SPRING FORWARD FALL BACK
words and music by Matthew Kahler
from "My Own Medicine" (Dreamcatcher Records)
(c)1994 Dreamcatcher Records

capo 3, tune low E down to D

INTRO AND ENDING RIFF:

e-------------------------------------------.
B---------2-|-------0-|-------0-|-------0---| REPEAT UNTIL
G-------2---|-----0---|-----2---|-----1-----|  KEY CHANGE
D-----2-----|---2-----|---0-----|---0-------|
A---0-------|-1-------|-2-------|-----------|
D---------------------------------2---------'

Well, a child picks up a stick because a stick turns him on
Then he smiles as he clings it brings it back and swings it forth
Then a cold gust of wind blows into the South from the Yankee North
Now, he's perforated and he's insulated nothin' but a self-medicated man
He stands at a table with places to spare
A cigarette's lit as he chooses his chair
And he counsels invisible cheaters to beware
But nobody's there it's another lonely night in solitaire, remember me

(KEY CHANGE)

e-------||----2--------||
B-------||*---3-------*|| REPEAT ONCE
G-------||----2--------||
D-------||-------------||
A-------||*-----------*||
E---3-2-||--1-----3-2--||

VERSE/CHORUS RIFF:

e---x--x-------|-x--x-------|---|-2-. x = bar these chords but mute strings
B---x--x--m--m-|-x--x--m--m-|-1-|-3-|     marked with an "x"
G---x--x--u--u-|-x--x--u--u-|---|-2-|
D---5--5--t--t-|-3--3--t--t-|-2-|---| on "honesty ... lack" play C but lift
A---5--5--e--e-|-3--3--e--e-|-3-|---| finger off of the A string
D---5--5-------|-3--3-------|---|---'

My corporate dedication left me just a maniac
And I paid off the second mortgage and then I sufferred a heart attack
Well, I fought in that invasion and I flew home in a sack
The honesty I had is what I lack - Spring forward, fall...
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back

Well, I've been fudging all the numbers but I cannot stay ahead
I've been buying solid futures with a conscience long gone dead
I used to be in the black but every thing is bloody red
The honesty I had is what I lack - Spring forward, fall...
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back

NEXT 3 LINES ONLY:

e--||----|-2--||
B--||*-1-|-3-*|| REPEAT TWICE
G--||----|-2--||
D--||--2-|----||
A--||*---|---*||
D--||----|----||

Down the street there is a college
Where all the younger people go
Receiving higher education

BACK TO VERSE/CHORUS RIFF:

Achieving things that Matthew Kahler, Jr. the third
May never know - well maybe so - Spring forward, fall...
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back

I don't need no committee to tell me what's right
Don't need no key to the city to find a place to sleep tonight
Just lower the light - Oh tonight
Lower the light you got shinin' on me
Spring forward, fall back, baby said
Spring forward, fall back, yeah, yeah
Spring forward, fall back
Spring forward, fall back

(KEY CHANGE)

BACK TO INTRO/END RIFF:

Well, I took a little walk today
Saw a cat black and white
And he was starvin' in the belly
And his hind legs was thin
I said, "Cat you look like
Tuesday's newspaper to me"
And I said, "Here's a can of tuna
and I'll even open it for you
because I know your teeth are sharp
but they wo't cut through metal
that's a man made thing"
Well, the cat gobbled down
every bite of the fish
I gave him a cup of water
He said "I don't prefer the dish"
I said "I'll trade it for a
gold plated bowl because can't you see
that I love K-I-T-T-I-E"
He said, "Meow, how did ou know
that I needed you tonight, today,
every single hour
I've been all around your neighborhood
and everybody said you gotta whole bunch
of good people living in your house
why don't you let someone. like me
sleep there tonight"

Try to be happy
Try not to let it all get you down
Said cry if you have to Matthew
Why don't you punch that pain around
I said, punch it, kick it,
and slap that pain around

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Transcribed by Stacie
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