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Original transcription by M_pony, revised by Suuuupaadave. The chorus and bridge have parts that are in 6/4 so listen carefully to make sure you understand the rhythm.<br />
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For more detailed information on this song, see Lesson a Week 18...<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Dr6MNNnPg<br />
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Am x02210<br />
E 022100<br />
C x32010<br />
D xx0232<br />
F/C x33211<br />
Bm7b5 x2323x<br />
Fmaj7/C x33210<br />
G 3x0003<br />
Fmaj7add11/C x33200<br />
D7 xx0212<br />
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Verse 1 (N.C for most of the verse so these are implied by the melody)<br />
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(Am) (E) (C)<br />
In a town in the woods at the top of a hill<br />
(D) <br />
There's a house where no one lives<br />
(F/C) (C) (D) (E) <br />
So you take a big bag of your big city money there, and buy it<br />
(Am) (E)<br />
Then at night when the house is dark<br />
(C) (D)<br />
And you're all alone there's a noise upstairs<br />
(F/C) (C) (D) (E)<br />
At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it<br />
F/C C Bm7b5 Am<br />
And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door<br />
F/C C D E<br />
There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before....<br />
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Chorus<br />
<br />
Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am<br />
It's got a ruined eye, that's always open<br />
Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C<br />
It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole<br />
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Verse 2<br />
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Am E<br />
So you scream and you close the door<br />
C D<br />
And you tell yourself it was just a dream<br />
F/C C D E<br />
In the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing<br />
Am E<br />
In the store there's a strange old man<br />
C D<br />
With a wandering eye and a withered hand<br />
F/C C D E<br />
When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking<br />
<br />
F/C C Bm7b5 Am<br />
And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see<br />
F/C C D E<br />
That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key<br />
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Chorus<br />
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Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am<br />
It's got a ruined eye, that's always open<br />
Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am <br />
It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole<br />
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Bridge<br />
F/C C Bm7b5 Am<br />
And when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you<br />
F/C C Bm7b5 Am<br />
And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too<br />
F/C G F/C G<br />
The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed<br />
F/C G F/C G C<br />
The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy<br />
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|F/C |D7 |F/C |<br />
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Verse 3<br />
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Am E<br />
Now it's late and you head downstairs<br />
C D<br />
Cause you just can't sleep so you make some tea<br />
F/C C D E<br />
And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey<br />
Am E<br />
You decide that you've had enough<br />
C D<br />
And you lock the doll in the wooden box<br />
F/C C D E<br />
You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money<br />
F/C ) C Bm7b5 Am<br />
As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do<br />
F/C C D E<br />
And far too late you see the one inside the box is you<br />
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Chorus<br />
Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am<br />
It's got a ruined eye, that's always open<br />
Am Fmaj7/C<br />
And there's a creepy doll, that always follows you<br />
G D G E Am Fmaj7add11/C<br />
It's got a pretty mouth, to swallow you whole<br />
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Here's the ukulele tab for the first and third verses, as played Kristen Shirts on the "Best. Concert. Ever." DVD:<br />
(another live version here: http://youtu.be/Olv-aR6JKvQ)<br />
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Am Eaug C D <br />
-----7---------------7---------------------7---------------------------5----<br />
---8---8-----------8---8-----------------8---8-----------------------5---5-<br />
-9---------------8---------------------7---------------------------6--------<br />
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In a town in the woods at the top of a hill, there's a house where no one lives<br />
<br />
F C D E <br />
-----3----------------3--------------------5----------------7---------------<br />
---5---5------------3---3----------------5---5------------7-----------------<br />
-5----------------4--------------------6----------------8-------------------<br />
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So you take a big bag of your big city money there, and buy it<br />
<br />
Am Eaug C D <br />
