#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Loose Tongue Album: Try Whistling This Words and Music by Neil Finn and Jim Moginie Copyright © 1998 Roundhead Music Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Marck Bailey has a long-standing tab of this song on his TWT site, but here is another take on it. See what you think... For example, I think it's just the E inversion, at the 7th fret, throughout the verses... (See chords below.) The guitar figures are played by the lead guitar. Guitar Figure 1: |-------------------------|--------------------7---| |-------------------------|------------------------| |*-10-9p7-9p7-----7-------|-10-9p7--9p7-----7-----*| |*-------------9-----9----|--------------9--------*| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| INTRO: [Guitar Figure 1] (lead guitar) [x4] E (rhythm guitar) VERSE: E Remember my loose tongue, forget what I just said. E I'd crawl over broken glass, if we could start again. E Before our plans were made, when the world was young, E The house is falling down, because of my loose tongue. [Guitar Figure 1] [x4] VERSE: Shouldn't say so much, shouldn't talk so loud. No sooner on your lips, then it's all over town. In all our given days, how many gone to waste? A good man has been hung, because of my loose tongue. BRIDGE: Em G Your skin is changing its hue, Em Your guard is coming down fast. G Looks like someone I knew, A5 Uncovered happiness at last [Guitar Figure 1] [x2] VERSE: And all the wagging tongues, too much information. In the future now, under massive doubt. The papers on the street get trampled under feet. CODA: A5 G And they settle for a princely sum. No no no no no no no. Em6 Good will is coming down G A5 B5 F#5 And when it rains, your well is full [Guitar Figure 1 is played over the chords in the "rap" below...] F#5 You shouldn't ask me, you shouldn't ask me B5 If you want the real story, you shouldn't ask me You'd better find someone else to get the house-key. F#5 No admission to his personal life, and you know the man's walking on the edge of a knife. G Your tail's getting longer, your nose keeps growing. And after sometime you forget what what you're knowing, Em Had a fleeting encounter with a sycophant. Now he's feeling like a kicked out tin can. G You got the poor man nailed to the floor, A5 Em But that's not enough and you want a bit more. Yeah. Guitar Figure 2 (repeated over last 2 lines): ||-----------------------------------|| ||---10--8------------8--10--8-------|| ||*---------7------7-------------7--*|| ||*------------10-------------------*|| ||-----------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------|| G Cadd9 Bb6 F6/9 He's only halfway through his life. G Cadd9 Bb6 F6/9 He's only used up all his time. CHORDS: E 07x9xx Em 022000 G 320033 A5 x02200 Em6 022020 B5 799xxx F#5 244xxx Cadd9 x32033 Bb6 x13033 F6/9 13x233