Strychnine Tab - Sonics






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I brought my guitar to a party a couple months ago, and somebody's teenage
daughter wanted to know if I knew any 'grunge'.  'Like from Seattle?'
'Yeah!'  'OK...'  -- AWR


                              "Strychnine"
                             (Gerry Roslie)

Intro:

electric piano arr. for guitar:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
----------------|-----------------|
----------------|-----------------|
------------5---|-----------------|
----1---5-------|-6-------5-3-----|
3---------------|-------------6-4-|
----------------|-----------------|
                          ^^^^^^^ doubled w/guitar and sax

Cm  Ab   Bb  G
/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

      Cm        Ab     Bb    G
Some folks like water
      Cm        Ab     Bb    G
Some folks like wine
    Cm          Ab     Bb    G
But I like the taste
      Cm          Ab     Bb    G
Of straight strychnine           (hey, hey)

Verse 2:

You may think it's funny
That I like this stuff
But once you've tried it
You can't get enough   (Wow!)

Bridge:

 F7
Wine is red
 C7
Poison is blue
 F7
Strychnine is good
(G) [N.C.]
For what's ailin' you

fill:

 v   v   v   v
-----------------|
-----------------|
--5b7----5-3-----|
-------------5---|
-----------------|
-----------------|

[guitar solo: 12-bar blues in C]

[repeat bridge and fill]

Verse 3:

If you listen to what I say
You'll try strychnine some day
Make you jump, it'll make you shout
It'll even knock you out

[repeat verse 1]

Coda (repeat to fade):

  Cm       Ab Bb    G
Strychnine    hey, hey


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers