Fastman Raiderman (Disk 1)

  • 5. Dirty Old Town
  • 9. End of Summer
  • 10. Dog Sleep

If Your Poison Gets You

[verse] (repeated riff)
e--5--1---------5--1---------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D--3--0---------3--0-------0--3--2--0--3--2----
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

   we heard it all in halls of pain
   it wasn't good
   there was a call, in baggage claim
   it wasn't good
   she had a hunch, it was't lunch
   it wasn't good
 
 (last time)
e--5--1-----------5--1-------------------------------1--
B-------------------------------------------------1--1--
G-------------------------------------------------0--2--
D--3--0-----------3--0-------------0--3--2--0--3--2--3--
A-------------------------------------------------3--3--
E----------------------------------------------------1--
                                                  C  F
     I drove a spike into the punch, it wasn't good

[chorus]
 F         Dm               Bb
  heaven's boys protect you
       C      F
  i am almost there
          Dm            Bb
  if your poison gets you
         C     F
  i will be on time
         Dm           Bb
  if you sink to madness
        C      F
  say a little pray
          Dm            Bb
  if your poison gets you
       C
  i am down the line

[break]
e--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--0--3--2--0--3--2--0---3--2----  
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
 then back to verse 1 progression. Play thru 1x over solo.

[verse 2] - same riff (guitar left plays Dm on almost every downbeat)
  now once again to halls of pain
  when will it end?
  god's machines say it's your genes
  when will it end?
  why has thou forsaken me, again and again?
  you always said "when will it end?"
  when will it end?

[chorus] - same chords
  heaven's boys protect you
  i am almost there
  if your poison gets you
  i will be on time
  if you sink to madness
  say a little pray
  if your poison gets you
  i am down the line

D--0--3--2--0--3--
                  C chord
end riff
e-------------------------------1---
B---------------------------1---3---
G---------------------------0---2---
D--0--3--2--0--3--2--0---3--2---0---
A---------------------------3-------
E-----------------------------------
                            C   Dm
                            
recommended chord formations:
e------0---1----1--
B--3---1---3----1--
G--3---0---2----2--
D--3---2---0----3--
A--1---3--------3--
E---------------1--
   Bb  C   Dm   F

Johnny Barleycorn

[Intro]
D 

[VERSE]
D         A           E       G
 Have you been to the fields?
D          A               E    G            
 Something there made me afraid
            D
 Like dying younger
       A            E      G
If the ground never yields
E        G   A      
 We will feel the hunger
D         A            E     G
 Take him out with the seeds
D         A             E   
 Roll him on the barren ground
G              D
 Mix blood and water
        A               E    G
 Do not doubt our every need
E         G    A
 She will feed, look what we got her
 
D  A7*  (x2)

[CHORUS]
G          A              Bm    G
 Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
             A               Bm      A    G
 This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G               A              D  G
 Bring down the blade on Johnny
 C        Bm     A        G       D    G     D D
 He shall be the one that will be torn
 
[SOLO]
D    A     E    G  (x3)
E    G     A

[VERSE]
D        A           E    G     
 Ringing out the new year
D              A           E
 Sing out the names of the dead
G            D
 Like Johnny Barleycorn
A           E            G
 Give him a cheer   Hey
E        G   A
 Can you hear the newborn?

D  A7*  (x2)

[CHORUS]
G          A              Bm    G
 Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
             A               Bm      A    G
 This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G               A              D  G
 Bring down the blade on Johnny    
 
(repeat above 1x)

 C        Bm     A        G       D    G 
 He shall be the one that will be torn
 C        Bm     A        G       D    
 He shall be the one that will be torn

A  (fade out)

recommended chord formations: (barre chords also sound good)
e---------------3---0----2----0--
B---3-----------3---2----3----1--
G---2---2-------0---0----4----0--
D---0---2---2---0---2----4----2--
A-------0---2---x---0----2----3--
E-----------0---3----------------
    D   A   E   G   A7   Bm   C

* one guitar does this on D  A7 part
e------------------------------------------
B-----------3-------------------2----------
G-------0--------0---------0---------0-----
D-----4---4----4---4-----2---2----2-----2--
A---5------------------0-------------------
E------------------------------------------
    D                  A7

This add-on sounds good on the D and A in the verses
e--------------------------------------------------
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------
G--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--
A--------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
E--------------------------------------------------
   D     ^           ^     A     ^           ^

Fast Man

[VERSE 1]
Em                     Cm  G
 Someone said I should leave
A             
 Shook my head
D      Cm       G
 No no no no no no

Em                   Cm  G
 Tangled web that we weave
A
 So I said
D       Cm  G
 I will go

Em     D    A
 I'm a fast man
Em     D    A
 I'm a fast man, oh-oh

[CHORUS]
G       C                      D              Em  D/F#
 I go a thousand miles 'fore I get me to sleep
G                       C
 You think I'm exaggerating, baby?
            D             Em  D/F#
 That ain't nothing to me
G           C                  D            Em  D/F#
 See me I'm gunning it just as fast as I can
G      D/F# Em
 I'm a fast man
G      D/F# Em
 I'm a fast man, oh-oh

[SOLO]
Em  Cm   G
A
D   Cm   G

[VERSE 2]
Em                  Cm  G
 Though I am such a fool
A
 If I can
D        Cm             G
 I'll be driving to the end

Em                Cm  G
 Here I am in Ullapool
A
 I haven't a plan
D        Cm              G
 Just to turn me 'round again

Em     D    A
 I'm a fast man
Em     D    A
 I'm a fast man, oh-oh

[CHORUS] - same
I go a thousand miles before I get me to sleep
You think I'm exaggerating baby?
That ain't nothing to me
See me, I'm gunning it just as fast as I can

I'm a fast man
I'm a fast man, oh-oh

[BREAK]
Am
 Here I am
C
 Here I am,
         G      Em   G     Am
 I'm just lost again, everyday
          Cm               Em
 Here I am outside Cheyenne

[VERSE 3] - same
 Trying to get back to sleep
 Under the stars
 Scenic view after dark

 Full of fret as I weep
 Listening to cars
 As they pull in for a park

 In Cheyenne
 In Cheyenne, oh-oh

[CHORUS]
 I go a thousand miles 'fore I get me to sleep
 You think I'm exaggerating, baby?
 That ain't nothing to me
 See me, I'm gunning it just as fast as I can

 I'm a fast man
 I'm a fast man, oh-oh

[END]
Am
 Here I am
C
 Here I am,
         G      Em   G     Am
 I'm just lost again, everyday
          Cm                 G
 Here I am outside Cheyenne

recommended chord formations:
e--0---0---0---3---2---2----0---3---
B--2---1---1---4---3---3----0---0---
G--2---2---0---5---2---2----0---0---
D--2---2---2---5---0---0----2---0---
A--0---0---3---3-------x----2---x---
E----------------------2----0---3---
   A   Am  C   Cm  D  D/F#  Em  G

You Can't Crucify Yourself

[INTRO]
Em  Bm7  C  (G  F#) - bass notes
Em  Bm7  C   G

[VERSE]
Em               Bm7              C                (G  F#)
 While I sit and think of another song that we can sing
Em                Bm7              C           G
 You can fret and think of another wrong I did bring
Em           Bm7      C6                      (G)         
 And I can't move the sun, babe, to make you shine
    (F#  Em   Bm7         C6                     G
 I'm the only one who can say that this light is mine

[PRE-CHORUS]
Em                                    F#
 I think I'll close my eyes while you snap,
             Am
 "Where's my map,"
              G   B  C
 I think I'll go
             B    D
 And did you know

[CHORUS]
C                      D
 You can't crucify yourself,
                D# G
 No, that takes two
C                         D
 Maybe you could use some help
            D#
 And if you do
D             G
 Just say you do

[BREAK]
Em  Bm7  C  (G  F#) - bass notes
Em  Bm7  C   G

[VERSE]
Em            Bm7  
 Every pickle comes from cucumber
     C                   G    (F#)
 You don't have to act appalled
Em                   Bm7
 Where's my door and where is my number
     C6            G
 I'm lost in these halls 
Em           Bm7      C                    G
 And I'm not saying I don't like your carrion
     (F#)  Em        Bm7      C             G
 But your preacher's pride is just like Marion 

[PRE-CHORUS]
Em           
 And when I felled a bird
            F#            Am
 Then you'd laugh at your half
              G   B  C
 That you let rot
                   B       D
 Now doll here's a thought 

[CHORUS]
C                      D
 You can't crucify yourself
                D# G
 No, that takes two
C                         D 
 Maybe you could use some help
            D#
 And if you do
D             G
 Just say you do
C                      D
 You can't crucify yourself
                D# G
 Now that takes two
C                         D
 Maybe you could use some help
            D#
 And if you do
D             G
 Just say you do

