Word Gets Around Part Two

Album: Word Gets Around (Part 2) Artist: Stereophonics Tabbed by: Sian Clarke As I mentioned in the first part of this tab I couldn’t fit all twelve songs onto the same song file so I had to split it into two parts (Part 1) and (Part 2). (Part 1) should be above the link to this part but I could be wrong if it’s not there you’ll have to look for it if you want any of the first six songs. Songs in this part:  7. Check My Eyelids For Holes                      8. Same Size Feet                      9. Last Of The Big Time Drinkers                     10. Goldfish Bowl                     11. Too Many Sandwiches                     12. Billy Daveys’ Daughter Songs in the other part:  1. A Thousand Trees                           2. Looks Like Chaplin                           3. More Life In A Tramps Vest                           4. Local Boy In The Photograph                           5. Traffic                           6. Not Up To You I’ve listed all the chords and riffs used under each individual song. I’m almost 100% sure that all these songs are right but if you disagree or have any comments questions or corrections or if you just want to say hey e-mail me at and I will try to reply to all. (Riffs are indicated above the chord that is played with it) KEY:  b = bend string  h = hammer on  p = pull off  /or\ = slide to numbered fret  { = rest - no chord silence unless there is a riff continuing above it ...= duration of a riff       *********************************       * 7. Check My Eyelids for Holes *       ********************************* Chords                 x0222x        Asus4-     3x223x               3x003x        Asus4     x0223x        -       2x022x               xx023x        -      2x023x                   022300 Verse 1                            I gotta lose weight                     I           I                    swallow              honey.           Is  my  stand      up show                         still          still                still that             funny?           Am   I   back   for   good?         I       said      that   I                         said   that   I    would  be.              She’s down     waist low                         trying                       to     make      me    happy.         Because Bridge 1                                                I       like     watching you.                   It’s Chorus 1                                               time I tried tried to check my check my eyelids check for holes.      It’s        time I tried tried to check my check my eyelids check for holes. Verse 2                                                                                Two weeks late                          I                            I gotta test for babies.                     Shop take’s falling low         I’m     not     going          back            back  to  the  factories.         Because Bridge 2                                                          I       like                 what I  do.              It’s Chorus 2 (as above)                                                Instrumental Break                                                                                                                                                         It’s Chorus 3 (as above)                                       Outro                                                             time I tried it’s time I tried it’s time I tried it’s time I tried.         Time I tried it’s time I tried it’s time I tried to check my lids for holes.       *********************       * 8. Same Size Feet *       ********************* Chords              x68676                244322         -       x7444x        (1)      x24442         -      x22100         -       xx544x                 x7999x         (2)     x2444x         -       xx044x              x46454         -     x6444x Riffs       ----------------------------|      ---------------------|   1:  g--4-----4--4-----------4--4-|  2:  g---------------------|       d----------------------------|      d--4h6--4-------------|       A----------------------------|      A----------4h6--4--2--|       ----------------------------|      ---------------------| Verse 1                                                       {        {        {       {        A week’s too long not to ring.                               Re-colours her hair       and waits for him.        B(1)                      B(1)             No cat against  dog      just head over heels.            Sex twice a date          best time in years.           Oh no           why  hasn’t he phoned?      She         has to wait until he’s on his own.        Lying and denying so no-body knows  I’ll        tell her this week is what he tells her to keep her on        loan.                          He’ll buy her one day. Instrumental Break 1                                                        (R 1)............................(R 1)............................         (2)             (2)            (2)             (2) Verse 2                                                                                  B(1)                 B(1)            Sex drives oral highs cheated wives and spies. (as chord progression in Verse 1 from first D#m7)        Cream cakes coffee dates floral gifts goodbye.        Passed away for the day had a change of kind.        Sex change too mundane for the average mind.        Oh no she just can’t see        where he is or where he’s been.        Looked prim and straight like she’s always been        All that she saved for went missing again. Instrumental Break 2 (as before)                Mid Section                                                              She  could be she could be she   could be        B(1)                        B(1)             wrong.                                                     She  could be she could be she   could be        B(1)                        B(1)                        wrong.                She  could be she could be she   could be        B(1)                        B(1)              wrong.                                                    It looks like it looks like the  word’s got around. Instrumental Break 3 (as before X2)                                 Verse 3 (as Verse 2 with the extra B(1) chords)                                          They found a body in the lake.         Maybe it wasn’t really his name.         Same colour same weight same size feet.                      (R 2).................         It’s the not knowing that kills you.         Oh no the clocks stopped slow         everytime you’re on your own.         You hide from the spies so no-body knows.         Scratch through the pages of the lazy days news for a clue.         