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Song title:       The World Is Showing Its Hand
Original Album:	  Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright 2004 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfretsnet)


INTRO:

[play:  | F   Gm   Am   Gm | ]   [x2]


Well

[play:  | F   Gm   Am   Gm | ]


VERSE:
             F                 Gm                 F        Gm
Well, when I first smelled the bus fumes from the   diesel motor
         Am
Well, my two-year-old mind could only applaud such odour
    Gm                      C
The world is showing me its tricks
    Gm                    F   Gm   Am   Gm
The world was showing its hand


VERSE:
        F         Gm                 F          Gm
Then an alley somewhere, smelling of grease and piss
        Am
I was delighted that the world would want to smell like this
    Gm                      C
The world is showing me its tricks
    Gm                    F   Gm   Am   Gm
The world was showing its hand


BRIDGE:
          Dm           Am         Dm            Am
Well, the pond and the odour, the swamp and the sweat
     Gm                    C
Each smell is telling me a secret
               F                Gm                Am
So, give me an alley, give me a valley, give me a Neopolitan night
                                        Gm
Let me smell more of the world and gain more insight
    Gm                      C
The world is showing me its tricks
    Gm                   F   Gm   Am   Gm
The world is showing its hand

Yeah


VERSE:
              F                      Gm             Am
So, give me a mowed lawn, give me an ozone, give me summer rain
                                             Gm        C
Let me smell more of the world, that I might learn something

    Gm                       C
The world was showing me its tricks
    Gm                   F   Gm   Am   Gm
The world is showing its hand


[play:   F   Gm   Am   Gm]   [x2]

[end on F]



CHORDS:
F     133211
Gm    355333
Am    577555
C     335553
Dm    557765

Lyrics

Well

Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world would want to
Smell like this
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Well the pond and the odor
The swamp and the sweat
Each smell is telling me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
Let me smell more of the world
And gain more insight
The world is showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Yeah

So give me a mowed lawn
Give me an ozone
Give me summer rain
Let me smell more of the world
That I might learn something
The world was showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Lyrics

Well when I first smelled the exhaust fumes
From the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world would sometimes want to
Smell like this
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

I smelled the odor
I smelled the sweat
Each smell told me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me the odor
Give me summer rains
Each time I smell the world
I learn something
The world is showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Yeah

So give me a mowed lawn
Give me an ozone
Give me summer rain
The world is showing me its hand
The world was showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

I smelled the odor
I smelled the sweat
Each smell tells me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me the ozone
Give me a Neapolitan night
I smell the world
And yet each time more insight
The world was showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Lyrics

Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From, from the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

And then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that this world would sometimes smell like this
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

The ??? and the odor
Salt and sweat
Each smell tells me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
Let me smell more of the world
And gain more insight
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

The ??? and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell telling me a secret
So give me ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
The summer rain
Let me smell more of the world
And learn new things
The world is showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Lyrics

Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

And then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world would sometimes
Smell like this
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Well the pond and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell is telling me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
And let me smell more of the world
And gain more insight
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Yeah

So give me ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
Give me summer rain
Let me smell more of the world
And learn something
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

???

Lyrics

[When I first smelled the bus fumes I was about two years old we were in the back seat
My parents were up there and my father was driving
Me and my younger brother were in the back seat
My mother said, isn't that a terrible smell?
But I was thinking no I was about two years old, I liked that diesel smell of the bus, I just about liked almost anything to do with the city
I just liked anything to do with people and motion and transportation and stuff
It smelt great to me]

When I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

And then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that this world would want to
Sometimes smell like this
The world is showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Well the pond and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell is telling me a secret
So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
Let me smell more of the world
And gain more insight
The world was showing me its tricks
Well the world was showing its hand

So give me an ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
Give me the summer rain
With every smell of the smell of the world
I always learn a new thing
The world is showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Lyrics

[Don't touch nothing on the sound, everything is fine
To the doorman, to those who are working the door
This woman named Beth couldn't afford a ticket
Well ok
I looked for you and it worked out
What's that fan noise?
the electric kind
Martin, you out there?
can we turn it off?
Yeah, we're all gonna die]

Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor

[Hello everyone, Jonathan Richman here, that's Tommy on the drums, Tommy Larkins]

Yeah
Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From, from the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing me its hand
Yeah yeah yeah

And then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world sometimes
Smell like this
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

The pond and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell is telling me a secret
So

Give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
Let me smell more of the world
And gain more insight
The world is showing me its tricks
The world is showing its hand

Yeah

Lyrics

[Yeah]

[???]

Well when I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor
Well my two year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
Because the world was showing me its tricks
Well the world was tipping its hand

Then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that this world would want to
Smell like this
The world is showing me its tricks
Well, the world was showing its hand

Well the pond and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell was telling me a secret
So

So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Neapolitan night
Let me smell more of this world
And each time I'll gain more insight
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing its hand

Well the pond and the odor
The salt and the sweat
Each smell was telling me another secret
The world was showing its hand

Lyrics

[Ok, well when I]

When I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor

When I first smelled the bus fumes
From the diesel motor
My four year old mind could only applaud
Such odor
Well the world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing me its hand

Then an alley somewhere
Smelling of grease and piss
I was delighted that the world would sometimes
Smell like this
The world was showing me its tricks
The world was showing me its poker hand

So give me ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
Give me the summer rain
With each smell of the world
I always learned a new thing, all right
The world was just dealing its tricks
The world was dealing its poker hand

So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Mediterranean night
With every smell of the world
I gained more insight
The world is showing me its tricks
It's showing its poker hand

So give me ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
Give me the summer rain
With each new smell of the world
I always learned a new thing
The world was just dealing its tricks
The world was dealing its poker hand

So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Mediterranean night
With every smell of the world
I gained more insight, all right
The world is showing me its tricks
It's showing its poker hand [[guessing here, he moves off mic]]

So give me an alley
Give me a valley
Give me a Mediterranean night
With every smell of the world
I gained more insight, well well
The world is showing me its tricks
Revealing its poker hand

[???
Since I was four
???
My mother and father were in the front seat
Me and my younger brother in the back seat
We were driving, they were driving, we were in the back seat
And they were going through the suburbs where we now lived
We passed a diesel bus and my mother said
Isn't that a haunting smell?
And I'm three or four or some age
Thinking Oh My
It smelled horrible
It's the smell of people going places and pizza and rancid oil and the city
And people hanging out on corners,
I like it, but it didn't know how to put it into words at the time
But that was I thinking
And I was thinking, in fact I wished we lived here on this rancid corner
Instead of the sterile suburbs
But I didn't know how to say that either
So what do I want now?
I'll tell you]

So just give me ozone
Give me a mowed lawn
And give me the summer rain
With each new smell of the world
With each new stink of the world
With each new stench of the world
I always learn a new thing
The world shows me that way its tricks
The world that way reveals to me its poker hand