CARAVANNA Transcribed by Jeremy Tweddle [jeremy@byways.com.au] Dmaj9 - [200220] Intro: A Dmaj9 x 2 A Dmaj9 Here are we, with a view of mountains A Dmaj9 Staring at the floor for hours on end A Dmaj9 There's a world outside that window A Dmaj9 And we're looking at linoleum instead E D Another sunset passes us by A We used to sit on our arses E D A Dmaj9 And stare into the sky A Bm D If either one of us could drive A Bm D We could drive away A Bm D And the time of our lives A Bm D Could begin today A Dmaj9 Look at us: we're atrocious A Dmaj9 We make a meal of every meal A Dmaj9 And we browse through travel brochures A Dmaj9 But the grass grows brown around these wheels E D Take the tennis ball off the towbar A We've come a long way E D A Dmaj9 But there's so far to go A Bm D If either one of us could drive A Bm D We could drive away A Bm D And the time of our lives A Bm D Could begin today A Bm D What's there to decide? A Bm D And what's there to say? A Bm D If either one of us could drive A Bm D A We could drive away E D A Some things might have to change E D A I wish there was some furniture that I could rearrange
UNDER THE ROTUNDA Transcribed by Owen Marriott [me@owenm.co.uk] [Some As and Bs are played as barre chords on the 5th and 7th frets - it's pretty obvious which are which] It’s already Friday A And soon it’ll be Friday night E A7 And if you’ve got something planned E A7 I suppose I’ll understand C#m B But give me half an hour A And I’ll meet you in the gardens E A7 E A7 I’ll probably be waiting under the rotunda if it’s raining F#m A E B And somewhere near the see-saws if it’s not C#m B We can wander round the football ground A As the sun sets on the grandstand E A7 If it gets a little cold there E A7 We can hold hands in the goal square C#m B A It’s getting dark and baby don’t the shops shine bright E A7 I’ve been here for hours E A7 I can’t see the florist for the flowers F#m A E B And I can’t see the point in hanging around A B E A I know we’ve done all this before A B But once more won’t hurt E A So let’s do it once more F#m E Bereft of ideas A B We live here but we’re sightseers Then play: A E A E A E A C#m B A Somewhere over the railway line E A7 There’s a light on in your loungeroom E A7 C#m B Do you remember when I found you fast asleep? A You were so slow to your feet E A7 I didn’t mean to yell E A7 It’s just that I’m a little jealous F#m A E ‘Cause you can do the Rubik’s Cube and I can’t A B C#m E I relied on blind faith and dumb luck A B E But eventually the stickers came unstuck A B E A I know we’ve done all this before A B But once more won’t hurt E A So let’s do it once more F#m E Bereft of ideas A B We live here but we’re sightseers Then play: A E A E A E A x2 End on E
TRAIN ROBBERS' WIVES Transcribed by Owen Marriott [me@owenm.co.uk] Most of the As and Es are played as barre chords, blah, blah. Intro: A E [repeated] A E A E Every second Saturday it’s off to Wormwood Scrubs A E A E To sit within six inches of the man she loves A E The visit’s twenty minutes A E But it’s a whole day on the bus A E Presses her fingers to the glass A E And waits for twenty years to pass Bm E But Renee’s remaining true G# A E What else can she do? Then play: A E [x2] A E Tried to take it on the chin A E But god, it got her in the neck A E She’s recognised in public A E And in private she’s a wreck Bm E G# Loves and marriages, loves and marriages A E They can come apart like railway carriages A E It’s not a bit like Frank Sinatra says Bass solo: strum A E quietly Chorus: [all played as high barre chords] B F# Train robbers’ wives B F# Train robbers’ wives B F# Train robbers’ wives B F# Train robbers’ wives A E Train robbers' wives (for the best part of their lives) A E Train robbers' wives (for the best part of their lives) A E Train robbers' wives (for the best part of their lives) A E Train robbers' wives Bm E G# A For the worst part of their lives
THE INVENTION OF ORDINARY EVERYDAY THINGS Transcribed by Jeremy Tweddle [jeremy@byways.com.au] C When my friend comes over Fmaj7 We sit on the sofa C Fmaj7 Most of our clothes are other peoples C With hairstyles the same as Fmaj7 The rich and the famous C Fmaj7 We're certainly no strangers to pins and needles Then play: Am F C (trumpet break) Am G F Am F C Am G F C She's caught up completely Fmaj7 In afternoon TV C Fmaj7 She smiles when she sees me, a sheepish grin C We might be dressed as Fmaj7 The young and the restless C Fmaj7 But the one thing we're best at is sleeping in Then play: Am F C (trumpet break) Am G F Am F C Am G F Am F C Am G F She's o-k, occasionally Am F C Am G F Not today, but wait and see C Now we're talking Fmaj7 But look how we're yawning C Fmaj7 It's one in the morning and there's two on the couch C A hand to hold or Fmaj7 A comforting shoulder C Fmaj7 It's time that I told her I'm all talked out G F Dm She's telling me she's tired of relationships G F C And I'm bending bits of wire into paperclips Verse Chords C Fmaj7 Bb Dm e |--8---X----6---5--| b |--8---10---6---6--| g |--9---9----7---7--| d |--10--10---8---7--| a |--10--8----8---5--| E |--8---X----6---X--| Break chords are normal.
