Chords for Steve Albini Big Black interview pt 1 from Newport Gwent
Tempo:
96.85 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] A doctor, a well-heeled [Eb] doctor, I think he was in New England, I'm not sure,
[G] knocked his wife up and she gave [N] birth to a baby that was brain damaged and had fallen.
So he got really blasted one night and busted into the maternity ward and smashed his kid.
He was [G] thrown to the ground and eventually died.
And the case went to trial and it's been a sensational trial.
A lot of [N] letters of sympathy written by his neighbors, testimonials about his character.
This guy who killed his kid was really a very good fellow and it just got all worked up
because his baby was dumb and ugly.
It's understandable [Gm] that he would do that.
[F] He got some really incredibly [G] light
[N] punishment and was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter
or something like that, which means that they were mitigating circumstances
that made it understandable that he would kill someone.
Aggravated manslaughter.
[G] And I think he ended up something like, he got [Eb] like an 18 month prison sentence or something like that
[G] for going in and taking a newborn baby and smashing it on the ground until it died.
And I just thought it was really amazing that [N] a doctor, supposedly dedicated to preserving life,
would do that in the first place.
Secondly, I thought it was really incredible that people would rationalize in their minds
that it was okay and understandable for somebody to do [G] something like that in those circumstances.
It's understandable that if you had a dumb ugly baby [Eb] you would want to kill it.
That's okay.
[N] And then the judicial system, which is supposed to be not influenced by the emotional climate of the case,
basically concurred and said it wasn't so bad a thing for this guy to smash his baby in the head and kill it
because it was dumb enough.
[G] knocked his wife up and she gave [N] birth to a baby that was brain damaged and had fallen.
So he got really blasted one night and busted into the maternity ward and smashed his kid.
He was [G] thrown to the ground and eventually died.
And the case went to trial and it's been a sensational trial.
A lot of [N] letters of sympathy written by his neighbors, testimonials about his character.
This guy who killed his kid was really a very good fellow and it just got all worked up
because his baby was dumb and ugly.
It's understandable [Gm] that he would do that.
[F] He got some really incredibly [G] light
[N] punishment and was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter
or something like that, which means that they were mitigating circumstances
that made it understandable that he would kill someone.
Aggravated manslaughter.
[G] And I think he ended up something like, he got [Eb] like an 18 month prison sentence or something like that
[G] for going in and taking a newborn baby and smashing it on the ground until it died.
And I just thought it was really amazing that [N] a doctor, supposedly dedicated to preserving life,
would do that in the first place.
Secondly, I thought it was really incredible that people would rationalize in their minds
that it was okay and understandable for somebody to do [G] something like that in those circumstances.
It's understandable that if you had a dumb ugly baby [Eb] you would want to kill it.
That's okay.
[N] And then the judicial system, which is supposed to be not influenced by the emotional climate of the case,
basically concurred and said it wasn't so bad a thing for this guy to smash his baby in the head and kill it
because it was dumb enough.
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_ _ [B] A doctor, _ a well-heeled [Eb] doctor, I think he was in New England, I'm not sure,
_ _ [G] knocked his wife up and she gave [N] birth to a baby that was brain damaged and had fallen.
So he _ got really blasted one night and busted into the maternity ward and smashed his kid.
He was [G] thrown to the ground and eventually died.
_ And the case went to trial and it's been a sensational trial.
A lot of [N] letters of sympathy written by his neighbors, _ testimonials about his character.
This guy who killed his kid was really a very good fellow and it just got all worked up
because his baby was dumb and ugly. _
It's understandable [Gm] that he would do that. _
[F] He got some really incredibly [G] light _
_ _ [N] punishment and was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter
or something like that, which means that they were mitigating circumstances
that made it understandable that he would kill someone.
Aggravated manslaughter.
_ _ [G] And I think he ended up something like, he got [Eb] like an 18 month prison sentence or something like that
[G] for going in and taking a newborn baby and smashing it on the ground until it died.
_ And I just thought it was really amazing that [N] a doctor, supposedly dedicated to preserving life,
would do that in the first place.
Secondly, I thought it was really incredible that people would rationalize in their minds
that it was okay and understandable for somebody to do [G] something like that in those circumstances. _
_ _ It's understandable that if you had a dumb ugly baby [Eb] you would want to kill it.
That's okay. _
_ [N] And then the judicial system, which is supposed to be _ not influenced by the emotional climate of the case,
_ basically concurred and said it wasn't so bad a thing for this guy to smash his baby in the head and kill it
because it was dumb enough. _
_ _ [G] knocked his wife up and she gave [N] birth to a baby that was brain damaged and had fallen.
So he _ got really blasted one night and busted into the maternity ward and smashed his kid.
He was [G] thrown to the ground and eventually died.
_ And the case went to trial and it's been a sensational trial.
A lot of [N] letters of sympathy written by his neighbors, _ testimonials about his character.
This guy who killed his kid was really a very good fellow and it just got all worked up
because his baby was dumb and ugly. _
It's understandable [Gm] that he would do that. _
[F] He got some really incredibly [G] light _
_ _ [N] punishment and was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter
or something like that, which means that they were mitigating circumstances
that made it understandable that he would kill someone.
Aggravated manslaughter.
_ _ [G] And I think he ended up something like, he got [Eb] like an 18 month prison sentence or something like that
[G] for going in and taking a newborn baby and smashing it on the ground until it died.
_ And I just thought it was really amazing that [N] a doctor, supposedly dedicated to preserving life,
would do that in the first place.
Secondly, I thought it was really incredible that people would rationalize in their minds
that it was okay and understandable for somebody to do [G] something like that in those circumstances. _
_ _ It's understandable that if you had a dumb ugly baby [Eb] you would want to kill it.
That's okay. _
_ [N] And then the judicial system, which is supposed to be _ not influenced by the emotional climate of the case,
_ basically concurred and said it wasn't so bad a thing for this guy to smash his baby in the head and kill it
because it was dumb enough. _