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A Cloud in the Shape of a Killer Shark (Jaws AAD Episode 1)

by Adam Hosack and Nadia E. F. Martin

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1.
Mayor of the Year Consciously Endangers His Own Children for Money Capo 4 E F# E F# A E F# It was the weekend of the 4th of July E F# And the sun blazed in the clear blue sky A and I looked out over the breakers and beaches A Children running in the surf A Watched by parents and teachers E Fourth of July! F# Tourists boat in from all over E Fourth of July! F# Half of our yearly revenue E F# I put my hands in the pockets Of my nautical blazer E Squinted into the sunlight F# I was blind to danger A A But out past the red and white buoys Of the bay Death was circling closer E On the warm and sunny July day Fourth of July! Tourists boat in from all over Fourth of July! Half our yearly revenue An edge of panic lines my calm consideration Of the waves that break against the beach On the birthday of our nation I am deaf to the screams ringing over the water Little feet beat the sand Where's my son? Where's my daughter? Fourth of July! Tourists boat in from all over Fourth of July! Half our yearly revenue Afterward once the panic is all over A little boy I didn't know, dragged out to sea I stand around in the hospital waiting room Hair disheveled, pacing aimlessly They say they're sailing out to kill the monster shark They need a boat and a pilot and my signature Before it gets too dark Oh, Before it gets too dark I press the pen against The crisp white paper My hand shakes as I Append my name to the form I'll sign whatever you want me to sign I'll sign whatever you want me to sign I'll sign whatever you want me to sign
2.
Martin Hates Boats. Martin Hates Water capo 3? or 2. I can’t remember. guitar intro is A D and then F G A most of the song is A D A E the “jaws” sounding parts are E and F chords back and forth You've heard that I hate boats And it's true that I hate water I've got two kids and a lovely wife I just don't trust the sea at night I'm Martin Brody I'm scared of drowning I don't want to wash up somewhere Where the waves boom and crash loudly Sometimes I dream about the tideline Sometimes I wake up drenched in sweat I went down under the waves once It's hard to move on and forget I'm Martin Brody I'm scared of drowning I don't want to wash up somewhere Where the waves boom and crash loudly Standing here I'm looking at a shark Strung up on the dock it's jaws agape Its teeth drifted apart I want to tell them all it's safe We got the right one The man-eater haunting coves and the bay But this Hooper guy is saying The bite marks don't match the victims, hey I'm Martin Brody I'm scared of drowning I don't want to wash up somewhere Where the waves boom and crash loudly The shark's still out there Great big white bastard I'm not afraid of her But it's not really her we're after The Orca leaving from the empty pier Didn't cause too much commotion But we'll see how town feels after We kill the fucking ocean I'm Martin Brody Fuck the Atlantic This shark's a symbol Of the water How it fills my soul with panic I'm going to shoot it.
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Eleven Hundred Men Went Into the Water...But Only One Fell in Love uh, E and A, and F and G sometimes We delivered the bomb To a top-secret base They were carting it off To load it onto The Enola Gay Pulling away from the concrete pier I looked back and watched the transport trucks disappear Into the foliage, between towering trees The shadows closed in as we motored out Onto the open sea (stop) Oh, salt and blood Are good enough For your average sailor lad But I'm Peter Quint I feel the need For a little something more We sank just off the coast Hull holed by Japanese torpedoes Sailors screamed for their mothers Over the crashing of waves And the high, rising whine of mosquitoes Flat sunlight reflecting off of the swells Grey water swirled around our necks I felt something brush my leg (whipser Skin rough and teeth already red with gore It seemed I'd seen her there A hundred times before Oh, salt and blood Are good enough For your average sailor lad But I'm Peter Quint I feel the need For a little something more It was a day and change before They sent a boat to pull us out By then I'd seen her cold black eyes And she'd bumped me with her snout Oh, Eleven hundred men went into the water But only one of us fell in love While the other boys were drowning I hung on to her fin While the wreck was sinking in the deep My heart was learning how to swim Three tons of her, a little less of me We danced together in the deep blue sea And when they hauled me out I couldn't help but weep Eleven hundred men went in But only one of us fell in love Only one of us fell in love, love, love Only one of us fell in love

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This is more-or-less an album-a-day project. All songs were mostly written and entirely melodicized on Friday, September 26, 2014.

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released September 27, 2014

All lyrical credit (and this great idea) goes to Nadia E. F. Martin.
Album art credit goes to Nadia E. F. Martin.
Adam Hosack did the singy and guitar-y things.

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