From Emil's Tablature
From: David Douglas McCallum <netmail!kcjonz@wam.umd.edu>
"This next song is a story...and as with all good stories, this story
begins with an um-pa-pa"
- Trey, Molly's, Boston, 11-3-88
Um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-paaaaa
Drums begin a heavy 7/4 beat - full band comes in after 4 bars
Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
Verse:
Bbm7 F#7
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
Fat sweaty bulldog Stood in the sun
F7 Bbm
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
Stone village swamp man Slow motion run
[same chord progression repeats]
Tender poled police walker | Precious birthday fudge
Swamp night and bull nail | Walker done done
Chorus: played twice
Bbm F#7 C# A
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
Me and Harpua We couldn't care few-a
. .
F Bbm E E
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
It happens all the time We beat Okimo ^stacatto chords
[Repeat verse progression]
Hot liquor stone jack | Bitter toothless flesh
Shabby pimple chin-slime | Evil milky rash
Me and Harpua | Spastic dead-eyed hound
Oozing dreadlock skullcap | We're coming to your town
We'll help you party down
[Chorus - 2x, hold E for narrative]
Trey lick during narrative
e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-12--12-12-12---12--12-12-12---12--12-12-12----------------
G-------------9--------------9--------------9--9-9-11-9-11-9
Narrative - in 4/4
E D A
| / / / / | / / / / | after the fight, hold the D
Look, the storm's gone...
D C
| / / / / | / / / / |
Dad [Mike]:Jimmy...
Jimmy [Page]:Yes, Dad
D: Jimmy, I have some bad news...
J: What might that be...Dad?
D: It's about your cat, Poster...
J: You wouldn't be talking about Poster Nutbag now would you?
D
YOUR CAT DIED!
Poster is dead
Poster is dead
Poster's SO dead
How about a goldfish?
F Eb D
I don't want a goldfish
F Eb D
I don't want a goldfish
F Eb D
I don't want a goldfish
F Eb
I want...
Gb-5 Ab9 Bb2
A dog
Gb-5 Ab9 Bb2 Csus4 C
A dog
C G/B
There's a dog in the station
Bb F/A
with an ugly mutation
Ab C D G
and it needs lubrication each day
C G/B
There's a dog in the station
Bb F/A
Contemplating rotation
Ab C Gb Ab Bb
as a form of recreation and play
Gb Ab Bb
A dog
[chords same as above]
There's a dog in the station
with a bad reputation
It's a sign of the nation's decay
But the dog in the station
doesn't need a vacation
As the people rush by dressed in gray
[Organ solo over verse changes]
D D/C Bm7 Bbmaj7 D/A
A DOG
A DOG
A DOG!!
