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Warren Zevon : Misc

  1. Boom Boom Mancini
    1
  2. For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer
  3. I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
  4. Jeannie Needs A Shooter
  5. Mutineer
    1
  6. My Shit's Fucked Up
  7. Splendid Isolation
  8. Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead

Boom Boom Mancini

Capo:
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Played by Bob Dylan during the fall tour 2002
G5 355xxx or xx00xx (or play a straight Em with a G in the
E5 022xxx bass for the first beats in the riff)
D9 xx0210 or x54530
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Hurry home early hurry on home
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F#m
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Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
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From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
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A lightweight contender, like father like son He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas And he put him away in round number one Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating Seven weeks later he was back in the ring Some have the speed and the right combinations If you can't take the punches, it don't mean a thing Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon
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When they asked him who was responsible
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For the death of Du Koo Kim
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He said, "Some one should have stopped the fight
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And told me it was him" They made hypocrite judgements after the fact But the name of the game is be hit and hit back Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer

Capo:
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Em
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Em
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Em
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I can saw a woman in two
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But you won't wanna look in the box when I'm through
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I can make love disappear
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For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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I can pull a rabbit out of a hat I can pull it out, but I can't put it back I can make love disappear For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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Step right up!
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For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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Step right up!
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For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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It's lonely up here when the tricks have been played
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And the spotlight has faded
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Em
And the plans that we made have fallen apart
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It's lonely as hell
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Am7
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And there's no magic spell for a broken heart Put me in chains and I will escape Better not wait up, 'cause I might be late I can make love disappear For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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Well It's lonely up here when the tricks have been played And the spotlight has faded And the plans that we made have fallen apart It's lonely as hell And there's no magic spell for a broken heart I can saw a woman in two But you won't wanna look in the box when I'm through I can make love disappear For my next trick I'll need a volunteer Step right up! For my next trick I'll need a volunteer
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I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

Capo:
III
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I had the shit till it all got smoked
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I kept the promise till the vow got broke
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I had to drink from the lovin' cup
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I stood on the banks till the river rose up
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I saw the bride in her wedding gown
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(
C/g
) I was in the house when the house burned down
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 I may be old and I may be bent But I had the money till it all got spent I had the money till they made me pay Then I had the sense to be on my way I had to stay in the underground I was in the house when the house burned down
Riff
x3
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I was in the house when the house burned down
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I met the man with the thorny crown
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I helped him carry his cross through town
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(
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) I was in the house when the house burned down
Riff
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Repeat chorus and riff x3
Repeat first verse and riff x3
End on
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Jeannie Needs A Shooter

Co-written with Bruce Springsteen
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I was born down by the river where the dirty water flows
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And the cold wind cut through me, it cut right through my clothes
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And the anger and the yearning, like fever in my veins
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Set the fire burning She came down from Knightstown with her hands hard from the line From the first time I laid eyes on her I know that she'd be mine Her father was a lawman, he swore he'd shoot me dead 'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie and I'd have her like I said
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Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
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Jeannie needs a shooter
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Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
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Jeannie needs a shooter
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We met down by the river on the final day in May And when I leaned down to kiss her, she did not turn away I drew out all my money and together we did vow To meet that very evening, and get away somehow
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Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me
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Jeannie needs a shooter
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Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side
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Jeannie needs a shooter The night was cold and rainy down by the borderline I was riding hard to meet her when a shot rang out behind As I lay there in the darkness with a pistol by my side Jeannie and her father rode off into the night Jeannie needs a shooter

Mutineer

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Bbsus2
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Bbsus2
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Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum
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Hoist the mainsail, here I come
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Ain't no room on board for the insincere
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You're my witness, I'm your mutineer I was born to rock the boat Some may sink but we will float Grab your coat, let's get out of here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer
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Long ago we laughed at shadows
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Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
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It could never find us here
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You're my witness, I'm your mutineer
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Long ago we laughed at shadows Lightning flashed and thunder followed us It could never find us here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer I was born to rock the boat Some may sink but we will float Grab your coat, let's get out of here You're my witness, I'm your mutineer You're my witness, I'm your mutineer
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I'm your mutineer

My Shit's Fucked Up

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Intro
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Verse
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When I went to the doctor, I said I'm feeling kinda rough
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Let me break it to you son, your shit's fucked up
Bridge
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Yeah, yeah... it has to happen...
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the rich folks... happen to you Well, I went to the doctor I said, "I'm feeling kind of rough" "Let me break it to you, son Your shit's fucked up" I said, "My shit's fucked up? Well I don't see how" He said, "The shit that used to work It won't work now" I, I had a dream Ah shucks, oh well Now it's all fucked up It's shot to hell Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up It has to happen to the best of us The rich folks suffer like the rest of us It'll happen to you That Amazing Grace Sort of passed you by You wake up every day And you start to cry You wanna die But you just can't quit Let me break it on down It's the fucked up shit Yeah my shit's fucked up Fucked up

Splendid Isolation

Em
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I wanna live all alone in the desert I wanna be like Georgia O'Keefe I wanna live on the Upper East Side And never go down in the street
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Splendid Isolation
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I don't need no one
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Dsus4
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Splendid Isolation Michael Jackson in Disneyland Don't have to share it with nobody else Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand And lead me through the world of Self Splendid Isolation I don't need no one Splendid Isolation
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Em
Don't want to wake up with no one beside me Don't want to take up with nobody new Don't want nobody coming by without calling first
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Don't want nothin' to do with you
Solo over verse chords
I'm putting tin-foil up on the windows I'm laying down in the dark to dream I don't want to see their faces I don't want to hear them scream Splendid Isolation I don't need no one Splendid Isolation Splendid Isolation I don't need no one Splendid Isolation
Solo over verse chords and fade out

Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead

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(
D/e
) I called up my friend LeRoy on the phone I said, Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone 'Cause I got some weird ideas in my head About things to do in Denver when you're dead
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2x
I was working on a steak the other day And I saw Waddy in the Rattlesnake Cafe Dressed in black, tossing back a shot of rye Finding things to do in Denver when you die
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(
A/d
) You won't need a cab to find a priest
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(
E/a
) Maybe you should find a place to stay
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(
A/d
) Some place where they never change the sheets
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And you just roll around Denver all day
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LeRoy says there's something you should know Not everybody has a place to go And home is just a place to hang your head And dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead You won't need a cab to find a priest Maybe you should find a place to stay Some place where they never change the sheets And you just roll around Denver all day And you just roll around Denver all day