Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show: Fried Face
1. Bullfrog > Ver1 (live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWMNjnjXKoY&hd=1
> Ver2 (studio) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Ou8fQ2iI0&hd=1
2. Rain > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJxthZQXoU&hd=1
3. Monkey Gruntin' > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kgv9X7NxB4&list=PLBA7CCC01DB06411D&hd=1
4. February Snow > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNXlFZ6mMqA&hd=1
5. I Won't Be Following You > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxJJiyqOLSg&hd=1
6. Three Little Fishes > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjjoQ6PTamE&hd=1
7. The Loneliest people/ Joe's Bar > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXIc-pT7uPE&hd=1
8. Hey Little lady > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9adPKQbd3KU&hd=1
9. Nobody Hears What I Say > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CE-Nj5VQSw&hd=1
1. Bullfrog (No Chords, Just Tab)
2. Rain - Written by Shel Silverstein
Intro (spoken)
Looks like, rain.
Skies are dark'nin' clouds are gathrin',
Through the grey light of my window.
I read a scribbled note,
And lord it doesn't quite explain.
Just where she's gone,
And what was missing.
What went wrong,
And all the heavy things she's into.
She brought me sunshine lord,
(sang)
F
Now it looks like...
F
RAIN!
First Verse
F
Always thought,
C F
That she was happy.
F
Livin' quiet,
C
And I'd awake to see her smile.
C
And through the hungry days,
C F
Y'know she never once complained.
F
And I recall that she had faml'y,
F Bb
Out in Denver but lord that's five-hundred miles.
Bb C
And I got work to do,
(muted [no strumming])
And it looks like,
F
Rain! Rain!
Bb Bb
All the trees I've planted,
Bb F
All have died.
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
Second Verse (spoken)
C F
'Cross the fields,
C
I see people walkin'.
F C
Smilin' just as though the sun was shinin',
Bb F C
But through my tear-filled eyes,
(muted [no strumming])
It looks like,
F
Rain! Rain!
F Bb
Looks like all the trees I've planted,
Bb F
All have died.
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
Outro (repeat 'till fade)
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
F Bb C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
F C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
F Bb C
And nothin' but the twisted roots remain.
3. Monkey Gruntin' - Made up in the studio by the band
(I guarantee it will be difficult)
Intro (only bass)
This is it!
Everybody ready to dance?
Let's monkey grunt!
First Verse
B D
Some big gorilla said to my girl Sue,
B
I'll monkey grunt if you monkey grunt too.
B
She said "Hey baby I've got news for you,
B
I'll monkey grunt any time I want to!"
B E
Let's monkey grunt!
E
Yeah!
E D
Monkey gruntin'!
E D
Woo! Woo! That's easy!
Messing Around (because I didn't know what else to call it)
F#
Don't hand me no job if it's somethin' you can't do,
F# B
If a guy like me can baby,
B F# D
You can certainly do it too!
D E D
Haha, let's monkey grunt baby!
Second Verse
B
Everybody knows that when you go down-town,
B
All you can do is monkey around!
B
I'll monkey on my baby and she'll grunt on me,
B E D
Ain't no woman make a monkey outta me but we're monkey gruntin'.
Messing Around (because I didn't know what else to call it)
B
I coulda swore one'a them monkeys said somethin'!
B
Here's a banana, leave me alone.
F# D F# E
Stop sayin' that if there's somethin' you can't do baby,
(spoken, no chords)
Just look at me look at this, Ha! You can do it too!
B D
Haha! Monkey grunt!
B
(inaudible rambling) There, everybody gets a free banana.
B
There, that's it.
B
Ohh! This a new dance sensation!
B E D E
That's it baby, an' it's called a monkey grunt.
E D E
Whew, don't hurt yourself.
D E
That's it! That's it!
F#
Hey baby! Would ya like to dance with me?
(screams at Billy's monkey noise) SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE!
B
(hysterical laughter)
Outro
E
Just take it easy and dance will ya?
B
Mu-mu-mu-monkey gruntin'!
E D E B
Mu-mu-mu-mu-mu-mu-monkey gruntin'!
E B
Mu-mu-mu-mu-mu-monkey gruntin'!
