La La Lie (by Jack's Mannequin)
From the "Everything in Transit" album
As interpreted by Joe G
This is a great song to play, easy chords too.
Put a capo on 3 to play in the correct key.
The Chords are:
: X32010
: 320003
G/F#: 2X0003 (use your thumb!)
: 022000
: XX0232
: XX0230
/: 2X0230 (use your thumb!)
: X02210
And an asterisk (*) next to a chord means add the third fret on high e. So C* would be
of x32010. D* would be xx0233 which is technically called Dsus4, but why more than I
to?
And if you didn't already know, a / after a chord means a different bass note. So G/F#
bass is F#, so it's 2X0003 or 220003 if you want.
I'm showing the intro a little more detailed than the rest of the song, but if you can
the intro, you'll get the idea through the rest.
Intro:
* * *
/F#
* * *
*
* * *
/F#
* * *
* [into verse]
Guess what, I'm done writing you songs
You give up your job at the bank
Proving money's not fun when you're gone
So this is the first verse
It's not very long
But I'm ready to move on
Guess what, I'm done writing your book
*
The ending got twisted around
But for all of the hell that it took
The electrical wires
Were hung on the walls
In the room that I rent now
*
Well actually I've got friends who (la la la lie)
*
Will help me pull through
*/ /
(La la la lie la la lie)
The spaceman that can't get high
I'm coming back to my girl by July
/
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right.
* * *
* [into verse]
So, guess what, I'm done drawing you pictures
I'm dulling the day with the drink
In a parking garage by the theater
We met for the movie
Every scene was a sign
We made out through their meaning
*
Well I've got friends who (la la la lie)
*
Will help me pull through
*/ /
(la la la lie la la lie)
A spaceman that can't get high
I'm coming back to my girl by July
/ ...
Yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah!
... * * *
/F#
* * *
*
* * *
/F#
* * *
* [into verse]
Guess what? I'm done writing you songs
I'm far too unstable to settle
I doubt that the doctors are wrong
So I'll wait by a palm tree,
A palm tree, a palm tree
/
Well I've got friends! (la la la lie)
*
To help me pull through
*/ /
(La la la lie la la lie)
The spaceman that can't get high
I'm coming back to my girl by July
/
Well I've got friends (la la la lie)
*
To help me pull through
*/ /
(La la la lie la la lie)
The song for a long goodbye
I'm coming back, I'm coming back
/
to my girl (La la la lie)
*
Back to my girl
*/ /
(La la la lie la la lie)
The song for a long goodbye
Am D/F# (hold and fade)
I'm coming back to my girl by July