“Meanwhile, Rick James” by Cake
Standard Tuning
Gm (3 x 0 3 3 x)
F (1 3 3 2 1 1)
A# (x 1 3 3 3 1)
C (x 3 2 0 1 0)
Dm (x 5 7 7 6 5)
D# (x 6 8 8 8 6)
D#m(x 6 8 8 7 6)
Intro:
Gm F
Gm F
Gm
Disempowered, the scattering flock
F
Dances in a fever at the castle rock
Gm
Dust-devil cypress and ripening fruit
F
Ascending quick into the author’s bathroom
A#
Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
C
Lettuce-toothed junkies all full of desire
F C A# C F A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there’s nothing I can do
F C A# C F A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there’s nothing I can do
Dm Gm Dm Gm
And there’s nothing I can say to you
D# D#m A#
I’ve got a lot of work to do, I guess I’ll leave it up to you
Gm
Uninvited, we’ll stay if we want
F
Searching through your closets for your grandfather’s gun
Gm
We’ll swim in your kidney, kidney shaped pool
F
Scratching at the bottom for another clue, yeah
A#
Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
C
Lettuce-toothed junkies all full of desire
F C A# C F A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there’s nothing I can do
F C A# C F A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there’s nothing I can do
F C A# C F A#
And there’s nothing I can say to you
F C A# C F A#
Ahhhh Ahhhhhh
Dm
And there’s nothing I can do
Gm Dm
And there’s nothing I can say to you
D# D#m A#
I’ve got a lot of work to do, I guess Ill leave it up to you
Outro:
Gm F
Gm F
