Albert Common Is Dead
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#Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:17 -0500
#From: Andrew Rogers
#Subject: ./b/blues_magoos/albert_common_is_dead.crd
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#A... C... I... D... how could I guess that this came out in 1967?
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# "Albert Common Is Dead"
# (Gilbert - Scala)
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#Intro:
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# bass (w/drums):
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# v v v v
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#Intro:
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slide into chords
G A B
Verse 1:
E G
At evening time when work is through
A B
You change yourself to someone new
E G
You try to run to get away
A B
From the pressures of your day
Chorus:
C#m
So you run
A B A B
Fast as you can
C#m
Swear
A B A B
You're a different man
C#m
Tell them
N.C.
F# G#
Albert Common is dead
Verse 2:
Your job is big, your pay is small
Your income tax takes it all
You'll get your watch in one more year
Will anyone remember you were ever here?
repeat chorus
Break:
(1-bar drum beat)
8X
(guitar solo over bass riff ):
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v v v v
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repeat chorus in slow shuffle tempo
Coda:
2X
(guitar solo over bass riff )
DEGm
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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