Jonah Chords

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Date: Sunday, October 13, 2002
Subject: d/davis_stuart/jonah.tab
Jonah by Stuart Davis from The Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN 06/29/01
Submitted by Del Kreiser
 
tune down 1/2 step
 
intro
 
        C#m*
E |-4---4-X-|
B |-4h5-5-X-|
G |-6---6-X-|
D |-6---6-X-|
A |-4---4-X-|
E |-4---4-X-|
 
repeat rhythm throughout first verse
 
E |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
B |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
G |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
D |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
A |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
E |-X-XXX-XX-XXX-|
 
The dogs are still expecting
your father is a general
Benjamin's a murderer
your sister is a sponge
your mother is a worker
 
 
C#m E    A             E              B
Jonah, I ran into your mom, she isn't aging very well
 
A           E         B             E
sometimes I think her face is gonna burst
 
      A              C#m                        E
cause hiding pain is work, and your mother is a worker
 
A  E        B                   E             A               B
Jonah, some thoughts about your sister -- her eyes are always closed
 
A               E         B
ever since that day she's held a certain pose
 
F#         A               B           E
it's not a coma, she's the opposite of numb
 
     A                C#m                      E
some people soak pain up, and your sister is a sponge
 
         A           E        F#    E
and your mother is a worker
 
 
F# A     C#m       E        A               E           B*
Jonah, I still see Ben, but if i bring your name up the conversation ends
 
         F#             A           C#m            E
cause he loaned you the shotgun you took up to the cabin
 
A               E       B*                    C#m          E
whatever people say, he only hears the words 'Benjamin's a murderer'
 
     A           E            F#          E         B*
your sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
 
 
B*            A               E          B
Jonah, Jonah, news about your dad -- you thought he drank before
 
A      E           B*                     A               C#m
now he drinks, his body is at war and his stomach's never full
 
                       E        A            E
cause your father is a general, Benjamin's a murderer
 
     F#          E            A           E        B    A
your sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
 
 
C#m                     A       E            A                 B
Jonah they gave me your goddamn dogs and I'm sick of what they do
 
     F#           A                F#           E
they bark at everything until they see it isn't you
 
          C#m                            F#          E
cause the dogs are still expecting, your father is a general
 
A                           B*                       A                   B   A
Benjamin's a murderer, your sister is a sponge, your mother is a worker
 
A  E  B  A   A  E  B  A
 
 
    C#m*
The dogs are still expecting
your father is a general
Benjamin's a murderer
your sister is a sponge
your mother is a worker
 
 
Chords
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A    X02220
B    X244XX
B*   799877
C#m  X46654
C#m* 446654
E    022100
F#   244322
X