Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Intro]
A E F#m D x2 (w/ Riff 1)
Riff 1:
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[Verse 1]
It took a lost
weekend in a
#
Hotel in Amste
rdam
And a double p
neumonia in a
#
single room
And the sickes
t joke was the
price of the
medicine
Are you laughi
ng at me now,
May I please l
augh along wit
h you
[Pre-Verse]
A E F#m D (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)
Riff 2:
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[Verse 2]
This morning I
woke, from a
deep unquiet s
leep
With ashtray c
lothes and mis
s lonely heart
's pen
With which I w
rote for you a
love song in
tattoo upon my
palm
'twas stolen f
rom me when Je
sus took my ha
nd
[Chorus] (w/Riff 1)
You see,I....
I wouldn't
say it if I di
dn't mean it
drop me and
I'll fall to p
ie-ces so
easily
[Pre-Verse]
A E F# D x2 (w/ Riff 1 and Riff 2)
[Verse 3]
I was a king b
ee, with a hea
d full of atti
tude
Wore my heart
on my sleeve l
#
ike a stain
and my aim was
taboo - you c
ould remain in
the market pl
ace
did I ever hey
please did yo
u woo my knees
[Chorus] (w/Riff 1)
You see,I....
I wouldn't
say it if I di
dn't mean it
drop me and
I'll fall to p
ie-ces yea too
easily
[Interlude]
there's nobody
esle to blame
Will I hang m
y head in a cr
ying shame
There's nobody
else to blame
C D A (into solo progression)
Nobody else except my sweet self a-gain
[Guitar Solo] (A E F#m D x4) (First A on the gain from again)
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[Verse 4]
It took a lost
weekend in a
#
Hotel in Amste
rdam
And a double p
neumonia in a
#
single room
And the sickes
t joke was the
price of the
medicine
Are you laughi
ng at me now,
May I please l
augh along wit
h you
[Interlude] (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)
[Verse 5]
I was a king b
ee, with a hea
d full of atti
tude
And astray hea
rt on my sleev
e wounded knee
s
And my one lov
e song was a t
#
attoo upon my
palm
You wrote upon
me when you t
ook my hand
[Out Chorus]
You see I
I wouldn't say
it if I didn'
t mean it
Drop me and I'
ll fall to pie
ces
Too easily
Too easily
Too easily
[Outro]
(A E F#m D x4) (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)
(Last time end on A)