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This Perfect World
These tabs were put together by Norman Joseph
, who warns, "No warranties expressed or implied,"
But in my (non-guitar-playing and thus questionably valued) opinion?
He's just being modest.
Whatever the case, big thanks to Norman for sharing.
This page, when all of the tabs were on it, turned
out kind of ginormous. For speed and navigability, I've broken it up
into sections.
You may only use this for private study, scholarship,
or research.
All songs written by Freedy Johnston.
Songs:
Bad Reputation
Evie's Tears
Can't Sink This Town
This Perfect World
Cold Again (not available at this time)
Two Lovers Stop
Across the Avenue
Gone Like the Water
Delores
Evie's Garden
Disappointed Man
I Can Hear the Laughs
Evie's Garden
Try fingerpicking these chord shapes for the intro and verse:
(intro)
G D open A, open D
X-X-+-+-+-+ III X-X-+-+-+-+ II
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| | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
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(intro)
G D
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A D
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G D
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A7
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(1st verse)
G D
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In the mid - dle of
A D
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E - vie' - s gar - den
G D
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was a rock she could
A D
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ne - ver move.
G D
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Worn a - way by a
A D
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faith - ful ha - nd 'till
G D
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no - one knows the
A D
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date.
(chorus)
Bm A
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Bring back the
G F#m
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rain, we'll go
Em D
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walkin'. Mmm - mmm - -
A
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mmm -- .
Bm A
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Bring back the
G F#m
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wind like you
Em D
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do. Mmm - mmm - -
A7
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mmm -- .
(2nd verse)
G D A D
Of the flowers in Evie's garden
G D A D
one would never go out of bloom.
G D A D
Planted over a well, forgotten.
G D A D
Opened by the moon.
(chorus)
Bm A G F#m Em D A
Bring back the rain we'll go walkin' Mmm mmm mmm.
Bm A G F#m Em D A
Bring back the wind like you do. Mmm mmm mmm.
Bm A G F#m Em D A
Bring back the rain to Evie's garden. Mmm mmm mmm.
Bm A G F#m Em D A7
I'm at the gate looking through.
(3rd verse)
G D A D
In the middle of Evie's garden
G D A D
was a rock she could never move.
G D A D
Nearly buried in a night bloom angle.
G D A D
Pale and smooth as skin.
Disappointed Man
(intro)
Dm
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G
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Dm
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G Am
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(1st verse)
Dm
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Did you take your mother's name so
G
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you could sleep more eas - i - ly?
Am
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She took you back too late and
G
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now you ne - ver e - ven call.
Dm
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Did you take that mon - ey drawer while
G
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she was praying?
Am
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They said you dis - ap - peared
G
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just like wa - ter down a drain.
(chorus)
Dm Dm+F G
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Why'd you call me?
Am Am+C Dm
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Must be bad.
Dm Dm+F G
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Dis - ap - point - ed
Am Am+C Dm
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man. Where've you been?
Dm Dm+F G
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Hide your - self so
Am Am+C Dm
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well in this city.
Dm Dm+F G
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Dis - ap - point - ed
Am Am+C Dm (hold for count)
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man.
Dm / / / / / / / G / / / / / / /
Dm / / / / / / / G / / / Am / / /
(2nd verse)
Dm G
Did you sell your father's ring so you could stay one more night?
Am G
It shone like his glass eye in the worn, velvet case.
Dm G
Did you fill this hired room with guilty words?
Am G
Your white piano hands flutter like poisoned birds.
(chorus)
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm
Why'd you call me? Must be bad.
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm
Disappointed man where've you been?
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm
Hide yourself so well in this city.
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm
Disappointed man where've you been?
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm
Disappointed man where've you been?
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm (hold)
Disappointed man.
I Can Hear the Laughs
(intro)
E G#m B
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E G#m B
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F#m A
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C#m A
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(1st verse)
E G#m B
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You can really fall, wake
E G#m B
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up in a ruined house,
F#m A
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wrapped up in a torn - down curtain.
C#m A
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And
E G#m B
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when I get to Hell will the
E G#m B
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love - ly girls come down to the
F#m A
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banks of that red red river?
C#m A
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(chorus)
B E
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I can hear the laughs when they
B E
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find I've fall - en down a - gain.
A G#m
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B
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B E
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I can hear the laughs and it
B E
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hurts so bad I have to smi - le.
A / / / / / / /
B / / / / / / /
A / / / / / / /
B / / / / / / /
A / / / B / / /
(2nd verse)
E G#m B
You can take a lot.
E G#m B
Put back not a thing.
F#m A C#m A
Still come home lookin' thinner.
E G#m B
And when I get to Oz,
E G#m B
will the lovely witch come down
F#m A C#m A
and kiss my pale, bleeding brow?
(chorus)
B E
I can hear the laughs when they
B E
find I've fallen down again.
A / / / G#m / / /
B / / / / / / /
B E
I can hear the laughs and it
B E
hurts so bad I have to smile.
A / / / / / / / B / / / / / / /
A / / / / / / / B / / / / / / /
A / / / / / / / B / / / / / / /
(chords repeat and fade out)
A / / / / / / /
B / / / / / / /
A / / / G#m / / /
B / / / / / / /
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