-----7--------------------7-------------------------7-------------------5----<br />
---8---8----------------8---8---------------------8---8---------------5---5--<br />
-9--------------------8-------------------------7-------------------6--------<br />
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But at night when the house is dark, and you're all alone there's a noise upstairs<br />
<br />
F C D E <br />
-----3----------------3-----------------------------5----------------------7--<br />
---5---5------------3---3-------------------------5---5------------------7----<br />
-5----------------4-----------------------------6----------------------8------<br />
------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
At the top of the stairs there's a door, so you take a deep breath and try it<br />
<br />
F C Bm7b5 Am<br />
------------3--------------------3----------------0---------------0----------<br />
----------5---5----------------3---3------------1---1-----------0------------<br />
--------5--------------------4----------------2---------------0--------------<br />
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And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door<br />
<br />
F C D E<br />
--------------3-------------------3-----------------5----------------7-------<br />
------------5---5---------------3---3-------------5---5------------7---------<br />
----------5--------------------4----------------6----------------8-----------<br />
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There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before<br />
</pre></div>Jfsweethttps://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Uncle_John/Lyrics&diff=26780Uncle John/Lyrics2012-12-18T04:16:46Z<p>Jfsweet: Created page with "{{SongNav}} <lyrics> your uncle's late again last-minute Christmas shopping at the airport a dozen ringer tees he bought at Eddie Rickenbacker's bar ladies' extra extra large (..."</p>
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<lyrics><br />
your uncle's late again<br />
last-minute Christmas shopping at the airport<br />
a dozen ringer tees<br />
he bought at Eddie Rickenbacker's bar<br />
ladies' extra extra large<br />
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(chorus:)<br />
you know your uncle John is gonna ruin Christmas again<br />
please don't invite your uncle John<br />
you know your uncle John is gonna make a mess of things<br />
we won't feel better 'til he's gone<br />
your uncle John<br />
<br />
he brings it up again<br />
the famous apple crisp incident of two thousand ten<br />
he motions for more gin<br />
as he loudly criticizes your cousin Jane<br />
who cries all the time anyway<br />
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(repeat chorus)<br />
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he borrows Nana's car<br />
and staggers in at three a.m. with a new girlfriend<br />
this one barely speaks<br />
she studies cosmetology at Pismo Beach<br />
and she's got a Hitler neck tattoo<br />
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(repeat chorus)<br />
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John!<br />
</lyrics></div>Jfsweethttps://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Today_With_Your_Wife&diff=18342Today With Your Wife2012-02-01T07:13:09Z<p>Jfsweet: /* Themes */</p>
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|img=<br />
|albumname=Artificial Heart<br />
|trackno=5<br />
|length=2:57<br />
|release=07-22-2010<br />
|songlink=Today with Your Wife<br />
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"'''Today With Your Wife'''" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s eighth studio album, ''[[Artificial Heart (album)|Artificial Heart]]''.<br />
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== History ==<br />
"Today With Your Wife" was one of the songs to be debuted on July 22, 2010 at Coulton's [[Northampton, MA: 2010-07-22|first ever full band concert]] in Northampton, MA. <br />
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== Availability ==<br />
"Today With Your Wife" is available on the album ''Artificial Heart'', which can be ordered through [https://secure.jonathancoulton.com/ArtificialHeart/ Coulton's website] or on iTunes and Zune.<br />
<br />
== Fan Interpretations ==<br />
A common interpretation of this song is that it's told from the point of view of the wife's new boyfriend on a rainy day out, after a divorce, with "your wife" being used ironically toward the ex-husband. Artificial Heart features recurring themes of abandonment, breakups, and marriage. <br />
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It may also be about a brother or similar figure meeting up with the wife character, a widow, and talking about her late husband. This seems most likely, given the somber and regretful tone of the song, the refrain "You should have been there," and the speaker and wife agreeing that it had been "too long" since they'd spoken. <br />
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Another possible scenario is that it is simply about a man having a chance meeting with a friend's wife, having a simple conversation, and parting ways, only to find himself later having to explain the entire event, which then taints what was perfectly innocent with the unspoken implication that there was ever anything to worry about. <br />
