Jonathan Coulton – The Town Crotch (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 3
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Source: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/The_Town_Crotch/Tabs Original Chords: M_pony
    D                              G
The seniors threw a party down the end of Dutton Road

D                            G
 It was almost cold enough to snow

Em                                Bm
 None of us could drive then so we had to get a ride

       C                 G  A7
In the back of someone's G-TO

D                              G
 She was in the keg line with a yellow plastic cup

D                                    G
 It was like I'd never seen a girl before

Em                          Bm
 Puffy leather jacket and a healthy head of hair

         C            G        A7
With the hair she was six foot four

Bb       Bdim(x2313x)   C           C#dim(xx2323) 
 I recognized.. her face.. right away
[chorus]
                D
She was the town crotch

                    G
She was good to go anytime

                D
She was the town crotch

                       G
But I loved her like she was mine

           A                              G
There's a lot of things I don't remember now

                        G/C    G    D
But I remember the town crotch

                    G/C    G    D
I remember the town crotch

  D                          G
I had a pint of So Co in the pocket of my coat

D                             G
 You can hardly taste the alcohol

Em                                 Bm
 Watched her from a distance but I never said a word

      C           G          A7
I was young and I felt so small

Bb      Bdim      C          C#dim
 I was no one then, who was I?
[repeat chorus]
G/C                  G               D
 We stood around and drank a lot and leaned against the cars

G/C                G               D
 Tried to beat the Winter, made it just under the wire

G/C                 G          D
 We got drunk and loud under a thousand million stars

G/C                   G               A7
 Someone played Steve Miller, someone set some stuff on fire

    D                             G
The cops came by to bust us so we left the beer and ran

   D                                G
My head hurt and I couldn't find my ride

    Em                             Bm
She pulled up in a Gremlin and she rolled the window down

          C       G       A7
She said "Hey kid, get inside".

Bb          Bdim     C                C#dim
 Then she asked my name and drove me home

                D
She was the town crotch

                    G
She was good to go anytime

                D
She was the town crotch

                       G
But I loved her like she was mine

           A                              G
There's a lot of things I don't remember now

                        G/C    G    D
But I remember the town crotch

                    G/C    G    D
I remember the town crotch

                    G/C    G    D
I remember the town crotch
G/C(x32033) G D