Frankel's Lament

	  		Transcribed by Rob 
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This would have to be one of my favourites off the album. 
 
 
 
 
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Riff: 
  Em             C              F 
e|-------------------------------------|| 
B|-------------------------------------|| 
G|------------------------------------*|| 
D|-----0^2---2-------2-----2^0--------*|| 
A|-------------2-3-3---3-3-----3-------|| 
E|-0-0-----0---------------------1-0---||
 
 
 
Play Riff over and over 
 
 
Okay, let's just set the scene in a hospital.   
Mip... mip... mip...   
Frankel the mouse is there, on the bed.   
Mip... mip... mip...   
 
 
Riff       
I've forgotten everything,   
Riff 
In my little mouse-sized bin.   
Riff 
In a county hospital,   
Riff (to C)                  C 
With a tiny bandage round my head.   
                  D             C 
You've just got a broken ankle,   
         F              Riff 
Snap out of it, Frankel.   
Riff 
Images are coming back to me,   
Riff 
When I close my eyes I see.   
Riff 
How I got my injury,   
Riff(to C)                 C 
Cause I attempted beastiality.   
                   D                  C 
Frankel, it's your past you're seeing,   
                 F               Em 
You tried making love to a human being.   
 
 
E                  A                     B 
  Frankie, all the things you could have been,   
                A           E 
That it's now impossible to be.   
                 A            B 
Now you'll never realise your dream,   
              A               B     A  B     Am 
To be a world champion at frisbee________________.   
 
 
Riff       
Gatesy:  (Playing air guitar) Ne-ne-ne-ne-nl, ne-ne-ne-ne-nl...   
   Ne-ne-ne-ne-nl, neoww...   
   Nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl... two handed... nl-nl-nl-nl-nl...   
   Nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl... there's usually a really self-indulgent Kirk Hammet solo...   
   Nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl-nl...   
       
Scod:  Yeah, but there's usually an instrument!   
Gatesy:  That's true, there is.   
       
Riff 
Now I'm back in walking therapy,   
Riff 
And they're saying, "Bend your knee, Katie, bend your knee".   
Riff 
But my name is not Katie,   
Riff 
And I'll never throw a fuckin' frisbee.   
C               D                 
Luke Skywalker, look at him,   
C                 F                   Em 
He saved the galaxy with a prosthetic limb.   
E                A                     B 
Frankie, all the things you could have been,   
                A           E 
That it's now impossible to be.   
                 A            B 
Now you'll never realise your dream,   
              A               B     A  B     Am 
To be a world champion at frisbee________________.   
F#         F#/F      D#m       
  Memories flying at me,   
             E(ii)                   F# 
Like plastic sperm on a really weird keyring.   
F#        F#/F     D#m 
  It's my future I see,   
         E(ii)           F#      E 
A lonely life of writing parking fines,   
    F#      E 
But life is fine.   
       
E                     A                  B 
But Frankel, you're a mouse, don't be silly,   
                   A                           E 
Even with all four limbs you couldn't play frisbee.   
                      A                 B 
But Frankel, you will always have your dreams,   
                  A             B     A  B     A  B     Am    E   A   B   E 
Cause anything is possible, you see_________...   
       
 
 
Scod: It's just bullshit!   
      Just insert happy ending here!   
       
       
Gatesy:  Thanks so much for coming! Let's have a drink...