Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) - Wings

"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" is a song from Paul McCartney and Wings' album Band on the Run. It was not released as a single. Wings band member Denny Laine covered "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" in 2007 on his album Performs the Hits of Wings. An abbreviated performance of the song appears on the live album Wings over America.

In an interview on British TV channel ITV1 for the program Wings: Band on the Run, to promote the November 2010 2xCD/2xDVD rerelease of the original album, McCartney says he was on vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica where he "snuck" onto the set of the film Papillon where he met "Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen". After a dinner with Hoffman, with McCartney playing around on guitar, Hoffman did not believe that McCartney could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story of the death of Pablo Picasso and his famous last words, "Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore." McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot, prompting Hoffman to exclaim to his wife: "…look, he's doing it…he's doing it!"

    G         D       F              G
The grand old painter died last night
                         D
his paintings on the wall
  Am
Before he left he bade us well
    D                        G
and said good night to us all
G        Bm
Drink to me
Em                Am7
Drink to my health
    G                D    G    D
You know I can't drink anymore
G        Bm  
Drink to me

Em               Am7
Drink to my health
    G                D        C  G
You know I can't drink anymore

Bm                      Em
Three o'clock in the morning
Bm                       Em
I'm getting ready for bed
Am                    G
   It came without a warning
            Bm                        
But I'll be waiting for you baby
        Am              D
I'll be waiting for you there

G           Bm
So Drink to me
Em               Am7
Drink to my health
    G                D    G    D
you know I can't drink anymore
G        Bm
Drink to me
Em               Am7
Drink to my health
    G                D        C   G Bb  Am  D  G
You know I can't drink anymore

  

Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel

"Richard Cory" is a song written by Paul Simon in early 1965, and recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their second studio album, Sounds of Silence in 1966. The song was based on Edwin Arlington Robinson's 1897 poem of the same title. 

"Whenever Richard Cory went down town,

We people on the pavement looked at him:

He was a gentleman from sole to crown,

Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,

And he was always human when he talked;

But still he fluttered pulses when he said,

"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—

And admirably schooled in every grace:

In fine, we thought that he was everything

To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,

And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;

And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,

Went home and put a bullet through his head."

The song tells the tale of a Richard Cory from the perspective of one of the men who works in his factory. The factory worker is envious of the advantages and enjoyments available to Cory, believing him (Cory) to be a satisfied man. The last verse of the song ends similarly to the Robinson poem: Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head. The chorus repeats again after this verse. This signifies that, despite Cory's unhappiness - explained by his suicide - the worker still "curses his [the worker's] poverty", and would still rather be Richard Cory.

The song was covered by Wings during their 1975-1976 Wings Over The World tour (available on the 1976 album Wings Over America). Denny Laine sang lead.

Em                                                          D                  
They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town,
                 Em                              B7
With political connections He spreads his wealth around.
             A7
He was born into society, a banker's only child,
             Em   D          G                A       B7
He had everything a man could want: money,  praise, and style.


Em                                                     D                      
The papers print his picture almost every place he goes:
               Em                       B7
Richard Cory at the opera, Richard Cory at the  shows
               A7
And the rumour of his parties and the orgies on his yacht!
       Em      D          G        A    B
He really  must be happy         with everything he's got.


G                          Em
But I work in his factory
Am                                 Em
And I curse the life I'm living
Am                Em
I curse my poverty
Am                        Em
I wish that I could be,
Am                        Em
I wish that I could be,
Am                               B7
Oh, I wish that I could be,
         Em
John Denver.

      Em                              D    
He really gave to the  charities, had the common touch,
                         Em                                            B7
And they were thankful for his patronage, so they thank you very much,
            A7
So my mind was filled with wonder when the evening headlines read:
 Em          D               G                                                                               Em
"Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head."

G                          Em
But I work in his factory
Am                                 Em
And I curse the life I'm living
Am                Em
I curse my poverty
Am                        Em
I wish that I could be,
Am                        Em
I wish that I could be,
Am                               B7
Oh, I wish that I could be,
      Em
Richard Cory.

Jeepster - T-Rex

"Jeepster" is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was released on 5 November 1971 by record label Fly as a single from the group's sixth studio album (and second as T. Rex) Electric Warrior. The B-side, "Life's a Gas", is taken from the same album.

"Jeepster" was released as a single on 5 November 1971 by record label Fly. The single peaked at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and was controversial in that Fly Records released the song without singer Marc Bolan's prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for EMI, which had given him control of his own label T. Rex Wax Co. Records.

The music and rhythm are similar to that of the Howlin' Wolf song "You'll Be Mine", written by Willie Dixon. In interviews, Marc Bolan has acknowledged that he "lifted it from a Howlin' Wolf song". "Jeepster" has also similarities with Roy Orbison's song "You're My Baby" (written by Johnny Cash).

Cover versions: 

Former Marillion singer Fish covered the song as one of his personal favourites for his album Songs from the Mirror, released in 1993, and American rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry to honour the music of the rock stars who died from excess in the 1970s, included the song on their 2015 debut album Hollywood Vampires to commemorate Marc Bolan's death on 16 September 1977.

A7                                                                                 
You're so sweet,  you're so fine,
                                    C           B9           A7
I want you all and everything just to be mine
                             D                                   A
Cause you're my baby, 'Cause you're my love
       G                    F#                       C  B  Bb A7
Oh girl I'm just a Jeepster for you love

A7                                              
You slide so good, with bones so fair,
                              C           B9                   A7
You've got the universe reclining in your hair
                             D                                   A
Cause you're my baby, 'Cause you're my love
       G                    F#                       C  B  Bb A7
Oh girl I'm just a Jeepster for you love

A7                                                                
Just like a car you're pleasing to behold,
                                  C        B       A7
I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold
                             D                                   A
Cause you're my baby, 'Cause you're my love
       G                    F#                       C  B  Bb A7
Oh girl I'm just a Jeepster for you love

[Instrumental Break]

A7                                                                        
The wild winds blow upon your frozen cheeks,
                                                   C       B             A
The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak
                             D                                   A
Cause you're my baby, 'Cause you're my love
       G                    F#                       C  B  Bb A7
Oh girl I'm just a Jeepster for you love

A7                                              
Your motivation is so sweet,
                                  C         B          A
Your vibrations are burning up my feet
                               D                                   A
Cause you're my baby, 'Cause you're my love
       G                    F#                       C  B  Bb A7
Oh girl I'm just a Jeepster for you love
         G                      F#                         C  B/C   Bb A7 
I said, Girl I'm just a vampire For your love

And I'm gonna suck ya