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DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER
A tenement, a dirty street
Walked and worn by shoeless feet
Inside it's long and so complete
Watched by a shivering sun
Old eyes in a small child's face
Watching as the shadows race
Through walls and cracks that leave no trace
And daylight's brightness shun.
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing at the swollen mass
On conrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles blindly on
Iron trees smother the air
But withering, they stand and stare
Through eyes that neither know nor care
Where the grass has gone
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Pearly where's your milk white skin
What's that stubble on your chin
It's buried in the rot gut gin
You played and lost not won
You played a house that can't be beat
Now look your head's bowed in defeat
You walked too far along the street
Where only rats can run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Days Of Pearly Spencer (lyrics
and notations)
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Intro:
Am (strings alone first
two bars;
w/arpeggiated
guitar next two
bars;
w/bass
and drums next
two
bars and into verse)
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Verse 1:
Am
A tenement, a dirty street
Em
Walked
and worn by shoeless feet
Am
In
silence long and so complete
C G
Watched
by a shivering sun
Old
eyes in a small child's face
Watching
as the shadows race
Through
walls and cracks that leave no trace
And
daylight's brightness shun
Chorus (w/filtered vocal):
Dm Em Am
The
days of Pearly Spencer
Dm Em
Am
Ahh..ahh the
race is almost run
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Verse 2:
Nose
pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing
at the swollen mass
On
concrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles
blindly on
Iron
trees smother the air
But,
withering, they stand and stare
Through
eyes that neither know nor care
Where
the grass has gone
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[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Pearly,
where's your milk-white skin
What's
that stubble on your chin
It's
buried in the rotgut gin
You've
played and lost, not won
You
played a house that can't be beat
Now
look, your head's bowed in defeat
You
walked too far along the street
Where
only rats can run
[repeat chorus; fade 2nd time]
tab from Andrew Rogers
thanks to Guitartab.com
Days of Pearly Spencer
Notations:
e : 8th
h : half q : quarter
s : 16th w
: whole
+++ : tied notes / : slide up
Intro
e s e s s s
e s e s s s e
s e s s s
G-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A-|-0----0-0----------|-0----0-0----------|-0----0-0----------|
E-|-------------3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-|
e s e s s s
G-|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|
A-|-0----0-0----------|
E-|-------------3-3-3-|
Verse
played twice
w
q h+q w
q h+q
G-|----------------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
D-|----------------|----5-------|----------------|------9----------|
A-|-0--------------|-7----------|-7--------------|-/10-------------|
E-|----------------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
w
q h+q h+q q
h+q q h+q
q
G-|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D-|----------------|----2-------|------------|------------|-5----------|
A-|-0--------------|-3----------|-3-------3--|---------5--|---------5--|
E-|----------------|------------|------------|-3----------|------------|
Chorus
played twice
h q q++++q q q
q h q
q+++++q q q q
G-|------------|-------------|------------------|-----------------|
D-|---------7--|-7-----------|--------------9---|-9---------------|
A-|-5----8-----|----8--7--5--|-7-------/10------|-----10--9---7---|
E-|------------|-------------|------------------|-----------------|
e s e s s s
e s e s s s e s
e s s s
G-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A-|-0----0-0----------|-0----0-0----------|-0----0-0----------|
E-|-------------3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-|
e s e s s s
G-|-------------------|
D-|-------------------|
A-|-0----0-0----------|
E-|-------------3-3-3-|
Tab generated with GnTabber
transcribed by Gilles
Velay |
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