Jimmies Chicken Shack - Dropping Anchor guitar chord

Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:55:44 -0500

From: Mary Causey

Subject: j/jimmies_chicken_shack/dropping_anchor.crd

"Dropping Anchor"

by Jimmie's Chicken Shack

off the album: Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope

transcribed by the Lizard

submitted by Mary Causey: mcausey01@sprynet.com

Standard E tuning

intro riff: clean tone with phaser

---------0------------------------------------

----------0----0-----------0------------------

-----------3--3-3---3--3----3-----------------

------------4----4---4--4----4---------------- repeat 4x

-------------4----4---4--4----4--------------- w/ F#

-0-2-2----------------------------------------- played

in back

ground

riff 1:

with heavy distortion:

E F# E G C - power chords play 4 times

riff 2;

lead with chords:

/ // / // / //

E F# E F# E F# E -I haven't figured the lead

out yet.

verse 1: with chords above.

here's the melody that goes with the tune of the words:

-2-----------------------------------

--2----------------------------------

----4-3------------3-3-4-6--3-3-4-6--- * ^= bend

--------4-2-4-4^-4--------------------

-------------------------------------

-------------------------------------

pre-chorus:///// //////

F# F# E play 4 times

don't know what.. and I hope...

chorus: play riff 1

then riff2

verse 2: same as verse 1

pre-chorus

bridge:

/// // / //

B D F# play 4 times

and I will not....

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

G

can't believe though....

chorus

lyrics:

verse 1:we've all been tied to words that we sink

not falling in... not falling in

pre-chorus: don't know what I want to do

and I hope I never do.

don't know what i want from you

and I hope I never do.

chorus: Dropping anchor

verse 2: same as verse 1

pre-chorus:

bridge: and I will not play my hand just yet.

and I will not play my hand just yet.

and I will not... can't believe though I know I said it,

kick myself but I won't regret it.

chorus: