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Up Until Then

John Gorka

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:33:32 -0400 From: Geoffrey Smith Subject: g/gorka_john/up_until_then.crd UP UNTIL THEN by John Gorka >From the album "Out of the Valley" High Street Records, 1994 Intro: G/D/C/D (x4) G D C D They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot G D C D Who was looking for a man of steel G D C D Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots G D C D And a dream no one else could reveal G D C D Her new man said to meet him at eight G D C D She came in dressed to the nines G D C D But by ten it was clear he was more than late G D C D And she just wouldn't take it this time Em D The bartender said she had had enough G C That he'd call a cab to take her somewhere Em D But she wasn't a stranger to loneliness G C She had grown up and spent her life there CHORUS G D Up until then, up until then C Em It happened over and over again G D C D Up until then, up until then, up until then G D C D Well practice had increased her tolerance G D C D And she had hardly eaten all day G D C D She was all hyped up on her new romance G D C D But she drank in the usual way G D C D She stepped out to breathe and to dry her eyes G D C D To check her machine just in case G D C D He had called to excuse or apologize G D C D When she saw his unpenitent face Em D He approached with a girl she had seen before G C A bimbo up from Raspberry Street Em D When he saw her he laughed and so did the whore G C They dropped a ten dollar bill at their feet [CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK: G/D/C/D (x2)] G D C D She was small he was tall but she blocked his path G D C D She explained in unprintable words G D C D The reason she seized him so full of wrath G D C D That more than half of the neighborhood heard G D C D She sprayed him with mace from her pocketbook G D C D And then kicked in his personal zones G D C D Her high heels would ruin his perfect looks G D C D She left a couple of unbroken bones Em D Well the bimbo she ran in to get the cops G C But the owner had called from the bar Em D It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop G C I'm told that's how some women are [CHORUS] G D C D They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot G D C D But she would suffer in no permanent way G D C D She spent thirty nights on a county cot G D C D And she's regarded with fear till this day G D Up until then, but never again C Em It happened over and over again G D C D Up until then, up until then, up until then Em D Now she's tending bar where the Pagans used to meet C And he's living with that bimbo up on D G Raspberry Street Outro: G/D/C/D [repeat to fade] Transcribed by Geoffrey Smith geosmith@iwaynet.net Please submit corrections/comments/suggestions.
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