Lmar - The Bass Initiation

Intro
Em  F#m  G Am Em
Em  F#m  G Am Em
Em  G  Am C Bm Am
Em  G  G Am Em

Verse 1
EmElla Was A BF#massist And DGid NAmot KEmnow It.
The WEmay She Found OF#mut WaGs LAmike TEmhis
"Like TEmhis And Like TGhat," TheAm RaCdio WasBm GoiAmng Off,
As She StEmood Behind The CGounter Of The EspGeranAmto EmCafé

Verse 2
LEmaying Whip Cream ThF#mick Over A CGup Of AmHot EmCider
ChEmange RF#minging In The SlaGmmed RAmegiEmster
CEmrackling NGoise Of AmPiped CHeBmat  Am​
As She StEmood Behind The CGounter Of The EspGeranAmto EmCafé

Pre-Chorus
Her CEmoworker Wiping The Cappucino Whipper
With A GBmentle Towel
HColding On To The Protruding Machinery
A SDecond Too Long D  D  D  D​

Chorus
The MEmusic.
AmEntrance Door Wheezes.
Then The BBmathroom Door.
AmEntrance Door Wheezes,
Huffing DBmelivery Man Drops The PEmackage
EmPipes Sing,
GRegister Slams,
AmChange Dangles.
BmCo-Worker Mixes
CAnother CapDpuccino
D7Shoowhooshawashoo

Verse 3
HEmiiigh Pitch VF#moices Ringing From A TaGble AmIn The LEmeft Corner
Someone's HEmand Goes Up, "CF#mheck Please" "Excuse MGe AmMy TEmea"
"EmFuck Them AGnd TheirAm OiCl"Bm   Am​
Delivery EmMan And His BGoxes, And The Boxes' GBoxesAm Tumble DownEmstairs

Verse 4
REmegister. HiiiF#miigh. ReGgistAmer. TEmhere Is
A NEmeedle, ThF#mreading It All, A HuGngAmry NEmeedle
Pulling EEmverything ToGgether—AmSlam—CLike BmJoseph'sAm Coat
As She StEmood Behind The CoGunter Of The EspeGranAmto EmCafé.

Pre-Chorus
"WEmaited For Her Freezing,
Like She Was Some KBminda Of A Messiah"—
This LCast One Was Actually Not Anything Someone In The Café Said,
It Was SoDmeone's ThoughtD  D  D  D​

Chorus
Not EEmlla's Own
AmShe Was Sure,
And It Was No TeBmlepathy Either
ThoughAm Maybe TelepatBmhy's Psychotic CEmousin
EmNameless Cousin—
GDoor Wheezes—
Am"Grandma Let Me Be
BmCompletely Honest With You
NaCmeless Cousin But KDnown In Jazz SD7weat

Verse 5
In ConcentEmration-Plucked JF#mazz Lips, CoGrner AmOf A EmYes
SEmuddenly UnF#mfolded Table With EnoGugh RAmoom For EmEveryone
With EnEmough Room, EnGough, Oughfff, AmUfff, She CDidn'tBm KnoAmw It
Didn't KnEmow She Was A GBassist For Another HGalf-MAminute.

Verse 6
Till The EmMan, Whose Thought She MF#might Have Heard, Or Who MaGybe AmHeard The SEmame Thought She Did
Or MEmaybe Heard SF#momething ComplGetAmely DEmifferent
But HEmeard It, WGith AmHeardC HeBmarinAmg
As She StEmood Behind The CoGunter Of The EspeGranAmto EmCafé.

Pre-Chorus
With ShEmearing Uh Shredding Fingers That He Dangled Over The Table
As If PlBmaying A Slanted Piano
Or TCyping On A Rock Or Stretching The
StDiff Fingers    D  D  D  D​

Chorus
In The WEmarmth Of Esperanto
With Its SAmlam! And Cappuccino
SBmhoowooshawashoo
AcrossAm The Noise,
Like An BmOctopus
FEmingers Out
EmAs She Brought His Wwhipped Cider To Him
GThe Second Cup Sat Down
AmHer Head Was Grooving A Little
BmLike This And Like That
As His FCingers Landed On The TDable Beside The D7Cup

Bridge
ArEmound The Cup
Kept PlAmaying The Surfaces
PercEmussive, Silent
AcrAmoss The Noise,
FEmoot Pressing
The LCeg Of The Table
Like An InvEmisible Pedal
CRiding Them Out
Of The HiiBiiigh And Register,
EPast This Winter,
And CAider,
Which They BA7oth Understood
Was Not CF#ider,
But SE7eder—

Pre-Chorus
The EmOrder, Universal Order (Seder)
Of The NBmeedle That Sows Joseph's Coat
Out Of ShCreds Of The Micro-Cosmic Café
RDeality     D  D  D  D​

Chorus
And He KEmnew She Was A Bassist
And AmShe Did Too,
Even BeBmfore He Said—
"EverytAmhing Is A Bass You Know,
And You Will LBmose It Trying To Play
Or GEmrow Very Very Large"
Em
And she retorted :
"GBass Is Nothing,
A BAmlack Lamp,
But When You BmHit The String Against The Fret
BlCindness Becomes Hope, Which Then SpDlinters And Dies
And Then It's TD7ime To Look For Another Note,
I Think, Though I Don't Believe We're In Disagreement.Em​