Frank Black and the Catholics Song: The Shrimp Song Album: currently unreleased Tabbed by: Derek (ProverbialCereal) (tabbed from live version) [VERSE] D A I saw three shrimps in the water D And two were old and grey D G So I swam a little closer D A D* And I heard the third one say [CHORUS] D G Goodbye mommy shrimp D A Papa shake my hand D G Here comes the shrimp boat D A D To take me to Lousian' [VERSE 2] D A He showed his mama and his papa D the shrimp newspaper he read G Then there the advertisement D A D To all the young shrimp said: D G Free ride New Orleans D A Stay in grande hotel D G Meet a Creole gal D A D Dsus D To help you out of your shell [SOLO] play thru VERSE and then CHORUS [VERSE 3] - same chords His poor mama and his poor papa They haven't heard from him yet Last time they seen his smiling face Is when he jumped into the net [CHORUS] D G Goodbye mommy shrimp D A Papa shake my hand D G Here comes the shrimp boat, lord D A D To take me to Louisiana *Little ditty on some of these D chords: E--2--2-2-3-2--2--- B--3--3-3-3-3--3--- G--2--0-0-0-0--2--- D--0--0-0-0-0--0--- A------------------ E------------------ (the A actually sounds better if you play it as A7) I tabbed this from a live full-band version, which is a different arrangement than the MP3 you can download at the link below. Guess I'll have to tab that one, now that I've heard it... basically it's Dm, A7, and Gm http://camac.dcu.ie/~donal/glen_frank/