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Song title:     Tail Of A Comet
Club CDs:       Graduation (Leeds University)
                Ghost Cars

Words and Music by Neil Finn
Copyright Control © 1992 Neil Finn

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (gavin_chart@hotmail.com)


NOTES:
This was transcribed from a CH concert at the Guild Hall, Portsmouth, UK
on 7 March 1992 (from "Ghost Cars"). I think there are more words to the
song than were sung here, though.

The intro can be played by fretting open Am and playing and lifting off
the F note (4th str.; 3rd fret) with the little finger but there might be
better ways... Try it and see what sounds OK.


INTRO:   Am


VERSE:
Am
  I'm on the tail of a comet, yeah,
    F                   E                     Am
  I see the parade, the fist that knocks them down
  On the wave of emotion, yeah
    F                  E                    Am
  I feel it coming, my feet don't touch the ground
Am
  The tail of a comet, yeah
          F                     E              Am
  There's no survivors when the comet comes to ground
  On the tail, the tail, yeah...


[Instrumental bit over: Am   C   D     C   D]


C                       D
  We saw the things you are...


CHORUS:
        G                F                  C       D
I wanna hold on when you ride the tail of a comet
G                   F                C         D
Tall ships that you sail upon like a promise
G                   F                C      D
Hold on when you're on the tail of a comet, ah ha ha!


VERSE:
I said goodbye to a nervous man,
When I opened my eyes, he was doing a headstand
Here's a picture of my fall from grace
I tried to ignore it, the truth was in my face

On the tail of a comet, yeah,
There were no survivors when the comet falls to ground

Am                          D
   The trail, the trail...
Am                  D
   We've a half-way plan...
                      Am
   With a sprinkle of dust...
                D
   For whatever must...


CHORUS
I wanna hold on when you're on the tail of a comet
Tall ships that you sail upon like a promise
Hold on when you're on the tail of a comet
The tall ships that you sail upon like a promise, like a promise!


[Instrumental over verse chords]


[ad lib words to final chorus]

C                     D
  I wanna make you an offer...
                    C
I don't know if I'm good enough...
              D
A sprinkle of dust
                    C
Well, what's in the West?
                 D
Or whereever you flow...
C
No one's laughing, no one's laughing, no one's laughing...
      D
All I go...


CHORUS


CHORDS:
Am    x02210
F     x33211
E     022100
C     332010
D     xx0232
G     320003