VERVE PIPE - "the freshman" Tablature
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:53:31 -0600 (CST)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Vervepipe- - The freshman
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this is just additional remarks to the current "freshman" tabulature.
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Most of the tabulature for the freshman by the vervepipe is correct. the
following is just my suggestion.
The beginning part goes as such:
-----------2-------------------------------------------
---0-2--5-----0-2--5-4---0-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
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Then for the chords are E- A- C#m- A
The tab page has the prechorus as E- A- A- A
- but I think that since it sounds sorta minor-ish, it should be as
follows:
("Can't be held responsible. . ") part:
C#m (plucked)- A %(repeated until chorus)
The chorus is right on. have a great time with this song. I hope
I was helpful.
If you have remarks, suggestions, requests, please e-mail at:
ssr0001@jove.acs.unt.edu
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:41:07 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: the freshmen
here's just a little bit of the freshmen that i picked up from listening to the
song by the verve pipe (from EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D------11------------9------------7-----7-----7----------------------
A---11----11------9-----9------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------
E-9------------7------------5----------------------------------------
that's all i know for now. i haven't listened to the song that much, so this
was all i could pick up right away.
doug pohl--pohldoug@pilot.msu.edu --
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:36:27 -0500 (CDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Submission
#----------------------------------PLEASE
NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the
#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
#
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The Freshman
By The Verve Pipe
I'm surprised this hasn't already been posted, the chords of the song
aren't that hard.
I don't know the exact picking pattern he uses due to inexperience.
I don't even know that this is correct but it sounds good with the CD.
This is kind of a guess at it:
Intro/Verse/Chorus
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------9-------------6--------2-----------------------------------
----9--------6----6--------2-------------------------------------
---9-------7-----6--------2--------------------------------------
--7--7----7-----4--4--2--0--0------------------------------------
---------5--5----------------------------------------------------
That's pretty much the whole song is that pattern. It may be wrong,
I don't know.
Listen to the CD to get the rhythm.
Have Fun.
when iw as young I knew everything
and she a punk who rarely ever took advice
now i'm guilt stricken,
soobing with my head on the floor
stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
Chorus:
i can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
i won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place
for the life of me i cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and
we'd never compromise
for the life of me i cannot believe
we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshmen
my best friend took a week's
vacation to forget her
his girl took a week's worth of
valium and slept
now he's guilt stricken sobbing with hi
head on the floor
thinks about her now and how he never really
wept he says
Chorus
we've tried to wash our hands of all of this
we never talk of our lacking relationships
and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
heads on the floor
we feel through the ice when we tried not to
slip, we'd say
Chorus
Transcribed by Aaron Schnegelberger......
Corrections??? Email ams4442@seward.ccsn.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:40:20 PDT
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tablature
"FRESHMEN" ---- Verve Pipe
The following riff is used throughout the whole song.
MAIN RIFF:
-----------------------2--------------------------
----------5------------------5-------5----------
-----4----------------------------4--------------
-2-----------2-----------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5---------------------
-------------------------------------------------
------------2-----------------------------------
-------2----------------------------------------
-0----------------0----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
------------------------------5-----------------
---------------6--------------------------------
---------6--------------------------------------
---4-----------------4-----------------2------
-------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
-------------------------2-------------------
-------------2-------------------------------
-------2--------------------------------------
-0---------------0---------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
Justin Chappell
chap4@msn.com
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:55:38 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Cc: Jason Daicheng Chow <daich@cc.gatech.edu>
Subject: TAB: Freshmen by Verve Pipe
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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This is a sorta close version of "Freshman" by Verve Pipe
Figured it out just messing around, its pretty simple
these are played throughout the song with just little variations
Daich
email daich@cc.gatech.edu for comments
|-----------2--------5-------------------------|
|---------5----5---5--------5------2-----------|
|--------4-4--4---4-4-----6--6---2-------------|
|-------2----------------6-6----2-2------------|
|---------------0-------4-----20---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
on some parts of the song, the chords are just played through like this:
C#m Bm? A
|-------------------------------|
|----------5---2---2------------|
|---------6---4---2-------------|
|--------6---4---2--------------|
|-------4---2---0---------------|
|-------------------------------|
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:55:01 -0400 (EDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: The Freshmen
T H E F R E S H M E N
BY: THE VERVE PIPE
I haven't seen any other versions of this posted, so I decided to do it. I
don't know if it's all right, but it sounds okay to me.
|------0---2---0-------0---5-------------0----------------0-----------|
|----0---0---0---0-------------------0---------0------2---------------|
|--------------------2---2--------------------------2---2---etc, etc.-|
|--2-------------------------------6---6---6--------------------------|
|------------------0-------------4-----------2---0--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-----------0------|
|-----2---2---0---0-----2----------|
|---------------------2---2--------| 4x and back to first part
|----------------------------------|
|---4-------2-------0--------------|
|----------------------------------|
That's all I have. I didn't bother with the guitar 2 part. You can listen
to the CD to figure out the order.
Lyrics:
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm gilt stricken,
Sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and
We'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannont believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's
Vacation to forget her
His girl took a weeks's worth of
Valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his
Head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really
Wept he says
Chorus
We've tried to wash our hands of all this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
Heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to
Slip, we'd say
Chorus
Eric Conrad
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:56:17 -0400 (EDT)
To: Guitar@olga.net
Subject: Artist:Verve Pipe /Song:The Freshman
Group:Verve Pipe
Song:"The Freshman"
Notes:This song is cool. It's pretty easy to play after you get it down.
This is the intro and the main riff of the song.
Guitar1
1--------------------------------------------------------------5--------------
--------------------------
2------------------------7--------------------------5-------------------------
---------5-----------------
3---------------9---------------9---------------------------------------------
6------------6--------------
4------------9-----9-------9---------------------------------------------6----
--6---------------------4--
5--------7------------------------------------7---------7------------4--------
------------------2---------
6-----------------------------------------5-----------------------------------
---------------------------
1----------------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------
3----------------------6----------------------
4-------------7-------------------------------
5---------7------7---------------------------
6-----5---------------------------------------
Pre-chorus-I can't be held responsible......
Guitar1
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
3-----------6--------------------4-----------------------------6--------------
--------------------------------
4-------6------6------------4------4----------------7-------------------------
----------------------------------
5---4--------------------2------------------------7------7--------------------
---------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------5-----------------------------
------------------------------
This comes in either during or before the second verse
Guitar2
1--------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------5--7--5------------------5-/sl.-4------------
3-----4--6-----------------------4--6------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------
This comes in at the second pre-chorus
Guitar2
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
3------9p8---9------9p8---9------9p8---9---11---9---8---9---------------------
---------------
4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
This next part comes in near the end of the song.It's sort of a spin off of
the main riff heard throught the whole song. Heres something that sounds ok.
Guitar 1 or 2
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
3------(9)----------(9)---(7)--------(7)--------------------6-----------------
-----------------------
4-------9-------9----------7------7----------6-----4-------7-------------7----
--------------------------
5-------7---7--------------7---7-------------4-----2-------7---------7--------
---------------------------
6---------------------------5----------------------------------5-----5--------
------------------------------------
Thats about it really.The song is pretty repetitive but still cool.
If you have any questions or coments e-mail me at Nigel 57@aol.com
Transcribed by Nigel
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"The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe
Track 7 on the album "Villains," on RCA records.
Transcribed by Zach Malm (gnms@halcyon.com)
Standard tuning. /=slide
Chords: E2......x79977 ^=bend
Am......577555
C#m.....x46654
B.......x24442
A.......x02220
E.......x79997
C#......x46664
Intro (no distortion):
E2 Am C#m A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------5------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6--------6---------|--
-----2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|--
---2----2------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|--
---------------|
E Am C#m A
E|-------------------------------|---------------5--|----------------------------
|------------------|
B|------------10/9---------------|------------------|---------------6------------
|--------------2---|
G|--------9----------11---9------|------------------|--------6----------5--------
|--------2---------|
D|-----9----------------------9--|---------7--------|-----6----6-----------------
|-----2----2-------|
A|--7----------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0---
|--0---------------|
E|-------------------------------|--5---------------|----------------------------
|------------------|
Verse:
2x
E2 Am C#m A
E|-------------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|
-----------------|
B|-----------------7-------------|------------------|--------------5------------|
--------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-------|------------------|--------6--------6---------|
-------2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9----|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|
-----2----2------|
A|--7----------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|
--0--------------|
E|-------------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|
"When I was young I knew everything. She a punk or rarely ever took advice
now I'm guilt stricken sobbin......."
4x:
C# B A
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------2--|
G|--------6-----|-------4------|--------2--------|
D|-----6----6---|----4-----4---|-----2----2------|
A|--4-----------|--2-----------|--0--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
In verse two and three, for that part, play the following riff 4 times. Bend the
first note of each phrase
up a bit, and keep the string bent until the next little phrase.
Riff:
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
G|----9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9--11--9--8--9-------|
D|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
After that that part, play this:
E2 Am C#m A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------5------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6--------6---------|--
-----2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|--
---2----2------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|--
---------------|
"For the life of me, I can not remember....what made us think that we were wise a
nd we never compromise."
E2 Am C# B A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|--------------|------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------|------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6-----|-------4----|--
------2--------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6---|----4----4--|--
---2---2-------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-----------|--2---------|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|--------------|------------|--
---------------|
"For the life of me, I could not believe we'd ever die, for these sins, we were m
erely freshmen."
After that, in the second verse only, play the riff again:
Riff:
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
G|----9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9--11--9--8--9-------|
D|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
Outro:
E2 C#m E C#m E
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--7--|
B|-----------7--|---------5/4--|-----------10/9--|--------5/4--|--9--|
G|--------9-----|--------------|--------9--------|-------------|--9--|
D|-----9--------|-----6--------|-----9-----------|-----6-------|--9--|
A|--7-----------|--4-----------|--7--------------|--4----------|--7--|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--x--|
If you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions, email me at gnms@halcyon.c
om
--Zach Malm www.halcyon.com/gnms/zach/
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:56:41 -0600
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: 'The Freshmen' by 'The Verve Pipe'
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
- CHANGE FONT SIZE (PT. 8) AND USE A FIXED-WIDTH FONT -
Tabbed by: Steve Jang - I also tabbed out "Don't Speak" by No Doubt
I included the lyrics so that it would be easy to denote which riff to
play
and the Guitar 2 Fills. Not everything in the song follows this tab
EXACTLY,
so improvise a little and listen to the song for the very minor parts.
Riff 1.
E A C#m A
E|-----------------|---------5-|-----------------|-----------|
B|---------7-------|-----------|---------5-------|---------2-|
G|-----9-------9---|-----6-----|-----6-------6---|-----2-----|
D|---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---|---6---6---6-----|---2---2---|
A|-7---------------|-----------|-4-------------2-|-0---------|
E|-----------------|-5---------|-----------------|-----------|
Riff 2.
C#m B A
E|---------|---------|-----------|
B|---------|---------|---------2-|
G|-----6---|-----4---|-----2-----|
D|---6---6-|---4---4-|---2---2---|
A|-4-------|-2-------|-0---------|
E|---------|---------|-----------|
Riff 1.
E A C#m A *Not
played 2nd time
E|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
B|---------7-------|-----------------|---------5-------|---------2-|-------|
G|-----9-------9---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----2-----|---2---|
D|---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6-----|---2---2---|-2---2-|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-4-------------2-|-0---------|-------|
E|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
Fills: (Played by Guitar 2)
___________ __________ ______________________________
| 1. | | 2. | | 3. |
E|-----------| E|----------| E|------------------------------|
B|-----------| B|----------| B|------------------------------|
G|-----------| G|----------| G|-9-8-9---9-8-9---9-8-9-9^-8-9-|
D|------9-11-| D|------9-8-| D|------------------------------|
A|-9-11------| A|-9-11-----| A|------------------------------|
E|-----------| E|----------| E|------------------------------|
Intro: (Riff 1. 2X w/ Fill 1. and Fill 2. the 2nd time)
Verse 1: (Riff 1.)
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no
Pre-Chorus: (Riff 2.)
I can't be held responsible, 'cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place
Chorus: (Riff 3.)
For the life of me I can not remember
What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I can not believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen (Fill 1. and Fill
2.)
Verse 2: (Riff 1.)
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says
Pre-Chorus (Riff 2. w/ Fill 3. 4X)
Chorus (Riff 3. w/ Fill 3. 4X at the end)
Verse 3: (Riff 3.)
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Pre-chorus (Riff 2. w/ Fill 3. 4X)
Chorus (2X - Riff 3.)
Outro (Riff 1. 2X w/ Fill 1. and 2. played 2X)
Questions or comments are welcome!
