performed by Little Feat
from "Chinese Works Songs" (2000)
URL's:
http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=lyrics&dc_id=259
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Work_Songs
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chinese-work-songs/id304622539
originally recorded by Phish in 1994
http://www.amazon.com/Sample-In-A-Jar/dp/B001OGLS5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH3UpIJPnnc
Tuning: Standard
Author: Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com)
Chords:
EADGBE
A X02220
C 332010
G 320003
D XX0232
E 022100
Em 022000
Intro:
ACGDAEEDACGDAEED
Verse 1:
AC
It's hidden far away,
GD
But someday I may tell.
AE
The tale of metal tangle,
EmD
When into your world I fell.
AC
Without you now I wander,
GD
Soaking secretly afraid.
AE
'Cause in your grasp the fears don't last,
EmD
And some of them have stayed.
Chorus:
ADE
I wheeled around because I didn't,
DA
Hear what you had said.
ADE
And saw you dancing with Elihu,
DA
Up on Leemor's bed.
ADE
And I was foggy rather groggy,
DA
You helped me to my car.
ADE
The binding belt enclosing me,
DA
A sample in a jar.
Instrumental Break 1
ACGDAEED
Verse 2:
AC
And on the market stands unfolding,
GD
With all their willies and their wares.
AE
I shuffle by alert but numb,
EmD
To all the glances and the glares.
AC
And I think of you unheeding,
GD
All the times I raise my cup,
AE
It's now I know that you knew,
EmD
That I'd soon end up, end up.
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
AC
You tricked me like the others,
DA
And now I don't belong,
CD
The simple smiles and good times,
DE
Seem all wrong.
(Repeat Chorus)
Coda:
ADEDA
A sample in a jar.
ADEDA
A sample in a jar.
ADEDA
A sample in a jar.
Instrumental Break 2:
ACGDAEEDACGDAEEDACGDAEEDACGDAEEmD
(Repeat & Fade)
(End)