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"No, I Can't"
Transmissions to Horace/Bitter Melon Farm

Transcribed by Jon A.

Tune down approximately 1/2 step. (The version on "Songs for Peter Hughes" is in standard tuning.)

Chords:
Em7     - 022030
Em13    - 022020
Em(b13) - 022010
Em      - 022000
G       - 320033
D       - xx0232
C       - x32010

Em7            
   You bought me 
Em13
   Some candy
Em(b13)
   And you bought me 
Em
   Some flowers
Em7
   And you bought me 
Em13
   A sofa
Em(b13)
   And you bought me 
Em
   A radio

G
   Thank you 
D
   For the candy
C
   Thank you 
Em
   For the flowers
G
   Thank you 
D
   For the sofa
C
   Thank you 
Em
   For the radio

Em            D
   Now I have everything I need
C             Em
   Now I have everything I need

   You brought me a puppy
   And you brought me a lamp
   And you brought me some books
   And you brought me a filing cabinet

   Thank you for the puppy
   Thank you for the lamp
   Thanks for the books
   Thanks for the filing cabinet
   I don't know what I did without it

   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need

   You came by, and you came in
   And you let the wind in
   It must be cold outside
   We looked out, through the sliding glass door
   But I'd forgotten what we were looking for

   Thank you for coming by
   It's nice to see you once in a while
   Thank you for the coat i forgot to mention
   I've been freezing in here
   I've been freezing in here

   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need
   Now I have everything I need

Alternate version

Em7
you bought me some chocolates.
Em13
and you bought me a rose.
Em(b13)
and you brought me a paper bag.
Em
and you brought me a lamp.

G
thank you for the chocolates.
D
thank you for the rose.
C
thank you for the paperbag.
Em
thank you for the lamp.

Em D C Em
(now i have everything i need.) x4

you brought me a sofa.
and you brought me some books.
and you brought me a filing cabinet.
and you brought me a panasonic dx4500.

thank you for the sofa.
thank you for the books.
thanks for the filing cabinet.
i don't know what i..
i don't know what i.. ever did without it.

(now i have everything i need.) x4

you came by. and you came in.
and you let the wind in.
it must be cold outside.
we stared out, through the sliding glass door.
but i'd forgotten what we were looking for.

thank you for coming by.
it's nice to see you once in a while.
thanks for the coat i forgot to mention.
i've been freezing in here.
i've been freezing in here.

(now i have everything i need.) x4
yeah!