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Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) - Prefab Sprout
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Tuning: Half-step down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Prefab Sprout
Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) (1982)
(McAloon)
The beautiful debut by one of my favourite bands:
Prefab Sproutâs first single.
This tab sounds pretty original. That is because it is mostly a
transcription of a tab by the songwriter Paddy McAloon himself:
http://wwwlloydcolecom/weblog/indexphp?p=3307&c=1
The original is not very readable, so I tried to improve it in
this respect and added some notes to the chords to make it
sound good when played alone without a band.
The song has been reissued on: â38 Carat Collectionâ
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
I had to give names to some of these chords which was not always easy,
as they are rather idiosyncratic. Who has got better ideas? â
Iâm open for suggestions.
E-A-D-G-B-E
D7/9 x-5-4-5-5-x
Amaj7/F# 2-x-2-1-2-x
A6/-5 x-0-2-2-4-2
F#sus4/G# 4-4-4-4-0-0
E/G# 4(x-2-1)0-0
B/C# x-4âx-4-4-2
B(add11)/C# x-4-x-4-4-0
G#m7 4-x-4-4-0-x
G#m7/F# x-x-4-4-4-4
B* x-x-4-4-4-7
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INTRO
| C#m | D7/9 | C#m | D7/9 |
Hey, I m sorry if I go too fast
A6/-5 E Amaj7/F#
Tonight, let s pretend that this will last
D7/9
I ve got a dream you would like to sleep on too
Oh, I m sorry to dwell on the past
A6/-5 E Amaj7/F#
I d better say nothing at all
D7/9
But I ve got this friend who thinks he s in love with you
And it doesn t sum it up to say he s singing the blues
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else s shoes?
He s screaming because he s found something to lose
So you re living in Eden where, apples are good
But every narrow miracle, takes place on Earth
Yes, the militia ve arrived and the percussion has come
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
And Iâm pounding out messages loud on the drum
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
The rumours have started that we are both young
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
Lions in my own garden, exit someone
D7/9
That s what I ll shout when you just stay out of reach
And it doesn t sum it up to say he s singing the blues
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else s shoes?
He s screaming because he s found something to lose
And it doesn t sum it up to say he s singing the blues
And whoever learnt to walk in somebody else s shoes?
He s screaming because he s found something to lose
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
And Iâm pounding out messages loud on the drum
Amaj7 G#m7/F# B* C#m D7/9
The rumours have started that we are both young
B*
Lions in my own garden, exit someone