Port Of Souls tab by The Gun Club

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PORT OF SOULS – Gun Club
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From the album ‘Mother Juno’
Tabbed by: Jay Rangdale
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Port of Souls is one of my favourite ‘late era’ Gun Club songs. It’s pretty
straightforward too! It’s easiest to play all the rhythm guitar using a standard e-
major shape barre-chord.
I’ve lifted the lyrics from Jeffrey-Lee’s autobiography ‘Go Tell the Mountain’.


Intro:

e|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-0--0----0----0---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-1-----------------X2---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A augmentedA      E MajorE  G+G          E MajorE
 Run Molly run,  your hills are on fire

A augmentedA        E MajorE      G+G         E MajorE
 Why don’t you go downtown, and get it on the wire?

Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#

A augmentedA   E MajorE      G+G         E MajorE
 Now, easy street, can sure get you laid

A augmentedA        E MajorE        G+G      E MajorE
 Doesn’t matter what you’ve done, and you get paid

EE, EE       E MajorE BB C#C#
  In the Port of Souls

A augmentedA       E MajorE BB C#C# BB A augmentedAAA
In the Port of Souls

Lead break over chorus:

Rhythm gtr: E MajorE E E MajorE       A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA       E MajorE E E MajorE        C#C# A augmentedA E MajorE
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------7—----------------7-----------------7—--------------------------|
D MajorD|----7-9---------------7-9---7-7-7-------7-9---------------7----------7--|
A augmentedA|7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---------------7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---9-7-6------7|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------9----|

   BB C#A E MajorE BB A augmentedA
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------7---9-7---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|7-7-6-----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------9-----------------------------------------------------------------|

The above fits over these lines:

       EEE      A augmentedAAA
Too much ocean, too much sea

       EEE         C#C# A augmentedA E MajorE
It is no wonder that you buried me

        BB C#C# A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA (Hold ‘A’ into next verse)
But its alright

A augmentedA       E MajorE G+G        E MajorE
 Rose Connally  don’t go in the field

A augmentedA             E MajorE     G+G          E MajorE
 You might find something underneath, underneath what is real

Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#

A augmentedA                        E MajorE        G+G   E MajorE
 Now stop pulling an eyelash, only you that I have

A augmentedA          E MajorE   G+G           E MajorE
 And it makes me so tired, and this could be the end

Repeat chorus

There’s a bunch of feedback and stuff for half a verse, then…
Last half-verse:

A augmentedA          E MajorE   G+G         E MajorE
 Now don’t call John Henry, just kiss him goodbye

A augmentedA         E MajorE   G+G      E MajorE
 It don’t matter anyway, so simply goodbye

Repeat chorus

Second part of chorus repeats several times with different lyrics:

1
I didn’t get lonely dear,
I didn’t have a chance to see, but its alright

2
You don’t have to say goodbye
No! no
But its alright

And different lead breaks:


Rhythm gtr:  E MajorE E E MajorE        A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA         E MajorE E E MajorE
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|b10-10-8------------b10-10-8---8-10-10-10—-b10-10-8--------------7-10-7-|
G+G|---------9-7-9-9-9-----------9----------------------9-7-9-9-9--9--------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   C#C# A augmentedA E MajorE    C#C# A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA
e|------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
BB|------10-----------10-----10--------------------------------------------|
G+G|9-8-6----9-9-9-8-6----9-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

b = bend

Last time round he’s just throttling the life out of the b string on the 16th fret
with lots of bend!

There we are then! Enjoy!
Cheers
Jay