CRASH TEST DUMMIES - "mmm mmm mmm mmm" Tablature

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Here are the chords for this song as closely as I could figure them out.
He played it somewhat differently on Saturday Night Live, so I'm
including what I hear on the CD, but also noting where he seemed to do
things differently. Also take note of a weird chord that I don't know
the name of that I've marked with asterisks and included a crude tab of
how it is played.


Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm (CAPO ON 3RD FRET)

Intro:

Em Bm Em Bm F G F G
Em Bm Em Bm F G F G


Am G C
Once there was ...
F C G# C (He played a G, not G#)
Got into an accident and ...
F G C
But when he finally ...
G C F C G
His hair had turned from ....
G# C
He said that it was ....
G# C/F** F (Note the weird chord: it's like this
The cars had .... oE|---|---|---|
oB|---|---|---|
oG|---|---|---|
D|---|---|-0-|
A|---|---|-0-|
CHORUS: E|---|---|---|

Em Bm Em Bm F G F G
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, ....
Em Bm Em Bm F G F G
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm, ....

Am G C
Then there ...
F C G# C (He played G; not G#
Wouldn't go to change with the ...
F C G C
But when they ...
G C F C G
They saw ...
G# C
She couldn't ...
G# C/F** F
They'd always ...


CHORUS


BRIDGE:

Dm C G
Both girl and ...
Dm C G F G
One kid had it ....

Am G C
'Cause then there was ...
F C G# C (Again, he plays G
Parents made him come right ...
F C G C
And when they went ....
G C F C G
They shook and lurched all over the ....
G# C
He couldn't ...
G# C/F** F
They'd always ....


CHORUS

Outro is the same progression as the bridge


Enjoy.

Liz Myers


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