Here is a transcription of 'He Said, She Said' by Loudon Wainwright III. (Possibly the USA's most underated singer songwriter?) It is transcribed from a TV performance on 'Loudon & Co' transmitted 13 July 1994 here in the UK.
It was played with a capo at the second fret and using barre chords for the C#m A and B. The A and B chords are played with the E-shape at the 7th and 9th frets. (? due to the capo?). The C#m is played with an A-minor-shape at the 4th fret.
There is only one slight complication which I will try and explain which is marked in the text as 'C riff' because I don't know how else to describe it.
He starts with a normal three fingered C chord but emphasising the 5th string and using a little progression down to the 6th string before the next chord which is the E or B.
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 x x x 3
So for example the sequence is:
3[5] 2[5] 0[5] 3[6] E-chord 3[5] 2[5] 0[5] 3[6] B-chord Please do not talk softly. When carr y ing your stick
Had I known how difficult this was going to be to explain I may never have started :-) Anyway here we go. Hope you like it.
He Said, She Said Loudon Wainwright III ----------------- ---------------------
Capo II
Lets talk about sex. [Monitor? There it is.]
She was trying to get him to talk to her
While they were doing the deed
He said "Baby I'm the strong and the silent type"
She said "That's not what I need" C riff E "Please do not talk softly" she said C riff B "When carrying your stick"
He said "Actions can speak louder"
She said "It don't do the trick"
She was all over him in the A.M.
He said "Baby you don't understand
Just about once a night I'm alright
But I'm not much of a morning man. C riff E I'm not quite awake yet C riff B I could use a cup"
She said "How about a loving spoonful darling?
That might get you up"
[Guitar Break] C riff E C riff B (D
The other night she was biting him
While they were doing it in the dark
He said "What are you somekind of vampire baby?"
She said "I just love to leave my mark C riff E Maybe it's a tendency" C riff B "I hope it's just a phase"
You can't be too careful people
With these diseases these days.
She was trying to get him to spank her
She said "It feels so fine"
He said "I'm not that kind of man baby
That's where I draw the line" C riff E Then she said "You can draw the line there C riff B You can draw a circle, draw a square.
I don't mind a parallelogram.
Just put your pencil there!
I don't mind a rhomboid
Just put your pencil there!"
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