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From: rogers@sasuga.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers)
[1: I can play the piano part, but couldn't come close to transcribing it
for guitar; if that bothers you, do what I (and Todd Rundgren) did: start
playing piano specifically to learn her songs. 2: The Ark, whoever they
were, reportedly recorded this on Verve-Forecast's parent label, MGM, a
year before Laura's own version was released - does anyone have a copy of
this? -- AWR]
... here's the piano intro:
C Gm7
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-------1---|-3-----------|-3-----------|
-0-----------|-0-------0---|-2h3-----2---|-0-----------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|---------3---|
-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
F/Bb F/A
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
-3-------3---|---------3---|-3-------3---|---------3---|
-1-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
"Poverty Train"
(Laura Nyro)
Intro (guitars):
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-----------------11R10-8-10-8-----------
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--3-------------------------------------
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[fuzz] [acoustic]
[n.c.]
Last call for the poverty train
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-6--------6---5B6--
---8--6-8----------
[acoustic]
Abmaj7 (vibes - there's a high D on acoustic bass in there)
Last call for the poverty train
C Gm F/Bb F/A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / [2X]
Verse 1:
C Gm/C F/Bb F/A
It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip
C Gm/C F/Bb F/A
And if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip
Abmaj9 Dm7 Abmaj9 Dm7
You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor
Abmaj9 Dm7 Abmaj9 Gm7
Become God, become cripple, become funky and split
Fm7
Why was I born
F/G G
No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no
Verse 2:
Oh baby, I just saw the Devil and he's smilin' at me
I heard my bones cry, Devil why's it got to be
Devil played with my brother, Devil drove my mother
Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
Why was I born
No-no-no-no whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no
Verse 3:
Oh baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow
A million night tramps, tricks and tracks will come and go
Abmaj9 Dm7
You're starvin' today
Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
But who cares anyway
F/G C Gm7/C Abmaj7 Gm7 Cm7
Baby, it feels like I'm dyin' now
Coda:
[n.c.]
I swear there's something better than
Abmaj7 (vibes)
Getting off on sweet cocaine
[C] [single note]
It feels so good
Absus2 [4663xx] Dbsus4 [xxx674]
It feels so good
[G] [F]
Gettin' off the poverty train
Gm7/C
Mornin'...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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