(Editor's note -- this song has some screwy chords ... good luck playing
it -- I figured it out by myself ... uh yeah, that's the ticket! :) )
(Chord definitions:
Aadd2 x 0 2 4 2 0
Badd4 x 2 4 4 4 0
F C Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0
F (Intro - 6/8 time, each chord is 1 measure)
[Aadd2] [E] [Badd4] (Vocal Intro - 6/8 time)
[F [C [C]outinlcthe [D]gar [G]dens
[E]in all [A]kinds of weather.
(Verses - 6/8 time)
The [F The knights took the potions gladly
The knights only laughed at the tigers
to [C They laughed at their visions
they thought they were visions
[C]out in the [D]gar [G]dens and [E]they could [A]watch each other
but outside the gar den tigers smelled them together.
Out in the gar den the maidens watched them together.
[A]watch each other [E] (To Chorus)
smelled them together. (To Chorus)
watched them together. (To Ending)
(Chorus)
The [F]maid [G]ens had [C]other plans for the two [F]knights
[Bb]they'd give them [C]potions
[F]and make them see [Bb]dreams and lights.
(Ending)
[Am7] [G]
Ah ---
[C]but for the two [F]knights.
[Bb]Ah but for [C]maidens [F]who gave to them
[Bb]dreams and lights.
[--]
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Joshua Bardwell | "May be going to hell in a bucket, baby
Internet: gt6234b@prism.gatech.edu | But at least I'm enjoying the ride!"
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