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Centerfold by J Geils Band
Centerfold
[The riff]
e|------10-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--/12-----12-10---------------------------10--------10---------|
G|----------------12-12----12-9-12-12--9-12----12-12-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------10------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-----12-10---------------------------10------------------|
G|----------------12-12----12-9-12-12--9-12----12-12------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(During the verses, part of the riff is played an octave lower)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------7----------------OR------7------------------------------|
D|----/9---9--7--5--5----------/9---9--7-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------10--10-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(There are other places to play it on the neck too; do what's most
comfortable.)
(The chords are a simple G, F, C through most of the song)
G (Mute) F C F C
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10-----------------10-----------------|
G|--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10------9---9------10--------9--------|
D|--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10------10--10-----10--------10-------|
A|--10--10--X-X-X-X--8--8----0--10--10-----8---------10-------|
E|------------------------------8---8----------------8--------|
My blood runs cold MY memory has just been sold
(If that proves too daunting (or you have a second guitarist) then
play it as open chords. This particular voicing is what I
believe Mr. Geils (yes, he exists and was the guitarist) to be
playing on the recording.)
[Pre-chorus]
Em Am G D
e|---0-----------------------------------0-----------3---2-------|
B|---0-----------------------------------1-----------0---3-------|
G|---0-----------------------------------2-----------0---2-------|
D|---2-----------------------------------2-----------0---0-------|
A|---2-----------------------------------0-----------2-----------|
E|---0-----------------------------------0-----------3-----------|
(A part of me has just been ripped the pages of my mind are
stripped)
(And that's pretty much all you need to know. No solo, and the
rest is easy if you try it with the song, even that little low
riff after the false ending. Towards the fade out, Peter Wolf
sings a harmony to the main riff on "Na-na", which you can play
on guitar if you choose)
e|/12-10-10-12-10-10--10-10-8-8----8-10-8-8-10--and-repeat------|
B|------------------------------10------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin' about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
It's okay I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take you car, yes we will
We'll take your car and drive it
We'll take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
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version 2
(Used to play this in a band I was in, but we rearranged it a bit - the lead
guitar played the cheesy keyboard parts at the start etc.
[Verse]
G F C F C
Does she walk, does she talk, does she come complete
G F C F C
My home-brew, home-room angel, just pulled me to my feet
G F C F C
She was pure like snowflakes, no one could ever stain
G F C F C
The memory of my angel could never cause me pain
Em Am C D
The years go by I'm looking thru a girly magazine
Em Am C D
And there's my ---- angel on the pages in between
[Chorus]
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
My angel is tha centrefold (angel is the centrefold)
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
Da, da, da etc.... (I'll post this riff next time)
(Hit the chords hard & sharp (listen to the record for the rythym.)
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin' about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
It's okay I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take you car, yes we will
We'll take your car and drive it
We'll take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
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version 3
[Intro]
(Played on an organ on the original)
(This is played through twice and then the other instruments come in and it is played twice again.)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---7---------------------------------------|
D|-9---9-7-------------------------7-------7-|
A|---------10-10---10-7-10-10-7-10---10-10---|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[Main Riff]
(The main riff consists of the chords G F C F in that order. To get the actual pattern of the strums
have to listen to the original)
F G C
e|-1- -3- -3-|
B|-1- -3- -4-|
G|-2- -4- -4-|
D|-3- -5- -4-|
A|-3- -5- -3-|
E|-1- -3- -x-|
[Riff 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
(The pre-chorus follows each verse as a continuation ie there's no gap in between the verse and pre-chorus.
