Artist: Damien Rice
Song: The Professor And La Fille Danse
Album: I think this song was released on B-Sides
Tabbed by: Merijn van Aartrijk

Normal EADG tuning


I currently cover this very pretty song along with some other masterpieces of Damien with my band. A new project with two of my friends from The Proximity Effect, www.theproximityeffectdelft.tk (Dutch) for those who are interested.

Damien plays it with a capo at the 3rd fret, I don't use one on the bass. I'll tab one for the guitarists some other time.

This song works very well with bass and drums, take a look at www.fabchannel.com for a live performance with bass and drums if you don't believe me.




Eb
Well I don't know if I'm wrong
D
'Cause she's only just gone
C  A#
Here's to another relationship
G#  G
Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease
G#  A#
I'm sure when I'm older I'll know what that means
Eb  D
Cried when she should and she laughed when she could
C  A#
Here's to the man with his face in the mud
G#  G
And an overcast play just taken away
G#  A#
From the lover's in love at the centre of stage yeah

G#
Loving is fine if you have plenty of time
A#
For walking on stilts at the edge of your mind
G#
Loving is good if your dick's made of wood
A#
And the dick left inside only half understood her
G#
What makes her come and what makes her stay?
A#
What makes the animal run, run away yeah
G#
What makes him stall, what makes him stand
A#
And what shakes the elephant now
A#
And what makes a man?
G#  A#  C
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
G#  A#  Eb
No I don't know you any more
G#  Eb  G#  Eb
No, no, no, no...

I don't know if I'm wrong
'Cause she's only just gone
Why the fuck is this day taking so long
I was a lover of time and once she was mine
I was a lover indeed, I was covered in weed
Cried when she should and she laughed when she could
Well closer to god is the one who's in love
And I walk away 'cause I can
Too many options may kill a man
Loving is fine if it's not in your mind
But I've fucked it up now, too many times

Loving is good if it's not understood
Yeah, but I'm the professor
And feel that I should know
What makes her come and what makes her stay?
What makes the animal run, run away and
What makes him tick apart from his prick
And the lonelier side of the jealousy stick
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Hell I don't know you any more
No, no, no no...

Eb
Well I don't know if I'm wrong
D
'Cause she's only just gone
C  A#
Here's to another relationship
G#  G
Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease
G#  A#
I finished it off with some French wine and cheese

Eb
La fille danse
D-C
Quand elle joue avec moi
G#  A#
Et je pense que je l'aime des fois
C  B-A#
Le silence, n'ose pas dis-donc
G#
Quand on est ensemble
A#
Mettre les mots sur la petite dodo

Eb  D  C  A#  G#  G  G#  A#

Eb  D  C  A#  G#  G  G#  A#

G#  A#  Eb  C  Eb