Bonham Tracy

Bonham Tracy - Burdens Of Being Upright guitar chord

Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:32:21 +0100

From: "MAQUET, Frederic F."

Subject: b/bonham_tracy/burdens_of_being_upright.crd

Tracy Bonham Fakebook from "The Burdens of Being Upright"

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All songs tabbed by Frederic Maquet

All of it should be correct.  I haven't put in all the solos, but

then there aren't that many in the album....Playing it is pretty

simple, which shows Tracy Bonham's "genius", she can make easy songs

sound really cool...What a voice!!

Hope you like it!

Email me for corrections/comments!!! at f.maquet@ic.ac.uk

1.  Mother Mother

2.  Navy Been

3.  Tell it to the sky

4.  Kisses

5.  Brain Crack

6.  The One

7.  One Hit Wonder

8.  Sharks Can't Sleep

9.  Bullday

10. Every Breath

11. 30 seconds

12. The Real

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Mother Mother -  by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Verse 1:

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A      G# G      F# G  G#

Mother Mother, how's the family? I'm just calling to say hello

How's the weather, how's my father?  Am I lonely?  Heavens no.

Mother mother, are you listening, just a phone call to ease your mind,

Life is perfect, never better, distance making, the heart grow by,

Chorus: (distorted)

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E D C D

Well you sent me off to see the world

But you're scared that I might get hurt

Would I try a little tobacco?

Would I keep on hikin up my skirt?

Bridge:

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A (stop)     A (stop)   A (stop)

  I'm hungry,  I'm dirty,  I'm losing my mind,

     F# (add lots of sliding noise!)

(scream)Everything's fine

I'm freezing, I'm starving, I'm bleeding to death,

Everything's fine!

Verse 2: (same chords all the way through)

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Yeah I'm working, making money, I'm just starting to build a name

I can feel it, down the corner, I can make it any day...

Mother mother, can you hear me?  Sure I'm sober, sure I'm sane

Life is perfect, never better, still your daughter, still the same.

Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)

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Should I tell you what you want to hear?

Will it help you to sleep well at night,

Are you sure that I'm your perfect dear

Now just cuddle up and sleep tight...

Bridge: play 1st bridge

End on:

A (stop) A (stop) A (stop)

   I miss you I love you

End....

Chords:

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A   577655 or 002220

G#  466544

G   355433

F#  244322

E   022100

D   x00232 or  557775

C   032010 or  335553

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Navy Been - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Intro:

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     Electric

e:--------------------------|-----|

B:--------------------------|-----|

G:--------------------------|play-|

D:--------------------------|-----|

A:--------------------------|-x4--|

E:--3--3--6--3--6--3--1--2--|-----|

then:

    Bass

G:--------------------------|play-|

D:--------------------------|-x4--|

A:--------------------------|with-|

E:---3--3--6--3--6--3--1--2-|elec-|

Then:  With electric:

G    Bb   G   F  x4

Verse 1:  

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Bass:  G     Bb      G              F

Navy been is bigger than it seems

Put it on don't ask what it means

(electric):

G# A# G   Bb  G  F

  Vibrate around

Verse 2: (same progression as verse 1 unless indicated)

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Cellophane is thicker than it seems

Put it on don't ask what it means

G#    A#       G   Bb  G   F

  Vibrate  around

G#    A#       F#     G# G   Bb  G   F

  Vibrate  oohohoho Vibrate

    G   Bb  G  F

Around

Verse 3: (exactly the same progression as verse 1)

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Shaving cream is thicker than it seems

Shave'em off don't ask what it means

Vibrate around

Verse 4: (similar to verse 2)

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An angel wing is caught up in the tree

If you know what's best get the hell away from me

G#    A#    F# G#

  Vibrate ohooho     Vibrate   G  Bb  G  F

  Vibrate ohohoho    Vibrate  around

|------------|  play x3

Bridge: (slow, fingerpick the chords)

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B

Oh you little Navy Been, are you caught up in the tree?

G   G F# G   G  F#  G

Navy Been Navy Been

(play above once more...)

G   G  F#  G G  F#  G

Navy Been,    Navy Been(scream)

Solo is over: the chords  G  Bb  G  F

Verse 5:  repeat verse 2, with:

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   G   Bb  G   F

Vibrate around x4

Repeat intro...end on G.

End.

