Up Until Then John Gorka
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:33:32 -0400
From: Geoffrey Smith
Subject: g/gorka_john/up_until_then.crd
UP UNTIL THEN
by John Gorka
>From the album "Out of the Valley" High Street Records, 1994
Intro: G/D/C/D (x4)
They dropped a [G]dime on the [D]girl in the [C]parking lot[D]
Who was [G]looking for a [D]man of [C]steel[D]
Who would [G]fill up her [D]nights with [C]forget-me-[D]nots
And a [G]dream no one [D]else could [C]reveal[D]
Her [G]new man [D]said to meet [C]him at [D]eight
She [G]came in [D]dressed to the [C]nines[D]
But by [G]ten it was [D]clear he was [C]more than [D]late
And she [G]just wouldn't [D]take it this [C]time[D]
The [Em]bartender said she had [D]had enough
That he'd [G]call a cab to take her some[C]where
But she [Em]wasn't a stranger to [D]loneliness
She had [G]grown up and spent her life [C]there
CHORUS
Up un[G]til then, up un[D]til then
It happened [C]over and over a[Em]gain
Up un[G]til then, up un[D]til then, up un[C]til then[D]
Well [G]practice had [D]increased her [C]tolerance[D]
And she had [G]hardly [D]eaten all [C]day[D]
She was [G]all hyped [D]up on her [C]new roma[D]nce
But she [G]drank in the [D]usual [C]way[D]
She [G]stepped out to [D]breathe and to [C]dry her [D]eyes
To [G]check her [D]machine just in [C]case[D]
He had [G]called to ex[D]cuse or [C]apolog[D]ize
When she [G]saw his un[D]penitent [C]face[D]
He [Em]approached with a girl she had [D]seen before
A [G]bimbo up from Raspberry [C]Street
When he [Em]saw her he laughed and [D]so did the whore
They dropped a [G]ten dollar bill at their [C]feet
(CHORUS)
(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G/D/C/D (x2))
She was [G]small he was [D]tall but she [C]blocked his [D]path
She ex[G]plained in un[D]printable [C]words[D]
The [G]reason she [D]seized him so [C]full of [D]wrath
That more than [G]half of the [D]neighborhood [C]heard[D]
She [G]sprayed him with [D]mace from her [C]pocketboo[D]k
And then [G]kicked in his [D]personal [C]zones[D]
Her [G]high heels would [D]ruin his [C]perfect [D]looks
She left a [G]couple of [D]unbroken [C]bones[D]
Well the [Em]bimbo she ran in to [D]get the cops
But the [G]owner had called from the [C]bar
It took [Em]two cars with dogs just to [D]make her stop
I'm [G]told that's how some women [C]are
(CHORUS)
They dropped a [G]dime on the [D]girl in the [C]parking lot[D]
But she would [G]suffer in no [D]permanent [C]way[D]
She [G]spent thirty [D]nights on a [C]county cot[D]
And she's re[G]garded with [D]fear till this [C]day[D]
Up un[G]til then, but never a[D]gain
It happened [C]over and over a[Em]gain
Up un[G]til then, up un[D]til then, up un[C]til then[D]
[Em]Now she's tending bar where the [D]Pagans
used to meet
And he's [C]living with that bimbo up on
[D]Raspberry Street[G]
Outro: G/D/C/D (repeat to fade)
Transcribed by Geoffrey Smith geosmith@iwaynet.net
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