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  1. Novocaine

From the recording Amateur Blonde (2012)

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"As for the song's recording, I was thinking a lot about Franky Laine's song, 'Jezebel', when laying down the vocal harmonies. This is a song for Aaron Balkan." LIC RYNO

Ryan OToole - acoustic guitar, voices
John Lang - electric bass
Jeff Gretz - drums

Lyrics

Novocaine (capo on G#) by Ryan O'Toole [Amateur Blonde]

(I transposed from guitar to the piano and they are a little weird)

Intro:
G#G#5G#6 G#5 + G#5
G# (bass constant bowing undertone)
Late at night
E (flat5)
The Trauma Light
F flat5 E (flat5)
And there’s no sleeping
G#5 B
Whose gonna pay for this?
G#5 B
Whose gonna pay for,
G# (enter remaining strings)
Twenty-two
G#5
Out of ten
G#6 G#5
The pain is seething
G#5 B
It’s unbelievable.
G#5 B
They’re unbelievable,
C#
The less they know,
C#m
the more they say,
B
and what they mean,
A/F#m (G# A B
A G#
x 2)
gets locked away____(harmony ala Frankie Laine ‘Jezebel’)______.
B6 F#m G#
And you didn’t plan for this.
B6 F#m G#
And you couldn’t plan for this.
G#5 B
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
G#5 B
B G#5 B

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
G# E flat5
Throw the shoe away
F flat5 E flat5
and trade it in for Novocaine
G#5 B
So not to speak the words
G#5 B
The words of mercy
C#
If you cried out,
C#m
If you give in,
B
There’d be nothing left
F#m (G# A B A G# x 2)
to believe in____(harmony ala Frankie Laine ‘Jezebel’)___.
B6 F#m G#
And you didn’t plan for this
B6 F#m G#
And you couldn’t plan for this
E F# G#
And you didn’t plan for this
E F# G#
And you couldn’t plan for this
G#5 B
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
G#5 B
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
B F (flat5) E (flat5) C#7 G# (End whole note)
Mmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

'NO WORRIES' STATS!

Since March 25th 2021, 'No Worries' has become our all time, most popular song.
It was featured in AMC's The Walking Dead S10xE21 (at the end).
Not bad for the 'little b-side that could'! 
For those of you who are curious, here are the naked statistics on 'No Worries as of: APRIL 12, 2022:

YouTube 'Lyric Video' views = 100,000!! 

Spotify & Apple Music Streams = 626,711 

LINKtr.ee 🌲

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