I think this is on the lightly distorted guitar and has a vibrato to it, wobble the headstock if you don't
a tremelo for the first E note. Repeat it twice for each pre-chorus)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--5-------------------------------|
E|--0----------5---------------------------------------------|
[Riff 2]
(Just before the last line of each chorus)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9---9-7--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------10-10--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff 3]
(The following four sections come during the third verse, about 2 minutes into the song, again
have to listen to the song to figure out where but they are played once each in the order I've shown.)
e|-------------|-----------------|---------|-------10--------|
B|-------------|--------------8--|---8-10^-|-11-11^---8------|
G|-------------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
D|--8----------|---10-8----------|---------|-----------------|
A|----10-8-10--|--------10-10----|---------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin' about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
It's okay I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take you car, yes we will
We'll take your car and drive it
We'll take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
| / Slide up
| x Dead note
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version 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
.:INTRO:.
|-----10-------------------------------------|
|(10)-12----12-10--------------------10------| only play the first note
|-------------12-12-9-12-12-9-12----12-12----| second time round
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
.:Verse/Chorus:.
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------1-1-----------------|
|--------------------5-5-0-0-----------------|
|-5-5--x-x-x-x--3-3--5-5-5-5-----------------|
|-5-5--x-x-x-x--3-3--3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-3-3--x-x-x-x--1-1--------------------------|
.:BRIDGE:.
|-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--2---0-0-0-0--0-0--2--2----|
|-0-0-0-0--3-3--1--3---0-0-0-0--3-3--1--3----|
|-1-1-1-1--3-3--0--2---1-1-1-1--3-3--0--2----|
|-2-2-2-2--3-3--2--0---2-2-2-2--3-3--0--0----|
|-2-2-2-2--0-0--3------2-2-2-2--0-0--2-------|
|------------------------------------3-------|
Intro x2
Verse x6
Bridge x2
Chorus/Verse x10
Bridge x2
Chorus/Verse x14
Bridge x2
Chorus/Verse x14
Intro x1
break
Chorus/Verse xtill end
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin' about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
It's okay I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take you car, yes we will
We'll take your car and drive it
We'll take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
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version 5
Intro
e|--7-10-7-5—3-3---3-0-0-3-5-3-3-5--------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then
e|--7-10-7-5—3-3---3-0-0-3-5-3------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin' about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
It's okay I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take you car, yes we will
We'll take your car and drive it
We'll take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
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version 6
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
| G F | C F C | x2
[Verse 1]
G F C F C
Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete?
G F C F C
My homeroom homeroom angel always pulled me from my seat
G F C F C
She was pure like snowflakes, no one could ever stain
G F C F C
The memory of my angel could never cause me pain
[Pre-chorus 1]
Em Am C D
Years go by, I'm lookin' through a girly magazine
Em Am C D
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
[Chorus]
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
My angel is the centerfold, angel is the centerfold
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
Angel is the centerfold
[Verse 2]
G F C F C
Slipped me notes under the desk while I was thinkin' about her dress
G F C F C
I was shy, I turned away before she caught my eye
G F C F C
I was shakin' in my shoes whenever she flashed those baby-blues
G F C F C
Something had a hold on me when angel passed close by
[Pre-chorus 2]
Em Am C D
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters, too magical to touch
Em Am C D
To see her in that negligee is really just too much
[Chorus]
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
My angel is the centerfold, angel is the centerfold
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
Angel is the centerfold
G F C F C
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na na
G F C F C
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na na
G F C F C
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na na
G F C F C
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na
[Verse 3]
G F C F C
It's okay I understand, this ain't no never-never land
G F C F C
I hope that when this issue's gone I'll see you when your clothes are on
G F C F C
Take your car, yes we will, we'll take your car and drive it
G F C F C
We'll take it to a motel room and take 'em off in private
[Pre-chorus]
Em Am C D
A part of me has just been ripped, the pages from my mind are stripped
Em Am C D
Oh no, I can't deny it, oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it!
[Chorus]
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
My angel is the centerfold, angel is the centerfold
G F C F C
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
G F C F C
My angel is the centerfold
G F C F G
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na na
Alright, alright, 1 2 3 4
G F C F C
Na na, na na na na, na na na na nana na na na na .......
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold, angel is the centerfold
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