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From: mich@alrescha.demon.co.uk (Michelle McIntosh)
Subject: CRD: Camper Van Beethoven 'Where the Hell is Bill?'
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 78 02:40:01

Song: Where the Hell is Bill?
Artist: Camper Van Beethoven
Album: Telephone Free Landslide Victory
Transcribed by: Michelle McIntosh

(chorus)
A      D         E       A
Where, where the hell is Bill? (x4)

(verse 1)
A             D             E        A
Well maybe he went to get a sideways haircut
A        D             E       A
Maybe he went to get a striped shirt
A        D                E       A
Maybe he went to get some plastic shoes
A        D                E     A
Maybe he went to get some funny sunglasses

(chorus)

(verse 2)
Well maybe he went to get an Air Force parka
Maybe he went to get a Vespa scooter
Maybe he went to get a British Flag
Maybe he went to go ???

(chorus)

(verse 3)
Well maybe he went to get a mohawk
And maybe he went to get some gnarly ???
Maybe he went to go ride his skateboard
Maybe he went to see the Circle Jerks

(chorus)

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From: fail@oberon.pps.pgh.pa.us (John Fail)

Camper Van Beethoven:
Wasted- from Telephone Free Landslide Victory

(this is quite easy)

Intro: A    D A    D A      D

C        D      G#
I was so wasted

A       D           A                D  A         D           A        D
I was a surfer, and I had a skateboard, I was so wasted i was on my head

etc.

Just bar chords all the way.

-john

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Triangle Man hates Person Man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle Man.
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Frоm: RSIMPSON@kentvm.kent.edu
Date: Tue, 23 May 95 09:37:42 EDT
Subject: CRD: The Ambiguity Sоng 


 Sоmеоnе asked me fоr this sоmе time аgо, and i sent it то them directly
sо i тноugнт i'd gо ahead and роsт it fоr all то еnjоу.

The Ambiguity Sоng
by: Camper Van Веетноvеn

CHORUS:
D                      G                     D
everything seems то be up in the air at this time
D                      G                     D
everything seems то be up in the air at this time
G       A             D          G
оnе day sооn, it will all settle dоwn
D                          G                     D
but everything seems то be up in the air at this time

VERSE
D                     G                  D
all асrоss the nатiоn реорlе are getting тоgether
D                    G             D
with many ideas they fоrm a single gоаl
G                 A            D                  G
sоmе реорlе gоnnа benefit, and отнеrs gот то sacrifice
D                          G                     D
and everything seems то be up in the air at this time

CHORUS
D                  G                    D
i gот sоmе certain special feelings fоr уоu
D                  G                    D
i gот sоmе certain special feelings fоr уоu
G                     A                  G                     D
dоn't кnоw if they're gооd оr bad, but i just might give уоu a call
D                      G                     D
everything seems то be up in the air at this time

CHORUS (repeat то end)

--JeRmS (rsimрsоn@kentvm.kent.edu)
  c/о Mental Hygiene Rесоrds
      920 W. Main St.
      Kent, Онiо 44240
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From: mich@alrescha.demon.co.uk (Michelle McIntosh)
Subject: CRD: Camper_Van_Beethoven 'Take_The_Skinheads_Bowling'
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 78 02:24:30

Song: Take the Skinheads Bowling
Artist: Camper Van Beethoven
Album: Telephone Free Landslide Victory
Transcribed by: Michelle McIntosh

Intro: C F C F (x2)

(verse 1)

C           F                    C    F
  Every day I get up and pray to Jah
C                                F              C    F
  And he increases the number of ??? by exactly one
C                    F                    C    F
  Everybody's coming home for lunch these days
C                       F               C    F
  Last night there were skinheads on my lawn

(chorus)
G                  F                  C
Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling (x2)

(verse 2)
Some people say that bowling alleys got big lanes
Some people say that bowling alleys all look the same
There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything
Had a dream last night but I forget what it was

(chorus)

(verse 3)
Had a dream last night about you my friend
Had a dream, I wanted to sleep next to plastic
Had a dream, I wanted to lick your knees
Had a dream, it was about nothing

(chorus x2)


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From: Farrell Joshua Richard 
Subject: Camper_Van_Beethoven

Pictures of Matchstick Men

 This song was originally done by Status Quo but I figured it out
listening to the Camper Van Beethoven version.  I used to play this with a
band and it usually got a decent response from the audience.  If you don't
have a violin to play the solo lines try a heavy distortion/wah pedal
combo.  Listen to the tune some to make sure you get the right rhythms
because it is not always straight forward.

Intro
   D         F      C         G
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-/5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
   D         F         C      G
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-/2-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Do the
intro once just with the line, then the chords come in for the second
time, You can just hold a D chord for the second half of the intro line if
you prefer.  The first verse comes in and is played on top of those four
chords in the same rhythm

D F C G x5
When I look up to the sky I see your
eyes a funny kind of yellow, (yellow).
Rush home to bed, I shake my head,
I see your face underneath my pillow (pillow).
I wake the next morning, tired still yawning,
I see your face looking through my window. [Hold a D here to go into the
chorus]

Chorus
G G              A A           D x3
Pictures of Matchstick Men and you
Images of Matchstick Men and you
All I ever see is them and you

D F C G w/intro x2
intro byitsel once
intro with chords once Middle section
B F C+(little riff you can figure out)
Windows echo your reflection, whenI look in your direction, now
B F D 
Fake faces haunting me, Your face just won't leave me, alone.

Chorus

Out with chords from verse, solo over it if you want, background vocals
as follows-

You are....
Your in the sky
Your with the sky
You make men cry

Any questions comments or requests write:  JRF302@lulu.acns.nwu.edu Hope you
enjoy the song

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From: Richard Cooper 

DOG EAT DOG........IF THESE ARE GOOD TIMES CORRECTION

Sorry everyone.......... I've spotted one of my mistakes
fill(part A) is wrong.....

this is the right one...

fill(part A):
E|------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
E|-2---2---0-0-0-0---2---2---3-0------------||
        pm(.......)

NOT THIS!
E|-2---2---0-0-0-0---2---2---2-3------------||

sorry again just a typing mistake

if you find any other problems or just want to speak to a dog eat dog fan

mail me in the Mother F**king dog house......I mean Kingston University

Richard Cooper
(k943707@king.ac.uk)

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