Chords for Memo From Turner
Tempo:
82.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
Am
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E]
I see you down in San Antonio on [D] a hot and dusty night.
[A] [D] You were eating eggs and [A] sammies when the black [D] man there drew his knife.
[A] Oh, you drowned that Jew in Ranton as he washed [D] his sleeveless shirt.
[A] You know, that [D] Spanish-speaking gentleman, the one that we all call Kurt.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, I [D] know that's a [A] mistake.
[C#m] How forgetful [Bm] I'm becoming.
Now [D] you think you're business.
[A] Hey, [B] I remember you in Hemlock [D] Road, [A] 1956.
You're a faggot [Am] little leather boy [D] with a smaller piece [A] of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man.
[D] Your [A] sweat shines sweet and strong.
[D] Your organs [A] working perfectly, but there's a part that's [E] not screwed on.
[A] I want you at the Coke Convention [D] back in 1965.
[D] You're the next great, [A] great victim I [D] see heavily [A] advertised.
You're the great, great man who stops her lips [D] for these [Am] mother's rotten screams.
[D] You're the man who [Am] squats behind a [D] man who works the soft machine.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, [D] your love is all [A] I crave.
[C#m] You'll still be in [Bm] the circus [D] when I'm laughing.
Laughing in my [A] grave.
[E]
[E]
[A] When the old men do the fighting [D] and the young men [A] all look on
[D] and the young girls [A] eat their mother's [D] meat from tubes of [A] plastic corn.
Be [Am] wary, please, my gentle [D] friends, of all the [A] skins you breed.
[D] They have a [A] tasty habit.
[D] They eat the hands that bleed.
[A] So remember who you say you are and keep your [A] noses clean.
[D] Boys will be [Am] boys and play with [D] toys, so be strong [A] with your bees.
Oh, Rosie dear, don't you think it's queer, [D] so stop me [A] if you please.
[D] The baby [Am] said, my lady [D] said, you gentlemen, [G] why you all [F#] work for me.
[D#]
[E]
[A]
[E]
I see you down in San Antonio on [D] a hot and dusty night.
[A] [D] You were eating eggs and [A] sammies when the black [D] man there drew his knife.
[A] Oh, you drowned that Jew in Ranton as he washed [D] his sleeveless shirt.
[A] You know, that [D] Spanish-speaking gentleman, the one that we all call Kurt.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, I [D] know that's a [A] mistake.
[C#m] How forgetful [Bm] I'm becoming.
Now [D] you think you're business.
[A] Hey, [B] I remember you in Hemlock [D] Road, [A] 1956.
You're a faggot [Am] little leather boy [D] with a smaller piece [A] of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man.
[D] Your [A] sweat shines sweet and strong.
[D] Your organs [A] working perfectly, but there's a part that's [E] not screwed on.
[A] I want you at the Coke Convention [D] back in 1965.
[D] You're the next great, [A] great victim I [D] see heavily [A] advertised.
You're the great, great man who stops her lips [D] for these [Am] mother's rotten screams.
[D] You're the man who [Am] squats behind a [D] man who works the soft machine.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, [D] your love is all [A] I crave.
[C#m] You'll still be in [Bm] the circus [D] when I'm laughing.
Laughing in my [A] grave.
[E]
[E]
[A] When the old men do the fighting [D] and the young men [A] all look on
[D] and the young girls [A] eat their mother's [D] meat from tubes of [A] plastic corn.
Be [Am] wary, please, my gentle [D] friends, of all the [A] skins you breed.
[D] They have a [A] tasty habit.
[D] They eat the hands that bleed.
[A] So remember who you say you are and keep your [A] noses clean.
[D] Boys will be [Am] boys and play with [D] toys, so be strong [A] with your bees.
Oh, Rosie dear, don't you think it's queer, [D] so stop me [A] if you please.
[D] The baby [Am] said, my lady [D] said, you gentlemen, [G] why you all [F#] work for me.
