“Atom Dance”
From the New Multitudes record
Music by Jay Farrar
Words by Woody Guthrie
Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)
CHORDS USED:
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Dadd9: 2-0-0-2-3-0
For the "interlude" parts, play an [Am], then walk up and down twice on the 5th
string (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Intro: [Am]
[Am] You go carry heavy [G] water
[Dadd9] And I’ll get my solar [Am] bucket
Mix up with force and [G] gravity
[Dadd9] Dance around my atom [Am] fire
[Am] Fill your sack of fiery [G] forces
[Dadd9] Trot down your neutron [Am] horses
And get down from your atom [G] wagon
[Dadd9] And dance around my atom [Am] fire
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jay_farrar/atom_dance_crd.html ]
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Write down your laws and [G] numbers
[Dadd9] Marriage rings and relativi[Am]ty
And I’ll bring my fourth di[G]mension
[Dadd9] We’ll sing by the atom [Am] fire
[Am] Throw on some history [G] pages
[Dadd9] Words of your wits and [Am] sages
Throw on ten million [G] ages
[Dadd9] Warm by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Dance around my sweet ti[G]tanium
[Dadd9] Kiss my lips my pretty [Am] helium
We’ll look at the flames of [G] nations
[Dadd9] And sit here by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Close on [Am]
