"How I Left the Ministry" The Extra Lens Undercard Transcribed by Jon A. E - 022100 B - x24442 A - x02220 G#m - 466444 Intro riffs: Gtr 1: E-----------------|-------------------------| B-----------------|-------------------------| 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.) Play three times, then the fourth time end with: Gtr 1: E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G-9---8---6-------|-9-8-6-8b9r8-6-----------|-1-----------------------| D-------------9---|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| Gtr 2: E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B-9---------------|-12----------------------|-------------------------| G-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E There was one thing B A 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