#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From [email protected] Fri Apr 18 10:30:24 1997 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:38:57 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: CRD: Sick Day - Fountains of Wayne Sick Day Collingwood/Schlesinger Fountains of Wayne, 1996 Verse I: Start with fade into Am7 - Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Am7 Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Check out the girl in the harbor tunnel Am7 Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Crawling to work, six feet under C G And the day has barely begun C G D They're all chewing gum and laughing Am7 Dsus4-D-Dsus2 At the voice of the cracklin radio station Am7 Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Lead us not into Penn Station C G And the best parts just begun C G D We're all becoming one, again Am7 Em Am7 [C?] And she's making the scene with her coffee and cream G D And the copy machines not working Am7 Em Am7 [C?] She's a hell of a girl, she's alone in the world G D And she likes to say `Hey good lookin' Am7 D She's on her way Am7 D She's taking a sick day Bb - C [?] Soon.. Am7 - Dsus4-D-Dsus2 [2x] Verse II: And here is the man pushing paper past her Thinks of ways to make the day go faster But the day goes on and on He dreams of his lawn and all about The pretty careerist the next cube over The fat secretary the lunch-time lover Till the Path train finally comes The platforms full of bums again Chorus II [same as I] Solo over verse chords Chorus III And she's taking her time, as she's tossing a dime At the man in the cardboard coffin It doesn't have to be fine, she's ahead of the line And doesn't have to be here too often She's making a play Bb - C - G [let ring, and false end] She's taking a sick day soon Drum fill and: Fade out over Am7 - D OK, there's some mistakes/simplifications in this one, but it ought to get you started. Tab/Chord interpretation by Craig Carlson email with corrections etc: [email protected]
