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political talk always finds its way into conversations doesnt it.

good post though, S6

Thanks guys. Sorry for the rant.

tigerstrat wrote:
C#m____________A__________________E
Commissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice
Bm___________G______________________A
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
E ______________A___________E
Money green or proletarian gray,
________Bm_______________A
Selling guns instead of food today.

My band plays it as:
C#m____________A___________E
Commissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice
______________Bm____A_______________E______________E!D!
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
E_______________A____________E
Money green or proletarian gray,
________Bm_______________A
Selling guns instead of food today.

One difference:

________D_______________A
Selling guns instead of food today.

It does the same thing on both bridge parts

ebick wrote:It's basically Samson & Delilah in A.....just as Strumminsix and and captin_trips posted.....the main reason I didn't like it when they went to that from a more free form space-type jam.

Boy, am I with you on this. I thought the Samson riffs were the ultimate lazy copout. Gee, what can we do that's easy and concise for the album? OK, now we're too lazy to use our imaginations anymore, let's just do the album version. I went from loving the tune to it being a bathroom break song. And forget trying to get anyone to play it the original way.