4. February Snow - Written by Shel Silverstein
First Verse
F Bb
Come sit beside me and I'll sing you one last song
C F
For you to carry with you as you go
F Bb
And I'll Remember you here in the frosty dawn
C F
And the lightly fallin' February snow
F Bb
Tomorrow you'll be rollin' somewhere light and free
C F
Somewhere where the chilly winds don't blow
F Bb
And maybe now and then you'll stop and think of me
C F
And the lightly fallin' February snow
Second Verse
F C
Don't ask me where the magic moments
Bb F
all have gone
C F
You know you don't really want to know
F Bb
And your memory of me is gonna last as long
C F
As the early melting February snow
(Lap steel solo) F Bb C F
Third Verse
F Bb
Guess there ain't no use for to try to talk
C F
Maybe should've tried it long ago
F Bb
Now all the summer pathways where we used to walk
C F
Are covered by the February snow
C
I really hope you'll your garden
Bb F
In the sun
C F
And that it helps your pretty flowers grow
F Bb
And maybe I'll just remembered as the one
C F
Who saw you through the February snow
Outro
F Bb
Come sit beside me and I'll sing you one last song
C F
For you to carry with you as you go
F Bb
And I'll Remember you here in the frosty dawn
C F
And the lightly fallin' February snow
F Bb
Come sit beside me and I'll sing you one last song
C F
For you to carry with you as you go
F Bb
And I'll Remember you here in the frosty dawn
C F
And the lightly fallin' February snow
5. I Won't Be Following You - Written by Dr. Hook's own Dennis Locorriere
Capo 1
First Verse
C G
Darlin', you can go anywhere.
G Am
You can leave me behind,
Am F
Any time that you find someone to take you there.
F C G
You can run to the edge of town,
G C F
An' you won't have to keep lookin' around.
C G F
Because I won't be following you, no I won't.
F C
I won't follow you.
Second Verse
C G
This time, I'm not the same man. (I'm not the same man)
G Am
Who'd be hot on your tracks,
Am
Tryin' drag you back,
Am F
Tryin' to change your plans.
F C G
You can go where you gotta go,
G C F
But if your goin' wrong I don't wanna know.
C G F
I won't be followin' you, (Won't be followin' you)
F C
I won't follow you.
Third Verse
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dr_hook_and_the_medicine_show/fried_face_full_album_crd.html ]
Bb Am
The minute you leave I go to the window,
C G
And hold you in my sight,
G F B
'Till you're hidden by the night.
B C
Where do you go?
Fourth Verse
C G
Some days, you'll stop to look at me (You'll stop to look at me)
G Am
And remember the days,
Am F
And the to many ways that I loved you babe.
F C G
Pass the time that you understand,
G C F
But when you call my name and reach for my hand.
C G
And I won't be followin' you,
G C F
No I won't be followin' you.
Outro
C G Bb
I won't be followin' you (Won't be followin' you)
Bb C
Followin' You.
6. Three Little Fishees - Written by Saxie Dowell (no chords, just tabs)
7. Loneliest People/ Joe's Bar - Written by Shel Silverstein
Words in brackets are said by Ray while the band is singing
the words under them
First Verse
F Bb
Tonight I see their face,
F Bb
In this ol' dark and smokey place.
Bb F
They're tellin' stories,
F C
That will make your ears curl.
C F
They've come to drink,
F Bb
Their blues away.
Bb F Bb
Tomorrows just another day,
Bb F C F Bb F
For the loneliest people in the world.
Second Verse
F Bb
See that man who just came in?
Bb F Bb
It's so sad the shape he's in.
Bb F
How he wishes,
F C
He was a pretty girl (yeah, yes he does)
C F
Life is hard on,
F Bb
To my know.
Bb F Bb
'Cause there's no place else to go,
Bb F C F
For the loneliest people in the world.
Third Verse
F Bb C
But from my friends, I understand,
C F Bb
I'm a member of a band.
Bb F
I make my livin' (yes I do)
F
Playin' music (music)
F C
For their souls.
C Bb
But the things I see,
Bb C
With these eyes.
C F
They'll just stop.
Bb
And Realize,
Bb F
Hey I play for them,
F C
They play for me,
C F Bb
As we grow old.
