Subsistence

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 17:16:58 -0400

From: Remi Despres

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Subject: c/collins_edwyn/subsistence.crd

tab by Remi Despres (remidesp@netcom.ca)

sometimes in 1998

Subsistence by Edwyn Collins,

from the album Gorgeous George

Notes:

A7 is be played a few different ways...

Where A7 is called for, play [- 0 2 0 2 0]

Where A7* is noted play [- 0 2 0 2 3]

D7 also...

D7 is [- 0 0 2 1 2]

D7(V)* - [5 5 7 5 7 8]

I suggest listening to the recording for the timing on the D7 - D7(V) - D7(V)* progression

There are two low E notes plucked off beat during the intro

Intro picking pattern is played very softly, strumming starts at the end

Intro:

Verse 1

You may find As I have found

This place is neither Safe nor sound

This house of cards Will tumble down

Bm D7 D7(V) D7(V)*

As befits A cardboard town

You're lost in the ruins of your mind

As these four walls collide

As your whole world subsides

But you took it all in your stride

As a matter of course

Not a matter of pride

So raise your glass Let's celebrate

'Cause we can force Those 'hands of fate'

No need to heed the call for greed, for acquisition

Bm D7 D7(V) D7(V)*

Now I ain't puttin' you on This is my genuine position

[Chorus]

How can I thank you We're forever in your debt

We'll bite the hand of fate that feeds us

Morsels of regret

[chorus]

As a matter of course Not a matter of pride

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