Kicking Against the Pricks Chords

Transcribed by: Paul McMullan and Trond J. Stroem for Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart, and Blake Cotton for The Singer and Running Scared and All Tomorrow's Parties.

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The Singer

(Cash, Daniels)

 
    * riff after every two lines or so                                      
    A------2-0-------
    E----------2-----
              
F#                              B
As I walk these narrow streets
                                           F#      
Where a million passin feet have trod before me *
F#
With my guitar in my hand
      B                   F#
Suddenly I realize nobody knows me *


B
Where yesterday the multitude
                                     F#
Screamed and cried my name out for a song *
F#
Today the streets are empty
B                            F#
And the crowds have all gone home **


F#
I pass a million houses
B                              B
But there is no place that I belong *
F#
All I knew to give you
    B                      F#
Was song after song after song *

All the truths I tried to tell you
Were as distant to you as the moon
Born 200 years too late
And 200 years too soon

I'm a child of this age
Locked into the pages of your book
And when I am but dust and clay
And all the children stop to take a look

Will they marvel at the miracles I did perform
And the heights I did aspire
Or will they tear out the pages of the book
To light a fire

With the rain on my face
There is no place that I belong
Did you forget this fucking singer so soon?
And did you forget my song?

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All Tomorrow's Parties

(Velvet Underground)

These are just the standard chords, the way the Velvet Underground and I assume the Seeds play it is with a gooseneck tuning where all the strings are tuned to D.

    C            C         Bb   Bb/A  C
And what costume shall the poor girl wear
   F     Dm       G        G
To all tomorrow's parties

(same)
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow's parties
    F              F      G              G
And where will she go and what shall she do
     F        F      G       G
When midnight comes around
       C         C       Bb Bb/A  C
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown

    F     Dm       C
And cry behind the door

Lead fill:

   C
e:-1---0------------0------------------------------------------
B:---------3----3---1------------------------------------------
G:------------------0------------------------------------------
D:------------------2------------------------------------------
A:------------------3------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns
To all tomorrow's parties

And what will she do with Thursday's rags
When Monday comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door

Solo:  (this is almost it)

   F         C           G             C
e:-5-5-5-3-----------------------------------------------------
B:---------6-3-5-5-5-5-----------3---3-3-5-5-5-5---------------
G:-----------------------2-4-4-4---4---------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------

   F            C           G          C
e:-8-8-8--7--5--------------1-1-1-0----0-----------------------
B:--------------3-5-5-5-5-----------3--1-----------------------
G:-------------------------------------0-----------------------
D:-------------------------------------2-----------------------
A:-------------------------------------3-----------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown
For whom none will go mourning

A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow's parties
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Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart

(Greenaway/Cook)

(NOTE: These chords are really for Gene Pitney's original; Cave does it in a lower key, but I haven't bothered to check out which. - Trond.)

INTRO:
C G Em D

(Gm)Something's gotten hold of my (F)heart
Keeping my (Eb)soul and my (D7)senses a(Gm)part
Something's gotten into my (F)life
Cutting it's (Eb)way through my (D7)dreams like a (Gm)knife
(F)Turning me (Eb)up, and (D7)turning me (Gm)down
(F)Making me (Eb)smile, and (D7)making me (Gm)frown

(Gm)In a world that was (F)small
I once lived in a (Bb7)time that was (Eb)peace and
no (D7)troubles at (Gm)all
But then you came my (F)way
And a feeling (of) un(Gm)known shook my (F)heart,
made me (C7)want you to (F)stay
(C7)All of my (F)nights, and (C7)all of my (Eb)days

(D7) (yeah I gotta tell you now)
(Gm)Something's gotten hold of my (F)hand
Dragging my (Eb)soul to a (D7)beautiful (Gm)land
Yeah, something has invaded my (F)night
Painting my (Eb)sleep with a (D7)colour so (Gm)bright
(F)Changing the (Eb)grey, and (D7)changing the (Gm)blue
(F)Scarlet for (Eb)me, and (D7)scarlet for (G)you

(C) (G) (Em) (A)
I (A7)got to know if this is the real thing
I (A9)got to know it's making my heart sing
Wo-hoo-(D)o-ye-e-e-e-e e-(D9)
You (D7)smile and I am lost for a lifetime
Each (D9)minute spent with you is the (D7)right time
Every hour, every day
You touch me and my mind goes astray, yeah
Baby, baby

(Gm)Something's gotten hold of my (F)hand
Dragging my (Eb)soul to a (D7)beautiful (Gm)land
Something has invaded my (F)night
Painting my (Eb)sleep with a (D7)colour so (Gm)bright
(F)Changing the (Eb)grey, and (D7)changing the (Gm)blue
(?)Scarlet for (Eb)me, and (D7)scarlet for (Gm)you

A9:xx2423
D9:200210

(* Play the Bb7 as a bare chord on the 6th fret to make it sound right, i.e. 686766. - Trond.)

Comments from Paul McMullan:
The position of the chords is about right I think. In many cases they should be played on the start of the word that follows the chord. For example, (F)scarlet ... means the F is played on the s. My positioning of the chords isn't exactly the same as the sheet music - it doesn't always correspond to where the guitar chord has been placed. But it does agree with the chord (or note) in the piano notation.

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Running Scared

(???)

              A
Just running scared

             Bm
Each place we go

    C#m
So afraid

 E7       E9sus4  E7
That he might show


              A
Yeah, running scared 

            Bm
What would I do

         C#m
If he came back

E7          A
And wanted you


                      A 
Just running scared 

        Bm
Feeling low

         C#m
Running scared 

             E7
You loved him so


              A 
Just running scared 

          Bm
Afraid to lose

           C#m
If he came back

E7                   A    A7
Which one would you choose


D           D6
Then all at once

Dmaj7           D     Dmaj7  D6
He was standing there

    D         D6
So sure of himself

    Dmaj7        D    Dmaj7  D6
His head in the air

D              D6
My heart was breaking

Dmaj7              D
Which one would it be?

D            D6        D     E7        A
You turned around and walked away with me

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