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Lucky Henry
by Walter Becker
from the album 11 Tracks of Whack
VERSE1:
1.,3.
F7 A-5 Bb F7 C
b-11-10-------------------------10-11--10----10----
g--------10------8------8--10-------------10----10--8
d-------------------10------------------
diving down through shanty town behind a sky of red
fast asleep, in trouble deep or wide awake and burning
2.
F7 A-5 Bb F7 C
e--------------------------------------8------------------
b-11---10-------------------10-11--10----10-10--8----------
g--------10--8------8--10---------------------------------
d---------------10----------------------------------
hushed upon and frozen dawn exploding in my head
4.
F7 A-5 Bb F7 C
e----------10------------------------------------------------
b-11----10------10---10---8----8----10----------------8----------
g------------------------------------------8-10--10-----10-8---------
d------------------------------------------------------------10-------
stuck inside some stranger's hide who's karma keeps returning
SOLO1: (over figures 1 and 2)
VERSE2: (same as first)
where you trail that holy grail of darkness and depair
way cross down, now up now down as thought you really care
all the buzz across from seemed once a silhouette
the old man's face you could not place and now you cant forget
CHORUS:
Db/Bb Cm/Ab
e-----------9--------------------------8-----------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g-----10-11-----------------------8-10--------------------------
d--(8)------------------------(6)----------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------
1.down and dirty there you go
2.its raining boxcars did you know
Ab/Gb Fm/Bb
e---------4--------------------------1-------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g-----4-6------------------------1-3--------------------------------
d-(4)------------------------(1)------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------
1.,3.lucky henry says hello
2.from county cook to baltimore
1.,3.
Eb Gb Bbm Eb Db6 Dbsus4
burned his bridges high and low down the road and gone
s
2.
Db Gb Bbm Cm Dm Ebm Dm
where ever those old jockeys go to live out their lifeline
now play figures 1-4, then go to
SOLO2: (played over figures 1-4)
VERSE3: (this actually modulates here, and I havent adapted the
chords to compensate so until I do you can just play the
vocal/guitar theme or the F7 A-5 Bb F7 C idea)
burning down that two-lane town the boys call Hollywood
catch the rim, now lost, now found, now lost again for good
bad replaced, dont have the face was lost in space and time
all because the real one was the disappearing kind
CHORUS:
Db/Bb Cm/Ab
e-----------9--------------------------8-----------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g-----10-11-----------------------8-10--------------------------
d--(8)------------------------(6)----------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------
now you tumble now you know
its raining boxcars thats for sure
Ab/Gb Fm/Bb
e---------4--------------------------1-------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g-----4-6------------------------1-3--------------------------------
d-(4)------------------------(1)------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------
lucky henry says hello
from bakersfield to elsinore
Eb Gb Bbm Eb Db6 Dbsus4
scratching verses high and low down to hell and gone, im told
Db Gb Bbm Cm Dm Ebm Dm
all what i care anymore now and forever gone, gone, gone......
CHORD SHAPES:
a=10 b=11
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
XXX865 XXXX45 XXXX66 XXXX68 XXX34X XXX67X XXX66X XXX32X XX4121
F7 A-5 Bb C Eb Gb Bbm Db6 Dbsus4
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
XXX88X XXXaaX XXXbbX
Cm Dm Eb