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	Topeka Words & Music by Tim Ferrell I found God in a catalytic converter in Topeka on a Monday night Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future So you know what keeps me hangin' around No you can't keep a good man down. I taste blood every time I think of summer, If that's true, I'm in for quite a treat 'Cause I'm beggin' for the sun in a mid-Missouri winter waitin' desperately to get outta town No you can't keep a good man down. You've been known to obsess over the future, Do you think you'll get away from the past? As you stone yourself just to make it through til midnight Consider what you might have found You think you've got a good thing now.... From here on, you can count on all things going the way they must've from the start All you feel is the current flowing through you and seizing your infected heart. I found God in a catalytic converter in Topeka on a Monday night. I found God in a catalytic converter in Topeka on a Monday night. Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future... saint has a past, every sinner has a future saint has a past, every sinner has a future saint has a past, every sinner has a future, sinner has a future, sinner has a future.
		Allright... Doc wanted Saturday Night Thunderbolt so: First things first - the main chord progression is A F# E D A You play through that twice and the third one goes D F# E B D A E. Play along with the CD and the timing should be pretty obvious. If not I can break it down more. Heading into "Knock me down" we go: X X X X X X 6 7 9 7 7 9 4 5 7 X X X Which we repeat during "a thunderbolt that turned this mad dog..." Then for the chorus ("I'm in love with a girl..."): F# E D B F# E D A F# E D B B D ("She's gotta marry someone...") And then the "whoah oah"s: A E D F# E end on A and start the next verse It goes pretty much the same through the rest - all we're missing is the little lead lick during the "Whoa oah"s. It's only on the High E and B strings and it goes like this: X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X then add 7 5 X 5 X 9 X 5 X 9 X 5 X 9 X 5 X X 9 then repeat part 1 (above) then add 9 7 5 and end on 5 X X X 5 Hopefully that makes sense. The lead guitar plays that at the end of the first chorus then we go back to A to start the second verse ("The world on pause all Newton's laws..."). You should be able to get through the second verse and everything alright based on the stuff above. The only real difference comes when we get to the second set of "Whoa oah"s and the bridge. Basically, you do the lead lick that I just explained all the way through 2 times. But, then it continues a couple of measures -- the chords (for the whole entire section) go: A E D F# E (Same lead lick as above) A E D E (Same lead lick as above) F# E D B (lead lick changes * ) F# E D -- andrew hits the last D as a power chord, but I actually hit 0 3 2 0 X X * and the lead lick changes for the last two measures to: 5 0 4 0 2 0 X X (high E string) X X X X X X X X (B String) X X X X X X 4 2 (G string) you go through that 6 times and end on the D chord with the open high E that I showed above. Finally, just in case you weren't sure, the part where everything drops out but the guitar is just the "Knock me down..." chords: X X X X X X 6 7 9 7 7 9 4 5 7 X X X Hopefully that's enough for you guys to be able to figure the whole song out. If you need anything explained in more detail or whatever just ask. And anybody should feel free to post stuff here on how they think different songs go and I'll correct you if your tabs need it.

	Love Me Dead by Andrew Volpe Love me cancerously Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea. 'High-maintenance' means You're a gluttonous queen Narcissistic and mean. Kill me romantically Fill my soul with vomit Then ask me for a piece of gum. Bitter and dumb You're my sugarplum. You're awful, I love you! CHORUS She moves through moonbeams slowly She knows just how to hold me And when her edges soften Her body is my coffin I know she drains me slowly She wears me down to bones in bed Must be the sign on my head That says, oh... Love me dead! Love me dead! You're a faith-healer on T.V. You're an office park without any trees Corporate and cold Gushing for gold Leave me alone. You suck so passionately You're a parasitic, psycho, filthy creature finger-bangin' my heart You call me up drunk Does the fun ever start? You're hideous and sexy! REPEAT CHORUS Must be the sign on my head That says, oh... Love me dead! Love me dead! SOLO Love me cancerously Brrrot-dot-da-d-da-da! How's your new boy? Does he know about me? You've got the mark of the beast. You're born of a jackal! You're beautiful! REPEAT CHORUS Wha' 'bout that sign on my head That says, oh... Love me dead!

