Souvenir
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#SOUVENIR
#(Neil Finn)
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#NOTES:
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#-- I've supplied two different versions of the intro (which is the same
#thing played on the verses); the first version is an easier way to go,
#though the voicings are not as accurate as Version 2. The problem is
#that version 2 relies on the higher strings, giving you very little bass
#to work with -- and this is a pretty bass-heavy song.
#
#-- This is one of those songs on the album that doesn't work
#particularly well as an acoustic guitar song.
#
#-- The riff is pretty much identical all through the song.
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#* UNUSUAL CHORDS
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#E XX2100 (diff. from usual fingering)
#D6 XX0100
#F#m XX4222 (diff. from usual fingering)
#A6/C# X42422
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#RIFF:
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#INTRO/VERSE, version 1: E F#m
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#INTRO/VERSE, version 2: E* D6* F#m*
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#VERSE:
E DF#m
Don't ask the question
E DF#m
cos you won't like the answer
E DF#m
get up off your chair
A
there's nothing for you here
CHORUS:
D A D
Where the guests like souvenirs
A D A D
they play with you til you're all worn out
A D A D EDF#m
back there the guests like souvenirs
VERSE:
Prison colour blue
it's a uniform of choice
count yourself lucky
and you don't write the software
CHORUS:
and the guests like souvenirs
they play with you till you're all worn out
back where the guests take photographs
they hope you had a good night
BRIDGE:
GABA
G ABA
Loosen up your tie
G
make the viewers cry
A Bb E DF#m
I cannot pretend to cry
SOLO:
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VERSE:
Memorise by heart
every single part
there's nothing for you here
CHORUS:
Where the guests like souvenirs
they play with you til you're all worn out
back where the guests like souvenirs
they hope you had a good night
GABA
G A Bb A
Each night I would fall
G A
right off the stairs
Bb A
no one's in prayer (?)
CODA: (instrumental, no words)
G(III) A6/C#* F#m D
G(III) A6/C# F#m E G
(c) 1997 by Roundhead Music, Administered by Wixen Music (BMI)
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)