Instrumental Break - F Bb F Bb F Bb
Inaudible muttering from George - F Bb F Bb F C
F Bb F Bb F C F
Outro
(no chords)
There's nothin' more that I can say,
(no Chords)
So I'll just close my eyes and play.
F C
For the loneliest people (I'm alone)
C F C
They're the loneliest people (Oh no, my brother, sister,
my doctor, my baker, my daddy, my mother
C F C
They're the loneliest people
my ancient uncle Dennis and ?pick? and George and [inaudible]
C F C
They're the loneliest people
Oooohhh I know, I know)
C F C
We're the loneliest people
C F C
They're the loneliest people
C F C
We're the loneliest people
C F C
They're the loneliest people
C F C
We're the loneliest people
C F C
They're the loneliest people
8. Hey Little Lady - Written by Unknown
Words in brackets are said by Ray while the band is singing
the words under them
Intro
F
Lady, I wanna play with you,
F C
?I'll through sadly?,
C Bb Bb Bb Bb F
?But you want me to/too? !
First Verse
F
I saw you walkin' out your door,
Bb C
Lookin' mighty fine.
C Bb
I figured I'd have to ask you,
Bb C F
To be a little lady o' mine.
F
Now you can come over and play with me,
F Bb C
We'll use everything I have.
C Bb
I've gotta try and make you happy,
Bb F
So you'll come back again.
Chorus
F
C'mon Hey little lady!
F
I wanna play with you.
F C
?I'll through sadly?,
C Bb Bb Bb Bb F
?But you want me to/too?.
Second Verse
F
I looked at you as a pretty little thing,
Bb C
Right before my eyes.
C Bb
?You make me wanna rub you to love this?,
Bb C F
?'Cause my things just that size?.
F
Now I'm gonna use every trick in the book,
F Bb C
To make you understand.
C Bb C F
Tell your mamma and your papa that you need one of the boys in the band.
Chorus
F
Hey little lady!
F
I wanna play with you.
F C
?I'll through sadly?,
C Bb Bb Bb Bb F
?But you want me to/too?.
Outro
F
Hey little lady!
F
Hey Little lady!
F
Hey little lady!
F
I wanna make you feel mine.
F C
?I through sadly?,
(Hey little lady!)
C Bb Bb Bb Bb F
?I wanna little less time?.
F
Hey little lady!
F
Hey little lady!
F
Hey little lady!
Bb Bb Bb Bb F
Ooh - Oooh, Ooh - Oooh, Ooooh!
9. Nobody Hears What I Say - Written by Shel Sliverstein
If you get confused at the last part, listen to the song. It'll be easier that
way. It was hard to type it, so it most likely be a little hard to read.
First Verse
A D A D
My mind has been wandering, been sailing so high.
A E A
Past the smoke blackened buildings, through the smoke blackened sky.
A E A D A D
And the things I've been seeing, they've got me so scared.
A E C A D A
And I call out "Won't somebody please stop and listen!", but nobody cares.
Chorus
B D E A B D E
And I've gotta find someone to talk to, and I've gotta find a safe place to
A
stay.
D A B
I've gotta reach out and feel, something that's real before it all crumbles
E
away.
D E (let ring)
No nobody hears, nobody hears, nobody hears what I say.
Second Verse
A D
I see blue crystal waters, turning to mud.
A E A
And men killing their brothers, while they're crying for love.
D A D A D A D
Lord we're raping the forests, and we're poisoning the air.
E A
And I cry out "WON'T SOMEBODY LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING!", but nobody cares.
Chorus
D E A D E
And I've gotta find someone to talk to, and I've gotta find a safe place to
A
stay.
D A B
I've gotta reach out and feel, something that's real before it all crumbles
E
away.
D E
No, nobody hears, nobody hears, nobody hears what I say.
Outro
F D# F Bb C D# F Bb
(Gotta find someone to talk to, and I've gotta find a safe place to stay)
OH! Yeah got to find someone to talk to. Safe place to stay.
C D# Bb F C
(I've gotta reach out and feel, something that's real before it all crumbles
F
away)
I've gotta reach out, reach oouutt, before it all crumbles
away.
D# F
No, nobody hears, no nobody hears, no, nobody hears what I say...