<br />
Yet another turns on the bridge ("stupid car stuck in the snow / getting home too late to go / I'm not saying anything"). The singer is implying that the husband is neglecting his family, and it hasn't gone unnoticed (a la "You're Gonna Lose That Girl", Beatles).<br />
<br />
== Themes ==<br />
* Death (?)<br />
* Grieving (?)<br />
* Infidelity<br />
* Neglect<br />
* Divorce<br />
<br />
{{AHnav}}</div>Jfsweethttps://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Today_With_Your_Wife&diff=18341Today With Your Wife2012-02-01T07:11:44Z<p>Jfsweet: /* Fan Interpretations */</p>
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<div>{{SongDetails<br />
|img=<br />
|albumname=Artificial Heart<br />
|trackno=5<br />
|length=2:57<br />
|release=07-22-2010<br />
|songlink=Today with Your Wife<br />
}}<br />
"'''Today With Your Wife'''" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s eighth studio album, ''[[Artificial Heart (album)|Artificial Heart]]''.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
"Today With Your Wife" was one of the songs to be debuted on July 22, 2010 at Coulton's [[Northampton, MA: 2010-07-22|first ever full band concert]] in Northampton, MA. <br />
<br />
== Availability ==<br />
"Today With Your Wife" is available on the album ''Artificial Heart'', which can be ordered through [https://secure.jonathancoulton.com/ArtificialHeart/ Coulton's website] or on iTunes and Zune.<br />
<br />
== Fan Interpretations ==<br />
A common interpretation of this song is that it's told from the point of view of the wife's new boyfriend on a rainy day out, after a divorce, with "your wife" being used ironically toward the ex-husband. Artificial Heart features recurring themes of abandonment, breakups, and marriage. <br />
<br />
It may also be about a brother or similar figure meeting up with the wife character, a widow, and talking about her late husband. This seems most likely, given the somber and regretful tone of the song, the refrain "You should have been there," and the speaker and wife agreeing that it had been "too long" since they'd spoken. <br />
<br />
Another possible scenario is that it is simply about a man having a chance meeting with a friend's wife, having a simple conversation, and parting ways, only to find himself later having to explain the entire event, which then taints what was perfectly innocent with the unspoken implication that there was ever anything to worry about. <br />
<br />
Yet another turns on the bridge ("stupid car stuck in the snow / getting home too late to go / I'm not saying anything"). The singer is implying that the husband is neglecting his family, and it hasn't gone unnoticed (a la "You're Gonna Lose That Girl", Beatles).<br />
<br />
== Themes ==<br />
* Death (?)<br />
* Grieving (?)<br />
<br />
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{{AHnav}}</div>Jfsweethttps://wiki.jonathancoulton.com/index.php?title=Glasses/Tabs&diff=16949Glasses/Tabs2011-10-01T05:42:56Z<p>Jfsweet: Here's the A-riff. You're welcome.</p>
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Imperfect chords by Hamish Milne<br />
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E EMaj7 Em Bsus4 E Esus2 G D<br />
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A-riff D-riff<br />
|-----------------------|<br />
|-----------------------|<br />
|--6----------7---------|<br />
|--7--2-4-6---7--2-4-6--|<br />
|--0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|<br />
|-----------------------|<br />
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A-riff<br />
Shed the days like skin, pray for evenings in<br />
D-riff<br />
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school<br />
A-riff<br />
A box too full to shut, cardboard paper cut<br />
D-riff<br />
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool<br />
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E F#m D A<br />
So much to say, I forget to start<br />
E F#m D A<br />
There goes a day, fading as it passes<br />
E F#m D A<br />
Forget the grey, let it fall apart<br />
Bm D<br />
It's okay<br />
A-riff<br />
I like you in glasses<br />
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Shovels in the sand, a play-doh wedding band<br />
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor<br />
An old familiar ache, the little pills we take<br />
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door<br />
<br />
So much to say, I forget to start<br />
There goes a day, fading as it passes<br />
Forget the grey, let it fall apart<br />
It's okay<br />
<br />
(bridge:)<br />
E G D<br />
It's on the board, someone's been double-booking<br />
E G D<br />
I've got time, how is your next week looking?<br />
<br />
House shifts into place, a little breathing space<br />
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep<br />
There's water in the walls, the stairs make waterfalls<br />
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep<br />
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So much to say, I forget to start<br />
There goes a day, fading as it passes<br />
Forget the grey, let it fall apart<br />
<br />
So much to say, I forget to start<br />
There goes a day, fading as it passes<br />
Forget the grey, let it fall apart<br />
It's okay<br />
I like you in glasses<br />
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