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A Down And Dusky Blonde Tab

by God Help The Girl



Finally, an easy one.

       

                       
   I fried my head, I'm not a brunette
                    
I'm a down and dusky blonde
                
I am living in a tree
                   
When I lie in bed I see
                                             
Beyond my lover's head the moon, I hear the rain

                
  I am conscious of my voice 
                   
as a tool it's more demure
                            
Than your friend the singing queen
                     
With her matinee good looks
                             
She talks like talking from a book
                                        
I speak the language of my village, of my street

                         
  But I need a friend and I choose you
                    
I tell you the way I feel
                            
The truth is crushing like a heel
                                           
I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too

                    
    Tell me tales of punk rockin' girls
                      
It's a dim and distant page
                     
But I mostly blame my age
                                      
Please make allowances for me. I do not see. 

                    
    It's a drag that you're getting old
                         
I love to think about the year
                          
When we sobbed and then we cheered
                        
The town deserted like a film
                   
Your torso crushing me
                                       
Into the country and the tunnels and the fields

                         
  But I need a friend and I choose you
                    
I tell you the way I feel
                            
The truth is crushing like a heel
                                           
I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too

              (same as verse)
            

                   
    I read a book a day like an apple
             
But I did not eat
                         
And so the doctor came to me
                        
He said a woman does not live
                                       
By the printed word forgive yourself and eat

               
    Autumn sped along outside
                    
Trick photography on speed
                     
I was locked inside a room
                            
They made a deal, they would control
                                          
The simple things like bodies but I kept my soul

                        
   When I needed someone I chose you
                          
Because the fledgling soul awakes
                      
And on the balcony she quakes
                          
And she is waiting for the sign
                             
And when the brother does not come
                                                
And when the sister's much too young, she chooses you


The little riff at the end of the verses is this or a variation
-3-5-7-5-3-7-(8)-------------------|
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-4-5-7-5-4-7-(9)-------------------|
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He doesn’t usually play the last one, but goes back to the verse C.