Dar Williams - The Pointless Yet Poignant Crisis Of A Coed

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Author/Artist: Dar Williams
Title: The Pointless, Yet Poignant Crisis Of a Coed
Album: Mortal City
Transcribed by: Cian Clarke (Chords by Ron Greitzer, rongrittz@aol.com )
Email: cian@cablesurf.com

Intro Chords: Dm- G - Am

Intro, adapted for two guitars: 
E|----------------------------------1--3--1-----3---3---1---1--------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------3--3--3-----3---3---0---0------1---1---0---1----1---1---0---1--
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--2--2--2-----0---0---0---0------2---2---2---2---2---2----2---2--
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------0---0---0---0----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--
A|--------------------------------------------2---2---2---2------0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0----
E|--------------------------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------------------------

The above could be continued throughout the song even though there is only one guitar through most of the rest of the song. It does make it more interesting, rather than open chords.

And just so that you have the option of adding in a second guitar into this one, here is the second guitar/backing guitar piece tabbed seperate. Nothing too difficult!
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------------------------------------
D|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------
A|-------------------------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------
E|---------------------------------3---3---3---3------------------------------------------

The rest of the song follows. Please note that the following transcription is not my own.

Tab by: Ron Greitzer, Rongrittz@aol.com .
Intro: (Dm)(G)(Am)
	
I'm not a (Dm)leader,
I'm not a left-wing, rhetoric (G)mobilizing force of (C)one
But there was a (Dm)time way back many years ago, in (G)college, don't
(C)laugh
But I thought I was a (Dm)radical
I ran the Hemp Liberation (G)League with my (Am)boyfriend
It was (Dm)true love, with a common cause
And (G)besides that, he was a (C)Sagittarius (G)(Am)

We used to (Dm)say that our love was like hemp rope
Three (G)times as strong as the rope that you buy (Am)domestically
And we would (Dm)bond in the face of oppression from big (G)business and
(C)the deans
But I know there was a (Dm)problem, every time the group would (G)meet
Everyone would (Am)light up
That made it (Dm)difficult to discuss glaucoma, (G)human rights
Not to mention chemo(C)therapy (G)(Am)

Well (Dm)sometimes, life gives us lessons (G)sent in ridiculous (Am)packaging 
And so I (Dm)found him in the arms of a Student (G)Against the Treacherous Use
of (C)Fur
And he gave no (Dm)apology 
He just turned to me, stoned (G)out to the edge of (Am)oblivion
He didn't (Dm)pull up the sheets, and I think he even (G)smiled as he said to
(C)me:

(Spoken)"Well, I guess our dreams went up in smoke - heh, heh"

And I said "No, our dreams went up . .  in dreams . . .
You stupid pothead."

And (Dm)another thing, 
What kind of a name is (G)Students Against the Treacherous Use of (Am)Fur?
Fur is (Dm)already dead, 
And besides a name like (G)that doesn't make a good (C)acronym (G)(Am)

I am (Dm)older now
I know the rising gradual (G)fall of a daily (Am)victory
And I still (Dm)write to my senators saying they should legalize (G)cannabis
And I should (C)know, 'cause I am a horti(Dm)culturist
I have a husband and two (G)children out in (Am)Berkeley

And my (Dm)ex-boyfriend can't tell me I've sold (G)out
Because he's in a (C)cult
(G)And he's not allowed to (C)talk to me. (G)(C)