Cowboy Junkies – Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:35:41 -0700 From: Brent Wood <[email protected]> Subject: c/cowboy_junkies/murder_tonight_in_the_trailer_park.crd written by M. Timmins and The Cowboy Junkies, from the album Black Eyed Man (1992) submitted and transcribed in May 1998 by Brent Wood, [email protected]

A		              G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.

F
Mrs. Annabelle Evans found

	 E
with her throat cut after dark.

A
Her pockets turned inside out

	    G
her dresser drawers turned upside down.

F
Anna's neighbor, Peg, identifies the body

E			  B     E
lets out a hollow kind of sound.

E	    A
Homicide is tying yellow ribbons

E	             A
around her silver Airstream.

E	     A
Red cherries slashing up the night

B		     A	            E
cutting through that cordoned crime scene.

A	       G			   E
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

A			      G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.

F
Pack your things, Ann Marie, we're heading

E
west, we're gonna make a fresh start.

A
I've been saving pennies,

	     G
been looking forward to this day.

F
No time for questions, are you coming

E		 B     E
or are you gonna stay?

E		   A
Crosstown at the Waterton

E				 A
George Evans is sitting tall and tight,

E			  A
buying drinks for all the regulars

B			A		     E
bragging about how them bones danced for him tonight.

A	       G			  E
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

A		              G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.

F
Faceless man counting crumpled bills,

E
hotel neon fights the dark.

A				      G
TV set in the corner, they're talking murder on the late-night news.

F
He turns down the sound, waits for the sports.

E		       B		  E
He only wants to know "did I win or did I lose?"

E	       A		     E		  A
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

E       A	       E
Murder in the trailer park.

The song sounds right except for the first B (and its repetitions), which I think sounds a little off. It must be some B variation. If you can correct me, I can go to my grave happy. Brent Wood [email protected]