PUNCHLINES Transcribed by Owen Marriott [me@owenm.co.uk] E/F# - [202100] B7 - [7978(10)7] E B C#m A I must admit I find it funny E B C#m A But I might have known she’d find it dumb E B C#m A The air hostess and the blow-up dummy E B C#m A I’m in stitches and she’s twiddling her thumbs D Dsus4 D A She hasn’t laughed once [Play E B C#m A through twice] E B C#m A She thinks there’s something wrong with my sense of humour E B C#m A And I think there’s something wrong with hers E B C#m A Once upon a time she was easily amused E B C#m A But now I think that joke might be getting worse D Dsus4 D A E E/F# A C D It was funny at first E A F#m B I’m overjoyed when she understands E A F#m B I could make her chuckle if she gave me half a chance E A F#m B But the most she ever gives me is a second glance E A B She never gets a kick out of my punchlines [Play E B C#m A through twice] E B C#m A I saw her smiling during Gilligan’s Island E B C#m A I suspect sarcastically E B C#m A Despite myself, I’m beside myself E B C#m A My sides are splitting but so is she D Dsus4 D A E E/F# A C D She’s laughing at me E A F#m B I’m overjoyed when she understands E A F#m B I could make her chuckle if she gave me half a chance E A F#m B But the most she ever gives me is a second glance E A B She only ever gets a kick out of my punchlines B7 Sometimes [instrumental break] E B B C#m F#m A A B C D E A Give me half a chance.... E A Give me half a chance.... E A C D Give me half a chance.... [to end]
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU (Marty Donald) Transcribed by Andy Willinger- Culver City, CA. USA [andy_willinger@yahoo.com] C E Good Friday and I'm miles away Am Fmaj7 And missing you already G Am From a backyard in Balmain F C G To the post office and back again C I bought a postcard E I'm getting close Am Fmaj7 But I haven't got around to it yet G Am I know I said I'd write F C G And maybe I might (Chorus) C (strum 3x) G C You know I'm thinking of you Am C Am In the bookstore, in the laundromat G C Guess how much I love you Am C Am Much more, more than that F G More than that C It's More than that. C Better Saturday E Am Fmaj7 It's been that way since I spoke to you this morning G Am From a pay phone in a pub F C G Here's the rock’n’roll and there’s the rub C And when I spoke to you E You said "I’ll see you soon" Am Fmaj7 But I won’t see you for ages G Am And your voice sounded so small F C G The loneliness of the long distance phone call (Chorus) C (strum 3x) G C You know I'm thinking of you Am C Am In the bookstore, in the laundromat G C Guess how much I love you Am C Am Much more, more than that F G More than that C It's More than that. C F Am G E F G C F Here's me Am G Here's you E F G Draw a line between the two C F Am G This is cartography for beginners E F G On a map the gap’s three fingers F G But it’s more than that C It's more than that
UP Transcribed by Owen Marriott [me@owenm.co.uk] Okay, this one's for the strong-limbed amongst you.. The chords you need are: C - [8(10)(10)988] C/F# - [8(10)(10)(11)88] E - [x79997] F - [x8(10)(10)(10)8] Em - [x79987] Am - [577555] Dm - [x57765] G - [355433] F - [133211] Intro: C C/F# E F C x2 Em Am I’ve made some plans Dm G But it’s all up in the air Em Am I made some sandwiches Dm G And I got myself a garden chair F C And forty-five balloons F C One sunny afternoon Dm I suppose it’s not surprising F I’m three thousand feet high and rising Play intro again: C C/F# E F C Em Am Miles above your backyard Dm G San Pedro’s just a postcard Em Am Don’t call me a nincompoop Dm G Just call me the coast guard F C I know this seems ridiculous F C I’m an idiotic Icarus Dm F But a man just can’t sit around all day Up, up and away.... C Am F And away.. C Am F And away.. C Am F And away.. Dm F C Ba ba ba ba ba
WYOMING Transcribed by Owen Marriott [me@owenm.co.uk] Play the B up on the 7th fret! Intro: B D#m F# B D#m E B D#m G#m F# B D#m F# I like the look of Wyoming B D#m E Although I wasn’t there for long B D#m G#m And I like the sound of Wyoming F# ‘Cause it sounds like the name of a song B G#m E F# The sky was big and the fields were wide B G#m E F# And if people lived there, they were all inside E Em In Wyoming B D#m F# And I like the light of Wyoming B D#m E It shone down in a painterly way B D#m G#m I met no residents of Wyoming F# So about them I’ve nothing to say B G#m E F# The grass was pale and the sky was grey B G#m E F# And time that I spent there was less than a day E Em In Wyoming Break: B C#m G#m F# x3 E Then play intro again: B D#m F# B D#m E B D#m G#m F# B D#m F# There are fences of wood in Wyoming B D#m E That roll across prairies so grand B D#m G#m But they hold nothing out and they hold nothing in F# So their use I do not understand B G#m E F# The rain in the distance, the shadow of cloud B G#m E F# If the hills made a sound it was not very loud E In Wyoming Em B Wyoming