GOO GOO DOLLS - "a boy named goo album" Tablature

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A Boy Named Goo album by the Goo Goo Dolls
(compiled by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

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Long Way Down
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:

Guitar 1-
G5/A5-A5-A5 D5-D5-D5-C#5-B5-A5-A5 G5-A5 (3x)
B5

Guitar 2-
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---6/7-7-7-7-7-7-6--/7-7-7-7-7-7-6--/7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6/7-6/7-7-7-7-----
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------

(second time only)
e------------------------------------|--------------------------------
B------------------------------------|--------------------------------
G---14--12--11--9---9--9h11p9-7-6----|----6/7-------------------------
D------------------------------------|--------------------------------
A------------------------------------|--------------------------------
E------------------------------------|--------------------------------
(repeat)

Verse:
Oh here you are, there's ...
B5-A5-G5 A5
You're not ...
Did they push you out? did ...

Bridge:
B5-A5
G5 A5
Touch me now ...
G5 A5
When you take me ..
G5 A5
Almost human, but ...

Chorus:
G5/A5-A5-A5 D5-D5-D5-C#5-B5-A5-A5
Long way down,
G5 A5
I don't think I'll make it on ...

(verse)
I never put you down, I never ...

(bridge)
Is there anything to ...

(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll ...

(verse)
I never put you down, I ...

(bridge)
Take another piece of ...

(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll ...

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free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.

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Burnin' Up by the Goo Goo Dolls
(off of A Boy Named Goo)
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

(Riff A):
e--3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-(2)--
B--3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-(3)--
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-(0)-- (4 times)
D--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-(0)--
A-----------------------
E-----------------------
Bass notes are:
1st time - G, 2nd - E, 3rd - C, 4th - G

Intro: Riff A (2x)

(verse)
G5 E5 C5 G5
You said you're burnin' up inside, ...
G5 E5 C5 G5
You're living from a ...

C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside ...

Riff A (2x)

(verse)

You said you had enough this time, this town ...
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' ...

(the "And you hurt me" part/solo)
E5-E5(VII)-E5-E5(VII)-E5-E5(VII)-B5 (4x)

(verse)
Come and take my hand tonight, I'll show ...

C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' ..
F5 E5 D5
And you're ...
F5 E5 D5
And you're ...

End with Riff A (4x) and finally a G.

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Naked by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Tune your b to c (ala So Far Away)

(intro)
e -0----0---0-0-0-0--0-----|-0---0-0-0--0-----------------
C -0----0---0-0-0-0--0h2p0-|-0---0-0-0--0-----------------
G -2----2---2-2-2-2--2-----|-2---2-2-4--2-----------------
D -3----3---3-3-3-3--3-----|-0---0-0-0--0-----------------
A -------------------------|-0---0-0-0--0-----------------
E -------------------------|------------------------------
(Play 4 times)

(verse)
e --------0-----|-----------------------------------------
C ---0-------0--|--------0---------0----------------------
G --------------|------5-----4(h5)------------------------
D -3------------|-----------------------------------------
A --------------|---0-------------------------------------
E --------------|-----------------------------------------
Yeah I'm ...

(bridge 1)
e --------------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------------
G --10-10-10-10-10-----------10-10-10-10-10---------------
D --10-10-10-10-10-7---------10-10-10-10-10---5-----------
A --8--8--8--8--8--7---------8--8--8--8--8----5-----------
E -----------------5--------------------------3-----------
Weighed ...

e --------------------------------------------------------
C --------------------------------------------------------
G --10-10-10-10-10-----------10-10-10-10-10---------------
D --10-10-10-10-10-7---------10-10-10-10-10---5-----------
A --8--8--8--8--8--7---------8--8--8--8--8----5-----------
E -----------------5--------------------------3-----------
Safe ...

(chorus)
(riff)
e ----------------------------|----------------------------
C -----0----0-----0-----0-----|-----0----0-----0-----0-----
G ----------------------------|----------------------------
D ---2----2-----2------2------|---2----2-----2------2------
A ------------0------3--------|------------0---------------
E -1----3---------------------|-1----3------------3--------
You're naked inside ...

(bridge 2)
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5

(verse)
Yeah I'm hiding ...

