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Dead Man's Curve

by Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, Blink 182 · posted by WaltP

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Half-step bend
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Tab
DEAD MAN’S CURVE
By: Jan Berry, Roger Christian,
Brian Wilson, Art Kornfield
Jan And Dean, The Beachboys, Blink 182
Key: G

3 -1 3 -1 3 -1 3 -3* 3 -1 3 -1 3 -1 3

3  3   -4   -4  -4 -4  -5    3   -5  -5 6 -5
I was cruis-in\' in my Sting-ray late one night 
 3   3  4 -54  -3 3 -3* -3*-3   3
When an X-K-E pulled up on my right 
3    -4     4   4  -5  -5
He rolled down the win-dow 
4  -4   -5 -5  6  -5
of his shin-y new Jag 
 -3    -3   -4  -3  -3    4   4 -4  -3
Chal-lenged me then and there to a drag 
3  -4       -4  -4  -5  -5
I said, \"you\'re on, bud-dy, 
3   -5    -5   6    -5
my mill\'s run-nin\' fine 
  3    5    5  -5    5      
Let\'s come off the line, 
-3   3  -3* -3* -3   3
now, at Sun-set and Vine 
 3    3  -4 -4   4  -5  -5
But I\'ll go you one bet-ter 
-4 -4  -5   6   -5  
if you got the nerve 
 -4    -3  -3  -4  -3
Let\'s race all the way 
-1  -1   -1    -4
To Dead Man\'s Curve\" 

Chorus: 
 -4   -4    -4     -4  -4  -4   -4  -4
Dead Man\'s Curve, it\'s no place to play 
7 -8 -9
Ooh 
 -4   -4    -4    -4   -4   -4 -4 -4 
Dead Man\'s Curve, you must keep a-way
7 -8 -9 10
Ooh 
 4     4     4    4  4    4   4   4
Dead Man\'s Curve, I can hear \'em say:
7 8 -10*
Ooh 
  -5    -5   -5*  6     5    5    -5
\"Won\'t come back from Dead Man\'s Curve\"

-1 -1 -1* -1* 1 1 -1 

The street was deserted late Friday night 
We were buggin\' each other 
while we sat out the light 
We both popped the clutch 
when the light turned green 
You shoulda heard the whine 
from my screamin\' machine 
I flew past LaBrea, Schwab\'s, 
and Crescent Heights 
And all the Jag could see were my six tailights 
He passed me at Doheny then I started to swerve 
But I pulled her out and there we were 
At Dead Man\'s Curve 

Partial chorus: 

Dead Man\'s Curve, it\'s no place to play 
Dead Man\'s Curve 

Dramatic interlude: 

Well - the last thing I remember, 
Doc, I started to swerve 
And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve 
I know I\'ll never forget that horrible sight 
I guess I found out for myself 
that everyone was right 

\"Won\'t come back from Dead Man\'s Curve\" 

[repeat chorus to fade
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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