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This Moody Bastard
by Walter Becker
from the album 11 Tracks of Whack
main theme:
G---6---6---6---8---
D---6---6---6---7---
A---------------8---
VERSES:
Little friend of mine
Can you still recall
our salad days
between the ivy walls?
beneath the autumn sun?
when all is said and done
we were a good combination
we were good clean fun
theme #2:
G----9--8--9---- six times
D----9-(9)-9----
still my thoughts roll back
now and then
think about you
remembering start smiling and i just can't stop
7: G--9--11-9--9-8--8-6--
D--9---9-9--9-0--9-9--
you on the bottom and me on top
(back to main theme)
these days its like a tomb
amid the stacks of gloom
looking out of the window
in the downstairs room
and the time goes by
and the time goes by
sometimes it goes so slowly
you know a man could cry
(theme #2)
till the day goes down
in deep disgrace
empty pockets and a dirty
and then the day boils over and there's nothing there
but a roomful of smoke and a lot of hot air
CHORUS:
kybd1:
e--------12------------------8-----------8---------------------5---------
b---8-10---------------8-10----------5-7-------------------3-5----------
kybd2:
e-------3-----3--5------------3---------------------8----8-------7------5-5--3-
b-5--------5----------------5----3---------3---5--------------
1.this moody bastard remembers you were some kind of friend even then
2.this moody bastard he needs one he needs some kind of friend now and again
e--------12--------------------12----10--------------------12-10-------
b---8-10------------------8-10-----------------------------12-10-------
e----3----3------5--------------3--------------
b-5-----5--------------------5--------3--------
1.once in a great while he needs one
2.once in a blue moon could use one
e-----15----15-17------------
b-17-----17---------15-------
this moody bastard here (repeat w/alt. lyrics)
VERSE:
little friend of mine
you don'teven know
when the wind starts blowing
how far a man could go
SOLO: woodwind solo over verse chords, main theme only
little friend of mine
are you even there
or did you disappear
back into thin air
if you're still here with me
if you got this far
I hope you're smiling
in fact I know you are..
CHORUS REPEAT:
2nd chorus, 2nd time:
(main theme...)
this moody bastaaaaaaaard needs one, needs one, needs one...
(fade out..)