Chords:

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G   355433

Bb  688766

F   133211

G#  466544

A#  688766

B   224442

F#  244322

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Tell it to the sky - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Lyrics are a bit dodgy...

Intro/Verse: (clean guitar)

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    G           B                  E

e:--------------------------|--|---0--------|

B:--------------------------|--|---0--------|

G:--------0-----------4-----|--|---1--------|

D:-----0-----------4-----4--|x3|---2--------|

A:-----------0--2-----------|--|---2--------|

E:--3-----------------------|--|---0--------|

Verse 1:

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G B

  It makes you  reek

G B

  It makes you  strong

G B        E (single strum)

  Benine in your blood to burn

  It took your nights

  You took my star

  One I wished on last year

Chorus: (heavy distortion man...)

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A G#            C

AaaaaaaaHaaaaaAhhaaHAaaa     x4 From the maaaan who sold the world

F   A

A million-doller caddie worth

Verse 5: same prog as verse 1

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So could you just bend right over

To see how it feels, to be,

to see, just how, it feels, to be alive

Verse 6: same prog as verse 2

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And you'll get it over and over

Coz god only know, that is

The only one, the only one

I'd mi-hihihind,  I'd mi-hihihind

the only one oh

Chorus

End.

Chords:

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G   320033

E   022100

F   133211

Dm  x00231

D5  x0023x

A   002220

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Sharks Can't Sleep - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Intro/Verse: (clean guitar)

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     D          F#        G         E

e:----------------------------------0--0--0----|

B:----------3-----------------------0--0--0----|

G:------2-------------3---------4---1--1--1----|

D:---0-------------4---------5------2--2--2----|

A:----------------------------------2--2--2----|

E:--------------2---------3---------0--0--0----|

D   F#  G   E (rest)

Verse 1:

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D F# G   E

Saw a  shark today

D F#   G     E

Ate a  man and then, just swam away

D     F#   G   E

But it wasn't OK

D F#   G  E (rest)

No it wasn't OK

Verse 2:

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Saw a snake today,

Ate and burned your steak and squirmed away

But it wasn't OK

D F# G   Bb  (distortion kicks in for G and Bb)

No it  wasn't OK

Chorus: (distortion)

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D F#   G    E

No -ho,  No -ho,  No -ho,  No-ho  x2

D F# G   E

But it wan't OK

D F# G   E (rest)

No it wasn't OK

Verse 3: (same chord progression as verse 2)

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Met a star today

Looked like flesh and bone and tooth decay

But it wasn't OK

No it wan't OK

Chorus 2:

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Same as chorus 1 with:

D F# G   E

No it wasn't OK x2

Break: (play x2)

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        A  A? A  A?   G  F# G  F#?

e:----------------------------------|

B:----------------------------------|

G:------6--6--6--6----4--4--4--4----|

D:------7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----|

A:------7--6--7--6----5--4--5--4----|

E:------5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3----|

Wowowowo      Wowowowo

A A? A A?  G F# G F# A A? A A?  G F# G F#

Nohowoah,  Nohowoah, no,    not I

A A? A A?  G F# G F#  F

Nohowoah,  Nohowoah,  not me

Verse 4: (play as verse 2)

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Ate a man today

Ate a man and then just walked away

But iwasn't OK

No it wasn't OK

End on CHORUS

Chords:

D x00232 or  557775

F# 244322

G 355433 or  320033

E 022100

Bb 688766 or  113331

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Bullday - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Intro: (Fast, heavy distortion)

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G D B C x2

Verse 1: (G D B C for each line)

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G      D     B   C

You've got a ro-ocket

Inside your bullet head

I've seen you walking

C D

Baaaahaaby

G      D     B     C

Your natural greyness

Has never done you wrong

You showed that sweet old

C D

Laaahaaaady

Chorus:

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G       B         C      A

Who's got the bull down low owoahwoah

G       B C A

Who's got the bull down low

G       B C  Eb

Who's got the bull down be-low

G  D  G  (quick succession)

Verse 2: (like verse 1)

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You talk of genius

I feel an undertow

Which head of yours is

Dragging down?

