April Fool chords by Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum - April Fool

             Fig. 1
E-|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------|------------7-5-----------5-4-----------7-5-4------------|
E-|-12s0---|----0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-------7-5-0------|
      \__
         (Loud slide played at the beginning of the song)

At the start of the song, play the slide and then Fig. 1 twice.
Then start Verse 1:

E5  /                                   / //
      Quittin' after one more last ....
E5  /                                     / //
      If I want your opinion I'll ...
E5  /        G5 E5   A5      / G5  D5                A5    G5   E5
      Night driving without headlights....
E5  /        G5  E5    A5          / G5  D5          A5     G5
     Looking good, but sure don't .....

After the final G5 power cord of the verse, slide down to the low
E on the sixth string and start Fig. 1 again, playing it twice and
then continuing on with the second verse: (same chords as first)

     Doin' hopscotch with my legs tied,  ....

The only change is that a new twist is added during the phrase
      'all you mother's money spent'  it goes something like this:

E-|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|
D-|----7b9--5--------2--------|
A-|------------7-----2--------|
E-|---------------5--0--------|

After this verse, go back into Fig. 1 with the following lyrics,
and midway through switch to the chords:

     A burning heart ....
                        A     Asus4  A
     Won't you be my ...
      G          G   C5 A5   G5
     Come on I'm an .....

And slide down again into this break:

E-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------2--|--7-7h9--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------2--|--------10h11-10h11-10h11vvvvvv--|
A-|---------7-5--4-----------0--|---------------------------------|
E-|-0-0-0-0--------7--5-0-------|---------------------------------|
                                  Improvise over this second measure
                                  six times before going on, with
                                  another guitar improvising over
                                  the next figure:

                                 E-|----------------------|
                                 B-|----------------------|
                                 G-|----------------------|
                                 D-|-2-2--------2-2-------|
                                 A-|-0-0--------0-0-------|
                                 E-|-----0-3-4------0-3-4-|


After this, we go back to a structure much like verse 1:

E5 /                                        / //
     Holdin' on to what's left ....
E5  / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
     Anything to ...
E5  / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
     Anything to ...
E5  / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
     Anything to ....

Then slide back down into Fig. 1 as before:

     A burning heart   Like an ...
                        A     Asus4 A
     Won't you be ...
      G       Gsus4 G  C5 A5  G5
     Come on I'm    an ...
              A       Asus4  A          G       Gsus4
     I'm a midspring snow - ...
     G      C5 A5 G
     I'm an April .....

And then repeat Fig. 1 six times over the remaining lyrics:

I'm______________ an April fool for you.....

And finish strong on an E5 power chord.


--
  I.R.Purdie@bradford.ac.uk a.k.a. Iain a.k.a Mosher a.k.a. long-haired git
Why don't you bore a hole in yourself | Lucky guess, Miss Wormwood! Wooooooh,
and let  the sap  run out?  [Groucho] | The pants are hovering over the class
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