Lmar - The Bass Initiation

Intro
Dm  Em  F Gm Dm
Dm  Em  F Gm Dm
Dm  F  Gm A# Am Gm
Dm  F  F Gm Dm

Verse 1
DmElla Was A BEmassist And FDid GmNot DmKnow It.
The WDmay She Found OEmut WFas GmLike DmThis
"Like TDmhis And Like TFhat," TheGm RaA#dio Was AmGoinGmg Off,
As She StDmood Behind The CFounter Of The EspFeranGmto DmCafé

Verse 2
LDmaying Whip Cream ThEmick Over A FCup OfGm HotDm Cider
ChDmange REminging In The SlFammed GmRegDmister
CDmrackling NFoise Of GmPiped A#HeaAmt   Gm​
As She StDmood Behind The CFounter Of The EspFeranGmto DmCafé

Pre-Chorus
Her CDmoworker Wiping The Cappucino Whipper
With A GAmentle Towel
HA#olding On To The Protruding Machinery
A SCecond Too Long C  C  C  C​

Chorus
The MDmusic.
GmEntrance Door Wheezes.
Then The BAmathroom Door.
GmEntrance Door Wheezes,
Huffing DAmelivery Man Drops The PDmackage
DmPipes Sing,
FRegister Slams,
GmChange Dangles.
AmCo-Worker Mixes
A#Another CappCuccino
C7Shoowhooshawashoo

Verse 3
HDmiiigh Pitch VEmoices Ringing From A TFableGm In The DmLeft Corner
Someone's HDmand Goes Up, "CEmheck Please" "Excuse FMeGm My DmTea"
"DmFuck Them AFnd TheirGm OiA#l" Am   Gm​
Delivery DmMan And His BFoxes, And The Boxes' FBoxesGm Tumble DownDmstairs

Verse 4
RDmegister. HiiiEmiigh. RFegisGmter. DmThere Is
A NDmeedle, ThEmreading It All, A HFunGmgry DmNeedle
Pulling EDmverything ToFgether—GmSlam—A#Like JAmoseph's GmCoat
As She StDmood Behind The CoFunter Of The EspeFranGmto DmCafé.

Pre-Chorus
"WDmaited For Her Freezing,
Like She Was Some KAminda Of A Messiah"—
This LA#ast One Was Actually Not Anything Someone In The Café Said,
It Was SoCmeone's ThoughtC  C  C  C​

Chorus
Not EDmlla's Own
GmShe Was Sure,
And It Was No TeAmlepathy Either
ThoughGm Maybe TelepatAmhy's Psychotic CDmousin
DmNameless Cousin—
FDoor Wheezes—
Gm"Grandma Let Me Be
AmCompletely Honest With You
NaA#meless Cousin But KnCown In Jazz SwC7eat

Verse 5
In ConcentDmration-Plucked JEmazz Lips, CFornerGm Of ADm Yes
SDmuddenly UnEmfolded Table With EnFough GmRoom ForDm Everyone
With EnDmough Room, EnFough, Oughfff, GmUfff, She A#Didn't AmKnowGm It
Didn't KnDmow She Was A FBassist For Another HFalf-MGminute.

Verse 6
Till The DmMan, Whose Thought She MEmight Have Heard, Or Who MFaybeGm Heard The DmSame Thought She Did
Or MDmaybe Heard SEmomething CompFleGmtely DmDifferent
But HDmeard It, WFith GmHeardA# HeaAmringGm​
As She StDmood Behind The CoFunter Of The EspeFranGmto DmCafé.

Pre-Chorus
With ShDmearing Uh Shredding Fingers That He Dangled Over The Table
As If PlAmaying A Slanted Piano
Or TA#yping On A Rock Or Stretching The
StCiff Fingers    C  C  C  C​

Chorus
In The WDmarmth Of Esperanto
With Its SGmlam! And Cappuccino
SAmhoowooshawashoo
AcrossGm The Noise,
Like An AmOctopus
FDmingers Out
DmAs She Brought His Wwhipped Cider To Him
FThe Second Cup Sat Down
GmHer Head Was Grooving A Little
AmLike This And Like That
As His FA#ingers Landed On The TaCble Beside The CC7up

Bridge
ArDmound The Cup
Kept PlGmaying The Surfaces
PercDmussive, Silent
AcrGmoss The Noise,
FDmoot Pressing
The LA#eg Of The Table
Like An InvDmisible Pedal
A#Riding Them Out
Of The HiiAiiigh And Register,
DPast This Winter,
And CGider,
Which They BG7oth Understood
Was Not CEider,
But SD7eder—

Pre-Chorus
The DmOrder, Universal Order (Seder)
Of The NAmeedle That Sows Joseph's Coat
Out Of ShA#reds Of The Micro-Cosmic Café
RCeality     C  C  C  C​

Chorus
And He KDmnew She Was A Bassist
And GmShe Did Too,
Even BeAmfore He Said—
"EverytGmhing Is A Bass You Know,
And You Will LAmose It Trying To Play
Or GDmrow Very Very Large"
Dm
And she retorted :
"FBass Is Nothing,
A BGmlack Lamp,
But When You AmHit The String Against The Fret
BlA#indness Becomes Hope, Which Then SplCinters And Dies
And Then It's TC7ime To Look For Another Note,
I Think, Though I Don't Believe We're In Disagreement.Dm​