Strychnine

Tom: F

I brought my guitar to a party a couple months ago, and somebody's teenage
daughter wanted to know if I knew any 'grunge'.  'Like from Seattle?'
'Yeah!'  'OK...'  -- AWR


                             (Gerry Roslie)

Intro:

        electric piano arr. for guitar:

        v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        ----------------|-----------------|
        ----------------|-----------------|
        ------------5---|-----------------|
        ----1---5-------|-6-------5-3-----|
        3---------------|-------------6-4-|
        ----------------|-----------------|
                                  ^^^^^^^ doubled w/guitar and sax

        Cm  Ab   Bb  G
        / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

              Cm        Ab     Bb    G
        Some folks like water
              Cm        Ab     Bb    G
        Some folks like wine
            Cm          Ab     Bb    G
        But I like the taste
              Cm          Ab     Bb    G
        Of straight strychnine           (hey, hey)

Verse 2:

        You may think it's funny
        That I like this stuff
        But once you've tried it
        You can't get enough   (Wow!)

Bridge:

         F7
        Wine is red
         C7
        Poison is blue
         F7
        (G) [N.C.]
        For what's ailin' you

        fill:

         v   v   v   v
        -----------------|
        -----------------|
        --5b7----5-3-----|
        -------------5---|
        -----------------|
        -----------------|

[guitar solo: 12-bar blues in C]

[repeat bridge and fill]

Verse 3:

        If you listen to what I say
        You'll try strychnine some day
        Make you jump, it'll make you shout
        It'll even knock you out

[repeat verse 1]

Coda (repeat to fade):

          Cm       Ab Bb    G


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers