FANCY PANTS AND THE CELLPHONES - "Highlights" Tablature

Fancy Pants and the Cellphones
"Highlights"
The Last Heel Turn (2002)

Tabbed by Pat The Bunny (A) "The friendly Fancy Pants stalker"

Verse:

"...Just found out last night, that my girl's been infected"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"...And I can hardly contain myself, if it's true what you said she did"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"You gotta believe me, she used to have nice skin, now it doesn't really matter"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"...She's losing weight at an alarming rate, while I'm busy getting fatter"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

Chorus:

"The doctor's had very little to say, tried my hardest not to let her see, that I was smiling...but I think
that she noticed"
g|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
e|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|

[verse 2; see music above]
"...She's stuck in a traffic light...that's not good at changing"
"...She's living in a one-room rented house...that it always ***in rains in"
"She's got abrasives on all the good parts, and a toe on the trigger"
"...And there's only one rope swing left...on her side of the river"

Bridge:

"...I've got on my happy pants."
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d|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
a|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-----------------|

"...My baby's got anthrax!"
g|---------- |
d|-3-3-3-3-5 |
a|-3-3-3-3-5 |
e|-1-1-1-1-3 (hold)|

[chorus 2; see music above]
"She's slow as a moped and hell bent, way too often beligerent, she's not beautiful...but she's
graveyard pretty"

Bridge 2:

"I really couldn't care any less, what her medical stance is"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"It must have been, some package that was sent...or maybe she's just a ***in whore"
g|-------------------------------------------- |
d|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5 |
a|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5 |
e|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3 (hold)|

[chorus 2; see music above]
"She's slow as a moped and hell bent, way too often beligerent, she's not beautiful...but she's
graveyard pretty"

Filler:
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-| [x2]

Bridge 3:

"It's not my fault that she's such a bitch...and now that she's actually"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"Sick, I can't stop with all the laughter, guess I'm officially now a dick"
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d|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2---------|
a|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-|
e|-------------------------1-1-3-3-|

"...I've got on my happy pants."
g|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
d|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
a|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
e|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-----------------|

"...My baby's got anthrax!"
g|---------- |
d|-3-3-3-3-5 |
a|-3-3-3-3-5 |
e|-1-1-1-1-3 (hold)|

[chorus 1]
[chorus 2]

It's a bit tricky to follow in a lot of places, but hopefully you'll figure it out well enough.

HISTORICAL NOTES NOBODY CARES ABOUT:
This song was originally released on the second Fancy Pants recording, the Getting Used to Other
People's Remote Controls EP (2002). Most songs were taken over from this EP to the full length in
completely (or nearly) unchanged form, but Highlights was re-recorded and changed somewhat in the
transfer. It was originally called "Inusrance Highlights" (the "insurance" part dropped for reasons that
aren't clear to me at all) and the EP version lacked Keith's background harmonies on chorus 2 and
bridge 3. I think the new version is better, because re-recording the song from scratch allowed Graham
to get the vocals stronger in some places where they weren't so easy to catch in the original
recording.

Graham plays (live at least) with only three strings on his guitar. However, I can't figure out how to do
any of these songs well without the four strings traditionally used for good power chords, so this is the
four-string version.