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From: Andrew Rogers
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:04:45 -0400
Subject: m/mccoys/beat_the_clock.crd
Beat The Clock
(Gottehrer - Stroll)
Intro:
harpsichord w/percussion:
Em
/ / / / / / / /
Verse:
Em Em/maj7
Beat the clock
Em7 Em6 Cm6
Try to make it stop before
Em G Am
Time can draw the line and cut you down
B7
To her size
[bass enters]
Em Em/maj7
Beat the clock
Em7 Em6
Try to make it stop
C6
Tell me, how long will it take
B7
Before you finally realize
Chorus 1:
Em G
That the carnival is over
D/F
And you`ve seen much better days
Em G
You have wasted too much time
D/F
In too many different ways
Em D C
You deny the possibility of growing old
D Em D C D
You are filled with false humility, you`re much too bold
1: piano w/strings:
Em Em7/D Cm7-5 Cm6
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat verse]
Chorus 2:
That you`re in this game the same as ne
Although you think you`re not
When you`ve tried to rise above it all
You`d get just what you got
Seems to me you`re slipping, you seem slightly unnerved
When you finally see yourself, you get what you deserve
Guitar solo:
Em Em7/D Cm7-5 Cm6 [2X; harpsichord enters 2nd time]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Em
/ . . . . . . .
Instrumental break (2:22) [2X]:
bass:
v v v v v v v v
---------4-------|-----------------
-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5---4-2-4-2-0-4-
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
v v v v v v v v
---------4-------|-----------------
-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5-4-0-4-2-------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
guitar 1 [first line tacit first time]
v v v v v v v v
---------7-------|-----------------
---7-8-------8-7-|-8---7---7-----7-
-9-----9---------|-------9---9-7---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
v v v v v v v v
---------7-------|-----------------
---7-8-------8-7-|-8-7---7---------
-9-----9---------|-----7---9-------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
guitar 2 [tacit first time; second line doubled by harpsichord
second time]:
v v v v v v v v
-----7-8-10--7---|-7---------------
-8-10----------10|----10-810-8-7-10
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
v v v v v v v v
-----7-8-10--8-7-|-8-7---7---------
-8-10------------|-----8---8-------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
[repeat verse]
[repeat chorus 1]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
harpsichord w/percussion:
Em Em/maj7 Em7 Em6 Cm6
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers
