GOO GOO DOLLS - "A Boy Named Goo Album" Tablature
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A Boy Named Goo album by the Goo Goo Dolls
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Long Way Down
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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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 nothing left to say
B5-A5-G5 A5
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out? did they throw you away?
Bridge:
B5-A5
G5 A5
Touch me now and I don't care
G5 A5
When you take me I'm not there
G5 A5
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
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 my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
(verse)
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want, there's nothing I could say
(bridge)
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
(verse)
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
(bridge)
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray
(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
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Burnin' Up by the Goo Goo Dolls
(off of A Boy Named Goo)
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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(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, and no one seems to tell.
G5 E5 C5 G5
You're living from a personalized manual from hell.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares.
Riff A (2x)
(verse)
You said you had enough this time, this town don't treat you well.
You always find coincidence, well I do parallel.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
(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 you where to start.
'Cuz every word that left your lips, like a needle through my heart.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
End with Riff A (4x) and finally a G.
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Naked by the Goo Goo Dolls
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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 fadin'
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
(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 down
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 now
(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 your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
(bridge 2)
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
(verse)
Yeah I'm hiding
in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
(bridge 1)
Weighed down
Safe now
(chorus)
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
(solo - play intro underneath)
(break)
Inside your head
No one's there
And I don't think I'll ever be
And I don't care
(chorus)
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By anyone
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By anyone
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#
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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 on the ground.
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------4---------------3-------------1-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------------------------------------0-----------------------
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Ah, sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
-0---------------0-----------------0-----------------
-0---------------0-----------------7-----------------
-0---------------3-----------------7----------------
-6---------------3-----------------4-----------------
-6---------------1-----------------0-----------------
-4---------------x-----------------------------------
Look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
(Verse)
The tabloid generation's lost
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
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 a victim on TV
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
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 me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, and who I'm s'posed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
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--------4------2--
--------4------2--
--------2------0--
Show it all to me
(solo)
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
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Impersonality
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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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 tall
I loved 'em all
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt
E5 B5 C#5 F#5
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
(Riff 1)
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
E5
Momma's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond
Vowed to share the wealth
E5 B5
Scooping up the coins
C#5 F#5
A warning shot from some authority
Doesn't matter now but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
(solo)
F#5
Never got to know you
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 F#5
Did you ever wonder why?
Now it's nice to know ya
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 B5 F#5
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost
Was it really lost at all?
Now I'm so proud of ya
B5 A5
I'd love to tell you all I've seen
B5 A5
Listen hard to your realities
(Riff 1)
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
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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
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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 never knew their names
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
We don't belong to no one, that's a shame
---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--
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Lyrics:
(Verse)
And even though the moment passed me by,
I still can't turn away.
I saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose,
Tossed along the way.
Letters that you never meant to send,
Lost and thrown away.
(chorus)
Now we're grown up orphans, that never knew their names.
We don't belong to no one, that's a shame.
You could hide beside me, maybe for a while.
And I won't tell no one your name, no I won't tell 'em your name.
(verse)
Scars are souveneers you never lose,
The past is never far.
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
Did you get to be a star?
Don't it make you sad to know that life,
Is more than who we are.
(chorus)
You grew up way too fast, and now there's nothing to believe.
And re-runs all become our history.
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio.
And I won't tell no one your name, no I won't tell 'em your name.
(Verse)
I think about you all the time
but I don't need the same.
If it's lonely where you are come back down,
and I won't tell no one your name.
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Only One
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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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 head awhile
Its been dead for years
F#5 D5 A5
Musta been a victim of my peers
F#5
One is for my happiness
D5
The other for my health
F#5 D5 A5
The last is something bigger than myself
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 ain't the only one
G5 B5 C5
I ain't the only one to say
(verse)
I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes
(break)
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
(solo)
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
(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' inside out again
'Cause fuckin' up takes practice I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse
You tell me what you fear 'cause I can feel it like a curse
(verse)
Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
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Somethin' Bad
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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Verse:
D5
Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
F#5 G5 D5
And they're holding out for cheaper Chinese food
D5
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude
F#5 G5 D5
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?
Chorus:
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to feel so important
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
E5 C5 D5
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
B5 C5 D5
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
B5 C5 D5
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
(verse)
Well I see 'em working round the block till six a.m.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
(chorus)
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
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 important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
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Ain't That Unusual -- Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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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 me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean
(bridge)
Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made for TV movie
And I just blew my lines
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
(verse)
Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared
What's that supposed to mean
(bridge)
I'm burnt out on some empty reasons
And other wastes of time
Something that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it rhymed
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
(verse)
See I'd love to be you
Least then I'd see you
Sorry I put them words in your mouth
but you wouldn't talk to me
(Solo over verse chords in traditional Johnny Rzeznik style)
(bridge 2 -- F#5-G#5-E5)
Everything I want I haven't got
Sick of everything I'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now ain't that unusual
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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 took my coffee black then
C5 Bb5 F5 G5
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright.
(verse)
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
Bridge:
F5 G5 F5 G5
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
Chorus:
C5
So long
F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
Oh so long, oh so long
Bb5 G5
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(intro)
(verse)
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
And nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
(verse)
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
(bridge)
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
(chorus)
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(chorus)
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
F5 G5 C5
I gotta get back to where I belong
(chorus)
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(chorus)
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
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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 a fortunate son
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-------------------------7------------
-7\\--4---------7--------7---------7--
-7\\--4---------7--------5---------7--
-5\\--2---------5------------------5--
Livin' large on the wrong side of town
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
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 it all down
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--11------9-----------7---------------
--11------9-----------5---------------
--9-------7-----------5---------------
--------------------------------------
Play the intro and chorus to this:
Eyes wide open. . .I can't see
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
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 son,
Living large on the wrong side of town.
Too many friends and the fun never ends,
Drinkin' and hangin' around.
I wanna' own the world, I wanna' swallow it whole.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be.
(berse)
I don't take the bus, and I never walked too far,
The furthest I got was my own backyard.
A fist full of cash that somebody else earned,
They sent me some more when it all got burned.
I wanna' take control, I wanna' make it all mine.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
--------------------------------
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 doesn't ring a bell
B5
And when you call me everything is swell
(verse)
I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter 'cause I feel so sad
Chorus:
G5 A5
I've been disconnected
B5
Someone pulled the plug
G5 A5
Oh you're so distant
B5
Nothin's come along, yeah.
D5
B5
(verse)
We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me you'll find me home
(verse)
I've found another someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face
(chorus)
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
D5
B5
(chorus)
Cause, I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
(chorus)
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
I've been disconnected
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 know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
(Riff 1)
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around
Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours
(Riff 1)
Don't save me when I startin' to drown
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all I need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me. Go!
(solo 1)
(Riff 1)
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in my bed
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think I care?
(Riff 1)
'Cause you moved me when I was takin' my time
You abused me when I'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out! Go!
(solo 2)
(Riff 1)
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when I hear her say
"Just come around and see me if you lose your way"
(Riff 1)
So join my chain gang play along with me
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my dream
End on E5
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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.
(compiled by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
--------------------------------
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 nothing left to say
B5-A5-G5 A5
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out? did they throw you away?
Bridge:
B5-A5
G5 A5
Touch me now and I don't care
G5 A5
When you take me I'm not there
G5 A5
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
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 my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
(verse)
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want, there's nothing I could say
(bridge)
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
(verse)
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
(bridge)
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray
(chorus)
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
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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, and no one seems to tell.
G5 E5 C5 G5
You're living from a personalized manual from hell.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares.
Riff A (2x)
(verse)
You said you had enough this time, this town don't treat you well.
You always find coincidence, well I do parallel.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
(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 you where to start.
'Cuz every word that left your lips, like a needle through my heart.
C5 D5 G5 E5
Life it seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair.
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
F5 E5 D5
And you're burnin' up inside
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 fadin'
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
(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 down
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 now
(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 your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
(bridge 2)
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
(verse)
Yeah I'm hiding
in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
(bridge 1)
Weighed down
Safe now
(chorus)
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
(solo - play intro underneath)
(break)
Inside your head
No one's there
And I don't think I'll ever be
And I don't care
(chorus)
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By anyone
G5-G5-G5-G5-G5-A5
F5-F5-F5-F5-F5-F5
By anyone
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 on the ground.
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------0---------------0-------------0-----------------------
---------4---------------3-------------1-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------6---------------4-------------2-----------------------
---------------------------------------0-----------------------
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Ah, sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
-0---------------0-----------------0-----------------
-0---------------0-----------------7-----------------
-0---------------3-----------------7----------------
-6---------------3-----------------4-----------------
-6---------------1-----------------0-----------------
-4---------------x-----------------------------------
Look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
(Verse)
The tabloid generation's lost
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
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 a victim on TV
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
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 me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, and who I'm s'posed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
------------------
------------------
------------------
--------4------2--
--------4------2--
--------2------0--
Show it all to me
(solo)
(Riff 1)
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
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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 tall
I loved 'em all
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt
E5 B5 C#5 F#5
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
(Riff 1)
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
E5
Momma's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond
Vowed to share the wealth
E5 B5
Scooping up the coins
C#5 F#5
A warning shot from some authority
Doesn't matter now but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
(solo)
F#5
Never got to know you
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 F#5
Did you ever wonder why?
Now it's nice to know ya
A5-G#5-F#5-E5
E5 B5 F#5
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost
Was it really lost at all?
Now I'm so proud of ya
B5 A5
I'd love to tell you all I've seen
B5 A5
Listen hard to your realities
(Riff 1)
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
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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 never knew their names
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---0---------------0----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
---4---------------2----------------0----
We don't belong to no one, that's a shame
---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 passed me by,
I still can't turn away.
I saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose,
Tossed along the way.
Letters that you never meant to send,
Lost and thrown away.
(chorus)
Now we're grown up orphans, that never knew their names.
We don't belong to no one, that's a shame.
You could hide beside me, maybe for a while.
And I won't tell no one your name, no I won't tell 'em your name.
(verse)
Scars are souveneers you never lose,
The past is never far.
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
Did you get to be a star?
Don't it make you sad to know that life,
Is more than who we are.
(chorus)
You grew up way too fast, and now there's nothing to believe.
And re-runs all become our history.
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio.
And I won't tell no one your name, no I won't tell 'em your name.
(Verse)
I think about you all the time
but I don't need the same.
If it's lonely where you are come back down,
and I won't tell no one your name.
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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
--------------------------------
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 head awhile
Its been dead for years
F#5 D5 A5
Musta been a victim of my peers
F#5
One is for my happiness
D5
The other for my health
F#5 D5 A5
The last is something bigger than myself
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 ain't the only one
G5 B5 C5
I ain't the only one to say
(verse)
I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes
(break)
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
(solo)
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
(bridge)
F#------------------------------------------------
B-------0------------0----------0---------0-------
G---------0------------0----------0---------0-----
D-----2------------2----------2---------2---------
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E---0-----------3---------------------------------
Little pictures in my head are turnin' inside out again
'Cause fuckin' up takes practice I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse
You tell me what you fear 'cause I can feel it like a curse
(verse)
Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer
(chorus)
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
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Somethin' Bad
by the Goo Goo Dolls
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Verse:
D5
Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
F#5 G5 D5
And they're holding out for cheaper Chinese food
D5
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude
F#5 G5 D5
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?
Chorus:
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to feel so important
E5 C5 D5
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
E5 C5 D5
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
B5 C5 D5
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
B5 C5 D5
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
(verse)
Well I see 'em working round the block till six a.m.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
(chorus)
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Go!
(solo)
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G-----2----2----2----2---------|----2----2----2----2--------------------
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G-----7----7-----7----7----7---|--7-------------------------------------
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(2 times)
(chorus)
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
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Ain't That Unusual -- Goo Goo Dolls
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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 me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean
(bridge)
Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made for TV movie
And I just blew my lines
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
(verse)
Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared
What's that supposed to mean
(bridge)
I'm burnt out on some empty reasons
And other wastes of time
Something that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it rhymed
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
(verse)
See I'd love to be you
Least then I'd see you
Sorry I put them words in your mouth
but you wouldn't talk to me
(Solo over verse chords in traditional Johnny Rzeznik style)
(bridge 2 -- F#5-G#5-E5)
Everything I want I haven't got
Sick of everything I'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
(chorus)
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now ain't that unusual
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So Long
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
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Intro:
C5-G5-C5-F5-C5-Bb5-F5-G5
Verse:
C5 G5 C5 F5
Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
C5 Bb5 F5 G5
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright.
(verse)
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
Bridge:
F5 G5 F5 G5
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
Chorus:
C5
So long
F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
Oh so long, oh so long
Bb5 G5
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(intro)
(verse)
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
And nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
(verse)
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
(bridge)
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
(chorus)
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(chorus)
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
F5 G5 C5
I gotta get back to where I belong
(chorus)
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
(chorus)
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
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By Michael P. Carman
"Eyes Wide Open"
Intro / Chorus:
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Verse:
I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
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Livin' large on the wrong side of town
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4------7------------2--2-2--2--2--2---
2------5------------0--0-0--0--0--0---
I want to kick it all down
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Play the intro and chorus to this:
Eyes wide open. . .I can't see
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Lyrics:
(Verse)
I'm a fortunate son, of a fortunate son,
Living large on the wrong side of town.
Too many friends and the fun never ends,
Drinkin' and hangin' around.
I wanna' own the world, I wanna' swallow it whole.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be.
(berse)
I don't take the bus, and I never walked too far,
The furthest I got was my own backyard.
A fist full of cash that somebody else earned,
They sent me some more when it all got burned.
I wanna' take control, I wanna' make it all mine.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
(chorus)
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
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Disconnected
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(originally by The Enemies)
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Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
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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 doesn't ring a bell
B5
And when you call me everything is swell
(verse)
I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter 'cause I feel so sad
Chorus:
G5 A5
I've been disconnected
B5
Someone pulled the plug
G5 A5
Oh you're so distant
B5
Nothin's come along, yeah.
D5
B5
(verse)
We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me you'll find me home
(verse)
I've found another someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face
(chorus)
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
D5
B5
(chorus)
Cause, I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
(chorus)
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
I've been disconnected
Play G5-A5-B5 till end (on B5)
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Slave Girl
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(originally by the Lime Spiders)
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http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro:
(Riff 1, repeat four times) (fourth ending)
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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 know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
(Riff 1)
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around
Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours
(Riff 1)
Don't save me when I startin' to drown
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all I need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me. Go!
(solo 1)
(Riff 1)
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in my bed
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think I care?
(Riff 1)
'Cause you moved me when I was takin' my time
You abused me when I'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out! Go!
(solo 2)
(Riff 1)
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when I hear her say
"Just come around and see me if you lose your way"
(Riff 1)
So join my chain gang play along with me
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my dream
End on E5
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