Guitar tabs
Song: 4th of July Asbury Park
Artist: Richard Shindell
Album: Courier
Listen to the record for timing. There are a lot of words crammed into
the verses.
You can hear the song at
http://www.richardshindell.com/index.php?page=songs&display=71
1 1/7 4 5 6m
Capo 2 
C majorC 
C/BC/B 
FF 
G+G 
A minorAm
Capo 7 G+G G/F# C majorC 
D MajorD 
E minorEm
I find I can capture more of what's going on at capo 7
{verse}
[1]Sandy the [4]fireworks are hailin' over
Little [1]Eden tonight [1/7]
Forcin' a [6m]light onto all those stoned-out faces
left [5]stranded on this Fourth of July
Down in [1]town the circuit's full of [4]switchblade lovers
so [1]fast so shiny so sharp [1/7]
And the [6m]wizards play down on Pinball Way
on the [5]boardwalk way past dark
And the [4]boys from the casino dance with their [5]shirts open
like [1]Latin lovers [1/7]on the [6m]shore
Chasin' all them [5]silly New York virgins by the score
{chorus}
Oh [4]San[1]dy the [4]aurora is [1]risin' be[5]hind us
These [4]pier [1]lights our [4]carnival [1]life for[4]ever
[4]Love me [1]tonight for [4]I [1]may [5]never see you again
Ooh I mean it Sandy [4]girl, [5] my my my my my [1]baby
Ooh I mean it Sandy [4]girl, [5] my my [1] baby
{verse}
Now the greasers they tramp the streets or get busted
For trying to sleep out on the beach all night
Them boys in their high heels
Oh Sandy their skins are so white
And me I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades
Bangin' them pleasure machines
Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they all
Promise to unsnap their jeans
And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
That Joey kept me spinnin'
Didn't think I'd ever get off
{chorus}
Oh Sandy the aurora is rising behind us
The pier lights our carnival life on the water
Ah love me tonight for I may never see you again
Ooh I mean it Sandy girl, my my my my my baby
Ooh I mean it Sandy girl, my-y baby
{verse}
Sandy, that waitress I was seein' lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night, she said she won't set herself on fire for
me anymore
She worked that joint under the boardwalk, she was always the girl you
saw bopping down the beach with a radio
The kids say last night she was dressed like a star in one of them
cheap little sea-side bars
And they saw her parked with lover-boy out on the Kokomo
Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes
better than they do?
For me this boardwalk life's through
You know you ought to quit this scene too
{chorus}
Oh Sandy the aurora is rising behind us,
These pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight for I may never see you again
Ooh I mean it Sandy girl, my my my my my baby
Ooh I mean it Sandy girl, my my my my my baby
