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Song title:      Camera One
Original Album:  Useful Music (Josh Joplin Group)

Words and Music by Josh Joplin
Copyright © 2001 Artemis Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Notes:
In INTRO Figure 1, the chords are B and E. But the electric guitar is playing
the notes I indicate: D# and E respectively.

Chords:
B  x24442 or 799877
E  022100 or x79997


[play: 4/4| B | E | B | E |] or


[play INTRO Figure]  [x2]

INTRO Figure

Guitar1:
  B                                 E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

                                                [second time:]  The


VERSE1:
Notes:
The B-E chords are played as in INTRO Figure 1.

Chords:
B  799877    F#  244322
E  x79997    G#m 466444


Guitar1:
  B                                 E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  B                               | E
  sandy - haired  son     of        Hollywood

| B                               | E
      Lost    his faith   in        all that's  good

| B                               | E
      Closed  the curtain, un   -   plugged the clock,

| B                               | E
      Hung    his clothes on the    shower      rod         But he


Guitar2:
  F#
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                   |
Guitar1:                                                            |
| F#                                                                |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  F#
  never       got     un      -     dressed             And no, he



Guitar2:
  G#m                               F#
|-4-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|                                                                   |
Guitar1:                                                            |
  G#m                               F#                              |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  G#m                               F#
  never       made    a             mess



CHORUS LEAD-IN:
Chords:
E    022100
F#   244322
G#m  466444


         | E            | F#
It's funny how life turns out

          | G#m                | F#
The odds of faith in the face of doubt

     | E        | F#
Camera One closes in

             | G#m               | F#
The soundtrack starts, the scene begins



CHORUS:
Chords:
E   x79997 or 022100
B   799877 or x24442
F#  244322


             | E
You're playing you now

             | B       | F#
You're playing you now

             | E
You're playing you now

             | B       | F#
You're playing you now


             | E
You're playing you now

     | B    F#      | E
Take a bow,    take a bow...



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
B  799877    F#  244322
E  x79997    G#m 466444


| B                  | E
    The trophy wife of Palisades,

| B                     | E
    Whose yearbook beauty never fades

| B                    | E
    Sits and watches the sea fold in

| B                | E
    And wonders what might have been

           | F#
If she could ever have her chance

        | G#m      | F#
Would she do it all again?



[repeat CHORUS LEAD-IN]



CHORUS2:
Chords:
E   x79997 or 022100
B   799877 or x24442
F#  244322


             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | B       | F#
You're playing you now

             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | B       | F#
You're playing you now 

             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

     | B    F#      | E
Take a bow,    take a bow...



BRIDGE:
Chords:
B   x24442
F#  244322
E   022100


     | B         | F#
On the corner by a street

             | E              | F#
He sits in his lawnchair in the heat

         | B           | F#
Sightseers see what they want

           | E             | F#
He's selling starmaps to the sun



[rest for one measure]

[play: INTRO Figure 1]



VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
B  799877    F#  244322
E  x79997    G#m 466444


  | B                 | E
The sandy-haired son of Hollywood

| B                | E
    Put his faith in all that's good

| B                    | E
    Closed the curtain unplugged the clock,

| B                       | E
    Hung his clothes on the shower rod

     | F#
But he didn't get undressed

          | G#m         | F#
And, no, he didn't seem depressed



[repeat CHORUS LEAD-IN]



CHORUS:
Chords:
E   x79997 or 022100
B   799877 or x24442
F#  244322


             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | B        F#
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | B        F#
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | B        F#
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

             | E
You're playing you now (you're playing you now)

     | B    F#      | E
Take a bow,    take a bow...

     | B    F#      | E
Take a bow,    take a bow...