Dropping Anchor by Jimmies Chicken Shack

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:55:44 -0500 
From: Mary Causey  
Subject: j/jimmies_chicken_shack/dropping_anchor.crd

"Dropping Anchor"
by Jimmie's Chicken Shack
off the album: Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
transcribed by the Lizard
submitted by Mary Causey:  mcausey01@sprynet.com

Standard E tuning

intro riff: clean tone with phaser 

---------0------------------------------------
----------0----0-----------0------------------
-----------3--3-3---3--3----3-----------------
------------4----4---4--4----4----------------   repeat 4x
-------------4----4---4--4----4---------------    w/ F# 
-0-2-2-----------------------------------------   played 
                                                  in back
                                                                        ground

riff 1:                                                  
with heavy distortion:
E F# E G C - power chords play 4 times

riff 2;
 lead with chords:

/  // /  // /  //  
E  F# E  F# E  F#    E      -I haven't figured the lead 
                             out yet.


verse 1: with chords above.
 here's the melody that goes with the tune of the words:

-2-----------------------------------
--2----------------------------------
----4-3------------3-3-4-6--3-3-4-6---    * ^= bend
--------4-2-4-4^-4--------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

pre-chorus://///             ////// 
           F#                F#    E    play 4 times
           don't know what.. and I hope...

chorus:  play riff 1

then riff2

verse 2: same as verse 1

pre-chorus

bridge:
/// //  /  //      
B   D   F#    play 4 times
and I will not.... 
//////////////////
G
can't believe though....

chorus

lyrics:
verse 1:we've all been tied to words that we sink
not falling in... not falling in
pre-chorus: don't know what I want to do
and I hope I never do.
don't know what i want from you
and I hope I never do.
chorus: Dropping anchor
verse 2: same as verse 1
pre-chorus:
bridge: and I will not play my hand just yet.
and I will not play my hand just yet.
and I will not... can't believe though I know I said it,
kick myself but I won't regret it.
chorus: