THE DEAD MILKMEN
Dean's Dream

from Big Lizard In My Backyard

Tabbed by:      R.E. Tupmoca & B. Breslin
and redone by:  Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


Thanks a lot to those guys for their previous tab. The main
difference is that in their tab everything is just one step
higher. This could be because they had their guitar tuned down
or that they tabbed it off the vinyl rather than CD which, as
I've noticed on some other songs, can often have strange effects.
This, as with 99% of my tabs, is in normal EADGBE tuning.

At any rate, they did most of the work, but I've changed the
key, put the minor F# chord in and put in some idea of the
riff on F#m. I think bar or open chords are OK for this song.
I find the open chords easier when singing along.

The bass is also pretty cool in this song, and I hope to do
that some time.


F#m Riff:
--------
   F#m  Fm
E--2--2--1/2-2-2--
B--2--2--1/2-2-2--
G--2--2--1/2-2-2--
D--4--4--3/4-4-4--
A--4--4--3/4-4-4--
E--2--2--1/2-2-2--


Verse: (using the F#m riff for the most part)
-----
F#m riff                                D 
It's a Friday night cookin' show with a   horsemeat
F#m riff                               D    A   E
dish, I had to stay in the freezer all Thursday eve, talkin' to that
F#m riff                    D 
horse,   I really had to go   down to the
F#m riff                         D        A           E
sidewalk, the sky's all red, the street's filled with people from a
F#m riff
High School band


Chorus:
------
   D           A
I escaped to a theater
   E     F#m
To see a girl
     D           A
With long blonde hair
      E       F#m
Right down to there
   D           A
I escaped from a theater
   E     F#m
To see a girl
     D           A      E
With long blonde hair


verse:
We had to leave
We got in a tan van
Us two in the back
With Steve McGarrett
From Hawaii-Five-O
At the steering wheel
Speeding away we slide into a
Parking lot
And all in slow motion
These tough guys appear

chorus:
We argue and fight
And one pulls a knife
He hits me in the back
But I'm all right
I'm all right
I'm all right
I'm all right
He's all right

F#m riff: x4


Last Chorus:
-----------

This chorus has the same words as the first, but the timing is
slightly different, so I've put the chords above this one, too.

D      A             E
    I escaped from a theater
   F#m   D
To see a girl
     A           E
With long blonde hair
      F#m     D
Right down to there
   A           E
I escaped from a theater
   F#m   D    A   E       F#m
To see a girl

End on F#m.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://www.geocities.com/dmtabs/