Draining The Pool For You tab

Draining The Pool For You

Artist: The Go-Betweens
Song: "Draining the Pool for You"
Album: Spring Hill Fair (1983)



Standard Tuning



INTRO/VERSE:
Guitar L (Robert Forster)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------11----11\---------------10-11------|
D|-7-----7/----12----12\---------7--x/-11-12------|
A|-7-----7/----12----12\---7-----7--x/-11-12----12|
E|-5-----5/----10----10\---5-----5--x/-9--10----10|
+
e|----------------9-------------------------------|
B|----------------10----9--------9-----------9----|
G|-11-11-11-0-----11-0--9-----9--9--x-----9--9--0-|
D|-12-12-12-0--11-11-0--9-----9--9--x--9--9--9--0-|
A|-12-12-12-0--9--9--0--7-----7--7--x--7--7--7--0-|
E|-10-10-10----9--------0-----0--------0--0-------|



INTRO/VERSE:
Guitar R (Grant McLennan)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------7--6-------------------------------|
A|-------------------9--7-------------------------|
E|----------------------------9-----7-------------|



INTRO/VERSE/BRIDGE FILL:
Guitar Overdub
e|------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------|| x 3
D|------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------||
+
e|-------------------------------4-----3-----2--0-|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4-----3-----2-------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|



PRE-CHORUS:
Guitar L
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------9--------9--x-----------9--------9--x-|
G|----------9--------9--x-----------9--------9--x-|
D|----------9-----9--9--x-----------9-----9--9--x-|
A|-7--7--7--7-----7--7--x--7--7--7--7-----7--7--x-|
E|-0--0--0--------0--------0--0--0--------0-------|
+
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------9--9--9--9--9--0-|
D|----9--9--9--9--9--9--0-|
A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--0-|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|



PRE-CHORUS:
Guitar R
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-6--7-----9-----6--------6--7-----9-----6-------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------|
B|-9--10-12-10-12-14-12---|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|



CHORUS:
Guitar L
e|-7-----7--7--7-----7--5-----5--5-----9--9-----7-|
B|-7-----7--7--7--0--7--7-----7--7--x--10-10-x--9-|
G|-7-----7--7--7--0--7--7-----7--7--x--11-11-x--9-|
D|-9-----9--9--9--0--9--7-----7--7--x--11-11-x--9-|
A|-9-----9--9--9--0--9--5-----5--5--x--9--9--x--7-|
E|-7-----7--7--7-----7----------------------------|
+
e|-------7--------7--7-----7-----7--7--7-----7--5-|
B|-------9--------9--9--0--7-----7--7--7--0--7--7-|
G|-------9--------9--9--0--7-----7--7--7--0--7--7-|
D|----9--9--------9--9--0--9-----9--9--9--0--9--7-|
A|----7--7--7--7--7--7--0--9-----9--9--9--0--9--5-|
E|----0-----0--0-----------7-----7--7--7-----7----|
+
e|----5--5-----9--9-----7--------7--------7--7----|
B|----7--7--x--10-10-x--9--------9--------9--9--0-|
G|----7--7--x--11-11-x--9--------9--------9--9--0-|
D|----7--7--x--11-11-x--9-----9--9--------9--9--0-|
A|----5--5--x--9--9--x--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--0-|
E|----------------------------0-----0--0----------|
+
e|-7----------------------|
B|-7----------------------|
G|-7----------------------|
D|-9----------------------|
A|-9----------------------|
E|-7----------------------|



CHORUS:
Guitar R
e|-------2-----------------------2----------------|
B|----3-----------3-----0-----3--------3--3-------|
G|-4--------4-----4-----4--2--------2--2--2-----2-|
D|-4-----------4--4-----4--0-----------0--0-----0-|
A|----------------2-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|-------0--0--------0-----------2--------2-------|
B|-------0--0--0-----0--0-----3--------3--3--3----|
G|-1--------------1--1--0--4--------2--4--4-----4-|
D|----2-----------------0--------------4----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|-------2-----2-----------------0--------0-------|
B|----3--------3--------------0-----0-----0--0----|
G|-2--------2--2--2-----0--1--------1--1--1-----1-|
D|-------------------0-----------------2----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|-2----------------------|
B|-3----------------------|
G|-4----------------------|
D|-4----------------------|
A|-2----------------------|
E|------------------------|



