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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 95 17:28:43 EDT
From: Winston Campbell
Subject: SPRING HEELED JIM by Morrissey
Spring Heeled Jim
(Morrissey/Whyte)
This is the second song off of -Vauxhall & I- and a pretty good one in my
opinion. I play this song with a capo on the fourth fret. The intro and
interlusions (if there is such a word) are this RIFF:
F Am
G#————-1———–|————-0———–|
D#——-1——–1——–|——-1——–1——–|
B—2——2——-2—-2-|—2——2——-2—-2-|
F#-3—3—————3—|—–2—————2—|
C#————————-|-0———————–|
G#————————-|————————-|
E Am
Spring-Heeled Jim winks an eye
C D Dsus4
He~ll do, he~ll never be done to
E Am
He takes on whoever flew through
C D
Well it~s the normal thing to do
(ahhh)
RIFF
E Am
Spring-Heeled Jim lives to love
C D Dsus4
Now kissing with his mouth full
E Am
And his eyes on some other fool
C D
So many women, his head should be spinning
(oh but no)
RIFF
E Am
Spring-Heeled Jim slurs the words
C D Dsus4
There is no need to be so knowing
E Am
Take life at five times your average speed
C D Dsus4
Like I do
E Am
Until Jim feels the chill
C D Dsus4
Oh where did all the time go
E Am
Once always in for the kill
C
Now it~s too cold
D
And he feels too old
RIFF
(ending instrumental played with verse chords)
you may notice my deliberate use of Dsus4 chords and i justify that by
telling you that if you listen to the album closely, it has such a feel
for a Dsus4 chord.
for poor people who cannot afford capoes, i can sympathize, so i will
decode each chord into their correct names and their correct fingering,
but having a capo makes it so much easier. (the cheapest capo costs only
two dollars or maybe less). anyway:
E A D G B E
———–
Capoed F = A 5 7 7 6 5 5
Capoed Am=C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
Capoed E = G# 4 6 6 5 4 4
Capoed C = E x 7 9 9 9 x
Capoed D = F# x x 4 6 7 6
Capoed Dsus4=F#sus4 x x 4 6 7 7
(questions, comments, phillipics, email me) bye-bye
