Harry and Maggie (Swervedriver)
General Notes:
Standard Tuning. Adapted from a live bootleg of Adam playing acoustic guitar
(12/10/2000, Copenhagen). Standard 4/4 time.
Verse:
G D Em Em7
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B||--3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0--3330---|
G||.-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--0000---|
D||.-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2--2222---|
A||--2-----2-----------------2-----2-----2-----2---|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I was born on a close street down a hill
Mauve and so did my hands Oh and the
F C B/C
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
The trees that lined the street could sense the winter change they felt the
Sound… There was no sound and I’m freezing in the
Em Em7 C B/C
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B|-0-----0-----0--3330-----1-----1--11-1-----1----|
G|-0-----0-----0--0000-----0-----0--00-0-----0----|
D|-2-----2-----2--2222-----2-----2--22-0-----0----|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----2----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0----------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
chill they ducked and dived and so we knew that they were alive
sun Nobody cares to hide the dopeheads and the suicides
1st time through
F C B/C rep. 2X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----0-----0--00-0-----0--00--||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1-----1-----1--11-1-----1--11--||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2-----0-----0--00-0-----0—-00-.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3-----2-----2--22-0-----0—-00-.||
A|-------------------------3-----3-----2-----2------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Until the year the silver rain came down the trees turned
2nd time through
F C rep. 4X
E|-1-----1--11-1-----1----||--00---00----00--00-022---||
B|-1-----1--11-1-----1--—-||--11---11----11--11-111---||
G|-2-----2--22-2-----2----||.-00---00----00--00-0----.||
D|-3-----3--33-3-----3----||.-2----2-----2---2--2----.||
A|------------------------||--3----3-----3---3--3-----||
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Cause everyone freezes in the sun
Verse 2:
Basically, the same structure of the first verse, but the order of the chords is
flipped. Each line below = 1 bar
Em Em7
I kicked around with
C B/C
Harry who lived near Salisbury Plain
F
He worked on the cathedral there
C B/C
every now and again he worked with
G D
stone, carved with stone
Em Em7
Odd jobs on the telephone
F
One sunny day he was sent to the
C B/C
Houses of Parliament
Em Em7
chippin' away at gargoyles
C B/C
Under the blistering sun
F
He carved out "Maggie Sucks" on the
C B/C
backs of every one
G D
And so in five-hundred years
Em Em7
There's gonna be some history here
F C
After it all subsides in the sun
Chorus:
Play the riff on the C chord from the end of the first verse 4X, and over the last
two times through, sing:
And it's fallin' away
Verse:
This one is the same chord changes from the first verse.
G D
Another day, another loon
Em Em7
A new pied piper calls the
F
Tune so blow it up, watch it explode
C B/C
Noah's ark on overload
Em Em7
Wrestle with the results and
C B/C
throw 'em round the ring
F
Everybody knows there
C B/C
ain't no rules in wrestling
G D
The referee's a dupe
Em Em7
Who only old ladies and children be-
F
-lieve,
C B/C
I'm getting up now to leave
Em Em7
I'll go back to that street someday
C B/C
The air's better there anyway
F C
Though the trees are still gonna freeze in the sun
Chorus/Outro:
Use the Riff from the first chorus, but on F where noted.
And it's fallin' away
F
And I don't wanna know
C
I'm glad I don't know
G D Em
What's draggin' it un der
