Cocaine Lion
Ball Park Music
F5 (133xxx) Bb5 (x133xx) G#5 (466xxx) G5 (355xxx)
Intro: F5 (2) Bb5 (2) x2
[Verse 1]
F5 Bb5
Some things have their skeletons on
F5 Bb5
The outside
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
I’m built up from sodium hydroxide
G#5 G5 F5 Bb5
Deep in a dream I pressed erase
F5 Bb5 F5 F(1)
I don’t feel like anything today
[Verse 2]
F5 Bb5
If you saw what I was feeling on the inside
F5 Bb5
On the outside I’d be ugly
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5
Out hunting empty gastropod shells, Protect my feelings
G#5 G5 F5 Bb5
Deep in a dream I pressed erase
F5 Bb5 F5 F(1)
I don’t feel like anything today
[Chorus *]
C Bb F
I met a girl deep in space
F
The universe was flipping aces
C Bb F
On the table like a cocaine lion,
F
like a cocaine lion, like a cocaine lion,
[Interlude **]
F5 Bb5 F5 Bb5 x2
[Verse 3]
F Bb5 F Bb5
Some things feel their way around with antennas
F Bb5 F Bb5
But I just push on in I have no manners
G#5 G5 F Bb5
deep in a dream I made a refund
F Bb5 F F(1)
It’s nice to meet you, I already miss you.
[Chorus ***]
[Interlude – solo is one octave/12 frets higher]
[Chorus with key change]
D C G
I met a girl deep in space
G
The universe was flipping aces
D C G
On the table like a cocaine lion,
G
like a cocaine lion, like a cocaine lion,
[Solo – 2 frets higher – may need to play on 1st 3 strings]
G C G G x2
G
[*First Chorus Arpeggios]
e|---------------------------------1----|
B|-5---5------3---3-----1---1------1----|
G|--5----5-----3----3----2----2----2----|
D|---5----5-----3----3----3----3---3----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Rake
[** Interlude Solo]
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----4-----3--------------------------|
G|--3/5---53---3p2-3p2-3/5-------------|
D|--------------------------3-----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[*Second Chorus Arpeggios]
e|-12----12--------10----10-------8----8-----8----8-----|
B|---13------13------11-----11-----10---10----10---10---|
G|-----12------12------10-----10-----10---10----10---10-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
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For Tom & Geordie @ Laugh and Learn