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Song: Cold Turkey Album: Shaved Fish, 1975 URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiMBm5URiZI; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaved_Fish Tempo: 4|4 Method: Distorted and wailing riffs over barred rhythms Tuning: Standard Chords: EADGBe D7 557575 Am7 575555 Am 577555 C X35553 D X58885 D6 X24232 INTRO: |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am|[The end-of-line flourish is played D-U-D|D-U|D-U] Riff 1:[Distorted, repeatedly played over the verse end-of-line flourishes] e||--------------------| B||--------------------| G||--------------------| D||--7^7^7-7--5--------| A||-------------7-5-7--| E||--------------------| VERSE 1: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Temperature's rising, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Fever is high. N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Can't see no future, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Can't see no sky. VERSE 2: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am My feet are so heavy, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am So is my head. N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am I wish I was a baby, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am I wish I was dead. CHORUS 1:
AmCold Cturkey has Dgot me, N.C.on the runA7. D Am D7
VERSE 3: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am My body is aching, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Goose-pimple bone. N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Can't see no body, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Leave me alone. VERSE 4: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am My eyes are wide open, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Can't get to sleep, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am One thing I'm sure of, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am I'm in at the deep freeze. CHORUS 2:
AmCold Cturkey has Dgot me N.C.on the runA7. D Am D7
INSTRUMENTAL: [Distorted Lead over]
|D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am|
CHORUS 3
AmCold Cturkey has Dgot me N.C.on the runA7. D Am D7
VERSE 5: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Thirty-six hours, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Rolling in pain. N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Praying to someone, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Free me again. VERSE 6: N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Oh I'll be a good boy, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Please make me well. N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am I promise you anything, N.C. D7 Am7^D7^Am Get me out of this hell. CHORUS 3:
AmCold Cturkey has Dgot me N.C.on the run,A7 D Am D7 D Am D6 Am7^D7^Am Oh, oh, oh, oh.
BRIDGE 1: |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Oh, oh, oh, oh. REPRISE:[Ad-libbed] x5
|D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Oh, oh, oh, oh. |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Oh, oh, oh, oh. |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Oh, oh, oh, oh. |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Ah, ah, ah, ah.
CODA:[To fade]
|D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| Oh, no, no, no, |D7 Am7^D7^Am|D7 Am7^D7^Am| No!
[End] NOTES: 1. A variation of the above song can be found in the 'John Lennon Live at NYC' video made in 2010, from footage shot in 1970. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8GOIsmzVkI 2. "Cold Turkey is self-explanatory. It was banned again all over the American radio, so it never got off the ground. They were thinking I was promoting heroin, but instead... ...I'm not preaching about 'em. I'm just saying a drug is a drug, you know. Why we take them is important, not who's selling it to whom on the corner." - John Lennon, 1980, 'All We Are Saying', David Sheff. http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-lennon/songs/cold-turkey/