		Japan It! [Am][Am/G#][Am/G][D/F#] [F][G] I'm [C]sick of the [E]humdrumming, [F]white-breaded [G]meat It [C]grill-marks my [E]brain with its [F]hamburger [G]beat [C]Give me Mount [C/B]Fuji and [C/Bb]paper ma[F]che It's just an [Fm]ocean a[G]way. CHORUS Let's go to Ja[C]pan, I'm not [F]joking this [G]time So go get your [Am]bags packed, oh [C/E]we'll be just [G]fine. We'll [Am]both wear ki[Am/G#]monos, no [Am/G]shoes on our [D/F#]feet Just take my [F]hand, Ja[G]pan it with [C]me! It's an [C]archipe[E]lago, ex[F]otic and [G]pure Of [C]ancient en[E]chantment, so [F]says the bro[G]chure [C]I need a [C/B]place where there's [C/Bb]no room to [F]grow [Fm]Watch out, Toky[G]o! I'm comin'... REPEAT CHORUS BRIDGE [C7][F]Don't misquote me, I'm [Fm]not disowning My [C]country, we'll come back one [C7]day (U.S.A.!) But with those [F]geishas teasing, that [Fm]emperor could keep me All [D7]sake-bombed with you singin' karao[G]ke in Osaka... rock! SOLO [C][F][G] [Am][C/E][G] [Am][Am/G#][Am/G][D/F#] [F][G][A] LAST CHORUS Let's go to Ja[D]pan, I'm not [G]joking this [A]time So go get your [Bm]bags packed, oh [D/F#]we'll be just [A]fine. We'll [Bm]both wear ki[Bm/A#]monos, no [Bm/A]shoes on our [E/G#]feet Just take my [G]hand, Ja[A]pan it with [D]me! Oh-[Bm]oh-oh-oh-[G]oh Ja[A]pan it with [D]me! Oh-[Bm]oh-oh-oh-[G]oh Ja[A]pan it with [A][D]me! [Gm][D][D7]

	Elektra's Complex by Andrew Volpe She's got Ansel Adams postcards on her wall They validate her artsiness (she got 'em at the mall) Soulmate's not around, some guy she did on Outward Bound The tragic inconvenience of it all. Drama over coffee, girlfriend's having issues Dispensing pop-psychology, advice like it was tissues She's a cookie-cutter, carbon-copy, Cosmo-clone for life Someday she's gonna be somebody's wife. CHORUS What a ripe prototype Educated, but dims her light Beauty tips, birthing hips Guaranteed function right. She's got Investment Banker Joe to win the bread While tea-times lipo-suck and country-club her in the head She's a Betty Crocker, soccer-mommy, Oscar nominee For casseroles and faking it in bed. She's got Prada and Prozac and fun when Joey's gone Lemonade in lingerie for the men who mow the lawn For years and years, her seven-figure life is slowly spent Someday she'll stop and wonder where it went REPEAT CHORUS She wants a caveman with spear and dental plan Who could give her treats and hold her hand Elektra's complex, you gotta understand She's stranded candyless in Candyland She wants a lollipop SOLO REPEAT CHORUS Go! Go! Go! Go!...


