Damien Rice

Damien Rice - The Professor guitar tab

The Professor (Live at Cornucopia Café, Dublin)

capo 3

C

Well I don't know if I'm wrong

B/Am

Cause she's only just gone

Am G

Here's to another relationship

(hammers on 2nd fret of D string on the word "bombed")

F (Em)

Bombed by excellent breed of gamete disease

F G

I'm sure when I'm older I'll know what that means

(same as first time)

Cried when she should and she laughed when she could

Here's to the man with his face in the mud

And an overcast play just taken away

From the lover's in love at the centre of stage yeah

F

Loving is fine if you have plenty of time

G

For walking on stilts at the edge of your mind

F

Loving is good if your dick's made of wood

G

And the dick left inside only half understood her

Fmaj7

What makes her come and what makes her stay?

G6

What make the animal run, run away yeah

Fmaj7

What makes him stall, what makes him stand

G6

And what shakes the elephant now

(mute)

And what makes a man?

Fmaj7 G6 Am6/9 (?)

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

Am6/9 G6 Fmaj7 G6 C

No I don't know you any more

C Cmaj7 Fmaj7

No, no, no, no...

C Fmaj7

ooh yeah... hey hey...

same as first time, except sub E7 for B/Am

I don't know if I'm wrong

'Cause shes only just gone

Why the *** is this day taking so long

I was a lover of time and once she was mine

I was a lover indeed, I was covered in weed

Cried when she should and she laughed when she could

Well closer to god is the one who's in love

And I walk away cause I can

Too many options may kill a man

Loving is fine if it's not in your mind

But I've ***ed it up now, too many times

Loving is good if it's not understood

Yeah, but I'm the professor

And feel that I should know

What makes her come and what makes her stay?

What make the animal run, run away and

What makes him tick apart from him prick

And the lonelier side of the jealousy stick

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

Hell I don't know you any more

No, no, no no...

Well I don't know if I'm wrong

'Cause she's only just gone

Here's to another relationship

Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease

I finished it off with some French wine and cheese

La fille danse

Quand elle joue avec moi

Et je pense que je l'aime des fois

Le silence, n'ose pas dis-donc

Quand on est ensemble

Mettre les mots

Sur la petite dodo

C x 3 2 0 1 0

B/Am x 2 0 0 1 0

Am (0)0 2 2 1 0

F 1(3)3 2 1 1

Fmaj7 1 x 3 2 1 0 (use thumb on low E string)

G6 3 x 5 4 3 0 (")

Am6/9 5 7 7 5 0 0

E7 0 2 0 1 3 0

There you go. Some weird chords, but not too hard. Just a pretty standard walking bass

progression for most of the song, a la Paul Simon's "America".

Rice does some hammering on and off (A to G to A on the F chords - middle finger, and a similar

middle finger thing with the E in the C chord.)

Questions, comments? Email Brendzo@msn.com

Get this song at:  amazon.com sheetmusicplus.com

Share your thoughts

Comments