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+<code>
+"How I Left the Ministry"
+The Extra Lens
+Undercard
-on high e string
+Transcribed by Jon A.
-4 2 0 420 420 420 420
+E   - 022100
+B   - x24442
+A   - x02220
+G#m - 466444
-E E B A<p>
+Intro riffs:
-there was one thing I found that I couldn't help thinking
-as they pried me free with the jaws of life
-none of this disaster would ever have happened
-if I had not been driving my neighbor's wife
-C#m                  <p>
+Gtr 1:
-to the alta loma day's inn where I'd registered us as
+E-----------------|-------------------------|
-<p>A                                   B<p>
+B-----------------|-------------------------|
-a couple with a name I'm sure some other couple somewhere has
+G-9---8---6-------|-9-8-6-9-8-6-9-8-6-9-8-6-|
+D-------------9---|-------------------------|
+A-----------------|-------------------------|
+E-----------------|-------------------------|
+Gtr 2:
+E-----------------|-------------------------|
+B-(9)-------------|-9-7-5-9-7-5-9-7-5-9-7-5-|
+G-----------------|-------------------------|
+D-----------------|-------------------------|
+A-----------------|-------------------------|
+E-----------------|-------------------------|
+(That first note is in parentheses because it isn't played the very first time, only on repeats.)
-E        E          B            A<p>
+Play three times, then the fourth time end with:
-and the last thing I saw before falling unconscious
-was your right hand tracing a heart on my thigh
-and I thought my god what an infantile gesture
-and I thought my god what an indescribable high
-C#m     <p>
+Gtr 1:
-the autumn air was sweeter than a slice of wedding cake
+E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-<p>A                              B<p>
+B-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-as I overshot the exit and I tried and failed to find the brake
+G-9---8---6-------|-9-8-6-8b9r8-6-----------|-1-----------------------|
+D-------------9---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+A-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-intro riff and chords until end.
+Gtr 2:
+E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+B-9---------------|-12----------------------|-------------------------|
+G-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+D-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+A-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-franklin's lead parts are mostly either a) clean jangling or
+E
-b) trebly spindly thing with plenty of reverb. try playing chord shapes
+ There was one thing
-of B and A in the verse with this trebly sound very high on the fretboard
+   B                          A
-and sliding them down for that "vshum" noise.
+ I found that I couldn't help thinking
+         E
+ As they pried me
+ B                     A
+ Free with the jaws of life
+         E       B                     A
+ None of this disaster would ever have happened
+      E            B                     A
+ If I had not been driving my neighbor's wife
+        G#m
+ To the Alta Loma Days Inn,
+ Where I'd registered us as
+   A
+ A couple with a name I'm sure
+      B
+ Some other couple somewhere has
+E    B    A (play twice)
+And the last thing
+I saw before falling unconscious
+Was your right hand
+Tracing a heart on my thigh
+And I thought my god what an infantile gesture
+And I thought my god what an indescribable high
+The autumn air was sweeter
+Than a slice of wedding cake
+As I overshot the exit and
+I tried and failed to find the brake
+</code>

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