Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:33:32 -0400 From: Geoffrey Smith <geosmith@iwaynet.net> Subject: g/gorka_john/up_until_then.crd UP UNTIL THEN by John Gorka >From the album "Out of the Valley" High Street Records, 1994 Intro: G/D/C/D (x4)

They dropped a ^Gdime on the ^Dgirl in the ^Cparking lot^D Who was ^Glooking for a ^Dman of ^Csteel ^D Who would ^Gfill up her ^Dnights with ^Cforget-me-^Dnots And a ^Gdream no one ^Delse could ^Creveal ^D

Her ^Gnew man ^Dsaid to meet ^Chim at ^Deight She ^Gcame in ^Ddressed to the ^Cnines ^D But by ^Gten it was ^Dclear he was ^Cmore than ^Dlate And she ^Gjust wouldn't ^Dtake it this ^Ctime ^D

The ^Embartender said she had ^Dhad enough That he'd ^Gcall a cab to take her some^Cwhere But she ^Emwasn't a stranger to ^Dloneliness She had ^Ggrown up and spent her life ^Cthere

CHORUS

Up un^Gtil then, up un^Dtil then It happened ^Cover and over a^Emgain Up un^Gtil then, up un^Dtil then, up un^Ctil then ^D

Well ^Gpractice had ^Dincreased her ^Ctolerance^D And she had ^Ghardly ^Deaten all ^Cday ^D She was ^Gall hyped ^Dup on her ^Cnew roma^Dnce But she ^Gdrank in the ^Dusual ^Cway ^D

She ^Gstepped out to ^Dbreathe and to ^Cdry her ^Deyes To ^Gcheck her ^Dmachine just in ^Ccase ^D He had ^Gcalled to ex^Dcuse or ^Capolog^Dize When she ^Gsaw his un^Dpenitent ^Cface ^D

He ^Emapproached with a girl she had ^Dseen before A ^Gbimbo up from Raspberry ^CStreet When he ^Emsaw her he laughed and ^Dso did the whore They dropped a ^Gten dollar bill at their ^Cfeet

[CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G/D/C/D (x2)]

She was ^Gsmall he was ^Dtall but she ^Cblocked his ^Dpath She ex^Gplained in un^Dprintable ^Cwords ^D The ^Greason she ^Dseized him so ^Cfull of ^Dwrath That more than ^Ghalf of the ^Dneighborhood ^Cheard ^D

She ^Gsprayed him with ^Dmace from her ^Cpocketboo^Dk And then ^Gkicked in his ^Dpersonal ^Czones ^D Her ^Ghigh heels would ^Druin his ^Cperfect ^Dlooks She left a ^Gcouple of ^Dunbroken ^Cbones ^D

Well the ^Embimbo she ran in to ^Dget the cops But the ^Gowner had called from the ^Cbar It took ^Emtwo cars with dogs just to ^Dmake her stop I'm ^Gtold that's how some women ^Care

[CHORUS]

They dropped a ^Gdime on the ^Dgirl in the ^Cparking lot^D But she would ^Gsuffer in no ^Dpermanent ^Cway ^D She ^Gspent thirty ^Dnights on a ^Ccounty cot^D And she's re^Ggarded with ^Dfear till this ^Cday ^D

Up un^Gtil then, but never a^Dgain It happened ^Cover and over a^Emgain Up un^Gtil then, up un^Dtil then, up un^Ctil then ^D

^EmNow she's tending bar where the ^DPagans used to meet And he's ^Cliving with that bimbo up on ^DRaspberry Street ^G

Outro: G/D/C/D [repeat to fade] Transcribed by Geoffrey Smith geosmith@iwaynet.net Please submit corrections/comments/suggestions.

John Gorka - Up until then