Steve Jang - primetim@ix.netcom.com
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:35:21 PDT
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tab: "the freshman" by verve pipe
-the freshman
-by the verve pipe
-transcribed by chris adkins at verge17@hotmail.com
-intro/verse/chorus- guitar 1
Esus2 A5
||----------------|--------5-----|
||--------7-------|----5---------|
||----9-----9---9-|--------------|
||--9---9-----9---|--7---7-------|
||7---------------|--------------|
||----------------|5-------------|
Dbm B5 A5
|----------------|--------------||
|--------5-------|--------5-----||
|----6-----6-----|--------------||
|--6---6-------4-|----7---------||
|4-----------2---|--7---7-------||
|----------------|5-------------||
-lead riff, played over intro/verse riff on repeat by
guitar 2
Esus2 A5 Dbm B5 A5
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||----9h11/13----|------|----9\8----|------||
||9h11-----------|------|9h11-------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
-pre-chorus
||----------------|-------------||
||----------------|--------2----||
||----6-------4---|----2--------||
||--6---6---4---4-|--2---2------||
||4-------2-------|0------------||
||----------------|-------------||
-bridge
||Ab5 A5|E5 B5||
-that other riff
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--5-4-5----5-4-5----|--5-4-5-5/7\5-4-5----||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
-chord shapes to use-
Ab5 |4-6-6-x-x-x| A5 |5-7-7-x-x-x|
E5 |x-7-9-9-x-x| B5 |7-9-9-x-x-x|
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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 10:30:35 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: "Freshmen" by Verve Pipe
This is the tab for "Freshmen" by Verve Pipe. I believe most of the tab is accur
ate, but any corrections are encouraged.
The entire song is capoed on the 2nd fret, but I will tab it without consideratio
n of the capo. So, -1- is actually -3-. And I didn't do the timing, but it's no
t hard if you've heard the song. Plus, I'm not too sure about the accuracy of th
e chord names, so go easy on me.
Intro 2x:
E#sus2 A C#min
e|---------------0----------------------3---------------------|
B|--------3--------------3--------3----------------------3----|
G|-----2-----2--------2--------0-----0-------------4^¿^¿----------|
D|--0-------------------------------------------4-----4-----4-|
A|-------------------------------------------2----------------|
E|--------------------------3---------------------------------|
B A
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------------4--|
D|-----2--------5-----|
A|--0--------5--------|
E|--------3-----------|
At the beginning of the second time through the intro (the E#sus2), the second gu
itar plays this:
e|--------------------|
B|---------3--h5------|
G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|^¿^¿^¿
Then at the C#min the second guitar plays:
e|--------------------|
B|---------3--\2------|
G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
The verse is the same as the intro. It plays two times then goes into the chorus
:
C#min B A
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------4-----------2-----------------4-|
D|-----4-----4-----2-----2--------5-------|
A|--2-----------0--------------5-----5----|
E|--------------------------3-------------|
Can't be held responsible...
There is a post-chorus of sorts, but the guitar plays the same thing as the verse
, so I won't bother tabing it out. It's where he sings "For the life of me..."
Now it returns to the verse.
After the second verse and the chorus comes up again, the guitar changes to:
e|---------------------------------0-----------|
B|--3--2--3----3--2--3----3--2--3-----3--2--3--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Can't be held responsible...
Post chorus
Chorus
(No post chorus)
Verse
Chorus
The post chorus changes here from picking to just the chords with some distortion
. I think they are power chords, but I'm not sure.
E#sus2:022xxx
A:322xxx
C#min:x244xx
B:x022xx
A:355xxx
Chorus-Post 2x
The chords continue, softly, to the end of the song. But layed on top of the dis
torted chords is the original line from the second guitar at the beginning and co
ntinues to the end of the song.
e|--------------------| e|--------------------|
B|---------3--\2------| B|---------3--h5------|
G|--2--h4-------------| and^¿^¿^¿ G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------| D|--------------------|
A|--------------------| A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|^¿^¿^¿ E|--------------------|
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe
The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe
Tabbed by Mark Griffith
This is my version of the song. When Guitar World's tab came out this month,
I thought "this is stupid." There were at least 2 guitars playing, and one had
a capo behind the 2nd fret, and the other one played all these little fills.
It was
just really complicated. So I came up with my own version, which I think sounds
as good if not better than the version as heard on the CD. Here it goes, no
capo,
no alternate tunings, no nonsense. Hope you like it!
Standard Tuning
b=bend
Note after the bend in parentheses is created when the bend is released
Intro/Verse (When I was young I knew everything...)
Let each note ring
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------2------------------------------|
G|---------1---------2---------6---6--------------------|
D|-----2-------2---2---2-----6---6---------7---7--------|
A|---2---2---2---0---------4---------2---7---7----------|
E|-0-----------------------------------5----------------|
Pre-Chorus (I won't be held responsible...)
