"Kill the Bassplayer" by Fourteenth Floor
tabbed by Christopher Heckman (checkman@math.la.asu.edu)
using Seventh String's Transcribe! utility

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interpretation of the song; no copyright infringement or toe-stepping-on is
intended.

	INTRO: ||:  F(+9)  G(+9)  |  D(sus4)/A     :|| (4x)

F        G       D               F        G               D 
Drop the anchor, pull the chord, take the wind out of the sails.
F        G           D               F       G             D 
Kill the bassplayer, smash the horn, I'm not in the mood today.
F       G       D             F       G             D 
Break a guitar, smash a drum, I think I'll become a nun.
F       G         D             F    G               D 
Crash a satellite into the sun, everybody has faded away.
F      G          D             F               G                D 
Broken drumsticks on the floor, no one wants to hear our band anymore.
F       G         D                          F     G               D 
Fifteen years, we toured the country strong,   and now they say we suck.

D 
Ah, but they don't know what they're talkin' about.

G       C     Am     D    G      C       Am     D
Take an ocean to the sea, grab a notion, set it free,
             G                        C          
And then you won't feel down, and you won't feel small,
Am                       D
Won't be worried 'bout a thing at all,
        G                  C
And you won't be here, you won't be there,
    Am                     D
You will not worry and you will not care,
           F             D              F             D 
And you'll see what will be, and you'll know where to go.  
D      G    D
Hey!

F     G       D                     F             G                D 
Elvis hanging behind the drums, how dumb, I think I'll go buy some gum.
F     G         D    
Harpo Marx man, he played the harp, 
             F             G               D 
I guess it's art, that the name of the man should fit the instrument.
F            G           D 
James Dean's star, yeah, it did shine,
    F                   G                      D 
In another time, but it really don't matter anyway.
F       G        D                 F         G           D 
We were once the biggest band, but now we're bland, like Opie.
F       G      D 
Stick a needle into your arm,
                F           G                   D
It won't do you harm, it'll make you forget the past.

D 
Ah, but that's just a bunch of bullshit!

G       C     Am     D    G      C       Am     D
Take an ocean to the sea, grab a notion, set it free,
             G                        C          
And then you won't feel down, and you won't be small,
        Am                       D
And you won't be worried 'bout a thing at all,
        G                  C
And you won't be here, you won't be there,
    Am                     D
You will not worry and you will not care,
           F             D              F             D 
And you'll see what will be, and you'll know where to go.  Hey!

	||:  F  G  |  D(sus4)/A     :|| (4x)

G       C     Am     D    G      C       Am     D
Take an ocean to the sea, grab a notion, set it free,
             G                        C          
And then you won't feel down, and you won't be small,
        Am                       D
And you won't be worried 'bout a thing at all,
        G                  C
And you won't be here, you won't be there,
    Am                     D
You will not worry and you will not care,
        G                     C
And you won't feel up and you won't feel down,
        Am                       D
And you won't be upset about the stupid clown,
        G                      C
And you won't be here, and you won't be there,
    Am                     D
You will not worry and you will not care,
           F             G            D 
And you'll take.... your time.....  today (take your time),
           F             G            D 
           take.... your time.....  today (take your time) ...