(4:4 swing)
(Bb major)
(120bpm)
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*INTRO*
(Bb D# F D#) x 2
(Bb D Gm Bb)
(Bb D# F Bb)
(bass: [Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)] x 2
(bass: Bb (D) D (A F#) G (Bb) Bb Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A) Bb)
(riff: F F C# C# C C Bb G C# C Bb G Bb)
(riff: Bb Bb A A G G F G C# C Bb G Bb)
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*TRANSITION*
(Bb) (Eb) (riff: CbendD Bb G Bb G F F# G)
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)
VERSE:
(reference notes: F Bb Bb Bb D F F C Bb Bb)
(Bb) (D#maj7) (D#sus2) (F) (D#)
see my man ‘t’ , he’s a strawberry.
(Bb) (D#maj7) (D#6) (D#) (D#) (D#bar)
many called him a ‘fairy’….
(Fsus4) (F6 F7 F6 F) (Fsus4) (Bbsus2) (to transition)
only tinkerbell wasn’t as hairy…
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb) Bb (D) D# (B G) F (A) Bb)
CHORUS:
(Gm Gm D#7 Gm) (Gm) (Gm D#7 Gm)
(F#+ F#+ F# F#+) (F#maj7) (F#+)
(bass: G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G F#)
first time:
(F F Fsus2 F Fsus2 Fsus2 F Fsus4)
(Bb Bb Bb6 Bb Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbmaj7)
(bass: F (A) Bb (A F))
second time:
(C9 C9 C9 Gdim C9)
(C7sus4) (C9) (C7) (Bb)
(bass: (Bb D) C (Bb E) G (Bb C#) C Bb)
CODA:
(Gm Gmsus4 Gm) (Gm/F#) (Gmmaj7sus4 or D7sus2) (Gm/F#)
(F) (Bb)
(bass: G (Bb D F# D C A G) (F#) F (A) Bb (A))
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(120bpm)
(Cmajor groove)
dive 4:4 groove into 2 repeating measures of 16th notes
(acccent 1/16 and 4/16)
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(4:4 swing / Bbmajor / 120bpm)
INTRO:
(Bb D# F D#) x 2 (Bb D Gm Bb) (Bb D# F Bb)
(bass: [Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)] x 2 Bb (D) D (A F#) G (Bb) Bb Bb (D) D# (Bb
G) F (A) Bb)
TRANSITION:
(Bb) (Eb) (riff: C>D Bb G Bb G F F# G)
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)
VERSE:
(Bb) (D#maj7) (D#sus2) (F) (D#) (Bb) (D#maj7) (D#6) (D#) (D#) (D#bar)
(Fsus4) (F6 F7 F6 F) (Fsus4) (Bbsus2) (to transition)
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb) Bb (D) D# (B G) F (A) Bb)
CHORUS:
(Gm Gm D#7 Gm) (Gm) (Gm D#7 Gm)
(F#+ F#+ F# F#+) (F#maj7) (F#+)
(bass: G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G F#)
first time:
(F F Fsus2 F Fsus2 Fsus2 F Fsus4)
(Bb Bb Bb6 Bb Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbmaj7)
(bass: F (A) Bb (A F))
second time:
(C9 C9 C9 Gdim C9)
(C7sus4) (C9) (C7) (Bb)
(bass: (Bb D) C (Bb E) G (Bb C#) C Bb)
CODA:
(Gm Gmsus4 Gm) (Gm/F#) (Gmmaj7sus4 or D7sus2) (Gm/F#)
(F) (Bb)
(bass: G (Bb D F# D C A G) (F#) F (A) Bb (A))
(nursery rhyme:)
“uncle bernie had a gun…”
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(on yer marks / get set / here goes!)
HIT IT!
