This tab was done by David Morbey (davidjo@ozemail.com.au)
I just copied it here because I saw that some guy was "desperate" for these tabs
Notes about this song:
Guitar tune down one step: D G C F A D
Harmonica: Bb
Picking Pattern: D---------------------------------------------| A----1-------1-------1------------------------| F--------0-------0-------0--------------------| C------2-------2-------2----------------------| G--3-------3-------3--------------------------| D---------------------------------------------| C------------------------------------------|
Intro: D----------0----0h3---0----0------3---1-----| A--1---3--------1-----1----1--1-------------| F--0----------------------------2-------2---| C----2-------2------2------2--3-----3-------| G--3-----3------3-------3-------------------| D-------------------------------------------| C -----------------------> F-------------|
D----1---0------------------0--0-------0----| A------------1----0-----0h1----0-----3------| F------2-------2-------------------0--------| C--3-------3----------2----------2----------| G-------------------0-----------------------| D------------------------------0------------| F---> Fmaj7----> Am-------> Em-----------|
D------2---0---2---2------------------------| A----------------------3--------------------| F----2-------2-------2----------------------| C--0-----0-------0-------0------------------| G-------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------|
C F
Back in the old folky days
Am Em D
The air was magic when we played
C F
The riverboat was rockin' in the rain
Am Em D
Midnight was the time for the raid
G
Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela
Am
They tore you down and plowed you under
Bm C
You're only real with your make-up on
G D
How could I see you and stay too long
C F
All along the Navajo Trail
Am Em D
Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails.
C F
Waitresses are cryin' in the rain
Am Em D
Will their boyfriends pass this way again
G
Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids
Am
Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids
Bm C
She needs someone that she can scream at
G D
And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad
C F
I guess I'll call it sickness gone
Am Em D
It's hard to say the meaning of this song
C F
An ambulance can only go so fast
Am Em D
It's easy to get buried in the past
C F Am Em D
When you try to make a good thing last
Harmonica: G C G C Am G C G C Am
G
I saw today in the entertainment section
Am
There's room at the top for private detection
Bm C
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter
G D
But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper
C F
So all you critics sit alone
Am Em D
You're no better than me for what you've shown
C F
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
Am Em D We could get
together for some scenes
Harmonica: G C G C Am G C G C Am G
Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive
And out on the corner it's half past five
But the subways are empty
And so are the cafes
Except for the Farmer's Market
And I still can hear him say
You're all just pissin' in the wind
You don't know it but you are
And there ain't nothin' like a friend
Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind
I never knew a man could tell so many lies
He had a different story for every set of eyes
How can he remember who he's talking to
Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you
