Biography:
John K. Samson is a singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He used to play the bass in the band Propagandhi, and is now the singer & guitarist in The Weakerthans. In 1993 he released a 15 track cassette called Slips and Tangles on Fresh Bread Records. Some of those songs were also on a split CD with the band Painted Thin. In addition to The Weakerthans he has a project with his wife, Christine Fellows, called The Subscription, and he pronounces it like "sore-ee."
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Other songs:
- 17Th St Treatment Centre
- Alpha Adept
- Capital
- Carrie Ends The Call
- Cruise Night
- Fellow Traveller
- Grace General
- Heart Of The Continent
- Highway 1 East
- Highway 1 West
- Letter In Icelandic From The Ninette San
- Longitudinal Centre
- Oldest Oak At Brookside
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
- Postdoc Blues
- Prayer For Ruby Elm
- Provincial
- Requests
- Select All Delete
- Stop Error
- Taps Reversed
- The Last And
- Vampire Alberta Blues
- Virtute At Rest
- Vpw 13 Blues
- When I Write My Masters Thesis
- Winter Wheat
- Www Dot Ipetitions Dot Com Slash Petition Slash Rivertonrifle Slash
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Tabbed By: Mike
/ = slide up
= slide down
pm = palm mute
*Standard Tuning*
These are all the chords you will need. In brackets are alternative positions
which in some cases I think sound better.
B Emaj9 C#m9 Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E Bbaug5
e--0----0-(0)---------|--------------------------------------|
B--0----0-(0)----0----|--------------------------------0-----|
G--8----8-(8)----8----|----(4)----(6)--4---------------1-----|
D--9----9-(6)----9----|--6-(2)--8-(4)--4---4-------2---2---8-|
A--9----9-(7)----7----|--7-(2)--7-(4)--6---6-------4---2---9-|
E--7----0-(0)----9----|--4-(4)--6-(6)--7---0-------0---0---6-|
B Emaj9
So I'm the first one in again
C#m9 B
with the quiet and the window growing snow.
B Emaj9
When I hear the furnace rouse itself
C#m9 B
From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E *walk down
As my eye stops on one curled up in my lesson plan
Bbaug5 B
That I'm just your little ampersand
B Emaj9
When your voice springs from the intercom
C#m9 B
with announcements and reminders and a prayer
B Emaj9
I remember how you made me feel
C#m9 B
I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare
Abaug5 Bb5
But like the jokes about my figure
B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
kids think I don't understand
Bbaug5 B
I know I'm just your little ampersand.
B Emaj9
After Christmas holidays
C#m9 B
you never asked to drive me home again
B Emaj9
Sometimes in the staff room I'd
C#m9 B
catch your eye with "why'd it have to end"
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
But I know from how you worry at your wedding band
Bbaug5 B
That I'm just your little ampersand
Interlude:
B Emaj9 C#m9 B
e-------7-6------7-6----------------------7-6-----------|
B-----------7------------------------0--------7---------|
G-8------------------/8--------8-----8---------------8--|
D---9--------------------------6-----9------------------|
A------------------------------7-----7------------------|
E------------------------6/76-0-----9------------------|
pm .
B Emaj9 C#m9 B
e--------7-6------19-18--------------------11--7----------------|
B------------7----------19-----------0------------9-------------|
G--8-------------------------8-4----8------8--4-----8----6-4-|
D------------------------------------9------------6-------------|
A------------------------------------7--------------------------|
E------------------------------------9--------------------------|
pm . .
Outro:
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
At the last conjunction after every other and
Bbaug5 B
I was just your little ampersand.
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6
e-------------------7--6-----------7--9--11--7--|
B----0--4--7--2--4-----------4--7---------------| *this is the little bit that's fingerpicked
G-------------------------4---------------------| * on the violin during the outro
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------| *I've aligned the chords to help show the pattern
E--4--------------------------------------------|
Pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E Bbaug5 B
e-------------6-----------------|
B-------4--7----------------0---|
G----4----------------------8---|
D---------------------------9---|
A---------------------------9---|
E--0------------------------7---|
pm . . . . .
/ = slide up
= slide down
pm = palm mute
*Standard Tuning*
These are all the chords you will need. In brackets are alternative positions
which in some cases I think sound better.
B Emaj9 C#m9 Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E Bbaug5
e--0----0-(0)---------|--------------------------------------|
B--0----0-(0)----0----|--------------------------------0-----|
G--8----8-(8)----8----|----(4)----(6)--4---------------1-----|
D--9----9-(6)----9----|--6-(2)--8-(4)--4---4-------2---2---8-|
A--9----9-(7)----7----|--7-(2)--7-(4)--6---6-------4---2---9-|
E--7----0-(0)----9----|--4-(4)--6-(6)--7---0-------0---0---6-|
B Emaj9
So I'm the first one in again
C#m9 B
with the quiet and the window growing snow.
B Emaj9
When I hear the furnace rouse itself
C#m9 B
From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E *walk down
As my eye stops on one curled up in my lesson plan
Bbaug5 B
That I'm just your little ampersand
B Emaj9
When your voice springs from the intercom
C#m9 B
with announcements and reminders and a prayer
B Emaj9
I remember how you made me feel
C#m9 B
I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare
Abaug5 Bb5
But like the jokes about my figure
B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
kids think I don't understand
Bbaug5 B
I know I'm just your little ampersand.
B Emaj9
After Christmas holidays
C#m9 B
you never asked to drive me home again
B Emaj9
Sometimes in the staff room I'd
C#m9 B
catch your eye with "why'd it have to end"
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
But I know from how you worry at your wedding band
Bbaug5 B
That I'm just your little ampersand
Interlude:
B Emaj9 C#m9 B
e-------7-6------7-6----------------------7-6-----------|
B-----------7------------------------0--------7---------|
G-8------------------/8--------8-----8---------------8--|
D---9--------------------------6-----9------------------|
A------------------------------7-----7------------------|
E------------------------6/76-0-----9------------------|
pm .
B Emaj9 C#m9 B
e--------7-6------19-18--------------------11--7----------------|
B------------7----------19-----------0------------9-------------|
G--8-------------------------8-4----8------8--4-----8----6-4-|
D------------------------------------9------------6-------------|
A------------------------------------7--------------------------|
E------------------------------------9--------------------------|
pm . .
Outro:
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6 E
At the last conjunction after every other and
Bbaug5 B
I was just your little ampersand.
Abaug5 Bb5 B2 Emaj9(2) E6
e-------------------7--6-----------7--9--11--7--|
B----0--4--7--2--4-----------4--7---------------| *this is the little bit that's fingerpicked
G-------------------------4---------------------| * on the violin during the outro
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------| *I've aligned the chords to help show the pattern
E--4--------------------------------------------|
Pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E Bbaug5 B
e-------------6-----------------|
B-------4--7----------------0---|
G----4----------------------8---|
D---------------------------9---|
A---------------------------9---|
E--0------------------------7---|
pm . . . . .
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