(ames and riff sing “the strawberry syndrome”)
(riff sings falsetto melody / ames sings bass melody)
(joga responds with a new a cappella tagline each time)
the strawberry syndrome (d-d-don’t catch…)
the strawberry syndrome (ooo…s-s-so dangerous…)
the strawberry syndrome (don’t question it…)
the strawberry syndrome (’cause it’s none of your business)
(lead guitar enters / music intensifies (drums / bass/ guitars) / instrumental assault through taglines)
(c’mon!)
the strawberry syndrome (coming to a standstill…)
the strawberry syndrome (live with it for years)
(drums punctuate…)
the strawberry syndrome (oh…no cure…)
the strawberry syndrome (don’t be sure…)
the strawberry syndrome (been…through this before!)
the strawberry syndrome…
(drums with military march:)
the strawberry syndrome (simulating warfare)
the strawberry syndrome (yea…you know the drill…)
the strawberry syndrome (got time to kill)
the strawberry syndrome (so many casualties)
the strawberry syndrome (all played out before)
(rock drums)
the strawberry syndrome ((s)he’s so sensitive…)
the strawberry syndrome (you recover in an attic…)
(for the) strawberry syndrome (still ain’t found a cure)
contagious as the common cold (been through this before!)
the strawberry syndrome (symptoms so severe)
[ the strawberry syndrome (yea, you’ll waste years and years) ] x 3
the strawberry syndrome (game over!)
the strawberry syndrome (oh so dangerous)
the strawberry syndrome (simulating warfare)
the strawberry syndrome (yea…you know the drill…)
the strawberry syndrome (oh…the casualties…)
the strawberry syndrome (TIME OUT!)
the strawberry syndrome (oh…so dangerous)
the strawberry syndrome…d-d-d-don’t catch…
the strawberry syndrome (all played out before)
the symptoms so severe…
(yea, you’ll waste years and years)
the strawberry syndrome…
(and you’ll recover in an attic)
contagious as the common cold
(still ain’t found a cure)
the strawberry syndrome
(determining your destiny)
the strawberry syndrome
(take preventative measures)
‘gainst the strawberry syndrome
the strawberry syndrome (don’t be sure…)
the strawberry syndrome (it’s hereditary…)
the strawberry syndrome (been…through this before!)
the strawberry syndrome (recover in an attic!)
the symptoms so severe
(yea, you’ll waste years and years)
symptom (attic of something worse) / (“recover in an attic”)
the strawberry syndrome (must be a middle child curse!)
the strawberry syndrome (the underlying jealousy…)
the strawberry syndrome (a destructive personality…)
the strawberry syndrome (and prone to stealing property…)
the strawberry syndrome (well let’s hope he wins the lottery…)
the strawberry syndrome (now wait your turn!)
the strawberry syndrome (won’t you ever learn?)
the strawberry syndrome (hell, it could’ve been worse)
the strawberry syndrome (must be a “middle child curse”)
the strawberry syndrome (too late for a dynasty…)
the strawberry syndrome (he’s getting’ old ya see…)
(“strawberry syndrome” x 4)
(tonally ascending w/ instrumental)
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linked w/ “gingerbread house”
(another nutritional alternate universe in Bbmajor)
NASA controller voice:
(like internal voice in epcot center’s ‘body wars’)
‘preparing for suicide! preparing for suicide!’
(verse instrumental x 2)
you see, ma man T, he’s a strawberry
and many called him a fairy…
only tinkerbell wasn’t as hairy…
and tam tam tammy’s a marshmellow
you know she always moved slow
she moved just ’bout as slow as a marshmellow…
so look through dee photo album
and whaddya see?
well you won’t see no picture of me…
my sister like cotton candy, she’s as sweet as can be
but she blew away when i was 3…
my brudder’s a blueberry, my mudder’s a melon
her first husband big mac, he’s a convicted felon
so she married a man named magellan…
my grandma’s a corn muffin, my pops was a fruit
their parents were farmers, they dug out their roots
isn’t italy shaped like a boot?
so look through the photo album
and whaddya see?
well, you won’t find no picture of me
my girlfriend’s a candy apple
…polite as can be…
so light she never fell outta the tree…
my great great grandpa was a polar bear
my skin’s as white as his hair
now he’s out in the cold like a polar bear…
so they popped T just like a cherry
this world can be scary
well it ain’t what you learned in the library…
so look through the photo album
and whaddya see?
