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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
Subject: Zevon.Warren/Lawyers.Guns.and.Money.crd
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Warren Zevon
Main Riff
D D D A
D D D A
A D D E A E (these are faster and have only 2 notes in the chord)
D A E
I went home with a waitress
D A A D D E A E
The way I always do
D A E
How was I to know?
D A A D D E A E
She was with the Russians too
Main Riff
I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money
And get me out of this
D E A E A
IUm the innocent bystander
D E A E A
But somehow I got stuck
D E A E A
Between a rock and a hard place
(main riff)
And IUm down on my luck
Yes, IUm down on my luck
Yes, IUm down on my luck
Send lawyers, guns and money
Send lawyers, guns and money
Send lawyers, guns and money
Send lawyers, guns and money
Transcribed by Phil Saunders (phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu)
Corrections (or solo transcriptions) welcome.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Brett Professional |
#1 by Brett Czap at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:09 PM EST |
| hearing the real story behind this song is great, but i think there is some global truth in this song. i don't exactly see a diplomat in this song as the commenter above did. it sounded like a twenty something american in cuba, living it up and representing the typical boarish american stereotype, not to mention WZ's typical understanding of a rock and roll lifestyle. his assertion that lawyers guns and money (the staples of american living) and his father will get him out of trouble is a sardonic but probably astute observation. when i hear this song i think of that american kid who got nailed spray painting cars in china and got caned for it, as america looked on, helpless and enraged. no matter the crime, american politics will never willingly let a citizen be punished for a crime in a foreign country. | |
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John Wanna Be |
#2 by John Agopian at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:46 PM EST |
| I heard Warren talking about this song on TV a while back and the story of how he came to write this song goes someting like this. Warren was in Cuba with his manager and they were being driven somwhere in a taxi. The driver says, I gotta make a quick stop. He pulls into a house and a few minutes later comes running out with his sister, who had apparently been kidnapped. They jump in the taxi and take off while being chased by the kidnappers. Warren turns to his manager and say's 'call my dad and tell him to send some lawyers'. and his manager says 'yeah, and some guns and some money." that's warrens explaination | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#3 by Jon Shuffler at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:53 PM EST |
| Warren had said that this song was, essentialy, his take on typical American foreign policy in developing nations. It does kinda sum it all up doesn't it? | |
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DemolitionLover Wanna Be |
#4 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 7, 2007 at 9:59 PM EST |
| Lawyers, Guns, and Money. They'll get me out of this. Haha, isn't that how everyone feels these days? You can get away with murder as long as long as you've got a good lawyer. Warren is so sardonic and hilarious. I love him, it's too bad he didn't get more credit for being a ballsier Bruce Springsteen. | |
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can Wanna Be |
#5 by can sahin at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:09 PM EST |
| Lawyers, Guns, and Money. They'll get me out of this. Haha, isn't that how everyone feels these days? You can get away with murder as long as long as you've got a good lawyer. Warren is so sardonic and hilarious. I love him, it's too bad he didn't get more credit for being a ballsier Bruce Springsteen. | |
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Ben Wanna Be |
#6 by Ben Koss at Oct 11, 2007 at 10:54 AM EST |
| only 1 comment? this is a classic song | |
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Joan Average |
#7 by Joan Rius at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:28 PM EST |
| Lawyers, guns, and money... What else do you need in American society? (Maybe sex, but that's what the waitress that he went home with is all about). I think this song boils down American society to all that is deemed to be important, at least by 90% of the morons that comprise it. As long as you have those 3 things, do whatever you want! You deserve it, it's your birth right, you're American damnit. The hell with the rest of 'em. | |
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adrian Average |
#8 by adrian zamora at Oct 19, 2007 at 6:46 AM EST |
| The Honduras part was actually lived out before this song. The short story writer O. Henry did the same thing. He embezzled some money and went to Honduras to escape. He later returned to be with his dying wife and served time. Also, I have always heard the story of this song as Warren adding the "and guns, and money!" part, not his manager. His biography, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, says the same thing as well. | |
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John Lead Player |
#9 by John Fitch at Oct 20, 2007 at 6:19 AM EST |
| The lyrics are self-explanatory, an American diplomat who gets set-up and blackmailed by the Russians while gambling and whoring overseas. The last verse is great, it actually starts:- "I'm hiding in Honbduras....." In Australia life imitated art when in the late 1990's Robert "Dolly" Dunn, a notorious pedophile, on the run from the law was caught hiding in Honduras. I immediately thought of this song when I heard the (good) news. And what a great guitar riff! | |
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jordan Average |
#10 by jordan mcm at Oct 20, 2007 at 12:43 PM EST |
| Descendent, I think Warren was nowhere right-wing enough to believe that, but your gripes are noted :P | |
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tim Average |
#11 by tim martin at Oct 21, 2007 at 8:01 AM EST |
| That's an interesting conclusion, that it's about a diplomat. Where'd you get that? I was thinking more like some rich kid who gets to slack off and have fun, but gets in over his head and has to call Dad for help. Sounds about right, though. I guess it's a personal sort of "Sierra Hotel Tango Foxtrot" (SHTF), whereas should such impact happen on the national level, the lawyers will probably be rounded up and executed, and the money won't be worth anything. Why Honduras? Extradition laws or lack thereof? Or cigars that supposedly equal (overrated?) Cubans? | |
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