Still looking for you. Instrumental Break 4 (as before X2) Instrumental Break 5                     (1)      (1)         -           -         -       -          (1)           (1)         (1)      (1)         -           -         -       -          -            - Outro (same as instrumental break 1 end the song on B(1))       ************************************       * 9. Last Of The Big Time Drinkers *       ************************************ Chords               x02223                  x24232                   133211                577655                    xx0232                   355433              068676                    022100          8-     x0 11x 14x              244222                   x24432          -       x09787 Intro                      Verse 1          Ten minutes flat after that day at the factory          I’m drinking like a dog in the sun.          I don’t need to eat or sleep a wink at the weekend          just rot my guts and I Bridge 1             can’t wait for my next drink. The first one is gonna sink             I’m the last of the big time Chorus 1                                 drinkers.  I take pride in my work I’m the last of the big time drinkers.        My beer don’t taste the same without my name painted on my glass.            Verse 2 (as before)                    I don’t live to work I work to live and live at the weekend        and maybe spend a week in the sun.        I come home wet the bed throw my sheets out the window        and Sunday morning comes and I Bridge 2 (as before) Chorus 2 (as before)                                                           Instrumental Break                                                                                                                                                              and I Bridge 3 (as before but without the rests) Chorus 3                                              drinkers.  I take pride in my work I’m the last of the big time drinkers.        Just give me hops or the slops I’m the last of the big time drinkers.        I take pride in my work I’m the last of the big time drinkers.            Outro       8-         8-        ------------|          -       8-         8-        ------------|          -       8-         8-        ------------|          -       8-         8-        ------------|          -       8-         8-        ------------|          -       *********************       * 10. Goldfish Bowl *       ********************* Chords         G5       355xxx         G        320033        Dsus4        xx0233                xx023x                 xx0232                  022030                 x32010               x24232        +9          x32033 Riffs       -------------|      -------------------|      -------------------|       --3--1--0----|      -----1--3--1--0----|      -----1--3--1--0--0-|   1:  --0--0--0--2-|  2:  -----0--0--0--0--2-|  3:  -----0--0--0--0--0-|       --2--2--2--0-|      -----2--2--2--2--0-|      -----2--2--2--2--2-|       --3--3--3--3-|      --3----------------|      --3----------------|       -------------|      -------------------|      -------------------|       b-----0--3--1--0-----------3--1--0----|      b--1--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--1--0-|   4:  g-----0--0--0--0--2-----2--0--0--0--2-|  5:  g--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|       d-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|      d--2-------------------------------|       A-------------------------------------|      A--3-------------------------------|       E--3----------------------------------|      E----------------------------------| Intro                                                  (R 1)................          Same long faces in the workmans’ hall.     Verse 1                                     (R 2).........(R 2)..............         Caramel crisp counts his birds.                                                   (R 2).........(R 2)................         Cliff chip’s lines up his dominoes.                                                         (R 2).........(R 2).............         Kingfisher lead singer calm’s his nerves.              Bridge 1                                                                                I’m drinking sinking swimming drowning working smirking          learning burning sleeping theiving cheating beating I’m eating                  Dsus4          I’m deep   in a goldfish Chorus 1         (R 4).................................(R 5)...............................               bowl.         It’s sink or swim                    Verse 2                                        (R 2)...........(R 2)        The hall down town just burned to the ground.          My boxing ring turned to ash.                         Redhead ginger bread sells tickets at the door.        Stella sleepwalks in the sand.              Bridge 2 (as before)                                                       Chorus 2                                           (R 2)..........(R 2)................               bowl       It’s sink or swim.                  Looking in                           They’re looking in.               Instrumental Break                                                                                          +9         +9                            +9         +9 Verse 3                                             (R 2).........(R 2).............        Hard up outta luck time to ride the village bike.                                           (R 2)..........(R 2)..............        A bike been used ten times or more.                                                                (R 2)........(R 2)........        Grapevine here’s the wife lays down her royal flush.          I think I’ve lost another    wife.       Bridge 3 (as before)                                  Outro                                         (R 2)........(R 2)...........          bowl          It’s sink or swim.                                                      (R 2)........(R 2)...........                         It’s sink or            swim.                ***************************       * 11. Too Many Sandwiches *       ***************************                           Chords         -#(1)        x977xx                x02220                   35xxxx         Gsus2(1)       x10 77xx             x2443x         -(1)     xx77xx         Gsus2(2)       3x023x         Am7     x02010         Asus4       002230                       x3555x               xx023x                   x02223         C+9            x3203x                                   Riffs       b--------3-------3-----3----------3--------3-----3-|   1:  g-----2-------2-----2----------2--------2-----2----|       --4-------4-------------4--5--------5-------------|       --------------------------------------------------|       --------------------------------------------------|       e----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-------|       b------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|   2:  g--2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|       ------------------------------------------------------------------|       ------------------------------------------------------------------|       ------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro       (R 1)............................