Violent Femmes - Agamemnon

      
 
 Song: Agamemnon
 Artist: Violent Femmes
 Album: New Times
 
 Transcribed by Bryson Meunier <meunier.1@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>
 
 intro/verse(guitar1(clean electric))-

 e------------------------------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------------------------|
 D---------4----4h7brp4---------------4--4h7br4---------|
 A------------------------7---4------------------7---4--|
 E-----2--------------------------2---------------------|
 

 
 (guitar 2(clean electric))- ||

 e------------------------------5---------------------5-|
 B------------------------------5---------------------5-|
 G------------------------------5---------------------5-|
 D------------------------------------------------------|
 A------------------------------------------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 guitar 1-

 e------------------------------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------------------------|
 D----4--4h7brp4------------4--4h7brp4------------------|
 A----------------7--4------------------7--4------------|
 E-2---------------------2--------------------2---------|
 

 guitar 2- ||

 e---------------------5--------------5-5-5-5-5---------|
 B---------------------5--------------5-5-5-5-5---------|
 G---------------------5--------------5-5-5-5-5---------|
 D------------------------------------------------------|
 A------------------------------------------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 The telephone, the telephone
 I have an idea
 B5                                          
 Women always have ideas(continue verse riff)
 Hello?
 Chorus:
 Here is Aga-Mem-Non Here is Aga-Mem-Non
 F#5 A F#5 Em 
     

 e------------------------------------------------------|
 B--------------2---------------------------------------|
 G--------------2---------------------------------------|
 D--4--4--4--4--2---4------4--4--4--4--2--4-------------|
 A--4--4--4--4------4------4--4--4--4--2--4-------------|
 E--2--2--2--2------2------2--2--2--2--0--2-------------|
 

 Here is Aga-Mem-Non Here is Aga-Mem-Non
 F#5 A F#5 Em 
     

 E------------------------------------------------------|
 B--------------2---------------------------------------|
 G--------------2---------------------------------------|
 D--4--4--4--4--2---4------4--4--4--4--2--2-------------|
 A--4--4--4--4------4------4--4--4--4--2--2-------------|
 E--2--2--2--2------2------2--2--2--2--0--0-------------|
 

 (continue verse riff)
 Who? Wrong connection
 This is...
 B5             
 I am a moralist
 an anti-militarist
 I am against duels
 I cannot stand seeing a fly in rage
 I cannot look at a uniform or blood
  C#5                     
 That woman has seduced me
 And now I am done for
 That woman has seduced me
 And now I am done for
 (continue verse riff)
 Darling where shall I
 hide you in a hurry
 Darling where shall I
 hide you in a hurry
 (chorus)
 (continue chorus riff)
 I am coming
 Directly from the trenches
 And look forward
 To a solemn luncheon
 (continue verse riff)
 Oh my nerves!
 I'm losing my mind
 Oh my nerves!
 I'm losing my mind
   B5                 
 This damned telephone
 Spoils my favorite position
   C#5              
 And now I can start
 Writing poetry again
 
 (End on vocal ad lib. Experiment and have fun with the outro. That's all
 the femmes are doing, really. It just sounds like Gordon is making agreeable
 noise with the guitar by moving his fingers all over the fretboard while
 speed-picking(mostly around the nineteenth fret).Experiment and then end).
 
 These are the chords mentioned above:
 B5 C#5 
   

 E--------------------|
 B--------------------|
 G---4----------6-----|
 D---4----------6-----|
 A---2----------4-----|
 E--------------------|