Tablature western union - The Five Americans

          



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  Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:39 -0500

  From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>

  Subject: ./f/five_americans/western_union.crd

  

                              "Western Union"

                         (Rabon - Ezell - Durrill)

  

  Intro:

  

  	organ: D5 (4 bars; fades in)

  

  	guitar (2X alone; 2X after bass and drums enter)

  

  	 D               Dsus4

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

  	-------5---------|-------5---------

  	-----7-----7-----|-----8-----8-----

  	---7---------7---|---7---------7---

  	-0---------------|-0---------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	 D          Dsus4

  	Things went wrong today

  	 D       Dsus4

  	Bad news came my way

  	D     Dsus4

  	I woke up to find

  	D           Dsus4

  	A wire that blew my mind

  

  	D  Dsus4  [1, 4: 2X; 2, 3: 1X  5: to coda]

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	Western Union man

  	Bad news in his hand

  	Knocking at my door

  	Selling me the score

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	Fifteen cents a word to read

  	A telegram I didn't need

  	Said she didn't care no more

  	Think I'll throw it on the floor

  

  Bridge 1:

  

  	Bm              E

  	Got your cable just today

  	Bm                      E           D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4

  	Killed my groove, I've got to say, hey

  

  	[1, 3: to refrain  2: to solo]

  

  Refrain:

  

  	E        A [N.C.]

  	/ / / /  /

  	(...hey)   Western Union

  

  	(acapella; high voice holds A; low voice alternates A and G):

  

  	Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

  	Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

  

  	(band enters)

  

  	D              Dsus4

  	Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

  	D              Dsus4

  	Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

  

  Verse 4:

  

  	Now you've gone away and

  	How it's sad to say you've gone

  	I remember what they said

  	Now I'm going out of my head

  

  Bridge 2:

  

  	Telegram just had to say

  	You've learned your lesson all the way, hey

  

  Organ solo:

  

  	D       Dsus4        [4X]

  	/ / / /  / / / /

  

  [repeat bridge 2]

  

  [repeat refrain]

  

  Verse 5:

  

  	I'll be on my way 'cause

  	There's another girl for me

  	I'll be sure of her and

  	Things'll be as they were

  

  Coda (repeat to fade):

  

  	D              Dsus4

  	Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

  

  	(Western Union, oh Western Union)

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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