John Gorka – Up Until Then (Ukulele)
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:33:32 -0400
From: Geoffrey Smith <[email protected]>
Subject: g/gorka_john/up_until_then.crd
by John Gorka
>From the album "Out of the Valley" High Street Records, 1994
Intro: F/G/F/G (x4)
F G F G They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot F G F G Who was looking for a man of steel F G F G Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots F G F G And a dream no one else could reveal F G F G Her new man said to meet him at eight F G F G She came in dressed to the nines F G F G But by ten it was clear he was more than late F G F G And she just wouldn't take it this time Am G The bartender said she had had enough F F That he'd call a cab to take her somewhere Am G But she wasn't a stranger to loneliness F F She had grown up and spent her life there
CHORUS
F G Up until then, up until then F Am It happened over and over again F G F G Up until then, up until then, up until then F G F G Well practice had increased her tolerance F G F G And she had hardly eaten all day F G F G She was all hyped up on her new romance F G F G But she drank in the usual way F G F G She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes F G F G To check her machine just in case F G F G He had called to excuse or apologize F G F G When she saw his unpenitent face Am G He approached with a girl she had seen before F F A bimbo up from Raspberry Street Am G When he saw her he laughed and so did the whore F F They dropped a ten dollar bill at their feet
[CHORUS]
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: F/G/F/G (x2)]
F G F G She was small he was tall but she blocked his path F G F G She explained in unprintable words F G F G The reason she seized him so full of wrath F G F G That more than half of the neighborhood heard F G F G She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook F G F G And then kicked in his personal zones F G F G Her high heels would ruin his perfect looks F G F G She left a couple of unbroken bones Am G Well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops F F But the owner had called from the bar Am G It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop F F I'm told that's how some women are
[CHORUS]
F G F G They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot F G F G But she would suffer in no permanent way F G F G She spent thirty nights on a county cot F G F G And she's regarded with fear till this day F G Up until then, but never again F Am It happened over and over again F G F G Up until then, up until then, up until then Am G Now she's tending bar where the Pagans
used to meet
F And he's living with that bimbo up on G F Raspberry Street
Outro: F/G/F/G [repeat to fade]
Transcribed by Geoffrey Smith [email protected]
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