Sonics

Sonics - Strychnine guitar chord

I brought my guitar to a party a couple months ago, and somebody's teenage

daughter wanted to know if I knew any 'grunge'.  'Like from Seattle?'

'Yeah!'  'OK...'  -- AWR

                              "Strychnine"

                             (Gerry Roslie)

Intro:

electric piano arr. for guitar:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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

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

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

----1---5-------|-6-------5-3-----

3---------------|-------------6-4-

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

                          ^^^^^^^ doubled w/guitar and sax

Cm  Ab   Bb  G

/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

      Cm        Ab     Bb    G

Some folks like water

      Cm        Ab     Bb    G

Some folks like wine

    Cm          Ab     Bb    G

But I like the taste

      Cm          Ab     Bb    G

Of straight strychnine           (hey, hey)

Verse 2:

You may think it's funny

That I like this stuff

But once you've tried it

You can't get enough   (Wow!)

Bridge:

F7

Wine is red

C7

Poison is blue

F7

Strychnine is good

(G) [N.C.]

For what's ailin' you

fill:

v   v   v   v

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

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

--5b7----5-3-----

-------------5---

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

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

[guitar solo: 12-bar blues in C]

[repeat bridge and fill]

Verse 3:

If you listen to what I say

You'll try strychnine some day

Make you jump, it'll make you shout

It'll even knock you out

[repeat verse 1]

Coda (repeat to fade):

  Cm       Ab Bb    G

Strychnine    hey, hey

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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