GOO GOO DOLLS - "iris2" Tablature

Iris by the Goo-Goo Dolls from the album “Dizzy Up the Girl“.
This arrangement is best for a solo guitar and vocalist.

Tuning: D-A-D-D-A-D

Bm- X20050 D5- 000000 D5/F#- 400000
Bm9- X20040 D5/E- 200000
G9- 555000 Bm7- X20000
Gmaj7- 554000 D5/A- X00000
G9(II)-550000 A4/C#-X40000

Intro:

Bm - Bm9 - G9 - Gmaj7 - G9(II) X 2

Verse 1:

D5 D5/E G9(II)
And I’d give up forever to touch you

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
Cuz I know that you feel me somehow

D5 D5/E G9(II)
You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
And I don’t wanna go home right now

D5 D5/E G9(II)
All I can taste is this moment

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
and all I can breathe is your life

D5 D5/E G9(II)
sooner of later it’s over

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
I just don’t wanna miss you tonight

CHORUS:

Bm7 D5 G9(II)
And I don’t want the world to see me

Bm7 D5 G9(II)
Cuz I don’t think they’d understand

Bm7 D5 G9(II)
When everything’s made to be broken

Bm7 D5 G9(II)
I just want you to know who I am

Verse 2:

D5 D5/E G9(II)
And you can’t fight the tears that ain’t coming

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
Or the moment of truth in your lies

D5 D5/E G9(II)
When everything feels like the movies

Bm7 D5/A G9(II)
Yea you bleed just to know your alive.


REPEAT CHORUS


INSTRUMENTAL

Bm7 - A4/C# - D5 - Bm7 - D5 - G9(II) - Gmaj7 X 2


INTERLUDE (Use short quick down strokes)

Bm - Bm9 - Bm - G9(II) - Gmaj7 X 4



Solo: Not really that important....use a slide
in the key of D and ad-lib.


Chorus X 2

Bm7 D5 G9(II)
I just want you know who I am X 3