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Randy Newman

Spies

by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Biography:

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.

Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.

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Randy Newman

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  • Strange Things
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  • The Blues
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Spies – Randy Newman
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: “Born Again” (1979)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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capo: 3rd fret
play: Em
key: Gm

For original chords transpose this tab +3

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[Main Riff]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|2-2-4---5---4-2---2-------------|
A|--------------------5-2---5-2---|
E|--------------------------------|

[Intro]
Em A7/G F/E B7/E Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|2---------------|1---------------|----------------|
B|5---------------|5---------------|1-------4-------|5---------------|
G|4---------------|3---------------|2-------2-------|4---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|--------4-------|5---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|

[Link] verse to chorus
Em/B Bm7 Em/B Bm7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---0-----------|
B|5---1---5---3---|
G|4---0---4---0---|
D|--------2---4---|
A|2---2---2---2---|
E|----------------|


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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Edim7 0-1-2-0-2-0

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[Intro]
| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |


[Verse]
Em
Little mama
Em
From Japan
Em
Sent by her Masters
Em
To a foreign land
Em
"Go out with the sailors
Em
Hang 'round the dock
Em
Get out of the way
Edim7
When the bombs start to drop" - You know she's a ...


[Chorus]
| Em A | C
Spy
D [ Em ]
Careful what you say, boys
| Em A | C
Spy
D [ Em ]
Looks just like a schoolgirl


[Interlude]
| Em | A7/G | F/E Gb/E F/E |


[Verse]
Em
Big fat Russian
Em
Looks into a buffalo
Em
Check into a dude ranch
Em
In New Mexico
Em
Nearby in the desert
A7/E
Great scientific minds
F/E
Struggle with questions
Em/B Bm7
Of space and time
Em/B Bm7
Watch out for him


[Chorus]
| Em A | C
Spy
D [ Em ]
You can tell he ain't no cowboy
[Chorus]
| Em A | C
Spy
D [ Em ]
Whoaaa !


[Interlude]
| Em | A7/G | F/E Gb/E F/E |


[Verse]
Em
If you love this country
Em
And I hope you do
Em
Then listen closely
Em
To what I say to you
Em
They're in the shipyard
A7/E
They're in the factory
F/E
They might look just like you
Em
And they might look just like me, but they're ...


[Chorus]
| Em A | C
( Spie-ie-ie-ie-ies)
D [ Em ]
Everywhere you go see 'em
| Em A | C
( Spie-ie-ie-ie-ies)
D [ Em ]
They even got 'em in Chicago


[Outro]
| Em A7/G | F/E Gb/E F/E |
| Em A7/G | F/E Gb/E F/E |

| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |
| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |

| Em ] % | % | % |
(repeat Riff and fade)




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