Centerfold

J. Geils Band
Intro: G

Does she walk?

Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom homeroom angel always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes, no one could ever stain
The memory of my angel could never cause me pain
Years go by, I'm looking through a girlie magazine
And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in between
(Chorus)
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is a centerfold
Angel is a centerfold
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
Angel is a centerfold
Slipping notes, under the desk
While I was thinking about her dress
I was shy, I turned away, before she caught my eye
I was shakin' in my shoes whenever she flashed those baby blues
Something had a hold on me when Angel passed close by
Those soft fuzzy sweaters, too magical to touch
To see her in that neglige is really just too much.
(Chorus)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (x3)
Now listen:
It's okay, I understand
This ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this fish is gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take your car, yes we will, we'll take your car and drive it
Take it to a motel room, and take 'em off in private
A part of me has just been wrecked
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can't deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I got to buy it
(Chorus)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Alright!
Alright!
1, 2, 3, 4...
Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (x4)
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is a centerfold, Angel is a centerfold
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
My angel is a centerfold, Angel is a centerfold
Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

(repeat to fade...)

The chords are a simple G, F, C through most of the song:

G
(MUTE)
F
C
F
C
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--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10-----------------10-----------------|
--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10------9---9------10--------9--------|
--12--12--X-X-X-X--10-10------10--10-----10--------10-------|
--10--10--X-X-X-X--8--8----0--10--10-----8---------10-------|
------------------------------8---8----------------8--------|
My blood runs cold
MY
memory has just been sold

E
B
G
D
A
E

If that
play it
believe
playing

proves too daunting (or you have a second guitarist) then

as open chords. This particular voicing is what I
Mr. Geils (yes, he exists and was the guitarist) to be
on the recording.

The pre-chorus:
E
B
G
D
A
E

Em
Am
G
D
---0-----------------------------------0-----------3---2-------|
---0-----------------------------------1-----------0---3-------|
---0-----------------------------------2-----------0---2-------|
---2-----------------------------------2-----------0---0-------|
---2-----------------------------------0-----------2-----------|
---0-----------------------------------0-----------3-----------|
A part of me has just been ripped the pages of my mind are
stripped

And that's pretty much all you need to know. No solo, and the
rest is easy if you try it with the song, even that little low
riff after the false ending. Towards the fade out, Peter Wolf
sings a harmony to the main riff on "Na-na", which you can play
on guitar if you choose:
E
B
G
D
A
E

/12-10-10-12-10-10--10-10-8-8----8-10-8-8-10--and-repeat------|
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Dan Amrich
danamrich@aol.com
Welcome to life. Spelling counts.
Used to play this in a band I was in, but we rearranged it a bit - the
lead
guitar played the cheesy keyboard parts at the start etc.
Here's a rough idea :
G
F
C
F
C
Does she walk, does she talk, does she come complete
G
F
C
F
C
My home-brew, home-room angel, just pulled me to my feet
G
F
C
F
C
She was pure like snowflakes, no one could ever stain
G
F
C
F
C
The memory of my angel could never cause me pain
Em
Am
C
D
The years go by I'm looking thru a girly magazine
Em
Am
C
D
And there's my ---- angel on the pages in between
(chorus)
G
F
My blood runs cold,

C
F
C
my memory has just been sold

G
F
C
F
C
My angel is tha centrefold (angel is the centrefold)
My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold
Da, da, da etc.... (I'll post this riff next time)
Hit the chords hard & sharp (listen to the record for the rythym.)
If time allows I'll recall the riff at the start and post an improved
version tomorrow.
Cheers,
Bruisa.
J Geils Band "Centrefold"
This is my first transcription and so there will probably be a lot of
mistakes, so any
can be sent to me and I'll then re-post it. This should help make up for
the 250 or so
that I've downloaded!
I'm afraid there are no time signatures because I don't know how to
illustrate them, but

you listen to the original you'll know what I mean.

Intro (Played on an organ on the original)
This is played through twice and then the other instruments come in and
it is played twice again.
E
B
G
D
A
E

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---7---------------------------------------|
-9---9-7-------------------------7-------7-|
---------10-10---10-7-10-10-7-10---10-10---|
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Main Riff
The main riff consists of the chords G F C F in that order. To
get the actual pattern
the strums you'll have to listen to the original.
E
B
G
D
A
E

F
-1-1-2-3-3-1-

G
-3-3-4-5-5-3-

C
-3-|
-4-|
-4-|
-4-|
-3-|
-X-|

(Riff 1) Pre Chorus

The pre chorus follows each verse as a continuation ie there's
no gap in between the
and pre-chorus.
E
B
G
D
A
E

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------------------------3--5-------------------------------|
--0----------5---------------------------------------------|

(Riff 2) Just before the last line of each chorus

E
B
G
D
A
E

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----7------------------------------------------------------|
--9---9-7--------------------------------------------------|
----------10-10--------------------------------------------|
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(Riff 3) The following four sections come during the third verse, about
2 minutes into
song, again you'll have to listen to the song to figure out where but
they are played
each in the order I've shown.

E
B
G
D
A

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-------------|--------------8--|---8-10^-|-11-11^---8------|
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--8----------|---10-8----------|---------|-----------------|
----10-8-10--|--------10-10----|---------|-----------------|

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