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: F/G/F/G (x4)

They dropped a ^Fdime on the ^Ggirl in the ^Fparking lot^G Who was ^Flooking for a ^Gman of ^Fsteel ^G Who would ^Ffill up her ^Gnights with ^Fforget-me-^Gnots And a ^Fdream no one ^Gelse could ^Freveal ^G

Her ^Fnew man ^Gsaid to meet ^Fhim at ^Geight She ^Fcame in ^Gdressed to the ^Fnines ^G But by ^Ften it was ^Gclear he was ^Fmore than ^Glate And she ^Fjust wouldn't ^Gtake it this ^Ftime ^G

The ^Ambartender said she had ^Ghad enough That he'd ^Fcall a cab to take her some^Fwhere But she ^Amwasn't a stranger to ^Gloneliness She had ^Fgrown up and spent her life ^Fthere

CHORUS

Up un^Ftil then, up un^Gtil then It happened ^Fover and over a^Amgain Up un^Ftil then, up un^Gtil then, up un^Ftil then ^G

Well ^Fpractice had ^Gincreased her ^Ftolerance^G And she had ^Fhardly ^Geaten all ^Fday ^G She was ^Fall hyped ^Gup on her ^Fnew roma^Gnce But she ^Fdrank in the ^Gusual ^Fway ^G

She ^Fstepped out to ^Gbreathe and to ^Fdry her ^Geyes To ^Fcheck her ^Gmachine just in ^Fcase ^G He had ^Fcalled to ex^Gcuse or ^Fapolog^Gize When she ^Fsaw his un^Gpenitent ^Fface ^G

He ^Amapproached with a girl she had ^Gseen before A ^Fbimbo up from Raspberry ^FStreet When he ^Amsaw her he laughed and ^Gso did the whore They dropped a ^Ften dollar bill at their ^Ffeet

[CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: F/G/F/G (x2)]

She was ^Fsmall he was ^Gtall but she ^Fblocked his ^Gpath She ex^Fplained in un^Gprintable ^Fwords ^G The ^Freason she ^Gseized him so ^Ffull of ^Gwrath That more than ^Fhalf of the ^Gneighborhood ^Fheard ^G

She ^Fsprayed him with ^Gmace from her ^Fpocketboo^Gk And then ^Fkicked in his ^Gpersonal ^Fzones ^G Her ^Fhigh heels would ^Gruin his ^Fperfect ^Glooks She left a ^Fcouple of ^Gunbroken ^Fbones ^G

Well the ^Ambimbo she ran in to ^Gget the cops But the ^Fowner had called from the ^Fbar It took ^Amtwo cars with dogs just to ^Gmake her stop I'm ^Ftold that's how some women ^Fare

[CHORUS]

They dropped a ^Fdime on the ^Ggirl in the ^Fparking lot^G But she would ^Fsuffer in no ^Gpermanent ^Fway ^G She ^Fspent thirty ^Gnights on a ^Fcounty cot^G And she's re^Fgarded with ^Gfear till this ^Fday ^G

Up un^Ftil then, but never a^Ggain It happened ^Fover and over a^Amgain Up un^Ftil then, up un^Gtil then, up un^Ftil then ^G

^AmNow she's tending bar where the ^GPagans used to meet And he's ^Fliving with that bimbo up on ^GRaspberry Street ^F

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

John Gorka - Up until then