Tom: E From: * (Sam Booker) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 13:00:03 -0600 (MDT) HE FORGOT IT WAS SUNDAY ----------------------- Transcribed by Sam Booker >From Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy Records, 1995 NOTE:CAPO on II INTRO: G C D G C Am D G E|---|-3-2-|-2-0-|-0--|-2-0-|-0------|-3-2-|-2-0-|---|---|-----|-------| B|---|-----|-----|----|-----|----3-3-|-----|-----|---|-3-|-----|-------| G|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|-2-|---|-4-2-|-0-----| D|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| A|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| E|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| G C * motel lights were blinkin' 2.We used to tell each other lies * only song I ever knew D G 1.On my chartreuse four-door Lincoln * our orange plastic button eyes * Moonlight Bay on the Avenue C 1.On the dock the fish were stinkin' 2.In a former life on a motel chair * are tales from the Devil's Chin D G 1.I simply didn't have a care. 2.I was Charlie Parker's Teddy Bear * I could've been a contender C * the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels *, me and Bird we'd stay up late * the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels D G * children hum their Christmas Carols 2.I used to watch him contemplate * children hum their Christmas Carols C * train tracks all run parallel * his horn would sit by the window and wait * train tracks all run parallel D G * they'll all meet up one day * it was time for him to blow it * they'll all meet up one day CHORUS: G C On a dusty pew in a vestibule D G Sits the Devil playing pocket pool C Am He's waiting for the next poor fool D G Who forgot that it was Sunday INSTRUMENTAL AFTER 2ND VERSE AND CHORUS: G C D G C Am D G E|---|-3-2-|-2-0-|-0--|-2-0-|-0------|-3-2-|-2-0-|---|---|-----|-------| B|---|-----|-----|----|-----|----3-3-|-----|-----|---|-3-|-----|-------| G|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|-2-|---|-4-2-|-0-----| D|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| A|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| E|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| ENDING: Am D G Am D G He forgot that it was Sunday