TEDDY AND THE PANDAS - "we cant go on" Tablature

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From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:01:50 -0500
Subject: ./t/teddy_and_the_pandas/we_cant_go_on.crd


Not every Boston band of the 60's specialized in demented raveups - Teddy
and the Pandas (actually from nearby Beverly) just missed hitting the Hot
100 in September, 1966 with this wistful ballad:


"We Can't Go On This Way"
(Stone)

Intro:

acoustic guitar 1 [4X]:

(E)
v v v v
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-------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-13p11s9--9--9--9-11-11-13-13--
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^^^^^ omit pulloff/slide first time

acoustic guitar 2 [enters 3rd time]:

v v v v
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-------------2-----0-----
-------1-----------------
-2-----------------------
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Verse 1:

E
Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter
B7
Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier
E A D
Your love is warmer than a summer day
B A6 E A6 E [1: B]
But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

Verse 2:

You're the fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden
I should keep away but I feel the need, and
My love goes stronger every day
But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

Bridge:

acoustic guitar fill:

F#m
v v v v v
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---------------2-|-4-
-----------2-4---|---
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F#m [N.C.] E
It hurts to part with you now
F#m [N.C.] E
But our love's the kind they don't allow
C#m F#m
So don't hold on, soon I'll be gone
B7
But I'll always remember

Verse 3:

Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter
Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier
And how I wish that I-I could stay [4: to coda]
But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)

[repeat chorus; replace first two lines with melody on celeste]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda:

B A6 E
But you're so young and we can't go on this way
(sugar is sweet)
B A6 E
But you're so young and we can't go on this way
(flowers are pretty)
B A6 [N.C.] E
/ / / / /
But you're so young and we can't go on this way


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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