(R 1)..............................        -#(1)        Gsus2(1)         -#(1)            Gsus2(1) Verse 1         D-F#(2)                              Gsus2(2)         Shopping spree for your family tree haven’t seen your family tree            D-F#(2)                           Gsus2(2)         in quite a while.                                       D-F#(2)                       Gsus2(2)         Too many sandwiches and wine sherry stains down your best man’s tie         what a speech.                                                 The Verse 2         D-F#(2)                                Gsus2(2)         band arrives and the grannies cry the singers’ tongues’ in the barmaids mouth         D-F#(2)                                Gsus2(2)         what a voice.         D-F#(2)                      Gsus2(2)         Grandpa drunk a drop or two heads’ still stuck in the portaloo         what a man.                                                       You bought a Chorus 1         sequin dress for your chicken breasts the disco’s late         and he’s over  -  paid        tonight.        You got a         diamond ring and a man who sings the man who sings         made love to the   bar    -   maid     twice.           And that’s just tonight                                                The Verse 3         (R 1)..................................................................................         D-F#(1)                                       Gsus2(1)          blue-rinsed hairs lift up their chairs the band’s too loud they’re off downstairs         (R 1)..................................................................................         D-F#(1)                                       Gsus2(1)          what a noise.                                      (R 1)...................................................................................         D-F#(1)                                                Gsus2(1)          The bride and groom they dance their dance and the singer mimes there’s still a chance         (R 1)..................................................................................          the barmaid smiles.                                                      You bought a Chorus 2         sequin dress for your chicken breasts the disco’s late         and he’s over  -  paid        tonight.        You got a         diamond ring and a man who sings the man who sings         made love to the   bar    -   maid     twice.           And that’s just tonight.                                                        Instrumental Break                                            Gsus2(1)           -#(1)          -(1)         -(1)         Gsus2(1)           -#(1)          -(1)         -(2)         Gsus2(2)           D-F#(2)                                                                                           You bought a Chorus 3         (R 2)..................................................         sequin dress for your chicken breasts the disco’s late         .......................................................         and he’s over  -  paid        tonight.        You got a         (R 2)..................................................         diamond ring and a man who sings the man who sings         .......................................................         made love to the   bar    -   maid     twice.                (R 2)..................................................         Grandpa drunk a drop or two heads’ still stuck         .......................................................         in the portaloo again.                                         (R 2)........................................................................         The bride and groom they dance their dance and the singer mimes there’s still a         .................................................................         D-F#(2)      Gsus2(2)                  Asus4         chance                  tonight.                And the barmaid          smiles.                                      Outro                                                                                                                             -                              -                                                                                                                                                      ******************************       * 12. Billy Daveys’ Daughter *       ****************************** Chords        +9      x3203x                 x32010             x02010               022000         -     2x023x      -       xx000x                320033               022030              xx023x Riffs       e--0--0--0--0----------|       b--------------3--1--0-|   1:  g----------------------|       ----------------------|       ----------------------|       ----------------------| Intro        C+9 (strum once lightly) {    {    {                                      (R 1)..............                  (R 1)..............                           (R 1)..............                                                                             {       - Verse 1                       I  never knew her           name.                                 I only knew her            fame.          Verse 2                      She lived near   my          town.                     Another      goldfish   to  drown.                           Verse 3                      Well I  just passed         the bridge.                           That parts us from            them.               Bridge                      The bridge that she          used.                             Again      and again.                           A-        gain.                         Mid Section        I              re - mem - ber               when they found her        Billy Daveys’ daughter.           The word  gets  around.          Word   gets  around. Chorus       Billy Daveys’ second daughter          threw herself to dirty water.       Billy’s left with nothing but a            dream.                Billy Daveys’ second daughter          threw herself to dirty water.       Billy’s left with nothing but a            dream.            He Outro       dreams.                      He        dreams.               He       dreams.                      He        dreams.                He       dreams.                      He        dreams.               He       dreams.                      He        dreams.                       Word   gets   around.                 There that took me ages. Hope it comes in useful;’)