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Song: The Ballad Of The Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa
Band: Blue Rodeo
Tabbed by: Mike Murphy <messiah@roadrunner.nf.net>


C-x32010
G/B-x2003x
G/Bb-x1003x
F-133211
G-320033
G#-466544
Bb-688766

This one sounds really nice if it's played alone on an acoustic. I'll
tab it out for one acoustic guitar.

(main riff-this is played in the intro and between verses)

   C
e--------------------------------
B-------------------1-----1------
G--------0-----------------------
D-----2-----2--2h3-----2---------
A--3-----------------------------
E--------------------------------

main riff x4

(verse)
       C                          G/B
As the seconds are ticking in the corner of her eyes
G/Bb                         Am
Nothing cones as fast as her glib replies
       F                    G
Like a kid who's tired of a busted old toy
    F                           G                    C (main riff)
The pleasure's worn thin so she makes a little extra noise



       C          G/B         G/Bb         Am
e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G------------0-----------0-----------0-----------2----------
D---------2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-------
A------3-----------2-----------1-----------0----------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
As the seconds...  corner...   nothing...  glib replies...


       F           G           F           G
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------0-----------------------0-----------
G------------2--------0-----0--------2--------0-----0--------
D---------3-----3-----------------3-----3--------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------1-----------3-----------1-----------3-----------------
Like a kid...      busted...   pleasure... makes a little...


   C
e------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------1-----1-------------------1-----1----
G------------0-------------------------0---------------------
D---------2-----2--2h3-----2--------2-----2--2h3-----2-------
A------3-------------------------3---------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
 extra noise

(All the verses are the same, but here's the words)

So the dime store greaser and the blonde Mona Lisa
Twist on smiles just to please each other
Until one of them finds that someone new
The other one's just gonna have to do

Sometimes you get what you want
But be careful what you ask for remember what you got
Tossing her pennies in the wishing well
Mona Lisa reaches over for the sleeping pills

(solo-just like the verse but the chord are held for twice as long)

 C        G/B      G/Bb     Am
|        |        |        |        |

 F        G        C        G
|        |        |        |        |


(verse)

Like a jerk who buts into the front of the line
She's got her reasons and he don't mind
Absence is supposed to make the heart grow fonder
He's hoping her vacation lasts a little bit longer

And they both have their tickets for the promised land
Still they don't appreciate what they have
They can't see what's right in front of their eyes
They've been looking so long they finally went blind


(outro)
         F
And they lost
         G
What was right

In front of their eyes

(right after "eyes", come in with the final run)

 C   G/B  G/Bb Am  F        G#   Bb  C
|        |        |        |        |hold    |


OR IN TAB FORMAT...

   C          G/B         G/Bb         Am
e-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G--------0-----------0-----------0-----------2----
D-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-
A--3-----------2-----------1-----------0----------
E-------------------------------------------------


   F                G#         Bb          C(VIII)
e--1-----------------------------------------8~--------
B--1-----------------------------------------8~--------
G--2----------------------5-----------7------9~--------
D--3---3--3------------6-----6-----8-----8---10~-------
A--3---3--3----------------------------------10~-------
E--1---1--1---1--3--4-----------6------------8~--------


There it is. Any corrections, suggestions, or insults can be mailed to me at
messiah@roadrunner.nf.net