Song of the Sad Assassin
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Why?
Basically the 1st part of the song alternates between [FIG.1] and [FIG.2]. The notes have
that triplet feeling over 4/4, so I separated them as such (you know, 1..2..3..1..2..3..)
[FIG.1]
C
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|--3---|3---3-|--3---|3---3-|--3---|3---3-|--3---|3---3-|
|5---5-|--5---|5---5-|--5---|5---5-|--5---|5---5-|--5---|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
[FIG.2]
Em
|------|0-----|------|0-----|------|0-----|------|0-----|
|--3---|----3-|--3---|----3-|--3---|----3-|--3---|----3-|
|4---4-|--4---|4---4-|--4---|4---4-|--4---|4---4-|--4---|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|
C Em......
We lifted the body from the water like a gown
C Em......
You took off your bra to wrap the wound
C Em......
Though the man was dead, and there was no need
C Em......
Then your face turned red, when you said to me
Fmaj7 F G
I'll suck the marrow out....and rape your hollow bones, Yoni
[FIG.3] (piano part)
C Bbmaj7
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------0--|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0---0--------|--0---0--------|------------2--|---------------|
|--------2------|--------2---0--|--3---3-0------|--3---3-0------|
|3---3-----3----|3---3-----3----|1---1-----1----|1---1-----1-3--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
(Here's the other thing that goes with [FIG.3]...sounds like either guitar or violins)
C Bbmaj7
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Alone, putting 3 coins into a washing machine
Next to a caulked cracked wall, in the basement on Fairmount Street
Putting 3 quarters into a washing machine,
Next to a caulked cracked wall, in the basement...
I feel... like a loop of the last 8 frames of film
Before a slow motion Lee Harvey Oswald
Gets shot in the gut and killed
Alone, putting 3 coins into a washing machine
Next to a caulked cracked wall, in the basement on Fairmount Street
Billy the Kid did what he did and he died....
[FIG.4] (Here's the last little ending thing on piano..)
Am Abmaj7
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------0--|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------0--|---------------|
|--------2------|--------2---0--|--------1------|--------1------|
|--3---3---3----|--3---3---3----|--3---3---3----|--3---3---3----|
|5---5----------|5---5----------|4---4----------|4---4----------|