(bridge 1)
Weighed ...

(chorus)
You're naked inside your ...

(solo - play intro underneath)

(break)
Inside your ...

(chorus)
You're naked inside ...
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By ...
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By any...
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5

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"Flat Top" by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net & Michael P. Carman)
Tune the high E string up to F#
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html


Intro / Chorus (riff 1):

---------0-------------------0-------------------------------
---------0-------------------0-------------------------------
--4--------------2-2--2--2---2--------1---11-11-11\8-8-8\4-4-
--4--------------2-2--2--2---2--------2----9--9--9\6-6-6\2-2-
--2--------------0-0--0--0---0--------2----------------------
--------------------------------------0----------------------

---------0-------------------0----------------0-0-0-0-0-
---------0-------------------0----------------0-0-0-0-0-
--4------0-------2-2--2--2---2----0-----------1-1-1-1-1-
--4--------------2-2--2--2---2----0---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-
--2--------------0-0--0--0---0----0---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-
--------------------------------------0---0---0-0-0-0-0-

Verse:
Flat top intervention, bringing home the new invention.
-0-------------0--------0-----------------0--------------------
-0-------------0--------0-----------------0--------------------
-3-------------4--------9-----------------8--------------------
-4-------------6--------9-----------------9--------------------
-4-------------6--------7-----------------9--------------------
------------------------------------------7--------------------

See it there in pieces ...
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------4---------------3-------------1-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------------------------------------0-----------------------

A television war between the cynics ...

Ah, sleeping on the White House lawn ...

-0---------------0-----------------0-----------------
-0---------------0-----------------7-----------------
-0---------------3-----------------7----------------
-6---------------3-----------------4-----------------
-6---------------1-----------------0-----------------
-4---------------x-----------------------------------
Look at all the washed out ...

(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around ...

(Verse)
The tabloid generation's ...

And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.

A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's ....

(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around ...

And my dirty dreams all come alive on my TV
-0------0----------------0----------0---------------
-0------0----------------0----------0---------------
-0------2----------------6----------4---------------
-6------2----------------6----------4---------------
-6------0----------------4----------2---------------
-4--------------------------------------------------
screen
And assasination plots ...

Show it all ....
------------------
------------------
------------------
--------4------2--
--------4------2--
--------2------0--
Show it all ...

(solo)

(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around ....


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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.

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Impersonality
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

e--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0-0-----
B--0--0--0-0-0-0-0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0-0-----
G--1--1--2-1-2-2-4---4--2---1--1--2--4--4-4-----
D-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
(4 times total)

E5
When I was three feet ...

E5 B5 C#5 F#5
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving....
Dancing roundabout I'd twist and ...

(Riff 1)
Impersonality
It's ...

E5
Momma's in a shop ...

E5 B5
Scooping up ...
C#5 F#5
A warning shot from ...
Doesn't matter now but I'll shout ...

(solo)

F#5
Never got to ...
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 F#5
Did you ever ...
Now it's ...
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 B5 F#5
And I'm glad ...

Think of all the time ...
B5 A5
I'd love to tell ...
B5 A5
Listen hard to ...

(Riff 1)
Impersonality ...

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Goo Goo Dolls - "Name"
tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net and Michael Carmen
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html


Drop the low E to D
Raise the G string to A
and drop the B string down to A

h - hammer on
/ - slide up
\ - slide down

Verse:

-----0---------0---------0----------0------0-------
-------0---------0---------0------0-------0--------
---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---------------------
---------------------0-----------------------------
-0------------------5------------------------------
-7---------6--------------------4------2------0----

-0---0---0-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0----0--0---0--
-0---0---0-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0----0--0---0--
-0---0---0-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0----0--0---0--
-7-9/11-11/14-14-14-14-14-12---7--9/11-11--11\9-0-11\9-0--
-0---0---0-----0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---12--0--12--
---------------------------------------------------------

chorus
Now we're grown up orphans, that ...
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----

We don't belong to no ...
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----

solo (only half of it yet, strum all but low E while playing)
---------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------
--0-2-4-4-4-4-2-0--0--2-4-2-0----2-4-5-4-2-4-------------5-4-2-
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------


-0-----------0-2-2-4-4-4/5-5-5-4-5-5-4-4-5-5-4-4-5-7-9-10-9---
---5-4-2-4-5-------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

Ending

-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
-9--11--11--11--11---9---0---0--
-0---0---0---0---0---0--12--12--
--------------------------------

Lyrics:

(Verse)
And even though the moment ....

(chorus)
Now we're grown up orphans, that ....

(verse)
Scars are souveneers you never ....

(chorus)
You grew up way too fast, and now there's ...

(Verse)
I think about you all the time...

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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.

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Only One
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Capo on the second fret
(You don't *have* to play it with a capo, but it'd be much harder)
(Also, Johnny plays it with the high-E tuned to an F#, but that
only matters in the solo, so we all don't *have* to do it)

Intro:
F#---------------------
B----------------0-----
G------0-----------0---
D----2---2-----2-------
A------------3---------
E--0-------------------
(repeat 4 times)

Verse:
F#5 D5
I'll open up my ...
Its been dead ...
F#5 D5 A5
Musta been a ...
F#5
One is for my ...
D5
The other for my he...
F#5 D5 A5
The last is something ...

Break:
F#---------------------------|---------------------------------------
B----------------------------|---------------------------------------
G----------------------------|---------------------------------------
D----------------------------|---------------------------------------
A--3--3-2-2-2----0---0-2-0---|--3-3-2-2-5--5-5--5-5h7p5--------------
E--------------3---3-------3-|---------------------------------------

F#---------------------------|---------------------------------------
B----------------------------|---------------------------------------
G----------------------------|---------------------------------------
D----------------------------|---------------------------------------
A--3--3-2-2-2----0---0-2-0---|--3-3-2-2-5--5-5--5-5------------------
E--------------3---3-------3-|---------------------------------------

Chorus:
G5 B5 G5 B5
I ain't the only one, I ..
G5 B5 C5
I ain't the only ...

(verse)
I'm talkin' to myself ....

(break)

(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ...

(solo)

(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ...

(bridge)
F#------------------------------------------------
B-------0------------0----------0---------0-------
G---------0------------0----------0---------0-----
D-----2------------2----------2---------2---------
A---------------------------0---------3-----------
E---0-----------3---------------------------------

Little pictures in my head are turnin' ....

(verse)
Well, you used to be a folk singer, now ....

(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ....

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Somethin' Bad
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Verse:
D5
Well they're shutting all the ...
F#5 G5 D5
And they're holding out for cheaper ...
D5
If I'm older now and have a ...
F#5 G5 D5
Why'd those neon lights all ...

Chorus:
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to feel ...
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to go ...
E5 C5 D5
And I never thought I'd ...
B5 C5 D5
Ah but I know that somethin' ...
B5 C5 D5
Oh yes I know that somethin' ....

(verse)
Well I see 'em working round the block ...

(chorus)
And it's not like me to feel so ....
Go!

(solo)
e------------------------------|----------------------------------------
B--3p2--3p2--3p2--3p2--3p2-3p2-|-3p2--3p2--3p2--3p2--3p2-3p2------------
G-----2----2----2----2---------|----2----2----2----2--------------------
D------------------------------|----------------------------------------
A------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E------------------------------|----------------------------------------

e------------------------------|----------------------------------------
B--8p7--8p7--10p7--8p7--8p7----|--7-------------------------------------
G-----7----7-----7----7----7---|--7-------------------------------------
D------------------------------|--5-------------------------------------
A------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E------------------------------|----------------------------------------
(2 times)

(chorus)
And it's not like me to feel so ...

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Ain't That Unusual -- Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro: Eb5-B5-F#5(IX)-Eb5-Db5
Eb5-B5-F#5(IX)
Eb5-B5-F#5(IX)-Eb5-Db5
Eb5-B5-F#5(IX)

Verse: Eb5-F#5-B5-Eb5-Db5
Eb5-F#5-B5

Bridge: E5-F#5-G#5

Chorus: Intro

(intro)
(verse)
Could you talk to ....

(bridge)
Cuz all we are is what ....

(chorus)
Someday you never made....

(verse)
Now I feel unknown...

(bridge)
I'm burnt out on some ...

(chorus)
Someday you never made ...

(verse)
See I'd love to be ....

(Solo over verse chords in traditional Johnny Rzeznik style)

(bridge 2 -- F#5-G#5-E5)
Everything I want I haven't ....

(chorus)
Someday you never ....

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So Long
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:
C5-G5-C5-F5-C5-Bb5-F5-G5

Verse:
C5 G5 C5 F5
Don't take much lookin' back to know I ...
C5 Bb5 F5 G5
Nothin's different now but nothin' ....

(verse)
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar ...

Bridge:
F5 G5 F5 G5
I'd love to stick around but I ...

Chorus:
C5
So long
F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
Oh so long..
Bb5 G5
But I didn't wanna ...

(intro)

(verse)
Don't take much lookin' back to know I ....

(verse)
You always spoke the truth from circa ...

(bridge)
I'd love to stick around but I ...

(chorus)
So long
Oh so long, oh so ....

(chorus)
Oh so long, oh so ...

F5 G5 C5
I gotta get back to ...

(chorus)
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna ...

(chorus)
So long
Oh so ...
But I didn't wanna tell ....

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By Michael P. Carman

"Eyes Wide Open"

Intro / Chorus:
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
---9--9--9--9-9--7--6--7--9--
---0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--
-----------------------------
-----------------------------

-----------------------------
-----------------------------
---9--9--9--9-9--7--6--7--9--
---0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--
-----------------------------
-----------------------------

--------------------------------
--------------------------------
---9--9--9--9-9--7--6--7--0-----
---0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--7--
-----------------------------7--
-----------------------------5--


Verse:

I'm a fortunate son of ...
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-------------------------7------------
-7\\--4---------7--------7---------7--
-7\\--4---------7--------5---------7--
-5\\--2---------5------------------5--

Livin' large on the ...
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
4------7------------2--2-2--2--2--2---
4------7------------2--2-2--2--2--2---
2------5------------0--0-0--0--0--0---

I want to kick ...
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--11------9-----------7---------------
--11------9-----------5---------------
--9-------7-----------5---------------
--------------------------------------

Play the intro and chorus to this:

Eyes wide open. . ...
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
9----9----9--9-----9-7-----6--7--9--
0----0----0--0-----0-0-----0--0--0--
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

Lyrics:

(Verse)
I'm a fortunate son, of a fortunate .....

(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't ...

(berse)
I don't take the bus, and I never ...

(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't see...



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Disconnected
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(originally by The Enemies)
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:
e-------------------------|--------------------------------
B-------------------------|--------------------------------
G-------------------------|--------------------------------
D-----------------------3-|--------------------------------
A--5--3-3-3--5-5-5--3-5---|--5--3-3-3--------------3-------
E-------------------------|------------5-5-5--3-5----------
(3 times total)

Verse:
D5
D5
I don't remember it ....
B5
And when you call me ...

(verse)
I tend to forget about ...
And now it doesn't matter ...

Chorus:
G5 A5
I've been ...
B5
Someone pulled ..
G5 A5
Oh you're ...
B5
Nothin's come ...
D5
B5

(verse)
We've paid the price and now ...

(verse)
I've found another someone to ...

(chorus)
I've been ...

D5
B5

(chorus)
Cause, I've been ...

(chorus)
I've been ...

I've been disc...

Play G5-A5-B5 till end (on B5)

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Slave Girl
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(originally by the Lime Spiders)
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:
(Riff 1, repeat four times) (fourth ending)
e-----|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------
B-----|:----------------|----------------:|---------------------------
G-----|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------
D-----|:----------------|----------------:|-----9-9-9-9---------------
A-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-9-9-9---------------
E--3b-|-0--0-3-5--5-3-5-|5-3-5b(6)r(5)-3--|--5--7-7-7-7---------------

(Riff 1)
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I ...

(Riff 1)
For sixteen years she's been ...

(Riff 1)
Don't save me when I startin' to ...

(solo 1)

(Riff 1)
Well I hear a strange noise as I ...

(Riff 1)
'Cause you moved me when I ....

(solo 2)

(Riff 1)
Well, you got me in the bondage ...

(Riff 1)
So join my chain gang play ....

End on E5

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