"SISTER" - Flowers (ICEHOUSE)
From the Regular Album ICEHOUSE (1980)


Transcribed by Justin Watson, mentalman@bigpond.com
Any comments, correspondence, criticisms or corrections welcome.


VERSE 1:
A______________________________F
There's something you ought to know
_________________A
About the latest model
____________________F
She's not the usual kind
_______________________D
She's made of mindless metal
__________________F#m
She's not exactly normal
But I don't care she's

REFRAIN:
A____________B
Gotta be the one
A____________B
Gotta be the two
A____________B
Gotta be the three
A____________B
Gotta be the four

VERSE 2:
A_______________________F
Behind her scanners and tapes
________________________A
She's programmed for perfection
________________________F
But sometimes simple mistakes
_________________D
Get by without detection
____________________F#m
Her figures need correction
But I don't care she's

(Repeat REFRAIN)

CHORUS:
D*________________________________________G______A
Don't stand there taking it shake it up sister
D*____________________________________G______A
You've got nobody else but yourself sister
D*________________________________________G______A
Don't stand there taking it shake it up sister
D*_________________E*
One two three four give it hell take it in
F#m*____________________G*
Work it out shake it up sister


VERSE 3:
A________________________________F
There's something you ought to know
____________A
About her calculations
______________________F
Behind the levers and lights
____________________D
She hears the faded data
_________________F#m
Selects a random sample
The sample says I

(Repeat REFRAIN)

(Repeat VERSE 2)

(Repeat REFRAIN)

(Repeat CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Instrumental Arpeggio:
Repeat X 4

__A__________________________________F 
___1___+___2___+___3___+___4___+_______1___+___2___+___3___+___4___+
e---------------------------------|----------------1-----------------|
B--------------2------------------|------------------------1---------|
G----------2-----------2----------|----------------------------2-----|
D------2-------------------2------|------------3---------------------|
A--2------------------------------|--------3-------------------------|
E---------------------------------|----1-----------------------------|

(Repeat VERSE 3)

(Repeat REFRAIN)

(Repeat VERSE 2)

(Repeat REFRAIN)

(Repeat CHORUS) X 2

Coda:
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 
| A* A* A* A* | A* A* A*G* | D(Let Ring)
___________________________________________________________________________
ALIGNED IN 10pt COURIER NEW

EXTRA NOTES FOR THE CHORUS AND CODA:
Play the chords marked with a "*" as A or Am shaped barre chords
ie. E A D G B e
D* = 5 5 7 7 7 5
E* = 7 7 9 9 9 7
F#m*= 9 9 11 11 10 9
G* = 10 10 12 12 12 10
A* = 12 12 14 14 14 12