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Permalink Reply by c# merle on July 6, 2013 at 10:03am

any you guys up for a little group song on this? how about i get a backing track together of ' just like tom thumb's blues'.

theres 6 verses so i'll take 1 and anyone can jump in and pick a verse. interested?

                                      1.(c#merle)
        G                      C(/g)
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
                    G
And it's Eastertime too
         G
And your gravity fails
        C(/g)                 G      (/g-a-b)
And negativity don't pull you through
      C
Don't put on any airs
                                  G
When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
              D
They got some hungry women there
                                 G
And they really make a mess outa you

                                    2

Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don't have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won't even say what it is I've got

                                          3

Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you're so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon

                                         4

Up on Housing Project Hill
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you
And man they expect the same

                                        5

Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost

                                       6

I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough

Permalink Reply by Jamie MacBlues on July 6, 2013 at 10:44am

I'll take verse two, Merle, ma ma. :)

Permalink Reply by Cris Portillo Jr. on July 9, 2013 at 5:02pm

Can I take the last verse (#6) Merle?

Permalink Reply by c# merle on July 9, 2013 at 8:04pm

jump right in cris! i'll mail you the backing track.

still 3 verses left if anyone wants to have a go:

                                          3

Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you're so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon

                                         4

Up on Housing Project Hill
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you
And man they expect the same

                                        5

Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on July 8, 2013 at 9:11am

1. Thanks to Merle for the idea, I would like to try  'Pledging My Time.'

Permalink Reply by c# merle on July 8, 2013 at 7:59pm

thanks for joining in. wouldn't be the same without uncle john!

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 10, 2013 at 3:30am

I'll take a crack at verse 5, Merle, if its still available...

oilyfool@yahoo.com

Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on July 10, 2013 at 1:37pm

I'll do #3 Merle if no one has. I'll send you a message with my e-mail

Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on July 12, 2013 at 7:48am

Sent verse 3# today Merle let me know if it works for you. The clip starts on bar 48 I think. What I heard sounded great. Good job Jamie!

Permalink Reply by Jamie MacBlues on July 12, 2013 at 10:24am

Thanks, RTZ, ma man. Am lookin forward to hearin the finished version :)

Permalink Reply by c# merle on July 12, 2013 at 7:49pm

got it rtz. that will work out great thanks

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on July 12, 2013 at 2:36pm

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