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STRUMMING PATTERN NOTES * Play fast up and down 16th notes during the intro and chorus * Upstrokes on the 2 and 4 beats during the verse [MAIN RIFF] Repeats just before the choruses and at the end of every fourth bar in the chorus e|------------| B|-9----------| G|------8--11-| D|---9--------| A|------------| E|------------| [Verse 1]
F#Gardenia EWhere are you? F#Black goddess in a shabby raincoat EWhere are you tonight? F#Cheap purple baby-doll dress EA gardenia in your hair F#Much taller and stronger than me EA forbidden dream, a dream, a dream
[Chorus]
F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight
[Verse 2]
F#Gardenia EWhere are you, tonight? F#The streets were your home ENow where do you roam? F#Your hourglass ass EAnd your powerful back F#Your slant devil eyes EAnd the ditch on your spine Deep ass, deep ass
[Chorus]
F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight
[Bridge]
DWe lay in the darkness F#Then she turned the Elights on DI saw a dangerous habit F#When she turned the Elights on DThere's always a catch in the darkness when you F#When you turn the G#lights on DThere's always a catch Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
[Chorus]
F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight
[Verse 3]
F#Alone in the cheapo motel EBy the highway to hell F#America's greatest living poet was ogling you all ENight, You should be wearing the finest gown F#But here you are now -- Gas, food, lodging, Epoverty, misery --and gardenia F#You could be burned at the stake EFor all your mistakes, mistakes, mistakes
[Chorus]
F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight F#All I wanna do is tell EGardenia what to do tonight