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"European Swallow"
THE REFRESHMENTS fizzy fuzzy big & buzzy
Tabbed by DirectR3 (Matt Marchain, frequent labdance attendee)
Main breakdown
G Bb G Bb F G Bb G Bb A Ab G
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--3-6--6-3--6--1--33-3-6--6-3-3-6-6-5-5-4-4-3--|
Chorus
E D C G D
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------^-----|
A|-------------------5-5-5/3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3----^------5-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------3------------|
E D C
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo (after second Chorus)
G Bb C D C BbG
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------3--5-3------|
E|--3--3-6--6--------6-3--|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Matt Average |
#1 by Matt Vautour at Jul 31, 1973 at 5:27 AM EST |
| I can't believe no one has commented on this song yet! Wow! For starters, I think that there should be talking marks around the word girlfriend. That's the way I always imagined it. And then it puts it into a whole new light. A girl, called "girlfriend", who would do anything for money? Hooker. All of their songs are about hookers and/or Mexico. Why should this be any different? And I love this song. Just the way that they sing it, it's so funny. No one else ever gets it, but. They never see the humour... | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#2 by Steve at Jul 25, 2003 at 6:31 AM EST |
| Half the humor of this song is just the delivery, especially in the way he says "girlfriend," like iluvmybass pointed out. I can't even listen to it without cracking up. "Well, it doesn't change much, I still don't think that much of your GIRLFRIEND..." I especially love how the chorus starts out with a standard love song line ("I'd do anything for you") and then follows it up with, "It's just gonna take a little more money." The title appears to be a reference to blowjobs and Monty Python. (A running gag in Holy Grail is the comparative strength of African vs. European swallows. And, of course, since the woman's a hooker and will do anything for money, that brings up the question of "spit or swallow.") | |
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