Biography:
Producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion grew up in a musical family: his father was director of the Yale concert and marching bands, his mother sang in jazz bands, and his siblings, Randy (a conductor/arranger in L.A.) and Laurie (a violinist), were both avid music students. Young Jon didn't deal with instruction or practice well, but his natural affinity for improvisation and melody more than made up for his impatience. Unwilling to conform to the conventional school system
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Hook, Line, and Sinker
Jon Brion
JB has played this live with a capo at the 7th fret
and through a leslie at variable speed. The capo is more important,
as you can play the bass counterpoint at the 7th and 9th frets
easily.
Some of the chords/voicings below are somewhat simplified but should be consistent with
the record.
Intro:
E E/A E E/A
E E/A E E/A
Verse 1:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
It should be boredom by now,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
I know the tricks of the trade
E E/A E/C# E/C#
But it goes on anyhow
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Some times the answers are ready made, and I
Chorus 1:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Just like a heavy drinker, I
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, hook, line and
E E/A E E/A
sinker
E E/A E E/A
Verse 2:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
He descends on the room
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Holier than thou, but sillier
E E/A E/C# E/C#
He gonna knock on her cocoon
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
And it's gonna sound familiar, and she'll
Chorus 2:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Putting herself in peril. She'll
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, lock, stock and
E E/A E E/A
barrel
Bridge:
Dm Dm Am Am Dm Dm Am
Am F F
Eb A Ab
And I'm feeling for all of the world like I'm feeling for
Fm Am Am Am Am
all the world
E E/A E E/A
E E/A E E/A
Verse 3:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
So go and reel me in,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
If I am tugging the line
E E/A E/C# E/C#
The hook is under my skin,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Because your lure is well designed. Oh I
Chorus 2:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Just like a heavy drinker, and I
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, hook, line and
E E/A E E/A
sinker
E E/A E
Jon Brion
JB has played this live with a capo at the 7th fret
and through a leslie at variable speed. The capo is more important,
as you can play the bass counterpoint at the 7th and 9th frets
easily.
Some of the chords/voicings below are somewhat simplified but should be consistent with
the record.
Intro:
E E/A E E/A
E E/A E E/A
Verse 1:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
It should be boredom by now,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
I know the tricks of the trade
E E/A E/C# E/C#
But it goes on anyhow
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Some times the answers are ready made, and I
Chorus 1:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Just like a heavy drinker, I
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, hook, line and
E E/A E E/A
sinker
E E/A E E/A
Verse 2:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
He descends on the room
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Holier than thou, but sillier
E E/A E/C# E/C#
He gonna knock on her cocoon
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
And it's gonna sound familiar, and she'll
Chorus 2:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Putting herself in peril. She'll
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, lock, stock and
E E/A E E/A
barrel
Bridge:
Dm Dm Am Am Dm Dm Am
Am F F
Eb A Ab
And I'm feeling for all of the world like I'm feeling for
Fm Am Am Am Am
all the world
E E/A E E/A
E E/A E E/A
Verse 3:
E E/A E/C# E/C#
So go and reel me in,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
If I am tugging the line
E E/A E/C# E/C#
The hook is under my skin,
E/F# E D7+#4 D7+#4
Because your lure is well designed. Oh I
Chorus 2:
F#m A/E B B
Go for it every time
F#m A/E B B
Just like a heavy drinker, and I
F#m A/E B B/C#
Go for it every time, hook, line and
E E/A E E/A
sinker
E E/A E
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