The State I Am In C# B F# B C# B I was surprised, i was happy for a day in 1975 A#m G#m F# B C# B i was puzzled by a dream, it stayed with me all day in 1995 A#m G#m F# my brother had confessed that he was gay B C# B it took the heat off me for a while A#m G#m he stood up with a sailor friend F# B C# B and made it known upon my sisters wedding day Etc. Chorus ("they dont seem to mind"...go to end of G#m, then chorus): F# I gave myself to sin A#m E and i've been there and back again G#m i gave myself to providence the state i am in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expectations F# Bm F# Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school Bm F# Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue Bm F# Do you went to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect Bm G D A G Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor F# Bm F# And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start Bm F# For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art Bm F# Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange Bm G D Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay F# Bm F# In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite Bm F# And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight Bm F# So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk Bm G D While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt A G You've been used, D A G Are you calm? Settle down D A G Write a song, I'll sing along F# Soon you will know that you are sane G You're on top of the world again ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHE'S LOSING IT --------------- Intro : G Am x3 G (bar chords) G Am Lisa knows a girl who's been abused It changed her philosophy in '82 D C She's always looking for a fight D She keeps the neighbours up all night. They go to hell when they're feeling slack The girl is using me as a punching bag You'd think that I could help her out But the girls got alot to be mad about CHORUS C D But in the first moment of waking up Em Am she knows she's losing it, she's losing it C D When the first cup of coffee clears the washing up, Em Am she knows she's losing it, oh yeah she's losing it, C oh yeah she's losing it. G Am D C x4 Lisa met Chelsea at the knocking school Chelsea didn't feel like following the rules She left the place for another school Where boys go with boys and the girls with girls Chelsea wasn't one who's been abused She changed her philosophy in '82 She says inch for pinch and pound for pound Who needs boys when there's Lisa around But in the first moment of waking up she knows she's losing it, she's losing it When the first cup of coffee clears the wahing up she knows she's losing it, oh yeah she's losing it She ghosted in the mirror, took it on her stop, she knows she's losing it, oh yeah she's losing it She stops to speak to anyone till 4 o'clock she's losing it, oh yeah she's losing, she's losing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU'RE JUST A BABY ------------------ INTRO : E A E , A D A A D A, E A E E A E I rpt I Each line of verse : E A E A D A E A E E A E You're just a baby baby girl, so kiss me on the cheek then go off to school You're just a baby baby girl, so kiss me on the cheek before you know what's cool You will believe that in the morning and I won't be there to see you go off your head You will be working in the morning and I won't be there to see you go off your head F#m B There must be a reason for all the looks we've dreamed A F#m B A And all the things we've never said before, what's the score There must be a reason for all the looks we gave And all the things we've never said before, B A G#m F#m Before ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Renaissance Verse... Am-C Chorus (F-C) x 4 G - straight back to verse ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Could Be Dreaming [intro] F# C# F# C#* F# C# F# C#* F# C# C# [verse] C# F# C# I could be sleeping (C#) F# C# I could be dreaming (C#) A#m/F F# I could have ordinary people kissing me from town to town (F#) C# Mission Impossible, they've got a spy for every blink of your eye [verse] I'm feeling awkward I'm feeling tongue-tied They've got a knife for every time you take the same train into work Family's like a loaded gun, you point it in the wrong direction someone's gonna get killed [bridge] D#m If you had such a dream (Fm) F# C# Would you get up and do the things you believe in? [verse] Is he your husband? Or just your boyfriend? Is he the moron who's been beating you and keeping you inside? I've never done this kind of thing But if I kill him now, well who's gonna miss him? [verse] I went up to the school I took a walk on Castlehill For every step there is a local boy who wants to be a hero F# F#m C# Do you wanna do it now, outside the butcher's with a knife and a bike chain la la la yeah yeah yeah yeah [repeat bridge] [instrumental part] F# C# a few times D#m F# F# C# D#m If you had such a dream (Fm) F# C# Would you get up and do those things C# if you had such a dream (D#m) Fm F# Would you get up and do those things G# While your head is clear F# While your head is clear G# While your head is clear F# While your head is clear G# la la la la la la la &c. F# la la la la la la &c. G# F# continuously till fadeout --- Use barre chords throughout: F# = 9th fret barre chord (A shape) C# = 9th fret barre chord (E shape) C#* = higher chord voicing than C#, 16th fret maybe?? When you get to the G# F# part, just use <466544> and <244322>, respectively. This is my first tab, so comments are welcome: ussher@ualberta.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Rule The School C (bass: B) On a beech tree rudely carved Am G NC was here F Why did she do it? C G Was she scared or sad? C (B) On a beech tree rudely carved Am G NC loved me F Why did she do it? C G Was she bored, or pushed C (B) Do something pretty while you can Am G Don't be a fool F C G Reading the Gospel to yourself is fine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Wandering Days Are Over D You know my wandering days are over A F#m Does that mean that I'm getting boring? G You tell me I'm tired of listening to myself now D I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them You know my bip-bopping days are over I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor Now the centre of my so called being is The space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors I said "My celibate days are over" You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed In the mirror of my steamy bathroom Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue D G Six months on, the winter's gone D G The disenchanted pony D G Left the town with the circus boy C G The circus boy got lonely It's summer, and it's sister song's Been written for the lonely The circus boy is feeling melancholy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Don't Love Anyone INTRO: F# B (x7) F# B F# B I don't love anyone F# B F# B I And you're not listening E B E B You're playing with something F# B F# B You're playing with yourself I don't love anyone You're not listening even now You're playing with something You're playing with someone else C# B And if there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child F# B It's to take a hiding, yeah I don't love anything Not even Christmas Especially not that I don't love anything And I don't love anyone Well maybe my sister And maybe my baby brother too, yeah I don't love anyone If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child It's to take a hiding C# B If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child F# B It's to be alone INSTRUMENTAL: (as verse) Out in the street today The kids are playing, having fun I pass them by I'm not a kid, no I don't love anyone I met a man today He told me something pretty strange There's always somebody saying something F# B C# He said, "the world is as soft as lace." B But I don't love anyone E I don't love anyone C#m I don't love anyone C# (with F in bass) I don't love anyone (x2) C# B If there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child F# It's to take a hiding ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --MaryJo--- d mary jo sitting alone, a drinking tea, on her own, g d she wants, i don't know what you want d mary jo living alone, a drinking gin with the telly on g she wants g d g the night to follow day and back again d she doesn't want to sleep, g d well who could blame her if she wants g d the night to follow day and back again g she doesn't want to sleep d g well who could blame her if she sleeps d g d who could blame her if she's sleeping etc... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------