Lysistrata
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I hardly knew this song at all until we went through the Swing To The
Right during Album by Album a few months ago. Now, after listening to
it for an hour transcibing it, I can't get it out of my head - insanely
catchy! Why wasn't this a hit? Was it released as a single? (probably
not, if history has taught us anything.)

Make a big deal out of the droning A bass pedal tone in the first part
of the verses, especially the E over A - it's very rich sounding
chord. The E over D chord is a little hard to play. If it's too
uncomfortable, you can get away with an open A bass note instead of the
fretted D. I don't think Todd plays the D bass himself - Kasim does,
but this voicing mimics their interaction more closely.

I hope you can match the fingerings shown with their position in the
lyrics. I don't think it's ambiguous, but please let me know if it's
not clear.


          A        D/A       E/A        F#m
       xo____    xo____    xo____
      1||||||   1||||||   1|||1||    2111111
       ||111|    ||111|    ||2|||     ||||||
       ||||||    ||||2|    ||||||     |34|||
       ||||||    ||3|||    ||||||     ||||||


        C#m       E/D        E         Esus4         D/E
                           o____o     ______        o
      4|11111   4|||1||   1|||1||    1||||||       7|11111
       ||||2|    |2||3|    |23|||     |234||   or   ||||||
       ||34||    ||4|||    ||||||     ||||||        ||||||
       ||||||    ||||||    ||||||     ||||||        ||||||


Lysistrata
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    A     D/A    A              E/A
Lysistrata, open up the bedroom door
             A    D/A            A                E/A
What is the matter, ain't you in love with me no more?
    A                      D/A         A                    E/A
I enlisted in the army today, One more time before I march away
                    F#M
Make me feel like a big strong man
            E/D         D/A  A  E
You say you don't care about my pride,
                E/D          D/A A  E
You love me too much just to let me die,
        C#M                 F#m
And you won't let me come inside
               E/D   D/A A  E  D  A    E/A  D/A  A
      unless I don't go to war no more


Lysistrata, little boys like to have their fun,
And you know I gotta put on my colors and get my gun
Every able bodied man that I know, every patriot is packed to go
Won't you give me a last goodbye
I'll be sent off to a distant land,
To spill my blood upon some foreign sand,
And I may die by an enemy's hand
      And then I won't go to war no more

            E      Esus4                    A    D/A   A  E/A (x8)
Won't go to war...       won't go to war no more.


         E/D      D/A  A      E
Send the boys all back to the farm
         E/D             D/A   A  E
Tell the troops it was a false alarm,
            C#m                      F#m
'Cause if I die I want to be in your arms,
         E/D   D/A A  E        E/D   D/A A E
And so I won't go to war, no I won't go to war,
             E/D   D/A E  E  D  A     E/A  D/A   A
      said I won't go to war no more.

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     ...Lin Sprague................................................
     lsprague@user1.channel1.com -OR- lsprague@crater.ma02.bull.com