[END]
Em  Bm7  C  (G  F#) 
Em  Bm7  C   G
C   G

recommended chord formations:
e--0----2------------5------------0---2---3---
B--1----3----4---5---5----7---8---0---2---3---
G--2----2----4---5---5----7---8---0---3---4---
D--2----4----4---5---5----7---8---2---4---5---
A--0----2----2---3---3----5---6---2---4---5---
E---------------------------------0---2---3---
   Am   Bm7  B   C   C6   D   D#  Em  F#  G

Wanderlust

[INTRO]
 Dm  C  G  (3x)

[VERSE 1 & 2]
          G  Em          Am    D7/F#
 When the wheels hit the road
             C   E7
 When cryin' mode
           F7  G#7        Am     Dm   
 Makes you feel    on the brink
G7       G          C
 'tis of you that I think
          G  Em          Am   D7/F#
 When the plane takes me far

         C  E7        F7   G#7
 And you are  going insane

       Am    Dm
 So it seems
G7       G          C
 'tis of you that I dream

[BREAK]
 Dm  C  G  (3x)

[VERSE 3] - same chords
 When the ship leaves the bay
 And you stay in the slip
 Far behind
 'tis you on my mind

[SOLO]
   play verse (1x) 
   Dm  C  G   (3x)

[VERSE 4 & 5]
 When the train takes me far
 And you are going insane
 Like you're caught
 You're in my every thought

 When my shoes start to walk
 And you're not out and blue
 It is you
 That I love, it is you
       G          C
 It is you that I love

[END]
   Dm  C  G   (3x)
   C  (piano walk down)  C7

recommended chord formations:
e--0-------0-----------5----0----0----1----3---3----4----
B--1---5---1----1------6----0----0----1----3---3----4----
G--2---5---3----2------7----0----1----2----4---4----5----
D--2---5---2----0------7----2----0----1----5---3----4----
A--0---3---3----x------5----2----2----3----5---5----6----
E---------------2-----------0----0----1----3---3----4----
   Am  C   C7   D7/F#  Dm   Em   E7   F7   G   G7   G#7

Seven Days

[INTRO] chords combined with riffs
e--0-----0--1-3-3-1--3--1---3-3-1--3-/5----1---0-
B--6-----1--1-1-1-1--1--1---4-4----1-------1---1-
G--7-----0--2--------3--3---3-3----0-------2---0-  (play 2x)
D--7-----2--3----------------------2-------3---2-
A--5-----3-------------------------3-------3---3-
E------------------------------------------1-----
 Dmadd9  C  F       Bbadd9  Eb    CaddG    F   C

Dm  F  Bb  (4x)

[VERSE]
Dm        F   Bb  Dm         F   Bb
   Seven days will  get you there
  F      A7        Dm   F  Bb
   Seven plates of bone
Dm         F    Bb  Dm      F    Bb
   I won't pray to   get me there
  F          A7    Dm  F  Bb
   Get there on my own

[CHORUS]
    F      A7          Dm     Bbadd9
     Going yonder where I was born
     F                 Bbadd9   F      C
     Place where I was partly raised

[VERSE]  
Dm            F   Bb Dm         F  Bb
   Have you been to    Boston Town
  F                A7    Dm   F Bb   Dm F Bb
   The place where I was born
 Dm        F    Bb Dm           F  Bb
   Seven days will   get you there
 F       A7        Dm   F  Bb
   Seven plains of corn

[CHORUS]
   F      A7             Dm    Bbadd9
     Lord knows I've been all around
     F            Bbadd9      F      C
     Roaming all around these plains

[BRIDGE]
Eb       D7       Bbm       Bbm6*   F    Bbm6/Db
   On my way back home from seven years
     Edim7    F  Dm
   In seven days
Eb       D7       Bbm       Bbm6*   F      Bbm6/Db
   Seven winters blown like seven players
      Edim7   F    Dm   F  Dm
   Who had no cheer

[INTRO] 2x
   Dmadd9  C  F   Bbadd9  
   Eb   CaddG   F   C

[BRIDGE]
 Eb      D7      Bbm       Bbm6*  F   Bbm6/Db
   Seven summers grown the seven ways 
      Edim7  F    Dm
   to all my tears
 Eb      D7       Bbm       Bbm6*  F   Bbm6/Db
   On my way back home from seven years 
      Edim7  F    Dm  F  Dm
   in seven days

[VERSE]
Dm      F      Bb Dm           F  Bb
  Seven days will   get you there
F       A7        Dm   F Bb
  Seven plates of corn
Dm          F    Bb Dm         F  Bb
  I won't pray to    get me there
F           A7     Dm  F  Bb
  Get there on my own