[D#]
Key:
D
A
E
Am
C#m
D
A
E
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_ _ _ _ _ I see you down in San Antonio on [D] a hot and dusty night.
[A] _ [D] You were eating eggs and [A] sammies when the black [D] man there drew his knife.
[A] Oh, you drowned that Jew in Ranton as he washed [D] his sleeveless shirt.
[A] You know, that [D] Spanish-speaking gentleman, the one that we all call Kurt.
_ [C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, I [D] know that's a [A] mistake.
[C#m] How forgetful [Bm] I'm becoming.
Now [D] you think you're _ business.
_ [A] Hey, _ [B] _ I remember you in Hemlock [D] Road, [A] 1956.
You're a faggot [Am] little leather boy [D] with a smaller piece [A] of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man.
[D] Your [A] sweat shines sweet and strong.
[D] Your organs [A] working perfectly, but there's a part that's [E] not screwed on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I want you at the Coke Convention [D] back in 1965.
[D] You're the next great, [A] great victim I [D] see heavily [A] advertised.
You're the great, great man who stops her lips [D] for these [Am] mother's rotten screams.
[D] You're the man who [Am] squats behind a [D] man who works the soft machine.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, [D] your love is all [A] I crave.
[C#m] You'll still be in [Bm] the circus [D] when I'm laughing.
_ _ Laughing in my [A] _ grave.
_ [E] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ When the old men do the fighting [D] and the young men [A] all look on
[D] and the young girls [A] eat their mother's [D] meat from tubes of [A] plastic corn.
Be [Am] wary, please, my gentle [D] friends, of all the [A] skins you breed.
[D] They have a [A] tasty habit.
[D] They eat the hands that bleed.
[A] So remember who you say you are and keep your [A] noses clean.
[D] Boys will be [Am] boys and play with [D] toys, so be strong [A] with your bees.
Oh, Rosie dear, don't you think it's queer, [D] so stop me [A] if you please.
[D] The baby [Am] said, my lady [D] said, you gentlemen, _ [G] why you all _ [F#] work for me.
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I see you down in San Antonio on [D] a hot and dusty night.
[A] _ [D] You were eating eggs and [A] sammies when the black [D] man there drew his knife.
[A] Oh, you drowned that Jew in Ranton as he washed [D] his sleeveless shirt.
[A] You know, that [D] Spanish-speaking gentleman, the one that we all call Kurt.
_ [C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, I [D] know that's a [A] mistake.
[C#m] How forgetful [Bm] I'm becoming.
Now [D] you think you're _ business.
_ [A] Hey, _ [B] _ I remember you in Hemlock [D] Road, [A] 1956.
You're a faggot [Am] little leather boy [D] with a smaller piece [A] of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man.
[D] Your [A] sweat shines sweet and strong.
[D] Your organs [A] working perfectly, but there's a part that's [E] not screwed on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I want you at the Coke Convention [D] back in 1965.
[D] You're the next great, [A] great victim I [D] see heavily [A] advertised.
You're the great, great man who stops her lips [D] for these [Am] mother's rotten screams.
[D] You're the man who [Am] squats behind a [D] man who works the soft machine.
[C#m] Come now, [Bm] gentleman, [D] your love is all [A] I crave.
[C#m] You'll still be in [Bm] the circus [D] when I'm laughing.
_ _ Laughing in my [A] _ grave.
_ [E] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ When the old men do the fighting [D] and the young men [A] all look on
[D] and the young girls [A] eat their mother's [D] meat from tubes of [A] plastic corn.
Be [Am] wary, please, my gentle [D] friends, of all the [A] skins you breed.
[D] They have a [A] tasty habit.
[D] They eat the hands that bleed.
[A] So remember who you say you are and keep your [A] noses clean.
[D] Boys will be [Am] boys and play with [D] toys, so be strong [A] with your bees.
Oh, Rosie dear, don't you think it's queer, [D] so stop me [A] if you please.
[D] The baby [Am] said, my lady [D] said, you gentlemen, _ [G] why you all _ [F#] work for me.
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _