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Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) - Prefab Sprout
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Tuning: Half-step down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Prefab Sprout
Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) (1982)
(McAloon)
The beautiful debut by one of my favourite bands:
Prefab Sprout’s first single.
This tab sounds pretty original. That is because it is mostly a
transcription of a tab by the songwriter Paddy McAloon himself:
http://wwwlloydcolecom/weblog/indexphp?p=3307&c=1
The original is not very readable, so I tried to improve it in
this respect and added some notes to the chords to make it
sound good when played alone without a band.
The song has been reissued on: “38 Carat Collection”
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
I had to give names to some of these chords which was not always easy,
as they are rather idiosyncratic. Who has got better ideas? –
I’m open for suggestions.
E-A-D-G-B-E
D7/9 x-5-4-5-5-x
Amaj7/F# 2-x-2-1-2-x
A6/-5 x-0-2-2-4-2
F#sus4/G# 4-4-4-4-0-0
E/G# 4(x-2-1)0-0
B/C# x-4—x-4-4-2
B(add11)/C# x-4-x-4-4-0
G#m7 4-x-4-4-0-x
G#m7/F# x-x-4-4-4-4
B* x-x-4-4-4-7
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INTRO
| C#m | D7/9 | C#m | D7/9 |
A E Amaj7/F#
Hey, I'm sorry if I go too fast
A6/-5 E Amaj7/F#
Tonight, let's pretend that this will last
B C#m7 D7/9 F#sus4/G#
I've got a dream you would like to sleep on too
A E Amaj7/F#
Oh, I'm sorry to dwell on the past
A6/-5 E Amaj7/F#
I'd better say nothing at all
B C#m7 D7/9 F#sus4/G#
But I've got this friend who thinks he's in love with you
A E/G# B/C#
And it doesn't sum it up to say he's singing the blues
A E/G# B/C#
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else's shoes?
A E/G# B(add11)/C#
He's screaming because he's found something to lose
A G#m7 B F#m
So you're living in Eden where, apples are good
A G#m7 B F#m
But every narrow miracle, takes place on Earth
C#m G#m7 B F#m
Yes, the militia've arrived and the percussion has come
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
And I’m pounding out messages loud on the drum
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
The rumours have started that we are both young
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
Lions in my own garden, exit someone
B C#m7 D7/9 F#sus4/G#
That's what I'll shout when you just stay out of reach
A E/G# B/C#
And it doesn't sum it up to say he's singing the blues
A E/G# B/C#
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else's shoes?
A E/G# B(add11)/C#
He's screaming because he's found something to lose
A E/G# B/C#
And it doesn't sum it up to say he's singing the blues
A E/G# B/C#
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else's shoes?
A E/G# B(add11)/C#
He's screaming because he's found something to lose
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
And I’m pounding out messages loud on the drum
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
The rumours have started that we are both young
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m
Lions in my own garden, exit someone