GUITAR TABS FOR SOME LUDO SONGS TAKEN FROM LUDO FORUMS Broken Bride Intro Guitar 1: Em, C, G, Am Guitar 2: B---8-10-12-13-13-12-10-13-12 Verses Em C G Am Fifteen... The diagrams... Your Garden... The cooling The Circuits... They snap... The world... Like Motor... The Burning... Like Winter... Like petals But Now ... Massive... I must.... I carve... Name... Cave... Die All... Strife.... Glaciers On the 2nd and 4th verse, you hold out the G until the Chorus...which issss. Am F C G I crashed before the birth of Christ, Pterodactyls swarming Am FC G You died in 1989 wanna get back to that morning in may F Am G C Keep you in bed, never escape, holding you close oh oh, uh-woah-uh F Am G Listen to you breathe the evening glow of fading light the cooling space Then, after the second chorus there's a weird thing that goes like this E-5 B--5 G---5 D----7 em C G Am I carved your sweet name into the cave I'm sure to die Em C G All my strife has been in vane the glaciers come and wash my words And then, Key change: Bm G D A I crashed before the birth of Christ, Pterodactyls swarming Bm GD A You died in 1989 wanna get back to that morning in may G Bm A D Keep you in bed, never escape, holding you close oh oh, uh-woah-uh G Bm A Listen to you breathe the evening glow of fading light the cooling space Then go to an F# and it's just the guitar Echo, and it's a F# then a D And..I'm too lazy to tab out the Solo...Sory. ACL tabs E---------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------0- D---2---2---2---0---2---2---2--3---- A---------------3---0---0---0---------- E-1---1---1---------------------------- Open G rings over as you repeat the riff. Ferrell plays F power chord and A power chord during the verses. The chord progression for the chorus is: Gm F A7 Dm Gm F A7 A7 The chord progression for the end is: C C Fm Fm ___________________________________________ Hum Along Lyrics and rhythm guitar / bass notes [B]You�ll never [F#]hear this song [G#]You�ll never see the [F#]movie in my head But you in[B]fest my sleep [F#] and your [G#]figure creeps[F#] Through my [E]walls and [F#]hums above my [G#]bed. [A#] I [B]know you�re name [F#][G#] and that you�re photo[F#]genic and [B]tall But I�ve [F#]never heard you [G#]talk [F#] And there�s [B]something [F#] about you [G#] that stabs me [F#] right through. [E][F#][G#] CHORUS [A#] It isn�t [E]right [G#] For [F#]me to paint your picture Every [E]night, [G#] but I [F#]do (I can�t find [E]sleep) And it feels so wrong (I [G#]breathe too [F#]deep) To sing this song (In[C#]to the [E]sky) But maybe (as I) [G#](walk and sing)somehow you�ll [F#]hear me (you�ll hear a song) and hum a[B]long [F#]You�ll hum a[G#]long [F#] You�ll hum a[E]long [F#][G#][A#] And I�ve [B]only seen you [F#]once At your [C#]graduation [F#] No [B]cinematic [F#]glow or soft rock [C#]soundtrack [F#] And I [B]watched you move [F#] and [G#]breathe [F#] And [E]cry and it [F#]felt so wrong [G#] REPEAT CHORUS Maybe you�d be [F#]kidnapped by [G#]pirates And they would [F#]take you to their [E]hideout As [F#]pirates often [G#]do But I�d [A#]find the secret [B]map And I would [F#]vigilante-bush [G#] whack Through the [F#]jungles of Peru[E] Just to save[G#] you and I�d [F#]take you north to Mexico, Where you would [E]tell me your life [G#]story on the [F#]steps of a Mayan temple, Where we�d [E]camp singing [G#]nonsense songs in 12 [F#]bars to the jaguars, until you�d [E]sense me, your eyes con[G#]vincing, and I would [F#]kiss you like a hero in the [E]half-light, Dryer [G#]sheets and peach sham[F#]poo, the smell of palm leaves, I�d [C#]sleep a[E]gainst you, until the [G#]natives found us, but [F#]they would crown us king and queen, [E] And we could [G#]stay there, spend our days[F#]there, eating [C#]guava by the [E]sea, and I could [G#]understand your views[F#] and you could fall in love with me. SOLO [E G# F# C# E G# F# E G# F# C# E G# F#] And while the [E]silly human race[G#] talks to droids[F#] in outer-space, [C#]we grow [E]old and [G#]laugh about this song[F#] And be[E]tween the jungle [G#]and the stars, [F#]you sing nonsense songs[C#] in 12 bars to [E]me and [G#]in my sleep[F#] I hum a[B]long. You�ll never [F#]hear this song [G#]You�ll never see the [F#]movie in my head

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