Acid

Better known to many fans as "She Did A Lot of Acid" (though Jeff has introduced it in concert as being simply titled "Acid"), this is one of the NMH's more popular unreleased songs. I believe it was always performed solo by Jeff. He has mentioned it's a very early song of his. No studio/demo recordings are known, however. It was often played together in a trilogy of sorts followed by "Rubby Bulbs" and an unknown song ("swimming in your speakers"). The song has 2 distinct sections, starting off with a brooding intro, which fans sometimes mistake as a separate song.

Available
various live bootlegs

Live
Played occasionally

Lyrics
(these are unconfirmed.. please let me know if you think you see a mistake)

I feel a fading here
I feel it everyday
It's just a shaking fear
That hits when I awake
This pain has found me here [Sometimes Jeff said "fate" instead of "pain"]
Always and all too waiting (?) [Jeff seemed to often change this line]
And if I disappear into your hiding place...

She had a mental problem
She couldn't concentrate
She was her own delusion
She was her own mistake
She did a lot of acid
That put the voices down
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down

They say she lived her life on the avenue
They say she cried from the weight of her spit
They claim they were the only ones that she ever knew
Ah, but why are they weeping now?
When she was alive they were not around
They were locked in their own abyss

We met in the gutter
We shared a smoke or two
I told about my mother
She showed me her tattoo
We wandered through the city
Got lost in Fulton Town
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down

They say she live her life an American
They say she whored herself for pills [Jeff sometimes changed this line a little]
They claim they offered her their helping hand
But their talk's all the same to me
To call themselves her family
It just makes me ill

Chords
(thanks to shelly)

The intro is F, G, A three times, then F, G, E the final time. Each of the chords are strummed very quickly; "mandolin-style" is the best way to describe it.
Then it goes into the song itself.

(A)*
She had a mental problem (....etc.....)

(F)...................................................(A)
They say she lived her life on the avenue

(F)...................................................................(A)
They say she cried from the weight of her spit

(F)..................................................................(A)
They claim they were the only ones that she ever knew

(A)........(F)
Ah, but why are they weeping now?

(F)......................(Esus?)....................(E)
When she was alive they were not around

(E)...............................................(A)
They were locked in their own abyss

(A)
We met in the gutter (......etc.....)

(A).........(F)...............................
But the talk's all the same to me

(F)...................(Esus).............(E)
They call themselves her family

(E)......................(G)**
It just makes me ill

* During the "A" chord, move ring finger on and off B string to get effect.
** The "G" chord at the end of the song isn't a straight "G" chord. I think it may be "G diminished" but I'm not sure.

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