Tori Amos - Happy Phantom Chords & Tabs

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From dpinie01@fiu.edu Fri Mar 21 11:31:42 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:11:43 -0500 (EST)
From: The Blue Man 
To: Lisa Skerritt 
Cc: boycott EMI 
Subject: /a/amos_tori/happy_phantom.crd

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tori_amos/happy_phantom_crd.html ]
happy phantom by tori amos from her album little earthquakes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             ------------------
 
 
intro: Bb G Ab F
 
Bb           G          Ab               F
and if i die today i'll be the happy phantom
 
Bb             G       Ab              F
and i'll go chasin the nuns out in the yard
 
Bb             G               Ab                      F
and i'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
 
        Gb                      Ab             Eb
        and i will never need umbrellas in the rain
 
        Gb                      Ab             Eb
        i'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
 
        Gb                    Ab              Eb
        and the atrocities of school i can forgive
 
        Gb                Ab     Eb
        the happy phantom has no right to bitch
 
 
  Bb         Eb
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
  Bb     Eb
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
 
  Bb             Eb
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
  Ebm    Bb/D    C
  sun is getting dim              
 
          F       Ebm    F
  will we pay for who we been? 
 
  F7
  yeah
 
 
Bb          G          Ab               F
so if i die today i'll be the happy phantom 
 
Bb          G          Ab               F
and i'll go wearing my naughties like a jewel
 
Bb          G          Ab             F
they'll be my ticket to the universal opera
 
        Gb                          Ab            Eb
        there's judy garland taking buddha by the hand
 
        Gb                          Ab            Eb
        and then these seven little men get up to dance
 
        Gb                          Ab            Eb
        they say confucius does his crossword with a pen
 
        Gb                       Ab             Eb
        i'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin
 
 
  Bb         Eb
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
  Bb     Eb
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
       
  Bb           Eb
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
  Ebm    Bb/D    C
  sun is getting dim
 
         F       Ebm   F
  will i pay for who i been?
 
  F7
  yeah
 
solo:  G Em7 |  F C    
       G Em7 |  F D
       G Em7 |  F C
 
 
Eb                         F                 C
or will i see you dear and wish i could come back?
 
Eb                              F           C
you found a girl that you could truly love again;
 
Eb                         F              C
will you still call for me when she falls asleep?
 
Eb                       Ab        Eb
or do we soon forget the things we cannot see?
 
 
  Bb     Eb
  oo hoo the time is getting closer
 
  Bb     Eb
  oo hoo time to be a ghost
 
  Bb           Eb
  oo hoo every day we're getting closer
 
  Ebm    Bb/D    C 
  sun is getting dim
 
         F       Ebm   F 
  will i pay for who i been?
 
  F7
  yeah
 
outro solo: Bb         Gm7  |  Ab            F9sus4
            Bb         Gm7  |  Ab            F9sus4            
            Bb         Gm7  |  Ab            F9sus4
             and if i die today
 
Bb:     x 1 3 3 3 1
Gm7:    3 5 3 3 3 3
Ab:     4 6 6 5 4 4
F9sus4: 1 3 1 3 1 3
Bb/D:   x 5 3 3 6 x
F:      1 3 3 2 1 1
F7:     1 3 1 2 1 1
Em7:    0 2 2 0 3 0
D:      x x 0 2 3 2
C:      x 3 2 0 1 0
Eb:     x 6 8 8 8 x
Em:     x x 2 4 5 3
G:      3 2 0 0 0 3
 
of note: of course, this is a piano song, so this is, at best, 
a bad hack transcription. the F7 isn't the usual F-flatted 7th that 
you might see ( 0 3 3 2 1 0 ) so be careful with that.

i play the intro Bb by hitting the three higher strings first, then the
root, like this:

e|                   1 
b|  3     3  3 /4    1
G|  3     3  4 /5    2
D|  3     3  5 /6    3
A|     1     5 /6    3
E|     1     3 /4    1      

(altho the song doesn't have that low F (E string, first fret,) i play it
in unison with the Bb to make it sound thicker.)

-D.

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