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Happy Phantom Tab

by Tori Amos




To: Lisa Skerritt 


happy phantom by tori amos from her album little earthquakes
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intro:    
 
                                    
and if i die today i'll be the happy phantom
 
                                  
and i'll go chasin the nuns out in the yard
 
                                                  
and i'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
 
                                           
        and i will never need umbrellas in the rain
 
                                           
        i'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
 
                                          
        and the atrocities of school i can forgive
 
                             
        the happy phantom has no right to bitch
 
 
           
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
       
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
 
               
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
          
  sun is getting dim              
 
                     
  will we pay for who we been? 
 
  
  yeah
 
 
                                   
so if i die today i'll be the happy phantom 
 
                                   
and i'll go wearing my naughties like a jewel
 
                                 
they'll be my ticket to the universal opera
 
                                              
        there's judy garland taking buddha by the hand
 
                                              
        and then these seven little men get up to dance
 
                                              
        they say confucius does his crossword with a pen
 
                                            
        i'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin
 
 
           
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
       
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
       
             
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
          
  sun is getting dim
 
                   
  will i pay for who i been?
 
  
  yeah
 
solo:    |       
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or will i see you dear and wish i could come back?
 
                                         
you found a girl that you could truly love again;
 
                                       
will you still call for me when she falls asleep?
 
                               
or do we soon forget the things we cannot see?
 
 
       
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
       
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
 
             
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
           
  sun is getting dim
 
                    
  will i pay for who i been?
 
  
  yeah
 
outro solo:            |              F9sus4
                       |              F9sus4            
                       |              F9sus4
             and if i die today
 
Bb:     x 1 3 3 3 1
Gm7:    3 5 3 3 3 3
Ab:     4 6 6 5 4 4
F9sus4: 1 3 1 3 1 3
Bb/D:   x 5 3 3 6 x
F:      1 3 3 2 1 1
F7:     1 3 1 2 1 1
Em7:    0 2 2 0 3 0
D:      x x 0 2 3 2
C:      x 3 2 0 1 0
Eb:     x 6 8 8 8 x
Em:     x x 2 4 5 3
G:      3 2 0 0 0 3
 
of note: of course, this is a piano song, so this is, at best, 
a bad hack transcription. the F7 isn't the usual F-flatted 7th that 
you might see ( 0 3 3 2 1 0 ) so be careful with that.

i play the intro Bb by hitting the three higher strings first, then the
root, like this:

|                   1 
b|  3     3  3 /4    1
G|  3     3  4 /5    2
D|  3     3  5 /6    3
A|     1     5 /6    3
E|     1     3 /4    1      

(altho the song doesn't have that low F (E string, first fret,) i play it
in unison with the Bb to make it sound thicker.)

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