BRIDGE:
Guitar L
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------11----11\---------------10-11-11-0-|
D|-7-----7/----12----12\---------7--x/-11-12-12-0-|
A|-7-----7/----12----12\---7-----7--x/-11-12-12-0-|
E|-5-----5/----10----10\---5-----5--x/-9--10-10---|
+
e|-------------9--9-----7--------7-----------7----|
B|-------------10-10----9--------9--------9--9----|
G|----------0--11-11-0--9-----9--9--x-----9--9--0-|
D|-7-----7--0--11-11-0--9-----9--9--x--9--9--9--0-|
A|-7-----7--0--9--9--0--7-----7--7--x--7--7--7--0-|
E|-5-----5--------------0-----0--------0--0-------|



BRIDGE:
Guitar R
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6--7--6-----------6--6--6-----6-------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7-----------7--7--7--9--7-------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5--5--5-----5-------------------------------|
G|----6--6--6--7--6--------6----------------------|
D|-------------------9--7-----9--6--6-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6--7--6-----------6--6--6-----6-------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7-----------7--7--7--9--7-------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5--5--5--5----------------------------------|
G|----6--6--6--7--6--------6----------------------|
D|-------------------9--7-----9--6--6-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-5--5-------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6-----7--7--7-----6--6--6-----7--7--7-----6-|
D|----------9--9--9-----7--7--7-----9--9--9-----7-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6-------------------------------------------|
D|-7--7--------7--7-----6-------------------------|
A|-------------9--9-----7-----------7--9-----7----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--6--6--6--7--6-----------6--6--6-----6-------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7-----------7--7--7--9--7-------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5--5--5-----5-------------------------------|
G|----6--6--6--7--6--------6----------------------|
D|-------------------9--7-----9--6--6-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|



OUTRO:
Guitar L
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-----6--6/-11----11-11\6-----6--6/-11----11-11|
D|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12----12-12|
A|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12----12-12|
E|-5-----5--5/-10----10-10\5-----5--5/-10----10-10|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------13------|
G|\6-----6--6/-11----11-11\6-----6--6/-11-11----0-|
D|\7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
A|\7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
E|\5-----5--5/-10----10-10\5-----5--5/-10-10------|
+
* variation
e|----------------------------------------10------|
B|-------------------10-------------------10------|
G|-6-----6--6/-11----11-11\6-----6--6/-11-11----0-|
D|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
A|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
E|-5-----5--5/-10----10-10\5-----5--5/-10-10------|
+
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------10-------------------13------|
G|-6-----6--6/-11----11-11\6-----6--6/-11-11----0-|
D|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
A|-7-----7--7/-12----12-12\7-----7--7/-12-12----0-|
E|-5-----5--5/-10----10-10\5-----5--5/-10-10------|



OUTRO:
Guitar R
e|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|----6-----7-----7-----------6-----7-----6-------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+
e|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----||
B|------------------------------------------------||
G|----6-----7-----7-----------6-----7-----7-------|| x ad infinitum
D|------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------||



INTRO: A D A C# D F#m E

VERSE:

A   D                  A 
       Remembered your name
   C#  D             F#m     E
Evidently, you've forgotten mine.
A   D                        A
       You know a lot of people
C# D                     F#m      E
I know, a mind dulled by work and wine.


CHORUS:

E                                                    Bm
I got hired but I got tired of draining the pool for you.
      D         F#m    E
I got tired but not so blue,
                     Bm
To see the cracks in you.
      D      F#m       E
I got hired against my wish,
            Bm
With better prospects, after this.

Ten leaves,
Ten leaves, on a river bank.
Just like the glass
From the champagne bottles smashed where they sank.

chorus

Your interest in freaks
The side show, the low life holds nothing for me.
Because I have seen it
Almost been it, and it's not my cup of thrills.

chorus

Fade: on swimming pools, hiring and tiring, and
anything after this. 



SONG STRUCTURE:

Guitar L:
INTRO x 2
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTRO x 1
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE x 4
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
OUTRO x ad infinitum

Guitar R:
INTRO x 2
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTRO x 1
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE
VERSE x 2
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
OUTRO



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-Bennyshambles78-

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