well you won’t find no picture of me…
‘cuz i’m still a little seed now
we’ll just have to see…
(al)though we never fall far from our tree…
(*cue self frantically cutting out pictures of self in yearbooks…*)
(*cue strawberry stumbling in the watchung backyard after chugging one beer too many*)
(backing vocals: “Omi + Opi + Omi + Opi”)
Bridge (just chords) into “Fruit”
JoGa sings Verse 1
Liliana sings Verse 2 (JoGa does response)
Harmony on Chorus (JoGa sings “well you won’t see no picture of me”/”cept she blew away when I was three” solo…harmony re-enters on trail of last word)
JoGa sings Verses 2 and 3
Harmony on Chorus
Harmony on Verse 4: (JoGa sings solo “now he’s out in the cold like a polar bear”)
(harmony on verse 5)
(harmony on chorus)
(repeat chorus x 4 for coda)
(all sing)
EXTRA LYRICS:
my best friend barry’s a beanpole
he hits a ball in a hole
so it helps that he’s built like a beanpole and jack jack jackie’s a jackal
she keeps her servants in shackles
yea, she jaws at ’em just like a jackal
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(120bpm)
(Cmajor groove)
“strawberry syndrome”
divide 4:4 groove into 2 repeating measures of 16th notes
(acccent 1/16 and 4/16)
(4:4 swing)
(Bbmajor)
(120bpm)
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*BASIC CHORDS*
(4:4 swing)
(Bbmajor)
(120bpm)
VERSE:
(reference notes: Bb D D D C Bb G C Bb Bb)
(Bb) (D#) (F) (D# Bbar)
see my man t he’s a strawberry
(Bb) (D#) (XXX) (D# Bbbar)
and many called him a fairy
(F)
only tinkerbell wasn’t as
(Bb D# F D#)
hairy…
CHORUS:
(Gm)
look through the photo album…
(Gm/F#)
whaddya see?
(F)
won’t see no picture of…
(Bb)
me
(Gm) (Gm/F#)
(C9)
‘cept she blew away when i was 3…
OUTRO:
[(Gm) (Gm/F#) (F) (Bb)]
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INTRO:
(Bb D# F D#) x 2 (Bb D Gm Bb) (Bb D# F Bb)
(bass: [Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)] x 2 Bb (D) D (A F#)
G (Bb) Bb Bb (D) D# (Bb) (G) F (A) Bb)
TRANSITION:
(Bb) (Eb) (riff: C>D Bb G Bb G F F# G)
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb)
VERSE:
(Bb) (D#maj7) (D#sus2) (F) (D#) (Bb) (D#maj7) (D#6) (D#) (D#) (D#bar)
(Fsus4) (F6 F7 F6 F) (Fsus4) (Bbsus2) (to transition)
(bass: Bb (D) D# (Bb G) F (A C) D# (Bb) Bb (D) D# (B G) F (A) Bb)
CHORUS:
(Gm Gm D#7 Gm) (Gm) (Gm D#7 Gm)
(F#+ F#+ F# F#+) (F#maj7) (F#+)
(bass: G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G (Bb D) D# (C# Bb) G F#)
first time:
(F F Fsus2 F Fsus2 Fsus2 F Fsus4)
(Bb Bb Bb6 Bb Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbmaj7)
(bass: F (A) Bb (A F))
second time:
(C9 C9 C9 Gdim C9)
(C7sus4) (C9) (C7) (Bb)
(bass: (Bb D) C (Bb E) G (Bb C#) C Bb)
CODA:
(Gm Gmsus4 Gm) (Gm/F#) (Gmmaj7sus4 or D7sus2) (Gm/F#)
(F) (Bb)
(bass: G (Bb D F# D C A G) (F#) F (A) Bb (A))
(nursery rhyme:)
“uncle bernie had a gun…”
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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