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Diner

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Theme 1:
  /  /   /  /  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
|-G3----F5-----|-C3--3--G3----|-F1----------|
|-3----6-----|-3--3--3----|-1----------|
|-0----5-----|-0--0--0----|-2----------|
|-0----------|-2--x--0----|-3----------|
|-2----------|-3--2--2----|-3----------|
|-3----------|-------3----|-1----------|
Verse 1:
GBeautiful, Fthe girl's Ccooking in the Gdiner toFday
Oh, she Gwon't show the Fbother,
Even Ctime she gets Gcovered in Fblues
you will hold the same chord shape, letting it flow. . .
Theme 2:
  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
|-G3-----Eb6----|-C3-----Bb6----|
|-3-----6----|-3-----6----|
|-0-----0----|-0-----0----|
|-0-----5----|-2-----0----|
|-2-----6----|-3-----5----|
|-3----------|-------6----|
I sing Gkind little Ebsongs
CTrying to Bbbait her soulG  Eb  C  Bb  
And she's Glike Ebnatural Cmusic
AnyEbway she GmovesEb  C  Bb  
Verse 2:
Oh in time, time, time, I just love to watch her hands move
A little sugar, pepper,
Little brother wants to shine my shoes
Go ahead, shine, shine, shine, I'll sit real still
And my backbone shivers as she looks this way
And I try not to move
She's beautiful - natural
Verse 2 (original lyrics):
Given time, Lord I'd build her a mountain for a room.
Given an hour, an hour, I'd build a rocket to the moon.
Might take at least a week to find the strongest tool
Might take the rest of this lifetime
But she natural, she take the moon and put it in her pocket
She's beautiful, smiling it on me while I build this rocket
Jam section:
   /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /  x3  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
|--5-----6----|--6-----3------|--5-----6----|--8-----10----|
|--5-----6----|--6-----3------|--5-----6----|--10----12----|
|.-7-----8----|--6-----4-----.|--7-----8----|--10----12----|
|.-7-----8----|--8-----5-----.|--7-----8----|--8-----10----|
|--5-----6----|--8-----5------|--5-----6----|--8-----10----|
|--x-----x----|--6-----3------|--x-----x----|--x-----x-----|
  (D7)  (D#7)   (Bb7) (G)       (D7)  (D#7)   (F7)  (G7)
Solo in F penatonic (I think that's what you call that
scale, maybe it's Gm penatonic) over the first section of
back to Theme 1
Verse 3:
Because the tounge tastes so old,
Can't even load you coffee sweet
When she serves a bowl of lightning,
Makes sure you get all you need
   (move to Theme 2)
She's beautiful - natural
Hanging in the diner, basking in the light,
Verse 4:
She's beauty, yeah, the girl's cooking in the diner today
No, she won't show the bother,
Even time she gets covered in blues
I sing comical songs trying to blame myself
She's all-ready music in a booth, man, if she catch you
Theme 3:
  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
|-5-----6----|-3-----6----|
|-5-----6----|-3-----6----|
|-x-----0----|-0-----0----|
|-x-----5----|-2-----0----|
|-5-----6----|-3-----5----|
|------------|-------6----|
   /   /    /   /       /   /    /   /
|--3--------6--------|--3--------6-------|
|--3-3------6-6------|--3-3------6-6-----|
|--0---0----0---0----|--0---0----0---0---|
|--0-----0--5-----5--|--2-----2--0-----0-|
|--2--------6--------|--3--------5-------|
|--3-----------------|-----------6-------|
melody riff near end of song:
|---------------------------|
|--11-10-8----8-----8-------|
|----------10----0----10-7--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Hanging in the diner
Sitting in the light of Ms. Lee
Little sunshine rising from the park
Cross the street to the path
Keeping my teeth long and longer
And a smile...
Hanging in the light
Hanging in the light
Sister
Sister
End with a pause on the Bb, then a G

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Diner

by Widespread Panic

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#7

Bb7

Theme 1:

/ / / / / / / / / / / /

G F C G F

|-3----5-----|-3--3--3----|-1----------|

|-3----6-----|-3--3--3----|-1----------|

|-0----5-----|-0--0--0----|-2----------|

|-0----------|-2--x--0----|-3----------|

|-2----------|-3--2--2----|-3----------|

|-3----------|-------3----|-1----------|

Verse 1:

G F C G F

Beautiful, the girl's cooking in the diner today

G F

Oh, she won't show the bother,

C G F

Even time she gets covered in blues

you will hold the same chord shape, letting it flow. . .

Theme 2:

/ / / / / / / /

G Eb C Bb

|-3-----6----|-3-----6----|

|-0-----0----|-0-----0----|

|-0-----5----|-2-----0----|

|-2-----6----|-3-----5----|

|-3----------|-------6----|

G Eb

I sing kind little songs

C Bb G Eb C Bb

Trying to bait her soul

G Eb C

And she's like natural music

Eb G Eb C Bb

Anyway she moves

Verse 2:

Oh in time, time, time, I just love to watch her hands move

A little sugar, pepper,

Little brother wants to shine my shoes

Go ahead, shine, shine, shine, I'll sit real still

And my backbone shivers as she looks this way

And I try not to move

She's beautiful - natural

Verse 2 (original lyrics):

Given time, Lord I'd build her a mountain for a room.

Given an hour, an hour, I'd build a rocket to the moon.

Might take at least a week to find the strongest tool

Might take the rest of this lifetime

But she natural, she take the moon and put it in her pocket

She's beautiful, smiling it on me while I build this rocket

Jam section:

/ / / / / / / / x3 / / / / / / / /

|--5-----6----|--6-----3------|--5-----6----|--8-----10----|

|--5-----6----|--6-----3------|--5-----6----|--10----12----|

|.-7-----8----|--6-----4-----.|--7-----8----|--10----12----|

|.-7-----8----|--8-----5-----.|--7-----8----|--8-----10----|

|--5-----6----|--8-----5------|--5-----6----|--8-----10----|

|--x-----x----|--6-----3------|--x-----x----|--x-----x-----|

D7 D#7 Bb7 G D7 D#7 F7 G7

() () () () () () () ()

Solo in F penatonic (I think that's what you call that

scale, maybe it's Gm penatonic) over the first section of

back to Theme 1

Verse 3:

Because the tounge tastes so old,

Can't even load you coffee sweet

When she serves a bowl of lightning,

Makes sure you get all you need

(move to Theme 2)

She's beautiful - natural

Hanging in the diner, basking in the light,

Verse 4:

She's beauty, yeah, the girl's cooking in the diner today

No, she won't show the bother,

Even time she gets covered in blues

I sing comical songs trying to blame myself

She's all-ready music in a booth, man, if she catch you

Theme 3:

/ / / / / / / /

|-5-----6----|-3-----6----|

|-x-----0----|-0-----0----|

|-x-----5----|-2-----0----|

|-5-----6----|-3-----5----|

|------------|-------6----|

/ / / / / / / /

|--3--------6--------|--3--------6-------|

|--3-3------6-6------|--3-3------6-6-----|

|--0---0----0---0----|--0---0----0---0---|

|--0-----0--5-----5--|--2-----2--0-----0-|

|--2--------6--------|--3--------5-------|

|--3-----------------|-----------6-------|

melody riff near end of song:

|---------------------------|

|--11-10-8----8-----8-------|

|----------10----0----10-7--|

|---------------------------|

Hanging in the diner

Sitting in the light of Ms. Lee

Little sunshine rising from the park

Cross the street to the path

Keeping my teeth long and longer

And a smile...

Hanging in the light

Sister

End with a pause on the Bb, then a G

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