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The Weakerthans - Maryland Bridge
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Tabbed by: CBAOTH
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
I just took the basic chords from the existing contributions and made some quick corrections
/ additions and added the full lyrics. I just listened to it a few times so it may still not be
100% perfect / open for some additional interpretation, but the basic structure should be correct.
Chords (used by me):
Asus2 (optional transition, last stroke when playing A)
Bm G E A D
E|-2--3--0--0--0--5-|
B|-3--3--0--2--0--7-|
G|-4--2--1--2--2--7-|
D|-4--5--2--2--2--7-|
A|-2--5--2--0--0--5-|
E|-X--3--0--X--X--X-|
[Intro]
Bm - G - E - A
Bm - G - E - A
[Verse]
Bm G
I woke you up at four this morning
E A
To whimper and to whine
Bm G
To hear myself through spit and crackle of
E A
A poor long distance line
Bm G
Twelve clever ways to say I love you
E A
With words that always fail
Bm G
Hang up and light a cigarette, sit
E A
Waiting for the mail
Bm G
Some flyers from department stores, a-
E A
Another get rich plan
Bm G
A bill or two, some shampoo and a
E A
Note from Ed McMann
Bm G
Although you'll always be the one in
E A
Which I will confide
Bm G
Sometimes you're the razor on my
E A
Private water slide
[Chorus]
D A Bm G
By the way, I got your letter yesterday
D A Bm
It said there's no need to be sad
D A Bm G
It said that some things would never ever change
E Bm A
But that some already had
D A Bm G
And I'd heard it from the corner of my ear how that
D A Bm
Voice makes things right
D A Bm G
And I'm sure there's something more than memory
E A D
Across the Maryland bridge tonight
[Bridge]
Bm - G - E - A
Bm - G - E - A
[Verse]
Bm G
How ominous these undercurrents
E A
They crowd me now it seems
Bm G
And every time I meet you in the
E A
Darkness of my dreams
Bm G
It's likely that I'll turn around and
E A
Parody myself
Bm G
Imagine we're in different places
E A
Pretend we're someone else
Bm G
I can be J. Edgar Hoover
E A
You be JFK
Bm G
As power hungry egocentrics
E A
We'll paper fight the nights away
Bm G
Sometimes you're my nemesis
E A
When I am paranoid
Bm G
Sometimes I have doubts and worries
E A
Too strong to avoid
[Chorus]
D A Bm G
By the way, I got your letter yesterday
D A Bm
It said there's no need to be sad
D A Bm G
It said that some things would never ever change
E Bm A
But that some already had
D A Bm G
And I'd heard it from the corner of my ear how that
D A Bm
Voice makes things right
D A Bm G
And I'm sure there's something more than memory
E A D
Across the Maryland bridge tonight
G E A D
Mhhh, Mhhh, Maryland bridge tonight
G E A D
Ohhh, Ohhh, Maryland bridge tonight
