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Intro:
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1st verse:
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Heatwaves on the runway
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as the wheels set
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down He takes his baggage off the
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carousel he takes a taxi into town
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Yellow schools of taxi fishes
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Jonah in the ticking
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whale caught up at the lights in the fishnet
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windows of Blooming - dales Watching those
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high fa - shion gir - ls
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Skiny black models with raveen curls and
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beauty parlor blondes with credit card eyes
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Looking for the chic and the fancy to
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buy
2nd verse:
He opens up his suitcase
In the continental suite
And people thirty stories down
Look like colored currents in the street
A helicopter lands on a Pan Am roof
Like a dragonfly on a tomb
And business men in button downs
Press into conference rooms
Battalions of paper-minded males
Talking commodities and sales
While at home their paper wives
And their paper kids
Paper the walls to keep their gut reactions hid
3rd verse:
Yellow checkers for the kitchen
Climbing ivy for the bath
She is lost in House and Gardens
He's caught up in Chief of Staff
He drifts off into the memory
Of the way she looked in school
With her body oiled and shining
At the public swimming pool
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Optional Centerpiece Interlude
[This part on the recording is done with piano and band, and
when performing this song solo with acoustic guitar, Joni has
left this part out. The following chords follow roughly the
chords played by the instruments in the recording.]
To make the transition to Centerpiece, play four bars (16 counts) of
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002000
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^
emphasizing the bass note (it is actually struck twice for
each of 16 counts, the second strike coinciding with the
count - listen to the recording!)
Then play:
D-----------------------------------------
Bb----------------------------------------
F-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
G-------------3--3----2--2----1--1--------
C-----0--0--------------------------------
Use the thumb of your right hand to dampen the tone of the bottom-most
string for this 12-bar blues section. The bottom string is not required
again until the transition back into Harry's House.
D-----0--------0----0---0------
Bb----1--------1----1---1------
F-----0--------0----0---0------
D-----0--------2----3---2------
G-----0--------0----0---0------
C-----x--------x----x---x------
The more I'm with you pretty
D-----5--------5----5---5------
Bb----6--------6----6---6------
F-----5--------5----5---5------
D-----5--------7----8---7------
G-----5--------5----5---5------
C-----x--------x----x---x------
ba- by
D-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
Bb----1--------1-------1----1----1--------1-------1----1------
F-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
D-----0--------2-------3----2----0--------2-------3----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
C-----x--------x-------x----x----x--------x-------x----x------
The more I feel my love in- crease I'm
D-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
Bb----6--------6-------6------6------6--------6-------6------6------
F-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
D-----5--------7-------8------7------5--------7-------8------7------
G-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x--------x-------x------x------
building all my dreams a- round you our
D-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
Bb----1--------1-------1----1------1--------1-------3----3------
F-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
D-----0--------2-------3----2------0--------0-------2----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
C-----x--------x-------x----x------x--------x-------x----x------
happi- ness will never cease 'cause
D-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
Bb----6--------6-------6------6------9----9----8----8----
F-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
D-----5--------7-------8------7------8----8----7----7----
G-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x----x----x----x----
nothin's any good with- out you
D-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
Bb----1---1--------------4---4------3----3----8----8----
F-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
D-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
G-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
C-----x---x--------------x---x------x----x----x----x----
Baby you're my center- piece
D-----0--------0----0---0------
Bb----1--------1----1---1------
F-----0--------0----0---0------
D-----0--------2----3---2------
G-----0--------0----0---0------
C-----x--------x----x---x------
D-----5--------5----5---5------
Bb----6--------6----6---6------
F-----5--------5----5---5------
D-----5--------7----8---7------
G-----5--------5----5---5------
C-----x--------x----x---x------
D-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
Bb----1--------1-------1----1----1--------1-------1----1------
F-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
D-----0--------2-------3----2----0--------2-------3----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
C-----x--------x-------x----x----x--------x-------x----x------
D-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
Bb----6--------6-------6------6------6--------6-------6------6------
F-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
D-----5--------7-------8------7------5--------7-------8------7------
G-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x--------x-------x------x------
D-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
Bb----1--------1-------1----1------1--------1-------3----3------
F-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
D-----0--------2-------3----2------0--------0-------2----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
C-----x--------x-------x----x------x--------x-------x----x------
D-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
Bb----6--------6-------6------6------9----9----8----8----
F-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
D-----5--------7-------8------7------8----8----7----7----
G-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x----x----x----x----
D-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
Bb----1---1--------------4---4------3----3----8----8----
F-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
D-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
G-----0---0--------------3---3------2----2----7----7----
C-----x---x--------------x---x------x----x----x----x----
D------0--------0-------0----0------
Bb-----1--------1-------1----1------
F------0--------0-------0----0------
D------0--------2-------3----2------
G------0--------0-------0----0------
C------x--------x-------x----x------
We'll find a house and gar- den
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Bb----6--------6----6---6------
F-----5--------5----5---5------
D-----5--------7----8---7------
G-----5--------5----5---5------
C-----x--------x----x---x------
some- where
D-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
Bb----1--------1-------1----1----1--------1-------1----1------
F-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
D-----0--------2-------3----2----0--------2-------3----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0----0--------0-------0----0------
C-----x--------x-------x----x----x--------x-------x----x------
A- long a country road a- piece A
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Bb----6--------6-------6------6------6--------6-------6------6------
F-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
D-----5--------7-------8------7------5--------7-------8------7------
G-----5--------5-------5------5------5--------5-------5------5------
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x--------x-------x------x------
little cottage on the out- skirts where
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Bb----1--------1-------1----1------1--------1-------3----3------
F-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
D-----0--------2-------3----2------0--------0-------2----2------
G-----0--------0-------0----0------0--------0-------2----2------
C-----x--------x-------x----x------x--------x-------x----x------
we can really find re- lease 'cause
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Bb----6--------6-------6------6------9----9----8----8----
F-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
D-----5--------7-------8------7------8----8----7----7----
G-----5--------5-------5------5------8----8----7----7----
C-----x--------x-------x------x------x----x----x----x----
nothin's any good with- out you
D-----0---0-----------0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
Bb----1---1-----------1----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----
F-----0---0-----------0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
D-----0---2-----------3----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
G-----0---0-----------0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
C-----x---x-----------x----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----
Baby you're my cen- ter- piece
Transition to Harry's House:
Play 8 bars of:
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^
emphasizing the next-to-lowest string
Play 8 bars of:
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^
emphasizing the lowest string
Then 4 bars of:
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Shining hair and shining skin
Shining as she reeled him in
To tell him like she did today
Just what he could do with Harry's House
And Harry's take home pay.
Harry's House © 1975 Crazy Crow Music (BMI)
Centerpiece © 1958 Caphryl Music ASCAP
This transcription is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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