Harpua

"This next song is a story...and as with all good stories, this story begins with an um-pa-pa"

- Trey, Molly's, Boston, 11-3-88

Um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-pa um-pa-paaaaa

Drums begin a heavy 7/4 beat - full band comes in after 4 bars

Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7 Bbm7 F#7 | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |

Verse:

 Bbm7 F#7

| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |  Fat sweaty bulldog Stood in the sun

 F7 Bbm

| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / |  Stone village swamp man Slow motion run

[same chord progression repeats]

Tender poled police walker | Precious birthday fudge Swamp night and bull nail | Walker done done

Chorus: played twice

Bbm F#7 C# A

| / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | Me and Harpua We couldn't care few-a  . .  F Bbm E E | / / / / / / / | / / / / / / / | It happens all the time We beat Okimo ^stacatto chords

[Repeat verse progression]

Hot liquor stone jack | Bitter toothless flesh

Shabby pimple chin-slime | Evil milky rash

Me and Harpua | Spastic dead-eyed hound

Oozing dreadlock skullcap | We're coming to your town We'll help you party down

[Chorus - 2x, hold E for narrative]

Trey lick during narrative  

e----------------------------------------------------------- B-12--12-12-12---12--12-12-12---12--12-12-12---------------- G-------------9--------------9--------------9--9-9-11-9-11-9

Narrative - in 4/4

E D A

| / / / / | / / / / | after the fight, hold the D

Look, the storm's gone...

D C

| / / / / | / / / / |

Dad [Mike]:Jimmy...

Jimmy [Page]:Yes, Dad

D: Jimmy, I have some bad news...

J: What might that be...Dad?

D: It's about your cat, Poster...

J: You wouldn't be talking about Poster Nutbag now would you?

D

YOUR CAT DIED!

Poster is dead

Poster is dead

Poster's SO dead

How about a goldfish?

 F Eb D

 I don't want a goldfish

 F Eb D

 I don't want a goldfish

 F Eb D

 I don't want a goldfish

 F Eb

 I want...

 Gb-5 Ab9 Bb2

 A dog

 Gb-5 Ab9 Bb2 Csus4 C

 A dog

 C G/B  

There's a dog in the station

 Bb F/A

with an ugly mutation

 Ab C D G

and it needs lubrication each day

 C G/B  

There's a dog in the station

 Bb F/A

Contemplating rotation

 Ab C Gb Ab Bb

as a form of recreation and play

Gb Ab Bb

A dog

[chords same as above]

There's a dog in the station

with a bad reputation

It's a sign of the nation's decay

But the dog in the station

doesn't need a vacation

As the people rush by dressed in gray

[Organ solo over verse changes]

D D/C Bm7 Bbmaj7 D/A

A DOG

A DOG

A DOG!!