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Sales Figure

from LIFE IN STEREO by House of Brunettes

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Dedicated to my good friend (for a little while) Tom Donofrio. He really did sound like Mel Torme.

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SALES FIGURE

(G-C roll on strings 5-6)
I lost my old job F-F!
(G-C bit)
Thank fucking god F-F!

G-C
But it Started a tailspin F-F!
G-C
I ain’t yet recovered from
C-F G
And now I sing for my supper
F G
Haven’t even told my mother
F G
That I’ve become just another
Am C G
Sales.... figure.......

F –F! / G-C / F –F! (instrumental measure)

G-C
The don’t call it cold F-F!
G
...calling for nothing F-F!
G-C
If you’re out of the office F-F!
G-C
I’m still in your in-box
C-F G
And how I sing for my supper
F G
Shaming my dutiful brother
F G
He’s shaking hands with Colin Powell
Am C G
And I am just a sales....figure

(bridge)

C
One of the men I met on this ride
G
Old neighborhood Tom
F
Stands about four-nine
G
I love the guy

F
One night in Orlando, we sang the blues
G
to nobody
C
Drunk like a dog
F
I closed my eyes
G
He was Mel Torme

E F
Mamas -- don’t let your babies go outside at all

G F
Or the worst could befall them
G F C
Hit on, by a sales....man

F-F! G-C

G-C
My masters degree F-F!
G-C
In my own poetry F-F!
G-C
Aint getting it done for me

C-F G
So I remain a sales figure

E C
Until my work is done

credits

from LIFE IN STEREO, released December 2, 2013
Steve Lindstrom: Gtr, Vox
Mike Ritt: Bass, Drums, BVox,
Rob Novak: Gtr, Lead Gtr

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