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Harpua
From: David Douglas McCallum  <netmail!kcjonz@wam.umd.edu>
"This next song is a story...and as with all good stories, this story begins with an um-pa-pa"
- Trey, Molly's, Boston, 11-3-88
 
Um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-paaaaa
 
Drums begin a heavy 7/4 beat - full band comes in after 4 bars
 
  Bbm7    F#7     Bbm7    F#7     Bbm7    F#7     Bbm7    F#7
| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |
 
Verse:
   Bbm7                          F#7
|  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |
       Fat sweaty bulldog          Stood in the sun
 
   F7                            Bbm
|  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |
      Stone village swamp man    Slow motion run
 
[same chord progression repeats]
Tender poled police walker | Precious birthday fudge
Swamp night and bull nail | Walker done done
 
Chorus: played twice
  Bbm              F#7           C#              A
|  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |
  Me     and    Harpua          We couldn't care few-a
                                                     .   .
   F                             Bbm                 E   E
|  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /   /   /   /  |
It happens all the time              We beat Okimo   ^stacatto chords
 
[Repeat verse progression]
Hot liquor stone jack | Bitter toothless flesh
Shabby pimple chin-slime | Evil milky rash
Me and Harpua | Spastic dead-eyed hound
Oozing dreadlock skullcap | We're coming to your town
We'll help you party down
 
[Chorus - 2x, hold E for narrative]
 
Narrative - in 4/4
  E         D   A
| / / / / | / / / / | after the fight, hold the D
 
Look, the storm's gone...
 
  D         C
| / / / / | / / / / |
 
Dad [Mike]:Jimmy...
Jimmy [Page]:Yes, Dad
D: Jimmy, I have some bad news...
J: What might that be...Dad?
D: It's about your cat, Poster...
J: You wouldn't be talking about Poster Nutbag now would you?
 
D
YOUR CAT DIED!
Poster is dead
Poster is dead
Poster's SO dead
 
How about a goldfish?
     F       Eb         D
     I don't want a goldfish
     F       Eb         D
     I don't want a goldfish
     F       Eb         D
     I don't want a goldfish
     F       Eb
     I want...
       Gb-5 Ab9  Bb2
     A dog
       Gb-5 Ab9  Bb2  Csus4  C
     A dog
 
          C          G/B          
There's a dog in the station
        Bb     F/A
with an ugly mutation
       Ab         C           D   G
and it needs lubrication each day
 
          C          G/B          
There's a dog in the station
      Bb        F/A
Contemplating rotation
     Ab           C         Gb  Ab  Bb
as a form of recreation and play
Gb  Ab  Bb
A dog
 
[chords same as above]
There's a dog in the station
with a bad reputation
It's a sign of the nation's decay
 
But the dog in the station
doesn't need a vacation
As the people rush by dressed in gray
 
[Organ solo over verse changes]
 D D/C Bm7 Bbmaj7 D/A
A DOG
A DOG
A DOG!!