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PORT OF SOULS ' Gun Club
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Tuning: Standard
Port of Souls is one of my favourite 'late era' Gun Club songs. It's pretty
straightforward too! It's easiest to play all the rhythm guitar using a standard e-
major shape barre-chord.
I've lifted the lyrics from Jeffrey-Lee's autobiography 'Go Tell the Mountain'.
Intro:
e|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--0----0----0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-----------------X2---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[A] Run Molly [E]run, [G] your hills are on [E]fire
[A] Why don't yo[E]u go downtow[G]n, and get it on th[E]e wire?
Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#
[A] Now, [E]easy street,[G] can sure get you [E]laid
[A] Doesn't matte[E]r what you've d[G]one, and you [E]get paid
EE, EE E B C#
In the Port of Souls
[A]In the Port of [E]So[B]ul[C#C#]s[B][AAA]
Lead break over chorus:
Rhythm gtr: E E E A A A E E E C# A E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------7'----------------7-----------------7'--------------------------|
D|----7-9---------------7-9---7-7-7-------7-9---------------7----------7--|
A|7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---------------7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---9-7-6------7|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------9----|
[B] [C#A] [E] [B] [A]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7---9-7---------------------------------------------------------|
A|7-7-6-----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------9-----------------------------------------------------------------|
The above fits over these lines:
Too much ocea[EEE]n, too much se[AAA]a
It is no wond[EEE]er that you buried m[C#]e[A][E]
B C# A E B A (Hold 'A' into next verse)
But its alright
[A] Rose Connally[E] [G]don't go in th[E]e field
[A] You might find something [E]underneath,[G] underneath what is [E]real
Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#
[A] Now stop pulling an eyelash, only you that I hav[E]e[G][E]
[A] And it makes me so [E]tired,[G] and this could be the [E]end
Repeat chorus
There's a bunch of feedback and stuff for half a verse, then?
Last half-verse:
[A] Now don't call Joh[E]n Henr[G]y, just kiss him go[E]odbye
[A] It don't matter[E] anywa[G]y, so simply[E] goodbye
Repeat chorus
Second part of chorus repeats several times with different lyrics:
[1]I didn't get lonely dear,
I didn't have a chance to see, but its alright
[2]You don't have to say goodbye
No! no
But its alright
And different lead breaks:
Rhythm gtr: E E E A A A E E E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|b10-10-8------------b10-10-8---8-10-10-10'-b10-10-8--------------7-10-7-|
G|---------9-7-9-9-9-----------9----------------------9-7-9-9-9--9--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[C#] [A] [E] [C#] [A] [E] [B] [A]
e|------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
B|------10-----------10-----10--------------------------------------------|
G|9-8-6----9-9-9-8-6----9-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b bend
Last time round he's just throttling the life out of the b string on the 16th fret
with lots of bend!
There we are then! Enjoy!
Cheers
Jay
