<Pholt
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> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:54:44 -0700, qitty qat <qitty
...@nothere.com>
> wrote:
> >Thanks!
> >qq
> Found the following 3 songs by Nyro
> December's Boudoir"
> Poverty Train'
> Stoned Soul Picnic"
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> From: rog...@sasuga.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers)
> Subject: CRD: Laura Nyro - "December's Boudoir"
> [I once dreamed that I met her and she showed me how to play this, but
> when I woke up I couldn't remember any of it. And after looking for
> her
> songbook for over 20 years, I found a copy last week *and it was
> wrong*! So
> this is my own transcription of this lovely song from my all-time
> favorite
> album, "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession". --AWR]
> "December's Boudoir"
> (Laura Nyro)
> Verse 1:
> Gm F/G Bbmaj7 Fmaj9 Am7/D Em7/A
> Kisses from you in the flames of December's boudoir
> A G F [A] Em7 ([A] = single low A)
> They fill me like melons
> Dm7 Ab Bb D Db
> Touch me with chivalry
> Db/Gb Fm7
> Truly I know
> Db/Gb Fm7 Cmaj9
> Truly I know who you are
> Dm C/D [D] F G/C
> Verse 2:
> [n.c.] Dm/G
> December will bear our affair
> Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj9 Am7/D Em7/A
> Runnin' on streets of delight and Decemberry ice
> Oh see me, I'm ageless
> Loving you timelessly
> Love colored soul
> Love colored soul kissing spice
> [no section repeats after this point]
> G/D A/D G/D
> Yes my love I take my coffee in the morning
> A/D G/D A/D
> And all your love
> Dm C/D [D] F G/C
> [n.c] Dm/G Dm/F
> A spoonful or so make us grow
> F/D F G/C [4X]
> / / / /
> F/D F G/C
> Mama was clever [6X]
> F/D F G/C Bm7 E7
> My mama was clever
> Am7 Gmaj7 Em7/A
> And my daddy loved her forever
> Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 D7
> For... ever
> Gm7 Am7/D Bbmaj7 Am7
> Kisses from you I'll remember
> Gm7 Am7/D Bbmaj7 Am7 Dm6
> Kisses from you in the flames of December's boudoir
> Gmaj9 Am7/D
> Ooh, mainstream
> Dm7/G Em7/D
> Marzipan sweet
> Gm7 Fmaj7 E7(no 3)
> Bakin' out
> A7
> In December
> [harp: Gb D Bb G G]
> [strings: Cm7 D/C Db/C Gm/maj7]
> [piano: Gm/maj7]
> Heat
> -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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> NOTE---------------------------------#
> #This file is the author's own work and represents their
> interpretation of the #
> #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or
> research. #
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> From: rog...@sasuga.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers)
> [1: I can play the piano part, but couldn't come close to transcribing
> it
> for guitar; if that bothers you, do what I (and Todd Rundgren) did:
> start
> playing piano specifically to learn her songs. 2: The Ark, whoever
> they
> were, reportedly recorded this on Verve-Forecast's parent label, MGM,
> a
> year before Laura's own version was released - does anyone have a copy
> of
> this? -- AWR]
> ... here's the piano intro:
> C Gm7
> v v v v v v v v v v v v
> -0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
> -1-----------|-1-------1---|-3-----------|-3-----------|
> -0-----------|-0-------0---|-2h3-----2---|-0-----------|
> -------------|-------------|-------------|---------3---|
> -3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
> -------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
> F/Bb F/A
> v v v v v v v v v v v v
> -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
> -1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
> -2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
> -3-------3---|---------3---|-3-------3---|---------3---|
> -1-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
> -------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
> "Poverty Train"
> (Laura Nyro)
> Intro (guitars):
> ----------------------------------------
> --------------11------------------------
> -----------------11R10-8-10-8-----------
> ------------------------------10--------
> --3-------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------
> [fuzz] [acoustic]
> [n.c.]
> Last call for the poverty train
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> -------------------
> -------------------
> -------------------
> -6--------6---5B6--
> ---8--6-8----------
> [acoustic]
> Abmaj7 (vibes - there's a high D on acoustic bass in there)
> Last call for the poverty train
> C Gm F/Bb F/A
> / / / / / / / / / / / / [2X]
> Verse 1:
> C Gm/C F/Bb F/A
> It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip
> C Gm/C F/Bb F/A
> And if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip
> Abmaj9 Dm7 Abmaj9 Dm7
> You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor
> Abmaj9 Dm7 Abmaj9 Gm7
> Become God, become cripple, become funky and split
> Fm7
> Why was I born
> F/G G
> No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no
> Verse 2:
> Oh baby, I just saw the Devil and he's smilin' at me
> I heard my bones cry, Devil why's it got to be
> Devil played with my brother, Devil drove my mother
> Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
> Why was I born
> No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no
> Verse 3:
> Oh baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow
> A million night tramps, tricks and tracks will come and go
> Abmaj9 Dm7
> You're starvin' today
> Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
> But who cares anyway
> F/G C Gm7/C Abmaj7 Gm7 Cm7
> Baby, it feels like I'm dyin' now
> Coda:
> [n.c.]
> I swear there's something better than
> Abmaj7 (vibes)
> Getting off on sweet cocaine
> [C] [single note]
> It feels so good
> Absus2 [4663xx] Dbsus4 [xxx674]
> It feels so good
> [G] [F]
> Gettin' off the poverty train
> Gm7/C
> Mornin'...
> -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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> #----------------------------------PLEASE
> NOTE---------------------------------#
> #This file is the author's own work and represents their
> interpretation of the #
> #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or
> research. #
> #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
> ##
> From: rog...@sasuga.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers)
> OK, I know she plays piano, not guitar, but I never see any of her
> songs
> here...
> "Stoned Soul Picnic"
> (Laura Nyro)
> intro:
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C [2x]
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Can you surry, can you picnic?
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Can you surry, can you picnic?
> verse 1:
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
> Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C
> There'll be lots of time and wine
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Red yellow honey
> Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C
> Sassafras and moonshine [moonshine]
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C [2x]
> Stoned soul, stoned soul
> verse 2:
> Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
> Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
> Rain and sun come in akin
> And from the sky come the Lord and the lightning
> And from the sky come
> The Lord and the lightning
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Stoned soul, stoned soul
> Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C
> Surry on soul
> bridge:
> F7 F6 F7
> Surry [4x]
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> There'll be trains of blossoms (there'll be trains of
> blossoms)
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> There'll be trains of music (there'll be music)
> Fm7 Cm7
> There'll be trains of trust, trains of golden dust
> Cm9 Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 Cm7
> Come along and surry on sweet trains of thought
> Bbmaj7
> Surry on down
> Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C
> Can you surry, can you surry
> [repeat verse 1]
> coda:
> Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C Fmaj9 Gm7/C
> Stoned soul yeah
> Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 Gm7/C
> Surry on soul
> F7 F6 F7
> Surry [repeat to fade]
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