Mccoys

Mccoys - Beat The Clock guitar chord

From: Andrew Rogers

Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:04:45 -0400

Subject: m/mccoys/beat_the_clock.crd

                            "Beat The Clock"

                          (Gottehrer - Stroll)

Intro:

harpsichord w/percussion:

Em

/ / / /  / / / /

Verse:

Em       Em/maj7

Beat  the clock

Em7            Em6   Cm6

Try to make it stop   before

Em                G                Am

Time can draw the line and cut you down

        B7

To her size

[bass enters]

Em      Em/maj7

Beat  the clock

Em7            Em6

Try to make it stop

         C6

Tell me, how long will it take

            B7

Before you finally realize

Chorus 1:

          Em          G

That the carnival is over

                            D/F#

And you've seen much better days

          Em              G

You have wasted too much time

                      D/F#

In too many different ways

     Em                  D  C

You deny the possibility of   growing old

     D    Em                         D     C                D

You are filled with false humility, you're   much too bold

1: piano w/strings:

Em     Em7/D    C#m7-5    Cm6

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

[repeat verse]

Chorus 2:

That you're in this game the same as ne

Although you think you're not

When you've tried to rise above it all

You'd get just what you got

Seems to me you're slipping, you seem  slightly unnerved

When you finally see yourself, you get what you deserve

Guitar solo:

Em     Em7/D    C#m7-5    Cm6       [2X; harpsichord enters 2nd time]

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Em

/ . . .  . . . .

Instrumental break (2:22) [2X]:

bass:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------4-------|-----------------

-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5---4-2-4-2-0-4-

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

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

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------4-------|-----------------

-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5-4-0-4-2-------

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

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

guitar 1 [first line tacit first time]

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------7-------|-----------------

---7-8-------8-7-|-8---7---7-----7-

-9-----9---------|-------9---9-7---

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

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

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

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

---------7-------|-----------------

---7-8-------8-7-|-8-7---7---------

-9-----9---------|-----7---9-------

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

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

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

guitar 2 [tacit first time; second line doubled by harpsichord

          second time]:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----7-8-10--7---|-7---------------

-8-10----------10|----10-810-8-7-10

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

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

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

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

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----7-8-10--8-7-|-8-7---7---------

-8-10------------|-----8---8-------

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

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

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

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

[repeat verse]

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

harpsichord w/percussion:

Em     Em/maj7     Em7       Em6 Cm6

/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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