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BLAMING THE MESSENGER
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
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INTRO: Amadd9 - Dmadd9 - E7 (twice)
Am Aadd9 Dm Dadd9
I. Mercury trips over wings on his feet
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
and drops his baton like a cru - ci - fix.
Am Aadd9 Dm Dadd9
the thermometer slips, my dreams in retreat:
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
ninety-eight, ninety-seven, ninety-six point six.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
I was tabula rasa
Gsus4 G
become a slave to a massa.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
you can call someone
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
to fix the weather vane.
Am G
it's time to blame
Fmaj7 Amadd9
the messenger again.
///// REPEAT INTRO /////
Am Aadd9 Dm Dadd9
II. a minute in traffic is a century late
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
in the glass and the steel of your mi - cro - scope.
Am Aadd9 Dm Dadd9
a sympathy laugh at a minor complaint
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
becomes a report in an en - ve - lope.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
if the want ads were honest,
Gsus4 G
they would do what they promised.
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
they would tell the future,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7(add-5)
they would tell the truth:
Am G
you will quit, you'll be fired,
Fmaj7 Amadd9
you will throw away your youth.
///// REPEAT INTRO /////
Dadd9
CHORUS: blaming the messenger
C Em/B Aadd9 (riff)
is easier than fixing what's wrong.
Dadd9
blaming the messenger
C Em/B F/A A
makes you feel so strong.
Bm E
you can say it was the messenger
Bm Bmsus4 E
blame it on the messenger
G A
every day I hear
Bm E
the same old song.
Bm E
you can say it was the messenger
Bm Bmsus4 E
blame it on the messenger
G A
but everybody knows
Bm E
it was you all along.
G A (one strum)
everybody knows
N.C. Bm E
you're what's wrong.
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INSTRUMENTAL (like second half of verse):
Fmaj7 - Fmaj7(add-5) - Gsus4 - G
Fmaj7 - Fmaj7(add-5) - Fmaj7 - Fmaj7(add-5)
Am - G - Fmaj7
//// REPEAT INTRO ////
//// REPEAT CHORUS ////
INSTRUMENTAL: Aadd9 (riff 4x)
E(no3rd) (riff)
continue riff as melody enters
E(no3rd) (riff continues throughout)
ENDING: Ivan Denisovich
is workin' like a son-of-a-bitch.
all the people stop to ask him why.
Ivan Denisovich
says, "I'm building a bridge
over the River Kwai.
that's why."
(REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL MELODY OVER E(no3rd) RIFF)
"every beam and trestle
is straight and on the level.
we all do our best,
even for the devil.
that's why."
(REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL MELODY OVER E(no3rd) RIFF)
(SLOW DOWN AND FADE TO FINAL CHORD)
© Copyright 1994 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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