Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies (Brad Roberts, 1991)
Any 2 Beat FP Pattern will work well
A|--------------M- A|---------M------ N.B. These patterns
4 E|-----I---------- or 4 E|-----I--------I- are 1/2 bars
4 C|-T-------------- 4 C|-T--------------
G|---------T------ G|----------------
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
Intro
| [C] [G] | [C] [G] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] Tar- [G] zan | [C] wasn't a [G] ladies man
| [C] He'd just [G] come along and | [C] swoop 'em up un- [G] der his
| [Em] arm like [D] that | [Em] quick as a [D] cat in the | [Am] jungle | [D]
But | [C] Clark [G] Kent, now | [C] there was a [G] real gent
| [C] He would [G] not be caught | [C] sittin' a- [G] round in no
| [Em] jungle- [D] scape | [Em] dumb as an [D] ape doing | [Am] nothing | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the
| [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
| [C] Hey [G] Bob, | [C] Supe had a [G] straight job
| [C] Even [G] though he could have | [C] smashed through any [G] bank in the
U- | [Em] nited [D] States | [Em] he had the [D] strength but he
| [Am] would not | [D]
| [C] Folks [G] said his | [C] family were [G] all dead
| [C] Their planet [G] crumbled but | [C] Superman he [G] forced himself to
| [Em] carry [D] on | [Em] forget Kry- [D] pton and keep | [Am] going | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the
| [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
Bridge
| [Em] Tar- [D] zan was | [Em] king of the [D] jungle and
| [C] lord over all the | [G] apes [D]
| [Em] But [D] he could | [Em] hardly [D] string together
| [C] four wo- [G] rds, | [C] "I Tar- [G] zan, you | [D] Jane" | [D]
| [C] Some- [G] times when | [C] Supe was [G] stopping crimes
| [C] I'll [G] bet that he was | [C] tempted to just [G] quit and turn his
| [Em] back on [D] man | [Em] join Tar- [D] zan in the
| [Am] forest | [D]
| [C] But [G] he | [C] stayed in the [G] city and
| [C] kept on [G] changing clothes in | [C] dirty old [G] phonebooths til his
| [Em] work was [D] through, and | [Em] nothing to [D] do but go
| [Am] on home | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the | [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
| [Em] And sometimes I [C] despair the | [Em] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him | [D↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Nice fingerpicking tune to practice chord changes every 2 beats.
#Last Updated 02-13-18 JJ
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Crash Test Dummies (Brad Roberts, 1991)
Any 2 Beat FP Pattern will work well
A|--------------M- A|---------M------ N.B. These patterns
4 E|-----I---------- or 4 E|-----I--------I- are 1/2 bars
4 C|-T-------------- 4 C|-T--------------
G|---------T------ G|----------------
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
Intro
| [C] [G] | [C] [G] | [D] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] Tar- [G] zan | [C] wasn't a [G] ladies man
| [C] He'd just [G] come along and | [C] swoop 'em up un- [G] der his
| [Em] arm like [D] that | [Em] quick as a [D] cat in the | [Am] jungle | [D]
But | [C] Clark [G] Kent, now | [C] there was a [G] real gent
| [C] He would [G] not be caught | [C] sittin' a- [G] round in no
| [Em] jungle- [D] scape | [Em] dumb as an [D] ape doing | [Am] nothing | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the
| [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
| [C] Hey [G] Bob, | [C] Supe had a [G] straight job
| [C] Even [G] though he could have | [C] smashed through any [G] bank in the
U- | [Em] nited [D] States | [Em] he had the [D] strength but he
| [Am] would not | [D]
| [C] Folks [G] said his | [C] family were [G] all dead
| [C] Their planet [G] crumbled but | [C] Superman he [G] forced himself to
| [Em] carry [D] on | [Em] forget Kry- [D] pton and keep | [Am] going | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the
| [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
Bridge
| [Em] Tar- [D] zan was | [Em] king of the [D] jungle and
| [C] lord over all the | [G] apes [D]
| [Em] But [D] he could | [Em] hardly [D] string together
| [C] four wo- [G] rds, | [C] "I Tar- [G] zan, you | [D] Jane" | [D]
| [C] Some- [G] times when | [C] Supe was [G] stopping crimes
| [C] I'll [G] bet that he was | [C] tempted to just [G] quit and turn his
| [Em] back on [D] man | [Em] join Tar- [D] zan in the
| [Am] forest | [D]
| [C] But [G] he | [C] stayed in the [G] city and
| [C] kept on [G] changing clothes in | [C] dirty old [G] phonebooths til his
| [Em] work was [D] through, and | [Em] nothing to [D] do but go
| [Am] on home | [D]
Chorus
| [C] Superman never | [D] made any money
| [G] saving the world from | [C] Solomon Grundy
| [G] And sometimes I [C] despair the | [G] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him
| [Em] And sometimes I [C] despair the | [Em] world will never [C] see another
| [D] man like | [D] him | [D↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Nice fingerpicking tune to practice chord changes every 2 beats.
#Last Updated 02-13-18 JJ
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