Chinaski

[East Coast Hustle]

OK, so I haven't written any songs that are worth a shit since I moved to Maine 2 and a half years ago, until last night. so I figured since I make fun of everyone else's attempts at lyric/poetry/etc, it's only fair to give you something to make fun of me about. it's called "Chinaski"

I wanna be like Henry Chinaski
I wanna be drunk every waking moment
I wanna lose all my money on the horses
I wanna get sick when I see your face

I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
Hate!

I wanna be like Charles Bukowski
I wanna write about all the things that drive me
To love, to drink, to rape, to put you in your place
To learn to keep all the poison inside me

I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
Hate!

Six years gone without a trace!
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!!
Now I,Äôm left with something bitter!
Hate you, hate you, hate you, hate you!!
A sickness becomes commonplace!
Ignored, ignored, ignored, ignorant!!
See through you to what you fiend for!
Twisting, twisting, twisting, twisted!!!


I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
I,Äôm in debt to you! (the fuel for my fire is hate)
Hate!


Now I,Äôm trashed but you,Äôre just trash!!!
Now I'm trashed but you're just trash!!!
Now I,Äôm trashed but you,Äôre just trash!!!
Now I'm trashed but you're just trash!!!

[LMNO]

What's the chord progression?

I figure it's an uptempo piece.

I can attempt to send you some backing tracks if i can get my ProTools rig to stop crashing on me...

[East Coast Hustle]

uptempo would be an understatement. it's fast as all fuck.

I wanna be like Henry Chinaski
E____________F#____D______A____C#


I'm in debt to you (the fuel for my fire is hate)
F# /F#/F#/F#/F#_D______E

F# in chorus is on the lower octave for guitar, in versi it's on the higher (2nd fret E string vs. 9th fret A string)

other various fills are in there too, I don't feel like tabbing them out ATM.



edit: strumming pattern is standard punk 8ths for the verse, for the chorus there is a stutter-step stop between each F# hit, then back to 8ths for the D and E.

[LMNO]

Are we talking Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" fast, or Bad Brains' "Sailin' On" fast?

[East Coast Hustle]

well, OK, more like ST "Subliminally" fast....I can do Bad brains, but not if you want the lyrics to be intelligible.

[hooplala]

The chord progression doesn't mean much to me, but I like the lyrics . . .

[LMNO]

I'll see what I can do...

[East Coast Hustle]

that'd be fuckin' sweet, dude.

thanks.

[agent compassion]

Who's Henry Chinaski?

[LMNO]

http://www.litkicks.com/Buk/chinaski.html

[LMNO]

Oh, I wanted to ask:  do you play bass or guitar, 'cuz I can put one or the other on, so you can do your thing.  or do you just want drums?

[agent compassion]

:arrow: never read bukowski

[LMNO]

Don't mind me.  I had the pic, just wanted to use it.

[East Coast Hustle]

I play the guitar.

well, I play all sorts of things, I'm talented like that, but for the purposes of this sort of thing, the guitar. I'd do the bass track myself too, but my bass is now a permanent part of the stage floor of Jimmy Z's in Everett, WA.

oh, and AC? you NEED to go read you some Bukowski. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

[LMNO]

Ok, I'll just lay down some root motion, maybe throw in a couple extra things.  Hope it'll come out ok.