[CHORUS]
   F      A7          Dm    Bbadd9
    Going yonder where I was born
        F                 Bbadd9   F     Bbadd9
    The place where I was partly raised
   F      A7          Dm    Bbadd9
    Going yonder where I was born
        F                 Bbadd9   F     Bbadd9  F
    The place where I was partly raised

recommended chord formations:
e--0---------1------1------1-----0---1---2-----0--------1--
B--2---3-----1------2------2-----1---3---1-----2----8---1--
G--0---3-----3------3------0-----0---2---2-----0----8---2--
D--2---3-----3------3------3-----2---0---0-----3----8---3--
A--0---1-----1------1-----(4)----3------------------6---3--
E-------------------------------------------------------1--
   A7  Bb  Bbadd9  Bbm  Bbm6/Db  C   Dm  D7  Edim7  Eb  F 

e---1-----3-/5--1---
B---2-----2-----1---
G---3-----x-----2---
D---3-----3-----3---
A---1-----1-----3---
E---------------1---
   Bbm   Bbm6*  F
  home...seven years
 

Raider Man

[INTRO]
e-----0-0----------
B-----1-1----------
G-----2-2----------
D-----2-2----------
A--0--0-0---3------
E--------------2---  x4
   Am

[VERSE]
Am  D7/F#  G              Am           D7/F#   G
    All my life I've been digging Polish black coal
Am   D7/F#  G            Am           D7/F#     G
  It wasn't much but you know I could play that role
Am     Am/G    D7/F#   Dm           E7
  They laid me off and so I kept my pail
Am   D7/F#  G       Am         D7/F#        G  E7 
  And now I wade in bushes down by the rail

[CHORUS]
     Am F         E7       D7
        Raider man, got no choice about it
     Am F         E7         D7
        Raider man, jumpin' up there on it
     Am F         E7       D7                Am    E7
        Raider man, gonna' take a little bit now

[VERSE]
Am      D7/F#    G              Am       D7/F#   G
   They hired me back and traded my pail for a stick
Am    D7/F#   G       Am          D7/F#       G    E7
  And now I chase the ones with a pail and a brick

     PLAY CHORUS 1x
     REPEAT INTRO

[SOLO] - like verse 1  
     Am   D7/F#   G   (x4)
     Am   Am/G    D7/F#  
     Dm   Dm/C    E7
     Am   D7/F#   G   (x2)   E7
      
[CHORUS]
     -REPEAT CHORUS-

[VERSE]
Am   D7/F#     G            Am          D7/F#  G
   I chased my cousin, it wasn't no big deal
Am   D7/F#  G            Am                 D7/F#      G
  I lost my legs when I slipped beneath the coal train wheel
Am   Am/G   D7/F#        Dm       Dm/C   E7
  My cousin tries to put something in my bowl
Am    D7/F#  G           Am           D7/F#     G   E7
  And now I wish I never left that darkened hole

[CHORUS]
     -REPEAT CHORUS-
[INTRO]
  play 3x, then end on Am

recommended chord formations:
e--0----0------------2----1----1-----0----3--
B--1----1-----1------1----3----3-----0----0--
G--2----2-----2------2----2----2-----1----0--
D--2----2-----0------0----0----0-----0----0--
A--0----0-----x----------------3-----2----x--
E-------3-----2----------------------0----3--
   Am   Am/G  D7/F#  D7   Dm   Dm/C  E7   G

When the Paint Grows Darker Still

Intro: Am

Am     B  Dm        Am
  I am just a weary singer
Am       B           Dm       E 
 Moving through this world of ills
Am        B       Dm      Am
 Hark the choir of predecessors
E                     G      C
 When the paint grows darker still

Am      B   Dm         Am
 Once I found a golden trumpet
Am      B          Dm      E
 In the mash of an old landfill
Am     B  Dm        Am
 Now I play for the spirits
E                     G      C    
 When the paint grows darker still

F       G     C      Bb
 Winter waited in my garden
F         G          C      G
 When the sun did refuse to shine
F     G       C     Bb
 Honeybees all in a slumber
F             G      C   G
 Skies filled up the sea
F        G       C   G
 Falling down on me

[BREAK]
Am  B   Dm   Am
Am  B   Dm   E 
Am  B   Dm   Am
E   G   C

F       G     C      Bb
 Winter waited in my garden
F         G           C     G
 When the sun did refuse to shine
F     G       C     Bb
 Honeybees all in a slumber
F             G      C   G
 Skies filled up the sea
F        G       C  G
 Falling down on me

Am       B  Dm        Am
 See his eyes turn to stained glass
Am       B        Dm        E
 Head to toe in a black roadkill
Am      B Dm        Am
 Here I am for your judgement
E                     G      C    G
 When the paint grows darker still
E                     G      C    G
 When the paint grows darker still
E                     G      C
 When the paint grows darker still

recommended chord formations:
e--0-----------0---1----0---1---3--
B--1---4---3---1---3----0---1---0--
G--2---4---3---0---2----1---2---0--
D--2---4---3---2---0----2---3---0--
A--0---2---1---3--------2---3---2--
E-----------------------0---1---3--
   Am  B   Bb  C   Dm   E   F   G  

I'm Not Dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)

[VERSES]        
         G           A           C   C7
 I don't want you to worry, I'm okay
      G               A              C   C7
 Just didn't want you seeing me this way
    G                B7           Em          A7
 We tried to talk about it but we didn't understand
    C                           D   D7
 We never really talked much anyway

    G              A                C   C7
 I finally found a place to call my own
   G                    A               C     C7
 A place where all good sinners can get stoned
      G             B7         Em               A7
 I'll keep my holy vision, you keep your stupid pride
     C                             D   D7
 You said I couldn't make it on my own

[CHORUS]
              C            G
  But I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
C           A7               D    D7
  And now I can't get out of town
              C            G          [F#] Em
  But I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
          C                 D               C    G             
  They've got me all strung up, come cut me down

[BRIDGE]
          Em
 Like the weeds in all the cracks
        C
 All my memories come back
           A7                      Dm    *Dm  Dadd9  D 
 Like some Alleghenny smack in the face

[VERSE]
      G                A               C   C7
 It's all just one big monkey house to me
 Just living ain't the same as being free
       G               B7             Em            A7
 Don't stop and think about it, It'll only make you sad
C                          D  D7
 Come put me out of my misery

[CHORUS]
                 C            G
  'Cause I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
C         A7               D    D7
  Where a man can loes his mind
          C            G          [F#] Em
  I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
          C             D            C
  They've got me suited up for crazy time

[SOLO] - verse chords
  G     A     C    C7  (x2)
  G     B7    Em   A7
  C     D     D7

[CHORUS]
          C            G
  I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
C           A7               D   D7
  And now I can't get out of town
              C            G          [F#] Em
  Hey I'm not dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)

 C  D  C  G-D-G

recommended chord formations:
e--0---0---2---0---0---2---2---0----3------
B--2---2---0---1---1---3---1---0----3------
G--2---0---2---0---3---2---2---0----0------
D--2---2---1---2---2---0---0---2----0------
A--0---0---2---3---3-----------2----x------
E------------------------------0----3---2--
   A   A7  B7  C   C7  D   D7  Em   G  [F#]

e----1---1h3p1---0------2----- 
B----3---3-------3------3-----
G----2---2-------2------2-----
D----0---0-------0------0-----
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------
   * Dm          Dadd9  D

Golden Shore

[INTRO]
  A  G  D  F  C#m  Bm  A
  
[VERSE]
    A                         D               A
 So long I've been abiding in dark before the dawn
                            E
 Come a time to even up the score
         A              A7
 You can meet me in the morning
      D         A       B7
 I'll drink you in like wine
         A     D      B7      E  A
 I ain't never gonna' see you anymore

[CHORUS]
    D        A
 Anymore, anymore
                                 E
 I ain't never gonna' be here anymore
         A              A7
 You can meet me in the morning
      D         A       B7
 I'll drink you in like wine
         A     D      B7      E  A
 I ain't never gonna' see you anymore

[BREAK/SOLO]
   A  G  D  F  C#m  Bm  A  (x2)
   D  F  E  A   (stay on A for 4 beats)

   then play VERSE 1x. Previous 'A' is the start of progression 

[VERSE]
     A                  D
 You know that time's a wasting
                 A
 The sun is very high
                                  E
 I need to find a way to heaven's door
          A                  A7
 You can hear me when you're sleeping
         D         A      B7
 I'll be whistling in the wind
      A       D       B7      E      A
 I'll see you on that distant golden shore

[CHORUS]
        D             A
 Golden shore, golden shore
                                     E
 I'll see you on that distant golden shore
         A                   A7
 Can you hear me when you're sleeping
         D         A      B7
 I'll be whistling in the wind
      A       D       B7      E      A
 I'll see you on that distant golden shore

[END]
   A  G  D  F  C#m  Bm  A  (x2)
   D  F*  E  A

recommended chord formations:
e--5---5----7---2---4--------0---1---3--
B--5---5----7---3---5----7---0---1---3--
G--6---6----8---4---6----7---1---2---4--
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