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From: Palascqua@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 01:50:10 -0400
Subject: "sackcloth and ashes" by the mr. t experience
sackcloth and ashes
the mr. t experience
love is dead
recommended chord chart
e f# a b db d
e|----------5---7----------|
b|----------5---7----------|
g|--9---11--6---8---6---7--|
d|--9---11--7---9---6---7--|
a|--7---9---5---9---4---5--|
e|----------5---7----------|
alternate chord chart
e f# a b d
e|--0---2---0-------2--|
b|--0---2---2-------3--|
g|--1---3---2---4---2--|
d|--2---4---2---4---0--|
a|--2---4---0---2------|
e|--0---2--------------|
intro: a a d a a e a a d e/a a d a a e a a d e a
a d a
she looks pretty good in blue she's worn it out alot
a b e
you look good on paper too when actually you're not
a d
she's not looking anymore for someone to feel sorry for so
a e a
don'cha come round no more
a a/d a a/e
she's got pretty fake eye-lashes slanted plastic glasses
a db/d e
everyone who passes says she looks beautiful but
a d
don't even think about asking her to dance cause in your
a d e a
sackcloth and ashes you're never gonna have a chance
d e a
sackcloth and ashes.
a d a a e a a d e a
a d a
she smeared you with her fingerprints just because she could
a b e
she's not sorry for her sins as long as she looks good
a d
how can she have so much fun knowing all the things she's done
a e a
she's bad, she's strong, or maybe she's stupid
a a/d a a/e
but she's got pretty party dresses manic-panic tresses
a db d e
she believes that less is more where you're concerned and
a d
you can only dream about the places that she's been cause in your
a d e a
sackcloth and ashes they're never gonna let you in
f# e d a f# e d
one day maybe you'll be way beyond this silly habit you've put on
f# e d a f#
tough and strong enough and wrong and wrong enough
e d e
for long enough to belong there but till that day comes along
a a/d a a/e
you'll be sullen and regretful querulous and fretful
a db/d e
carrying a head full of evil thoughts and there'll be
a a/d a d
lots of girls and people who want to know where you stand
a d e a
but in your sackcloth and ashes you'll never make them understand
a d a d a d
sackcloth and ashes sackcloth and ashes sackcloth and ashes
e a
they're never gonna understand
transcribed by palascqua@aol.com
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