THE DEAD MILKMEN
Laundromat Song

from Big Lizard In My Backyard, Chaos Rules - Live at the Trocadero

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


OK, actually I tabbed it off Chaos Rules, but I see no reason
for it to be different. Except for the slightly improvised lyrics.
The A-D bit in the verse is really pretty fast, so I'd recommend just
playing power chords, rather than the full bar. It's hard enough with
those, and next to impossible as full bar chords.


Verse:
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    E          D          A D A D A D A D
E---7----7--7--5----5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----
B---9----9--9--7----7--7--5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7----
G---9----9--9--7----7--7--6-7-6-7-6-7-6-7----
D---9----9--9--7----7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----
A---7----7--7--5----5--5--7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5----
E-------------------------5---5---5---5------

Soap and quarters and bleach and laundry
Are words I use at the laundromat
Reading the news, and watching the people
That's what I do at the laundromat


Chorus:
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       B             C#
At the laundromat my heart grows fat
F#    E
Ahhhh Ahhhh
As my clothes get dry I stop and sigh
Ah Ah
(back to verse riff)
Dreaming -- Screaming

verse:
There's a girl washing her clothes
I'm in love but nobody knows
She looks sixteen or seventeen
My mind grows dirty when my clothes get clean

chorus:
She's so young and tall
Ah Ah
She looks just like John S. Hall
Ah Ah
Dreaming -- Screaming


Bridge:
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A         C#m
I'm not a subtle guy
F#m        D
I'll go to her and sigh
A           E                F#m
"If I don't see you again my love
       D
I must surely die."


Dreaming -- Screaming

verse:
Clothes go round and round
And my heart goes up and down
She's drying her jeans
In separate machines

chorus:
She's loading up her granny cart
Ah Ah
Goin out the door; it's breaking my heart
Ah Ah
Dreaming -- Screaming

That last chorus has a little different bit over the "Screaming"
part, but I can't pick it.


End on:
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E D highA (x-12-14-14-14-12)


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