South Tacoma Way - Neko Case
South Tacoma Way By Neko Case and her Boyfriends From Furnace Room Lullaby (N.Case/B.Connelly/J.Trueblood/S.Betts) I could do with the lyrics corrected I [F]put on that sweater you [C]gave me I [Am]woke up in the kitchen a [G]few minutes later I [F]didn't know how I had [C]gotten there Did you [G]guide me? I [F]didn't make it to your [C]funeral I didn't want [Am]ritual or [G]resign I just [F]wanted to hold [C]hands with [F]J.P and [C]Mary-Jo But I [F]couldn't conjure [C]tears We're too [Am]good for stupid [G]angels Mike just [F]held his breath [C]beside me And burned the [F]air 'til it was [C]gone 'Til it was [F]gone[C] 'Til it was [F]gone[G] -1-------0-------1-------0-------1-------0-------3---- ( a bass riff is played which -1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------0---- can be replicated by doing -2-2-0---0-------2-2-0---0-------2-2-0---0-------0---- something like this on one -3-----3-2---0-2-3-----3-2---0-2-3-----3-2-------0---- guitar... this riff also -3-------3-3-----3-------3-3-----3-------3-3-2-0-2-0-2 happens over the Hoo-hoos -x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------3---- and the verse endings ) [F]Hooo-oh -- [C]Hoo Hooo [F]Hooo [C]ahhhhh [F]Hooo-oh - [C]Hoo Hoo [G]hoo Couldn't [F]pay my respects to a [C]dead man Your [Am]life was much more to [G]me And I [F]chased away with [C]sticks and stones But that [F]rage kept following [C]me Following [F]me[C] Following [F]me[G] So [F]lost I would sleep in the [C]palms of your hands In [Am]dreams we were happy and [G]safe I [F]can't comprehend the [C]ways that I miss you They come to [F]light in my mis[C]takes In my mis[F]takes[C] In my mis[F]takes[G] Now I'm [F]driving down [Em]Tacoma Way[G] And [C]the world turns in slow [F]motion It's the [C]twilight of our [G]old home And I'm [F]still in [G]love with [C]you Oh [F]here on South [Em]Tacoma Way[G] [C]We've memories for [F]matinees And the [Am]tears come warm and [G]heavy And the [F]cross-streets [G]bear your [C]name Oh the [F]cross-streets [G]bear your [C]name
Artist: Neko Case
Title: South Tacoma Way