Western Union The Five Americans
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:39 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./f/five_americans/western_union.crd
"Western Union"
(Rabon - Ezell - Durrill)
Intro:
organ: D5 (4 bars; fades in)
guitar (2X alone; 2X after bass and drums enter)
[D]v v v v [Dsus4] v v v v
-------5---------|-------5---------| -----7-----7-----|-----8-----8-----| ---7---------7---|---7---------7---| -0---------------|-0---------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
Verse 1:
T[D]hings went [Dsus4]wrong today
B[D]ad news [Dsus4]came my way
[D]I woke[Dsus4] up to find
[D]A wire that [Dsus4]blew my mind
D Dsus4 [1, 4: 2X; 2, 3: 1X 5: to coda]
Verse 2:
Western Union man
Bad news in his hand
Knocking at my door
Selling me the score
Verse 3:
Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn't need
Said she didn't care no more
Think I'll throw it on the floor
Bridge 1:
[Bm]Got your cable j[E]ust today
[Bm]Killed my groove, I've g[E]ot to say, h[D]ey[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4]
[1, 3: to refrain 2: to solo]
Refrain:
E A [N.C.]
[/](.[/]..[/]he[/]y) [/] Western Union
(acapella; high voice holds A; low voice alternates A and G):
--| Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da --| Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
(band enters)
[D] [Dsus4]
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
[D] [Dsus4]
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
Verse 4:
Now you've gone away and
How it's sad to say you've gone
I remember what they said
Now I'm going out of my head
Bridge 2:
Telegram just had to say
You've learned your lesson all the way, hey
Organ solo:
D Dsus4 [4X]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[repeat bridge 2]
[repeat refrain]
Verse 5:
I'll be on my way 'cause
There's another girl for me
I'll be sure of her and
Things'll be as they were
Coda (repeat to fade):
[D] [Dsus4]
Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da
(Western Union, oh Western Union)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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