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Cringemaker

by Walter Becker

from the album 11 Tracks of Whack





INTRO: FIGURE1:

g----------------------------------------------------9--9--10------
d---------------------------------------------------/9--9--10------
a--2-(2)--3--4-------2-(2)-3--4-5-----2-(2)--3--4---/
                                                         repeat
VERSE:figure2:

b--10-10----9--9-----9--9--7--7----6-------*
g---9--9----8--9-----8--8--6--6----5-------
  whatever happened to my college belle?

(i had a lot of trouble with this bit...it could still be wrong)

b--5---5---5---4---4----4----3----3----3------
g--4---4---4---3---3----3----2----2----2-------
 when did she turn into the wife from hell?

(with figure1:)
 hey, little cringemaker what are we coming to
sweet little cringemaker
my little cringemaker what have we done to you
sweet little cringemaker

(with figure2:)
in the beginning we rode high on the hog
down in the kitchen now it's dog eat dog

(with figure1:)
oh little cringemaker up on the second floor
sweet little cringemaker
hey little cringmaker who locked the bedroom door
sweet little cringemaker

figure3:
g---------------------------------
d-----------/4-7-------------------
a-----2-5-5-----3-0---------------
e--/3-------------------------------------3-0-------
                  sweet little cringemaker  whatever happenned to my ha ha, yeah

                     
-------------4-7------------
----------/5--------2-5-3------
------------------3---------
                           sweet little cringemaker

figure4:
d---4--5---4--5---4--5--4--2---4--5--4--5--4--5--4--2-
a---0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-

(with fig2)
and every time i go to make my play
she rolls mighty boulders in my way

(with fig1)
hey little cringemaker its such a bumpy ride
sweet little cringemaker
my little cringemaker thought you were on my side
sweet little cringemaker

(with fig2)
and every time i get to have my say
she just laughs and looks the other way

(with fig1)
oh, little cringemaker this time you hurt my pride
sweet little cringemaker
my little cringemaker were am i gonna hide

repeat figure3

BRIDGE:

  (A7)
d--4----5-------4-------5-----4----5--4--4-
a--0----0-------0-------0-----0----0--0--0-
nobody told us when we started out

  (G7)
d-----2----------3--------2-----3----2-3-3----
a---------------------------------------------
e-----3----------3--------3-----3----3-3-3--
 just what this life is really all about

  (D7)
g----4-------5------4----5----4---5-----4---
d----0-------0------0----0----0---0-----0--
sometimes i wonder,     you do too   if i could

  (C7)
g--2----3------2-----3----
d---------------------------
a--3----3------3-----3-----
     do it all over would i

  (A7)
d-4------5-----4-----5---4--5---4---
a-0------0-----0-----0---0--0---0----
   still do it all over you

b----------------4--4----4--4--------
g----------------5--5----5--5--------
d-----------4-7--4--4----4--4--------
a-----2-5-5------0--0----0--0---------
e--/3-------------------------------

SOLO: over figure 1, 4 times

(with fig2)
she calls me 'daddy' and i just go numb
down in the bottom where the love comes from

(with fig1)
oh little cringemaker what happened on the way
sweet little cringemaker
my little cringemaker to where we are today
sweet little cringemaker

(with fig2)
i try to figure, but im way too dumb
how we got here from where we started from

(with fig1)
oh little cringemaker, i guess we always knew
sweet little cringemaker
my little cringemaker who we would turn into
sweet little cringemaker

repeat figure3 once, then figure 1 until fade

sweet little cringemaker....