REFRIGERATOR CAR - Spin Doctors.

This is my interpretation of the song,and not entirely accurate. Hopefully this should get you started though.

Opening riff with opening drumbeat. 

w./dist. and fbk.
 |------------------------|-----------------------------------
T|------------------------|-----------------------------------
A|------------------------|------------sl.--------------------
B|--5--5---7--7---2=======|--5--5---7--7/--9======-"Squeeeee"-
 |--5--5---7--7---2=======|--5--5---7--7/--7======------------
 |--3--3---5--5---0=======|--3--3---5--5----------------------
    Bass doubles -1 oct.

Next bit:
-------------|---------------7------7-------------------------
-------------|---------------8------8-------------------------
-------------|---------------7------7-------------------------
-2-p-0-------|-5-5--7-7---------------------------------------
-------2-p-0-|-5-5--7-7--2-2----2-2---------------------------
-------------|-3-3--5-5--0-0----0-0---------------------------

 I'm not entirely sure where the bar line comes here, but you can figure the rhythm out from the record.

The final chord in this riff is my solution to the problem of not being able to hear the correct notes, but it sounds about right. The riff is repeated with variations and improv.in Emin pent, such as one of my own creation, below:
                             sl.    sl.
-------------|---------------7\-----7\------------------------
-------------|---------------7\-----7\------------------------
-------------|---------------7\-----7\------------------------
-2-p-0-------|-5----7-----------------------------------------
-------2-p-0-|-5----7-----------------------------------------
-------------|-3-0--5-0--0-0----0-0---------------------------

Verse chords:

let ring throughout
--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------rpt-------------------------------------
-2--0--2====------ad infinitum...-----------------------------
-2--0--2====--------------------------------------------------
-0--0--0====--------------------------------------------------
----3---------------------------------------------------------

   "Your   heart  is     a refrigerator car..."


Chorus riff:

--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--3-3-------------9------9------------------------------------
--3-3--5-5--------9------9------------------------------------
--1-1--5-5----2-2-7--2-2-7------------------------------------
-------3-3-3--0-0----0-0--------------------------------------

Again, this will give you no idea of the rythm, sorry.
The hi Em is not entirely right either, but it works. 

Solo Chords???

Solo: fragments of fingerings for the first bit

--------------------------------------------------------------
-sl.---15-14-12--12-h-14------------12-10-12b/\--------10b/\/
--/14--------------------12---12-10-------------12--10--------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

The rest is hard to follow. Will send update as soon as poss.

Final Notes:

----------------------|---------------------------------sl.---
----------------------|-----sl.--sl.---sl.---sl.---sl.---------
----------------------|---------------------------------9\----
--5-5--7-7--5-5--7-7--|---2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-9\----
--5-5--7-7--5-5--7-7--|---2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-2/5/7-7\----
--3-3--5-5--3-3--5-5--|---0/3/5-0/3/5-0/3/5-0/3/5-0/3/5-0-----

Lyrics:

Your heart is a refrigerator car,
It's cold and it never waits.
Frozen breath and frostbite,
Stacked, unopened crates.

You never loved your froven freight,
perishables and bloodless meats.
Your rolling snowball's turned to sleet.
You never will...

You roll across the desert and clack across the sand.
Though snakes may fry outside,
Flowers crumble, petrified in your hand.

Your heart's a paid-off porter,
You laugh to sell your soul.
With one hand you blow your brain out,
while the other digs the hole.

you never will.

Transcribed by John Behan. 
Mail suggestions/corrections/comments to:

pleb_behan@hotmail.com

Thanks to John Musker for his help in my initial problems and the first few notes of the solo.