As recorded by Everclear on "So Much for the Afterglow"
Tabbed by Jason Pan (balaka@alphalink.com.au)
VERSION 1 - Tabbed by Jason Pan
Intro (Keyboard, played throughout song)
Add this to play the intro like Steve Birch did live (97/98 SMFTA tour).
He plays the normal intro for a few bars and then gets into this:
Verse/Chorus
C, F (8th Fret, A shape), A, D
Bridge
F (1st Fret, E shape), G, A
(First verse is mostly just the bass playing the root notes)
[C]You put yourself[F] in stupid places[A]
Yes I th[D]ink you know it's true[C]
Situat[F]ions where it'[A]s easy
to [D]look down on you
[C]Think you li[F]ke to be the victim[A]
Think you li[D]ke to be in pain[C]
I think you make[F] yourself a victim [A]
almost ev[G]ery single day
[C]You [F]do what you [A]do
You [D]say what you say[C]
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]You know [F]all the right [A]people
You play [D]all the right games[C]
You always [F]try to be [A]everything to [G]everyone
[F]Ahhhhh[G] - yeah you d[A]o it again
[F]Ahhhhh[G] - you always do it again
[C]You say they taug[F]ht you how to read[A] and write
Yeah, they taugh[D]t you how to count[C]
I say they taugh[F]t you how to buy and sel[A]l your own body by the poun[D]d[C]
[C]I think you l[F]ike to be the [A]simple toy
I think you [D]love to be the [C]clown
I think you were blin[F]d to the fact
that the ha[A]nd you hold is the hand that [G]holds you down
[C]You [F]do what you [A]do
Yeah, you [D]say what you [C]say
You always [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]You know [F]all the right [A]people
You play [D]all the right [C]games
You always tr[F]y to be ev[A]erything to ev[G]eryone
[F]Spin around and fall[G] down - do i[A]t again
[F]Yeah, you stumble and you [G]fall - yeah I want you to learn
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]Yeah you stumble and you.. f[G]all - I wonder if you'll ever learn
Yeah why won't you ever learn
C'mon now do that stupid dance for me
(start doing the C F A D thing again)
"C'mon, C'mon dance" X 4
[D]Oh, yeah[C]
You [F]do what they tell [A]you to
You [D]say what they [C]say
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]Yeah, you ju[F]mp through the bi[A]g hoop
You play [D]all the right [C]games
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [G]everyone
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]You stumble and you [G]fall - yeah yo[A]u do it again
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]You stumble and you.. [G]fall
JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/
Tabbed by Jason Pan (balaka@alphalink.com.au)
VERSION 1 - Tabbed by Jason Pan
Intro (Keyboard, played throughout song)
e: |---12----12----12----12-------------12----12----12----12------|
B: |-13---13----13----13----13-------13----13----13----13----13---|
Add this to play the intro like Steve Birch did live (97/98 SMFTA tour).
He plays the normal intro for a few bars and then gets into this:
e: |---12----12----12h13p12-------------12----12----12h13p12------|
B: |-13---13----13----------13-------13----13----13----------13---|
Verse/Chorus
C, F (8th Fret, A shape), A, D
Bridge
F (1st Fret, E shape), G, A
(First verse is mostly just the bass playing the root notes)
[C]You put yourself[F] in stupid places[A]
Yes I th[D]ink you know it's true[C]
Situat[F]ions where it'[A]s easy
to [D]look down on you
[C]Think you li[F]ke to be the victim[A]
Think you li[D]ke to be in pain[C]
I think you make[F] yourself a victim [A]
almost ev[G]ery single day
[C]You [F]do what you [A]do
You [D]say what you say[C]
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]You know [F]all the right [A]people
You play [D]all the right games[C]
You always [F]try to be [A]everything to [G]everyone
[F]Ahhhhh[G] - yeah you d[A]o it again
[F]Ahhhhh[G] - you always do it again
[C]You say they taug[F]ht you how to read[A] and write
Yeah, they taugh[D]t you how to count[C]
I say they taugh[F]t you how to buy and sel[A]l your own body by the poun[D]d[C]
[C]I think you l[F]ike to be the [A]simple toy
I think you [D]love to be the [C]clown
I think you were blin[F]d to the fact
that the ha[A]nd you hold is the hand that [G]holds you down
[C]You [F]do what you [A]do
Yeah, you [D]say what you [C]say
You always [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]You know [F]all the right [A]people
You play [D]all the right [C]games
You always tr[F]y to be ev[A]erything to ev[G]eryone
[F]Spin around and fall[G] down - do i[A]t again
[F]Yeah, you stumble and you [G]fall - yeah I want you to learn
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]Yeah you stumble and you.. f[G]all - I wonder if you'll ever learn
e: |------------8------------|
B: |------5h6p5------5h6p5---|
G: |-/5-7---------5----------|
Yeah why won't you ever learn
C'mon now do that stupid dance for me
(start doing the C F A D thing again)
"C'mon, C'mon dance" X 4
[D]Oh, yeah[C]
You [F]do what they tell [A]you to
You [D]say what they [C]say
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [D]everyone
[C]Yeah, you ju[F]mp through the bi[A]g hoop
You play [D]all the right [C]games
You [F]try to be [A]everything to [G]everyone
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]You stumble and you [G]fall - yeah yo[A]u do it again
[F]Spin around and [G]fall down - [A]do it again
[F]You stumble and you.. [G]fall
JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/