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Hear it at: https://malwebb.bandcamp.com/track/diphthong As a lover of linguistics, I'm intrigued by the logistics Of the oral peril lurking when a word's embarked upon But when twisted vowel and consternance are gone One word gives more grief than all of the remaining lexicon Is it the diphthong in "Goodbye" that makes it difficult? Or do the D and B conspire to trap your tongue? Or is the G right at the start what tends to be the awkward part That catches in your throat before the word has yet begun? On paper its phonetic structure's not atypical And yet the glibbest wits still choke on it each day If not the diphthong in "Goodbye", it makes no sense why We seem to find it such a tricky word to say While "Help" and "Sorry" challenge some One word can leave me dumb Every time I try, like now, to say "Goodbye". İMal Webb 2003 Chords: l Am7 Abm7 l Gm7 F#m7 l F∆ F#o7 l Gm7 C7 l l C#o7 l Dm7 l G7 l C7 B7 C7(pause)l l F∆ C11 l F∆ C#o7 l F∆ F#o7 l Gm7 C7 l l Gm7 C7 l Am7 D7 l G7 l C7(Bb7A7Ab7Gm7) E+7 l l F∆ C11 l F∆ C#o7 l F∆ A+7 l Bb∆ F13 l l Bb∆ Bo7 l F7 E7 Eb7 D7 l Gm7 C7 l* l F∆ C#oC11 l F∆ C#o7 l F∆ C#oC11 l F∆---l *Tag l F∆ F13 ll Bb∆ Bo7 l F7 E7 Eb7 D7 l l Gm7 C7(pause)l l F∆ C#oC11 l F∆ C#o7 l F∆ C#oC11 l l Eb∆ Db∆ B∆ Bb∆ l Ab∆ F#∆ F∆ ll Diphthong (with guitar chords). The six figures are which fret for the strings of a guitar, in order from fattest to thinnest. 0 is open and X means don't play it. Simple! Oh and ∆ means major 7th. Numbers in () can be read as X if it's too tricky. I've written this so it can be strummed, but I play it plucked with just a thumb and 3 fingers, which means the chord shapes can be simplified, i.e. [Am7 575555] would be just [Am7 5X555X] and [C7 X35353] would be [C7 X3535X]. Good luck and whatever you do, have fun, love, Mal As a [Am7 575555]lover of [G#m7 464444]linguistics, I'm [Gm7 353333]intrigued by the [F#m7 242222]logistics Of the [F∆ 1X2230]oral peril lurking when a [Gm7 353333]word's embarked [C7 X35353]upon But when [C#o7 X45353]twisted vowel and consternance are [Dm7 X57565]gone One word [G7 353433]gives more grief than all of the [C7 X35353]remaining [B7 X24242]lexicon[C7 X35353] Is it the [F∆ 1X2230]diphthong in [Bb/C X33333]"Goodbye" that makes it [F∆ 1X2230]difficult? [C#o7 X45353] Or do the [F∆ 1X2230]D and B [F#o7 2X121X]conspire to trap your [Gm7 353333]tongue? [C7 X35353] Or is the [Gm7 353333]G right at the [C7 X35353]start what tends to [Am7 575555]be the [C#7 X46464]awkward [D7 X57575]part That [G7 353433]catches in your throat before the [C7 X35353]word [Bb7 X13131]has [Am7 575555]yet [G#m7 464444]be[Gm7 353333]gun? On [E7#5 0X011X]paper [F∆ 1X2230]its phonetic [Bb/C X33333]structure's not [F∆ 1X2230]atypical [C#o7 X45353] And yet the [F∆ 1X2230]glibbest wits still [A7#5 5X566(5)]choke on it each [Bb∆ 6X7765]day [F13 1X1231] If [E13 0X0120]not [F13 1X1231]the [Bb∆ 6X776(5)]diphthong in "Good[Bo7 7X676(7)]bye", it makes [F9 X87888]no [E9 X76777]sense [Eb9 X65666]why We [D9 X54555]seem to [Gm7 353333]find it such a [C7 X35353]tricky word to say [...into riff...] [Riff][F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Bb∆ XXX335]-[Gm XXX333] [F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Go XXX323]* [F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Bb∆ XXX335]-[Gm XXX333] [F∆ 1X2230] [F13 1X1231]While [E13 0X0120]"Help" [F13 1X1231]and [Bb∆ 6X776(5)]"Sorry" challenge [Bo7 7X676(7)]some One word can [F9 X87888]leave [E9 X76777]me [Eb9 X65666]dumb [D9 X54555]Every [Gm7 353333]time I try, like [C7 X35353]now, to say "Goodbye".[...into riff...] [Riff][F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Bb∆ XXX335]-[Gm XXX333] [F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Go XXX323]* [F∆ 1X2230] [C X3XXXX]-[C# X4XXXX] [Bb∆ XXX335]-[Gm XXX333] [...ending...] [Ending] [Eb∆ X68786] [C#∆ X46564] [B∆ X24342] [Bb∆ X13231] [Ab∆ 4X554(3)] [F#∆ 2X332(1)] [F∆ 1X2230] *slide up to this from the fret below and then slide down. İMal Webb 2007 |