Blues Magoos - Albert Common Is Dead guitar tab

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:17 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: ./b/blues_magoos/albert_common_is_dead.crd

A... C... I... D... how could I guess that this came out in 1967?

"Albert Common Is Dead"

(Gilbert - Scala)

Intro:

bass (w/drums):

v v v v

-----------------|

-2-----2-----2---|

-----2-----2-----|

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Intro:

G A B [slide into chords]

/ / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

E G

At evening time when work is through

A B

You change yourself to someone new

E G

You try to run to get away

A B

From the pressures of your day

Chorus:

C#m

So you run

A B A B

Fast as you can

C#m

Swear

A B A B

You're a different man

C#m

Tell them

F# G# [N.C.]

Albert Common is dead

Verse 2:

Your job is big, your pay is small

Your income tax takes it all

You'll get your watch in one more year

Will anyone remember you were ever here?

[repeat chorus]

Break:

(1-bar drum beat)

(guitar solo over bass riff [8X]):

(E)

v v v v

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-------------5---|

-7-7-7-5-7-------|

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[repeat chorus in slow shuffle tempo]

Coda:

(guitar solo over bass riff [2X])

D E Gm

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers