Lmar - The Bass Initiation

Intro
Gm  Am  Bb Cm Gm
Gm  Am  Bb Cm Gm
Gm  Bb  Cm Eb Dm Cm
Gm  Bb  Bb Cm Gm

Verse 1
GmElla Was A BAmassist And BbDid NCmot KGmnow It.
The WGmay She Found OAmut WBbas LCmike TGmhis
"Like TGmhis And Like TBbhat," The CmRadEbio Was GDmoingCm Off,
As She StGmood Behind The CBbounter Of The EspeBbrantoCm CaGmfé

Verse 2
LGmaying Whip Cream ThAmick Over A BbCup Of CmHot GmCider
ChGmange RAminging In The SlBbammed RCmegiGmster
CGmrackling NBboise Of PCmiped HEbeatDm    Cm​
As She StGmood Behind The CBbounter Of The EspeBbrantoCm CaGmfé

Pre-Chorus
Her CGmoworker Wiping The Cappucino Whipper
With A GDmentle Towel
HEbolding On To The Protruding Machinery
A SFecond Too Long F  F  F  F​

Chorus
The MGmusic.
CmEntrance Door Wheezes.
Then The BDmathroom Door.
CmEntrance Door Wheezes,
Huffing DDmelivery Man Drops The PGmackage
GmPipes Sing,
BbRegister Slams,
CmChange Dangles.
DmCo-Worker Mixes
EbAnother CappFuccino
F7Shoowhooshawashoo

Verse 3
HGmiiigh Pitch VAmoices Ringing From A TBbable CmIn The LGmeft Corner
Someone's HGmand Goes Up, "CAmheck Please" "Excuse BbMe CmMy TGmea"
"GmFuck Them ABbnd Their CmOilEb"  Dm   Cm​
Delivery GmMan And His BBboxes, And The Boxes' BBboxes TCmumble DownstGmairs

Verse 4
RGmegister. HiiiAmiigh. RBbegistCmer. TGmhere Is
A NGmeedle, ThAmreading It All, A HBbungCmry NGmeedle
Pulling EGmverything ToBbgether—SCmlam—LEbike JoDmseph's CCmoat
As She StGmood Behind The CoBbunter Of The EsperBbantoCm CaGmfé.

Pre-Chorus
"WGmaited For Her Freezing,
Like She Was Some KDminda Of A Messiah"—
This LEbast One Was Actually Not Anything Someone In The Café Said,
It Was SoFmeone's ThoughtF  F  F  F​

Chorus
Not EGmlla's Own
CmShe Was Sure,
And It Was No TeDmlepathy Either
ThoughCm Maybe TelepatDmhy's Psychotic CGmousin
GmNameless Cousin—
BbDoor Wheezes—
Cm"Grandma Let Me Be
DmCompletely Honest With You
NaEbmeless Cousin But KnFown In Jazz SwF7eat

Verse 5
In ConcentGmration-Plucked JAmazz Lips, CBborner CmOf A GmYes
SGmuddenly UnAmfolded Table With EnBbough RCmoom For GmEveryone
With EnGmough Room, EnBbough, Oughfff, UCmfff, She DEbidn't KDmnow CmIt
Didn't KnGmow She Was A BbBassist For Another HaBblf-MinCmute.

Verse 6
Till The GmMan, Whose Thought She MAmight Have Heard, Or Who MBbaybe CmHeard The SGmame Thought She Did
Or MGmaybe Heard SAmomething CompBbletCmely DGmifferent
But HGmeard It, WBbith HCmeard EbHearDming Cm​
As She StGmood Behind The CoBbunter Of The EsperBbantoCm CaGmfé.

Pre-Chorus
With ShGmearing Uh Shredding Fingers That He Dangled Over The Table
As If PlDmaying A Slanted Piano
Or TEbyping On A Rock Or Stretching The
StFiff Fingers    F  F  F  F​

Chorus
In The WGmarmth Of Esperanto
With Its SCmlam! And Cappuccino
SDmhoowooshawashoo
AcrossCm The Noise,
Like An DmOctopus
FGmingers Out
GmAs She Brought His Wwhipped Cider To Him
BbThe Second Cup Sat Down
CmHer Head Was Grooving A Little
DmLike This And Like That
As His FEbingers Landed On The TaFble Beside The CF7up

Bridge
ArGmound The Cup
Kept PlCmaying The Surfaces
PercGmussive, Silent
AcrCmoss The Noise,
FGmoot Pressing
The LEbeg Of The Table
Like An InvGmisible Pedal
EbRiding Them Out
Of The HiiDiiigh And Register,
GPast This Winter,
And CCider,
Which They BC7oth Understood
Was Not CAider,
But SG7eder—

Pre-Chorus
The GmOrder, Universal Order (Seder)
Of The NDmeedle That Sows Joseph's Coat
Out Of ShEbreds Of The Micro-Cosmic Café
RFeality     F  F  F  F​

Chorus
And He KGmnew She Was A Bassist
And CmShe Did Too,
Even BeDmfore He Said—
"EverytCmhing Is A Bass You Know,
And You Will LDmose It Trying To Play
Or GGmrow Very Very Large"
Gm
And she retorted :
"BbBass Is Nothing,
A BCmlack Lamp,
But When You DmHit The String Against The Fret
BlEbindness Becomes Hope, Which Then SplFinters And Dies
And Then It's TF7ime To Look For Another Note,
I Think, Though I Don't Believe We're In Disagreement.Gm​