Etiquette (zack26)


from Continued Story

The guitar is tuned a bit low on this song (or the tape speed is off)  Try a capo on the first fret.  The fret numbers for chords are all counted from the capo.

I believe Bill Anderson is the guitarist on this tune (at least that’s what my Homestead CD says) – from a band called Hand of Glory.  Anyone know anything about him or his band?


Try these voicings
C     X-3-2-0-1-0
Ab7   4-6-5-6-4-4
A7    5-7-5-6-8-5
D7    X-5-7-7-7-8
G7    3-5-3-6-3-3
Gaug  X-10-9-8-8-X   in the bridge use X-10-9-8-8-8
F     1-3-3-2-1-1
Fm    1-3-3-1-1-1
C7    X-3-2-3-1-0

Things that sound cool:
A quick switch to D6 (X-5-7-7-7-7) after the D7 (pinky moves)
A quick switch to G7#9 (3-5-3-4-6-6) after the G7 (more pinky)
Slide up to the A augmented chord.

Etiquette
C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    Gaug  (one chord per bar)

Never noticed her
Why I noticed her so much
I made myself ridiculous

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    D7  (one chord per bar)

Never noticed her   
But I made the blunder 
Of trying to attract her attention instead of giving it 

Bridge:
F     Fm     C    C7    F     Fm     G7     Gaug

When I said hello
I had talked right past her
When she looked at me
I had glanced shyly to one side

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    Gaug  (one chord per bar)

I had been so self-conscious,
I acted self-conscious
Notice others and let them notice by directness
Whoo! Play it Bill! Whoo!
Don’t be scared; don’t be shy.
You’ll never know until you try, buddy
Fred is one of the richest people I have ever met
True, he does not have a hoard of money to give away
He cannot pay handsome salaries
He does not entertain lavishly
Or bestow costly gifts
But he overflows with the gold of sincere friendliness
And gets in return a self-satisfaction

country pick this part using regular chord shapes
C    C7    F    F    C    C    G    G
C    C7    F    F    C    G    C    C

An influence, and a power with people 
That all the money in the mint could not buy
He does not wait to see if people will like him
Fred assumes they do like him
That is one of his secrets
He does not wait for them to say hello or smile first
He takes a friendly lead himself and everyone follows
That is another one of the secrets

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    Gaug  (one chord per bar)

He does not question whether or not
He will like a person
Or wait before deciding to be friendly

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    C7  (one chord per bar)

He takes it for granted
He will like everyone, every person
This is the third secret of friendliness

Bridge:
F     Fm     C    C7    F     Fm     G7     Gaug

He magnifies other’s good points
No matter how inconcoicidental
He overlooks a few annoying qualities
Or major bad points

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C    Gaug  (one chord per bar)

This is the fourth element in contagulous friendliness
Friendliness is very contagious

C    Ab7    C    A7    D7    G7    C   (one chord per bar)

The trouble is that many of us wait
To catch it from someone else instead of
Giving the other fella a chance

Comment from Stress Records (Jeff Tartakov)

Bill was my housemate back in the eighties and he’s the person who first introduced me to Daniel.  At the time he was playing in a band called Poison 13.  For the past few years his main band has been The Meat Purveyors (on Bloodshot Records) but he tends to have several other projects going. He plays in a band called Cat Scientist and I most recently saw him a week ago playing guitar with Jon Langford of Mekons and Waco Brothers fame. Bill has also toured with Neko Case. A nice guy and a very versatile guitarist so he stays busy.

Comment from billybob (Bill Anderson)

(reposted from last year):

   Re: Etiquette
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2005, 07:34:42 PM »    
recording etiquette was pretty amazing and really showed me how talented daniel really was at the time (around ’85).  i had gone over to hang out with him in his tiny dorm room that was filled with records, tapes, comic books, and drawings.  i picked up his nylon string guitar and started playing around and daniel picked up this book–some ’50s self-help-style book that he got out of a dumpster–and started reading out of it.  after about 10 seconds he turned on his jambox and told me to start over.  i didn’t know what the words would be, and he didn’t know exactly what i would play, but he followed me perfectly as he read the words straight out of the book, turning them into a song spontaneously.  you can hear him mispronounce the word “contagious” the first time, then get it right the second time.  at the end of song you can hear me laughing in amazement at how perfectly we ended the song.  the whole process of composing and recording took maybe five minutes.    i’ve been in bands with a lot of talented people, but i’ve never known anyone with such a grasp of melody.  the guy has trunks full of melodies!