I'm a little unsure about all the chords in this song, as it's
quite difficult to hear clearly. Any corrections welcomed. One
thing is for certain- you don't want to be strumming all the
strings all the time. Most of it's on 2, 3 and 4, but hit the
top string on the upstroke, especially on that C#m in the
verse.
This transcription dedicated to Marc Hirsh.
Title: 4th of July
Artist: Aimee Mann
Writer: Aimee Mann
Album: Whatever
Trans: rick@maya.demon.co.uk (Rich Tebb)
Intro
x2
Today's the 4th of July
another June has gone by
and when they light up our town I just think
what a waste of gunpowder and sky.
I'm certain I am alone
in harbouring thoughts of our home
it's one of my faults that I can't quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone
I ought to have gotten it...
Ooh baby I wonder if when you are older some day
you'll wake up and say "My God I should have told her,
what would it take?
But now here I am and the world's gotten colder
and she's got the river down which I sold her"
So that's today's memory lane
with all the pathos and pain
another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless
and they're always the same
a verse and a verse and refrain
Ooh baby...
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black rick
rick@maya.demon.co.uk