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From uunet!stanford.edu!agate!sennet Sat Aug 22 15:01:49 PDT 1992
Article: 1764 of alt.guitar.tab
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From: sennet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: But I Might Die Tonight: CRD to SIMP/text
Date: 21 Aug 1992 10:06:42 GMT
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This song was recently posted in CRD format.  Unfortunately, for several
reasons, CRD does not meet my needs and I wanted the song in SIMP (text)
format (with a few changes).  I assume there are at least a few people out
there who also would enjoy the song in SIMP format, so here goes:
(CRD fans:  I appreciate your enthusiasm for CRD, but it does not meet
my needs.  I would hope that there are enough people using this group to
justify and support more than one format.)
.
.         But I Might Die Tonight
.                                       ..Cat Stevens
.
.
.
(4/4 time)
Tab   for the intro:
..     Chord:     D     C        D  D   C         D     C        D  D   C
..     D String    --2------0--|---2-2-0-0-|       --2------0--|---2-2-0-0-|
.
D....          ........C ........     D........          ....C ........
.          Don't want   to work away    doin' just what they all say,
D....          ........C ........     D........          ....C ........
Work hard boy  and   you'll find       one day you'll have a job like mine,
A....          ........G ........     A....          ........G ........
'Cause I know         for sure         nobody should be    that poor
A....          ........G ........     A....          ........G ........
To say yes             or sink low    because you happen to  say so, say so,
(2/4)
You say so!
D....          ........C ........     D........          ....C ........
.        I Don't want   to work away    doin' just what they all say,
D....          ........C ........     D........          ....C ........
Work hard boy        you'll find       one day you'll have a job like mine,
.              (2/4)        D
job like mine,  A job like mine!
A....          ........G ........     A....          ........G ........
Be wise,             look ahead,      use your eyes          he said
A....          ........G ........     A....        ...C     D  A  G  A  G
Be straight,          think right,    but I might     die tonight!___
on  D C D C D C D C  C     D}
Aahhhh_______________
.
Chord chart:
.       E A D G B E
A       0 0 2 2 2 0
C       - 3 2 0 1 0
D       x x 0 2 3 2
G       3 2 0 0 0 3
.
CRD From: Dierk Lucyga;  SIMPed by Sennet
.

From: fany@fons.nbg.de (Martin Sluka)

                           But I Might Die Tonight
                      --------------------------------
                      (Words and Music by Cat Stevens)


                         C       D       G       A
                       ___o_o  __o___  __ooo_  _o___o
                       ||||o|  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||
                       ||o|||  |||o|o  |o||||  ||ooo|
                       |o||||  ||||o|  o||||o  ||||||


D        .   C         .   |D      .              C    .  |
 I don't want to work away,  doing just what they all say,

D      .       C           .    |D     .                C         .    |
 "Work hard boy and you'll find,  one day you'll have a job like mine."

A         .   G    .   |A   .             G     .   |
 'cause I know for sure  nobody should be that poor.

A       .  G        .   |A            .         G       .      |.        .  |
 To say yes or sink low,  because you happen to say so, say so,  you say so.

D        .   C         .   |D      .              C    .  |
 I don't want to work away,  doing just what they all say,

D      .       C           .    |
 "Work hard boy and you'll find,

D     .                C              .             |.           .    |
 one day you'll have a job like mine, job like mine,  a job like mine.

A    .   G      .    |A         .    G   .    |
 Be wise, look ahead,  use your eyes" he said,

A    .        G      .      |A    .       C      D|A.G.|A.G.|
 "be straight, think right."  but I might die tonight!_

D.C.D.C.|D.C.D.C.|C...|....|D...||
 Aah.___  Aah.___

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Cat Stevens albums
1974 Buddha and the Chocolate Box
1973 Foreigner
1972 Catch Bull at Four
1971 Teaser and the Firecat
1970 Tea for the Tillerman
1970 Mona Bone Jakon
1967 New Masters
1967 Matthew & Son
Tea for the Tillerman tabs
01Where Do the Children Play? tabbass tab
02Hard Headed Woman tabbass tab
03Wild World tabbass tab
04Sad Lisa tabbass tab
05Miles from Nowhere tabbass tab
06But I Might Die Tonight tabbass tab
07Longer Boats tabbass tab
08Into White tabbass tab
10Father and Son tabbass tab
11Tea for the Tillerman tabbass tab

 

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