This is one of those perfect pop songs that seem to emerge from Todd's head in perfect form. No extra production could improve it - it's complete in it's simplicity. It's got a wonderful melody and lyric premise. It's glib and heart-rending all at once. This message should be displayed in a mono-spaced font, or the chord diagrams and tabs will look extremely ugly. When you see something like "(*2)", see the corresponding note at the bottom. ---------------------------------------------------------------- (There Goes) My Inspiration (intro:) E--|--0---0-|--0---0-|- B--|---0-0-0|---0-0-0|- G--|2---1---|2---1---|- D--|--------|--------|- A--|0-------|0-------|- E--|--------|--------|- (*1) A E/A A E/A They say pain can bring out the artist's best Esus4 E Esus4 E But since you've been gone, I just can't care less A E/A A E/A Common sense doesn't realize C#m B/C# It can hurt so bad A B/A A B/A Everyday I sit in my garret staring at the floor A But my heart isn't in it anymore (*2) A B E E/A B/A A There goes my inspiration A B A/E B/E E My reason for creation A B E E/A B/A A There goes my inspiration A B E I felt it fly away when you said goodbye Me and Gaugin used to party down I was hung in the Louvre, I was Renoir's pal Vincent Van Gogh used to joke with me Now they don't come 'round It's all over town that the master's lost his touch I'm so lost I can hardly hold a brush (chorus) (*3) Am Bm/A Am E Emaj7 And now my palette is a sorry mix of grey and brown Am Bm/A Am G#m7 And all the other art lovers stay away A/B 'cause I'm bringing them down Now I wander the left bank every day Searching for my muse in sad cafes Peddle my oils to the galleries But they turn me down Everybody says I'm a master of technique But the style and the sentiment is weak (chorus) --------------------------------------------------------- (*1) ...pain can bring out... A E/A Esus4 E xo___o xo__oo o___oo o___oo 1|||||| |||1|| |||||| |||1|| ||234| ||2||| |234|| |23||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ...Hurts so bad... C#m B/C# A B/A x x_____ xo___o xo___o 4|11111 1|||||| 1|||||| |||||| ||||2| |11111 ||234| |||||| ||34|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||111| (*2) Chorus: notice the extra bars of 2/4 that are placed at the end of each line of the lyric. Use lots of ringing open strings, but try to control the bass note (E and A). E-|--------|----|-------|--------|----|0------- B-|2---4---|0-00|0------|2---4---|0-0-|0------- G-|2---4---|1-98|6------|2---4---|9-8-|4------- D-|2---4---|2-99|7------|2---4---|9-9-|6------- A-|0---2---|----|0------|0---2---|0-0-|-------- E-|--------|0-0-|-------|--------|----|0------- |--------|----|-------|--------|0-------| |2---4---|0-00|0------|2---4---|0-------| |2---4---|1-98|6------|2---4---|1-------| |2---4---|2-99|7------|2---4---|2-------| |0---2---|----|0------|0---2---|2-------| |--------|0-0-|-------|--------|0-------| (*3) Bridge ...now my pallette is a sorry mix... Am Bm/A E Emaj7 G#m7 A/B xo___o xo___o o___oo o___ox x x_____ 1||||1| |||||| |||1|| |||1|| 42|3333 1|||||| ||23|| |||||| |23||| |23||| |||||| |11111 |||||| ||||1| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||23|| |||||| ||||4| |||||| |||||| Notes: The letter to the left of the slash in chord names like "A/D" refers to a triad, and the letter to the right refers to the bass note only. The number directly to the left of the chord diagram is the position on the guitar neck (or closest fret). "x" along the top means mute or deaden that string, "o" means let it ring open. -- ...Lin Sprague................................................ lsprague@user1.channel1.com -OR- lsprague@crater.ma02.bull.com