One made of lettuce

Is smarter than you both

You fooled that man whole

Anyhow

Chorus x2

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Break:

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E F#    G A

He'll bend you  over, little red rover

Bend you right  over, some   Casanova

Go to your mama, little Chiwouaoua

Get back to your mama, little Chihuahua

Chorus x2

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End

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Every Breath - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Verse 1:

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F D

See you running and it's all over now

F      D

The devil's coming and he's showing us how

   Eb G       Eb   G

He's going down on the  street, like, it's such a cool sight

F D

The lizard king is here and    where are you now?

F D

Monkey Brain is here and he's showing us how

   Eb      G

He's going down on a cool bike,

Eb   G   F     E

And I am loosing sight

Chorus 1:

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    D   G D   G D

And every day is like the one before

G   D    G   D

Yeah it's like the one before

    G    D G   D   G    F   D

You get it right you'll breath no mooooore

Verse 2: (same prog as in verse 1)

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I saw my shadow on the blackest of nights

Sometimes I push me right out of the lights

So I'm down on the (get right?), and I am loosing

You're here to tempt me, and it's all looking new

To keep me from running just to try something new

I'm going down on the floor right, I am right behind

Chorus 2:

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Play chorus 1 with:

D   G    F

no more    x3

Instrumental: (violins)

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F     D  x2

Eb  G   Eb   G

F     G#

Chorsu 3:

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Play chorus 1 then chorus x2

   D

end on "no more"

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30 Seconds - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Intro:

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     G

e:---3--3---------------|----|-------|

B:---3--3---------------|----|-------|

G:---4--4---------------|-x3-|-------|

D:---5--5---------------|----|---5---|

A:---5--5---4--4--4h5p4-|----|---5---|

E:---3--3---------------|----|---3---|

Verse 1:

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A7    C7    A7 C7

For every stone, there's a rock waiting someone's

A7       C7 A7 C7

Head, hear it come and you'll   wish you had two heads

G7     Bb7

  30 seconds   x2

A7 C7 A7

Tell half your soul and you'll realise that you are

Chorus:

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       G         A7    riff

e:---------------------------------|

B:---------------------------------|

G:-----4---------------------------|  x3

D:-----5----------5---5------------|

A:-----5----------4---4----4h5p4---|

E:-----3----------5---5------------|

Noohoa    one

G      A7   (riff)

Noohoa one  x3

   G

No one

Verse 2:

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For every star, there's another one that's fading

Fading away, hating every bit of light

30 seconds x2

One day the sun and the rest you're sending ants to

Chorus 2:

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G A7

No-hoa  one x3

   G  (pause)   A7 (riff)

No one

G         A7

Out of my way

A7    G#7

Four you know you're

G   A7

Out of my way  x3

Verse 3:

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For everyone, there's another one that's stronger

So, out you go, like the trash that you drug in

30 seconds x2

Paving the way, for the ones that made you feel like

Chorus 3:

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G A7  (riff)

No-hoa  one x3

   G  (pause)   A7 (riff)

No one

G         A7  (riff)

Out of my way

A7    G#7

Four you know you're

G7   F#7  

Out of my way  x3

Chords: These are a bit weird

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A7 545xxx or  002020

C7 032310

G7 32300x or  353433

G 320033 or  355433

Bb7 656xxx or  113131

G#7 434xxx or  464544

F#7 212xxx or  242322

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The Real - by Tracy Bonham

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

Intro:

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      A      C    A     C

e:------------------------|--------------|

B:------------------------|--------------|

G:------------------------|--play-lots---|

D:------------------------|--------------|

A:----4---///-7---4-//--7-|--------------|

E:----5--////-8---5-//--8-|--------------|

      Aaaaa   Aaa a - Haaaa  (etc...)

Verse 1:

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A     C     F    E    G

I know the sons are wrong, to wake their dad

A      C       F E

You got, if anything, a bigger head

D      E      A

Most likely to perform, was who I knew

D       E       C

But now it's you that I have to know

Verse 2: (same progression as verse 1)

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Tell me who you know, has got away

Sweet little who you know, lives in L.A.

Most likely to conceive was who I knew

But now it's you that I have to know

Chorus:

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A   F    C

Only the real world

A   F   C

It's so unreal

A C    F         E (single strum)

Only the real is rea-he-eal

Verse 3:

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Pocket the business card, be on your way

Pocket the smiling face, and save the day

Most likely to perform, was who I knew

But noew it's you that I have to know

Chorus x2

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Play intro, and fade out....

Chords:

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A 002220

C 032010

F 133211

E 022100

G 320033

D x00232

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