Strange Fruit for David The Wave Pictures
Title: Strange Fruit for David
Artist: The Wave Pictures
Album: Instant Coffee Baby
Chords:
E|--0----2----3----2----5----7----3--| B|--1----3----3----3----7----8----3--| G|--2----4----0----2----7----9----0--| D|--2----4----2----0----7----9----0--| A|--0----2----3---------5----7----2--| E|--------------------------------3--|
Am Bm Cadd9 D D* Em G
Intro
|Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em |
Verse 1
I was a [Am]young man,[Bm] starving and [Em]drinking
And [Am]trying,[Bm] to become a [Em]writer
Am Bm Em D*
And I remember that apartment, the smell of mice and dust
And the old [Am]woman with the pretty leg[Bm]s. All the [Em]kisses that I lost
[Bm] to your neck.
Verse 2
I am a [Am]tennis player, [Bm]playing on both sides of t[Em]he net. And I-I-
[Am]I will [Bm]get you y[Em]et
Am Bm Em D*
And I will turn you I will turn you like a tattooed pigskin
And [Am]this time you [Bm]wont forget my face[Em]. Read my lips.
Chorus 1
A [G]sculpure is a sculpture marme[Cadd9]lade is marme[G]lade
And a [Cadd9]sculture of marme[G]lade is a sculpture but it isn't marme[D]lade
She said with [G]you inside me comes the [Cadd9]knowledge of my [G]death
But [Cadd9]I still had some [G]oranges left underneath the [D]bed
Instrumental
|Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em D*|Am Bm Em Bm|
Verse 3
I came to [Am]you. I [Bm]came to depend o[Em]n you.
I came u[Am]pon you. I [Bm]came upon your f[Em]loor.
Am Bm Em D*
But the God should be left alone one musn't
[Am]Bang u[Bm]pon the d[Em]oor[Bm]
Verse 4
She said that for [Am]everything that is [Bm]visible there is a [Em]copy that is hidden
She said [Am]nothing takes on l[Bm]ight un[Em]til it has been eaten
Am Bm Em D*
I was working the hole with the sailor you wonder
Why you [Am]dont get in[Bm]vited to more [Em]parties. Read my lips.
Chorus 2
A [G]sculpure is a sculpture marme[Cadd9]lade is marme[G]lade
And a [Cadd9]sculture of marme[G]lade is a sculpture but it isn't marme[D]lade
She said with [G]you inside me comes the [Cadd9]knowledge of my [G]death
But [Cadd9]I still had some [G]oranges left underneath the [D]bed
Outro
|Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em D*|Am Bm Em Bm|Am Bm Em |Am Bm Em |
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