Gtr. 1 (acoustic)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6-------4----------------------------------------|
D|---6---6---4---4-----7---(7)-let-ring-----------------|
A|-4-------2---------7---7------------------------------|
E|-----------------5------------------------------------|
Gtr. 2 (electric)
e|-0------0--0------0--0------0---|
B|-4b-(4)-4b-4b-(4)-4b-4b-(4)-4b--|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Chorus
Emaj Amaj
For the life of me I can not remember
C#5 B5 Amaj
What made us think that we were wise
Amaj Emaj
And we'd never compromise
Emaj Amaj
For the life of me I can not believe we'd
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6--------------4-------------------------------|
D|-------6-----------4-------------------7------7-let-ring-|
A|-----4---------2------------------7--------7-------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------------------------|
ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen
Outro (We were merely freshmen...)
e|------------------0----------|
B|------------------2----------|
G|-----6-------4----2----------|
D|---6---6---4---4--2----------|
A|-4-------2--------0----------|
E|-----------------------------|
End on this chord, strum slowly, arpeggiating each note
e|--0--|
B|--2--|
G|--2--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|
Hope this works for you like it works for me. If you don't like this version,
you can always try the version in Guitar World, but don't come complaining to me
if you can't figure out how to play 2 guitars at the same time, or you don't
know how
to use a capo. My version was actually written for a solo (1 guitar with vocals)
Until next time!
Visit the Verve Pipe at http://www.thevervepipe.com
-Mark Griffith
"Fear is your only god"
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Vervepipe- - The freshman
##########################################################################
this is just additional remarks to the current "freshman" tabulature.
##########################################################################
Most of the tabulature for the freshman by the vervepipe is correct. the
following is just my suggestion.
The beginning part goes as such:
-----------2-------------------------------------------
---0-2--5-----0-2--5-4---0-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
Then for the chords are E- A- C#m- A
The tab page has the prechorus as E- A- A- A
- but I think that since it sounds sorta minor-ish, it should be as
follows:
("Can't be held responsible. . ") part:
C#m (plucked)- A %(repeated until chorus)
The chorus is right on. have a great time with this song. I hope
I was helpful.
If you have remarks, suggestions, requests, please e-mail at:
ssr0001@jove.acs.unt.edu
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:41:07 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: the freshmen
here's just a little bit of the freshmen that i picked up from listening to the
song by the verve pipe (from EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D------11------------9------------7-----7-----7----------------------
A---11----11------9-----9------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------
E-9------------7------------5----------------------------------------
that's all i know for now. i haven't listened to the song that much, so this
was all i could pick up right away.
doug pohl--pohldoug@pilot.msu.edu --
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:36:27 -0500 (CDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Submission
#----------------------------------PLEASE
NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the
#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
The Freshman
By The Verve Pipe
I'm surprised this hasn't already been posted, the chords of the song
aren't that hard.
I don't know the exact picking pattern he uses due to inexperience.
I don't even know that this is correct but it sounds good with the CD.
This is kind of a guess at it:
Intro/Verse/Chorus
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------9-------------6--------2-----------------------------------
----9--------6----6--------2-------------------------------------
---9-------7-----6--------2--------------------------------------
--7--7----7-----4--4--2--0--0------------------------------------
---------5--5----------------------------------------------------
That's pretty much the whole song is that pattern. It may be wrong,
I don't know.
Listen to the CD to get the rhythm.
Have Fun.
when iw as young I knew everything
and she a punk who rarely ever took advice
now i'm guilt stricken,
soobing with my head on the floor
stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
Chorus:
i can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
i won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place
for the life of me i cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and
we'd never compromise
for the life of me i cannot believe
we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshmen
my best friend took a week's
vacation to forget her
his girl took a week's worth of
valium and slept
now he's guilt stricken sobbing with hi
head on the floor
thinks about her now and how he never really
wept he says
Chorus
we've tried to wash our hands of all of this
we never talk of our lacking relationships
and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
heads on the floor
we feel through the ice when we tried not to
slip, we'd say
Chorus
Transcribed by Aaron Schnegelberger......
Corrections??? Email ams4442@seward.ccsn.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:40:20 PDT
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tablature
"FRESHMEN" ---- Verve Pipe
The following riff is used throughout the whole song.
