Heart-Snatcher
Late-70s hard rock female belter, 138 BPM 4/4 pushed, A minor. Verse: kick on 1 and 3 thumping, snare CRACK on 2 and 4 short room verb, hat open-closed 8ths, distorted power chords on every downbeat, second rhythm palm-muted right channel, P-Bass following kick. Pre-chorus: tom builds, hat opens to ride bell, bass climbs. Chorus: kick every quarter stomp, snare doubled with clap on 2 and 4, twin lead guitars in harmony on hook, gang-shout backs answering each line, power chords ringing on downbeats. Bridge: half-time, kick on 1, brushed sweep, clean arpeggios, lower vocal. Distorted Les Paul lead with British amp drive, twin rhythm guitars, fuzzed P-Bass, vintage kit room verb, distorted electric violin doubled with lead on solo, NO programmed drums NO synth NO 808 NO horns. Coloratura soprano leather-grit verse, full hard-rock belt chorus, gang backs, growled aside bridge. Female lead. Plate verb medium, slap delay ad-libs, tape saturation, scooped mids guitar. Hard stop last chord.
Heart-Snatcher
Late-70s hard rock female belter, 138 BPM 4/4 pushed, A minor. Verse: kick on 1 and 3 thumping, snare CRACK on 2 and 4 short room verb, hat open-closed 8ths, distorted power chords on every downbeat, second rhythm palm-muted right channel, P-Bass following kick. Pre-chorus: tom builds, hat opens to ride bell, bass climbs. Chorus: kick every quarter stomp, snare doubled with clap on 2 and 4, twin lead guitars in harmony on hook, gang-shout backs answering each line, power chords ringing on downbeats. Bridge: half-time, kick on 1, brushed sweep, clean arpeggios, lower vocal. Distorted Les Paul lead with British amp drive, twin rhythm guitars, fuzzed P-Bass, vintage kit room verb, distorted electric violin doubled with lead on solo, NO programmed drums NO synth NO 808 NO horns. Coloratura soprano leather-grit verse, full hard-rock belt chorus, gang backs, growled aside bridge. Female lead. Plate verb medium, slap delay ad-libs, tape saturation, scooped mids guitar. Hard stop last chord.
Lyrics
Verse 1: distorted power chords on every downbeat, kick on 1 and 3, snare crack on 2 and 4 room verb, hat open-closed 8ths, dry close-mic vocal
You walk in the bar like you wrote the place
Hat tipped low and a half-cocked grin
I seen the same act on three different faces
I been seeing it work since they let me in
You think the wedding band's already started
You think the dance card's already signed
Honey put your name back in the pocket
You ain't getting nothing from me tonight
Pre-Chorus: tom builds, hat opens to ride bell, bass climbs
I been around the dial
I seen the same trick twice
The lipstick on the collar
Don't lie, baby, don't lie
Chorus: kick every quarter stomp, snare doubled with clap on 2 and 4, twin lead harmony on hook, gang-shout backs
You're a heart-snatcher
You're a slow-fade walker
You're a Wednesday-morning ghost
And a Friday-night talker
Try to take a piece off of me
Try to walk it out the door
You ain't built for the woman
You been calling on
Heart-snatcher
Slow-fade walker
Verse 2: same bed, vocal more belted, lead fills between phrases
You been working the line at the cocktail tables
You been writing your number on the back of receipts
You don't bring a different perfume home to the wife
'Cause the perfume in her drawer is the same on the sheets
You think a soft voice equals a soft target
You think a long lash equals a soft heart
I seen the song you're about to play
Three rooms before you started
Pre-Chorus: bigger tom build, hat fully open, bass walking up
I been around the dial
I seen the same trick twice
The lipstick on the collar
Don't lie, baby, don't lie
Chorus: full ensemble, bigger gang shouts, twin lead harmony stab on tail
You're a heart-snatcher
You're a slow-fade walker
You're a Wednesday-morning ghost
And a Friday-night talker
Try to take a piece off of me
Try to walk it out the door
You ain't built for the woman
You been calling on
Heart-snatcher
Slow-fade walker
Violin Solo: distortion bow attack on A string with overdrive, snarling double-stop bend in fifths trading with twin lead guitars, fast 16th-note staccato détaché climbing into sustained ff bend held four bars before bridge
Bridge: half-time drop, kick on 1, brushed sweep, sparse clean guitar arpeggios, lower vocal
The first time you tried me at twenty-one
I let you walk because I was kind
The second time you tried me at twenty-two
I let you walk because I was tired
The third time, brother, you better know
You ain't getting past the door
The deputy at the end of the gravel
Already running your name with the law
Final Chorus: highest energy, full layered backs, twin lead harmony cresting
You're a heart-snatcher
You're a slow-fade walker
You're a Wednesday-morning ghost
And a Friday-night talker
Try to take a piece off of me
Try to walk it out the door
You ain't built for the woman
You been calling on
Heart-snatcher
Slow-fade walker
Outro: power chords ringing, snare crack tag, hard stop on last "walker"
Heart-snatcher
Slow-fade walker
You ain't built for the woman
Heart-snatcher