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Hard Up Case
by Walter Becker
from the album 11 Tracks of Whack
INTRO:
bass riff (throughout verses)
g--5-0--3-5-5-3-5----5-0--3-5-5-3-5-5
(repeat for a 8 measures)
keyboard riff
F Gm Bb C
e--1-3-1-3-1--3-3- ---6-8-6-8-6--8--
b--1-3-1-3-1--3-3-(x2) ---6-8-6-8-6--8--
g-------------------------7---7---7-----
*NOTE* Because the rhythm is so tricky, i didnt
line up the tab with the words EXACTLY, but this should
be enough to give you an idea as to how it goes
VERSE1
C D C D...
e---8-10-8-10-8--10------8-10-8-10-8--10-10--
b---8-10-8-10-8--10------8-10-8-10-8--10-10-
g---9----9----9----------9----9----9-------
you told me once i was your pride and joy
Bb C... Bb C...
i guess those days are dead and gone
C D.. C D...
you mustve took me for some golden boy
Bb C... Bb C...
you didnt know what you was takin' on, it was a hard up case
QUASI-CHORUS:
horn riff (melody only...played over the F-G figure):
F G... F G...
B---4--3------------------------
G---------3-3-5---3--3-3--------
D------------------------3--3-5--
Bb C... Bb C..
it was a hard up case, just another hard up case
(repeat)
VERSE2:
C D... C D....
now all the angles have been played in threes
Bb C.. Bb C....
there wasnt much that i could say
C D.. C D...
i know you gave your little heart to me
Bb C Bb C...
i guess i threw the thing away, now thats a hard up case
(repeat quasi-chorus horn/F-G figure)
Bb C... Bb C..
it was a hard up case, just another hard up case
BRIDGE:
C7/G
sometimes the truth is kinda hard to find
C7/G
dont you worry, i can read your mind
C7/G
you dont have to tell me to my face
Gm11
you put this other joker in my place
SOLO: played over the F-G and Bb-C quasi-chorus figure
VERSE3:
C D.. C D
they dealt these houses full with queens and kings
Bb C... Bb C...
and now theyre calling out our bluff
C D... C D....
cause me and you, girl, we had ev'rything
Bb C Bb C...
but it just wasnt quite enough, now thats a hard up case
(quasi-chorus again)
VERSE4:
C D.. C D..
you say the truth it gonna set me free
Bb C... Bb C...
like you might throw the dog a bone
C D... C D.......
i know youre thinking now that the jokes on me
Bb C.. Bb C...
just take a look at what youre draggin' home, another hard up case
(play the quasi-chorus yet again, and fade out on the C-D,Bb-C figure)
CHORD SHAPES:
EADGBE EADGBE
3X5353 XX5566
C7/G Gm11