“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