Laura Nyro - Poverty train
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:43 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./n/nyro_laura/poverty_train.crd
"Poverty Train"
(Laura Nyro)
Intro (guitars):
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-----------------11R10-8-10-8-----------|
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--3---------------------------------2-3-|
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[fuzz] [acoustic] [bass]
Last call for the poverty train
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-6--------6---5B6--|
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[acoustic]
Abmaj7 (vibes - there's a high D on acoustic bass in there)
Last call for the poverty train
piano (transcribed, admittedly an octave lower, for guitar) [2X]:
Cv v v v v v Gm7 v v v v v v
-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-------1---|-3-----------|-3-----------|
-0-----------|-0-------0---|-2h3-----2---|-0-----------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|---------3---|
-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
F/Bb v v v v v v F/A v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
-3-------3---|---------3---|-3-------3---|---------3---|
-1-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
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Verse 1:
It lCooks good and Gm/Cdirty on F/Bbshiny light F/Astrip
And if you dCon't get Gm/Cbeat you got F/Bbyourself a F/Atrip
You canEb/Ab see the walls Dm7roar, see your Eb/Abbrains on the fDm7loor
BecomeEb/Ab God, become cDm7ripple, becomeEb/Ab funky and Gm7split
Why was I Fm7born
No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no,F/G no G
Verse 2:
Oh baby, I just saw the Devil and he's smilin' at me
I heard my bones cry, Devil why's it got to be
Devil played with my brother, Devil drove my mother
Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
Why was I born
No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no
Verse 3:
Oh baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow
A million night tramps, tricks and tracks will come and go
Eb/AbYou're starvin' tDm7oday
ButFmaj7 who cEm7ares Fmaj7anyway
F/GBaby, it feCels like I'm Gm7/Cdyin' Abmaj7 now Gm7 Cm7
Coda:
I swear there's something better than
Abmaj7 (vibes)
Getting off on sweet cocaine
C [single note]
It feels so good
Absus2 [468xxx] Dbsus4 [xxx674]
It feels so good
G F
Gettin' off the poverty train
Gm7/CMornin'...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers