Our Days In Kansas tab by Tullycraft

Tabs

by Tullycraft

3/4 rhythm for the beginning and then switches to 4/4

Chords
FF  |--3211| although at the end: |133211|
C majorC  |-3555-|
D MajorD  |-5776-|
Bb majorBb |-1333-|
G5G5 |355---|
Bb5Bb5 |-133--|
D5D5 |-577--|
C5C5 |-355--|

Plays this once
 FF      C majorC      D MajorD      A augmentedA      A#A#
E MajorE ------1-----|------------|------------|------5-----|------6-----|
BB ----1---1---|------5-----|------6-----|----5---5---|----6-------|
G+G --2-------2-|----5---5---|----7---7---|--6-------6-|--7---------|
D MajorD 3-----------|--5-------5-|--7-------7-|7-----------|8-----------|
A augmentedA ------------|3-----------|5-----------|------------|------------|
E MajorE ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 FF      A#A#      C majorC
E MajorE ------1-----|------6-----|------8-----|
BB ----1-------|----6---6---|----8---8---|
G+G --2---------|--7-------7-|--9-------9-| Then changes to
D MajorD 3-----------|8-----------|10----------|
A augmentedA ------------|------------|------------|
E MajorE ------------|------------|------------|

 FF      C majorC      D MajorD      A augmentedA      A#A#
E MajorE ------1-----|------------|------------|------5-----|------6-----|
BB ----1---1---|------5-----|------6-----|----5---5---|----6-------|
G+G ----2-----2-|----5---5---|----7---7---|----6-----6-|--7---------|
D MajorD 3---3-------|----5-----5-|----7-----7-|7---7-------|8-----------|
A augmentedA ------------|3---3-------|5---5-------|------------|------------|
E MajorE ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 FF      A#A#      C majorC
E MajorE ------1-----|------6-----|------8-----|
BB ----1-------|----6---6---|----8---8---|
G+G --2---------|--7-------7-|--9-------9-| And this plays throughout the
D MajorD 3-----------|8-----------|10----------| intro until the song picks up
A augmentedA ------------|------------|------------| at "pep up the formula tonight"
E MajorE ------------|------------|------------|

    FF              C majorC
Did you mean what you said when you told me you missed us
  D MajorD          A augmentedA
Without reservation, without plans for Christmas
 A#A#            FF
First part was right, the rest wasn't true
   A#A#            C majorC
The same goes for me and the same goes for you

      FF              C majorC
Packed my things for the month but it's not necessary
  D MajorD             A augmentedA
I told you I'd stay but it's just temporary
   A#A#            FF
Like Swastika Girls who fell back on their looks
    A#A#            C majorC
We relied on the tricks and the recycled hooks

     FF            C majorC
Did you want a response or just someone to edit?
   D MajorD              A augmentedA
It's not what you said, it's the way that you said it
   A#A#              FF
The longshoreman's daughter, when they spelled her name
    A#A#               C majorC
Found three chords of brilliance and rode them to fame all alone

(break)       FF
Pep up the formula tonight
              D MajorD
You're not obliged to do us favors
          C majorC
Disenchanted hearts unite
             Bb majorBb      C majorC
When you and I were candy ravers

(break)           FF
Krushchev's Ekranoplan had failed
              D MajorD
Those weeks in August never seem fair
              C majorC
Our love is left to sink or sail
                Bb majorBb     C majorC
You cut the summer blonde from your hair

(break)        FF
A augmentedA little time is all I need
             D MajorD
A augmentedA disco bloodbath for the ages
              C majorC
The patience left to let it bleed
            Bb majorBb     C majorC
And a quill to fill the pages

G5G5           Bb5Bb5
Side streets set ablaze
  D5D5          C5C5
And all roads lead to maybe
       G5G5          Bb5Bb5
Sometimes I think about those days
       D5D5         C5C5
Sometimes I wish we'd kept the baby
       G5G5            Bb5Bb5
I don't know how things could have changed
    C5C5
At the latest

(break)           FF
Our days in Kansas wouldn't last
            D MajorD
I never learned the KU fight song
               C majorC
Exchanging poisons from the past
              Bb majorBb    C majorC
I hadn't heard from you in so long

(break)             FF
And if the moonlight kills the flame
               D MajorD
With all the moments we were meant to
                  C majorC
You know I'll tell the world your name
               Bb majorBb     C majorC
I couldn't let the world forget you


 D MajorD          C majorC       FF  Bb majorBb
Things were so much easier back in 1993
  D MajorD         C majorC         FF
I loved you for the first time on that day