Gun Club: "For The Love Of Ivy" (from the "Fire Of Love" album)



intro:  12 times E (first 4 times guitar only)

        then play single notes on the 4th (D) string, going down with half note steps
 	from B at 9th fret to E at 2nd fret, continue picking E note during the verse
	vocals

                                      E G E A E
You look just like an Elvis from hell
                                        E G E A E
my heart is broken, so I'm gong to hell
                              E G E A E
bury me way down deep in hell
                                              E G E A
I'm a steel drivin' man, I want to go to hell


                     E  A7   E  A7
        Then go tell Ivy, oh-oh
                        E  A7      E  A7
        for the love of Ivy, yeah-yeah
                     E  A7   E  A7
        I did it for Ivy, oh-oh
                     E  A7  E  A7 E
        you're the one


Gonna buy me a graveyard of my own
kill everyone who ever done me wrong
gonna buy me a gun just as long as my arm
kill everyone who ever done me harm


        Then go tell Ivy, oh-oh
        for the love of Ivy, yeah-yeah
        I did it for Ivy, oh-oh
        you're the one


(during vocals of 3rd verse drums only)

Well, jawbone eat and jawbone talk
jawbone eat you with a knife and fork
I was hunting for niggers down in the dark
but out of a sudden I had a better thought


        Let's go hunt Ivy, oh-oh
        let's go get Ivy, yeah-yeah
        for the love of Ivy, oh-oh
        you're the one

        (starting during the last line of the chorus the music turns into an extended 
	atonal noise while the vocals continue with endless phrases about Ivy)

        I did it for Ivy
        I did it for Ivy
        I did it for Ivy
        I did it for Ivy
        Ivy
        Ivy.....
 
        (guitar fades out by going down with half note steps from note B to E as at the
	beginning, during closing line drums only)

        Ivy
        Ivy
        I want you, Ivy
        I want you, Ivy
        I need you, Ivy
        I need you, Ivy
        come to me, Ivy
        come to me, Ivy
	I need you, Ivy
        Ivy
        Ivy...

                                      E     G
I was all dressed up like Elvis from hell, hell!

Lyrics and guitar tabs