#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # >From: vettersj@mindspring.com (Steve Vetter) >Subject: CRD: Big Dipper _ Cracker >Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:51:15 -0400 Big Dipper - from "The Golden Age" tabbed by Steve Vetter [vettersj@mindspring.com] and dm9530a@american.edu (David Marley) the key to remmeber in this song is that you have to maintain the guitar rhythm even though the verse doesn't always match up. -sjv intro/verse: Am C F G The cigarettes And carrot juice Get yourself a new tattoo For those sleeveless days of June I'm sitting on the Cafe Zino's steps With a book I haven't started yet Watching all the girls walk by G F Could I take you out? F Dm I'd be yours without a doubt C G On that big dipper If the sound of this It frightens you We could play it real cool And act somewhat indifferent And hey June Why's you have to come Why'd you have to come around So soon? I wasn't ready For all this nature The terrible green green grass And violent blooms Of flowered dresses And afternoons that make me sleepy But we could wait awhile 'Fore we push that dull turnstile Into the passage Thousands they have tread And others sometimes fled Before the turn came We could wait our lives Before a chance arrives Before the passage Form the top you can see Monterey Or think about San Jose Though i know it's not that pleasant And hey Jim 'A Karoak Brother of the famous Jack Or so he likes to say Lucky bastard He's sitting on the Cafe Zino's steps With a girl I'm not over yet Watching all the world go by Boy you're looking bad Did I make you feel that sad? I'm honestly flattered But if she asked me out I'd be her without a doubt On that big dipper Cigarettes And carrot juice get yourself a new tattoo For those sleeveless days of June I'm sitting on the Cafe Zino steps I haven't got the courage yet I haven't got the courage yet... Here's a rough sketch of the solo... ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------| --5--7--9-5-10--9--5-5--7-7--7--10--9--5--7--5--------| ------------------------------------------------7--5--| ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------|