MAIN RIFF:
-----------------------2--------------------------
----------5------------------5-------5----------
-----4----------------------------4--------------
-2-----------2-----------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5---------------------
-------------------------------------------------
------------2-----------------------------------
-------2----------------------------------------
-0----------------0----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
------------------------------5-----------------
---------------6--------------------------------
---------6--------------------------------------
---4-----------------4-----------------2------
-------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
-------------------------2-------------------
-------------2-------------------------------
-------2--------------------------------------
-0---------------0---------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
Justin Chappell
chap4@msn.com
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:55:38 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Cc: Jason Daicheng Chow <daich@cc.gatech.edu>
Subject: TAB: Freshmen by Verve Pipe
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
This is a sorta close version of "Freshman" by Verve Pipe
Figured it out just messing around, its pretty simple
these are played throughout the song with just little variations
Daich
email daich@cc.gatech.edu for comments
|-----------2--------5-------------------------|
|---------5----5---5--------5------2-----------|
|--------4-4--4---4-4-----6--6---2-------------|
|-------2----------------6-6----2-2------------|
|---------------0-------4-----20---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
on some parts of the song, the chords are just played through like this:
C#m Bm? A
|-------------------------------|
|----------5---2---2------------|
|---------6---4---2-------------|
|--------6---4---2--------------|
|-------4---2---0---------------|
|-------------------------------|
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____________________________________
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:55:01 -0400 (EDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: The Freshmen
T H E F R E S H M E N
BY: THE VERVE PIPE
I haven't seen any other versions of this posted, so I decided to do it. I
don't know if it's all right, but it sounds okay to me.
|------0---2---0-------0---5-------------0----------------0-----------|
|----0---0---0---0-------------------0---------0------2---------------|
|--------------------2---2--------------------------2---2---etc, etc.-|
|--2-------------------------------6---6---6--------------------------|
|------------------0-------------4-----------2---0--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-----------0------|
|-----2---2---0---0-----2----------|
|---------------------2---2--------| 4x and back to first part
|----------------------------------|
|---4-------2-------0--------------|
|----------------------------------|
That's all I have. I didn't bother with the guitar 2 part. You can listen
to the CD to figure out the order.
Lyrics:
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm gilt stricken,
Sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and
We'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannont believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's
Vacation to forget her
His girl took a weeks's worth of
Valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his
Head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really
Wept he says
Chorus
We've tried to wash our hands of all this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
Heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to
Slip, we'd say
Chorus
Eric Conrad
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:56:17 -0400 (EDT)
To: Guitar@olga.net
Subject: Artist:Verve Pipe /Song:The Freshman
Group:Verve Pipe
Song:"The Freshman"
Notes:This song is cool. It's pretty easy to play after you get it down.
This is the intro and the main riff of the song.
Guitar1
1--------------------------------------------------------------5--------------
--------------------------
2------------------------7--------------------------5-------------------------
---------5-----------------
3---------------9---------------9---------------------------------------------
6------------6--------------
4------------9-----9-------9---------------------------------------------6----
--6---------------------4--
5--------7------------------------------------7---------7------------4--------
------------------2---------
6-----------------------------------------5-----------------------------------
---------------------------
1----------------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------
3----------------------6----------------------
4-------------7-------------------------------
5---------7------7---------------------------
6-----5---------------------------------------
Pre-chorus-I can't be held responsible......
Guitar1
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
3-----------6--------------------4-----------------------------6--------------
--------------------------------
4-------6------6------------4------4----------------7-------------------------
----------------------------------
5---4--------------------2------------------------7------7--------------------
---------------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------5-----------------------------
------------------------------
This comes in either during or before the second verse
Guitar2
1--------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------5--7--5------------------5-/sl.-4------------
3-----4--6-----------------------4--6------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------
This comes in at the second pre-chorus
Guitar2
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
3------9p8---9------9p8---9------9p8---9---11---9---8---9---------------------
---------------
4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
6-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
This next part comes in near the end of the song.It's sort of a spin off of
the main riff heard throught the whole song. Heres something that sounds ok.
Guitar 1 or 2
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
3------(9)----------(9)---(7)--------(7)--------------------6-----------------
-----------------------
4-------9-------9----------7------7----------6-----4-------7-------------7----
--------------------------
5-------7---7--------------7---7-------------4-----2-------7---------7--------
---------------------------
6---------------------------5----------------------------------5-----5--------
------------------------------------
Thats about it really.The song is pretty repetitive but still cool.
If you have any questions or coments e-mail me at Nigel 57@aol.com
Transcribed by Nigel
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
"The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe
Track 7 on the album "Villains," on RCA records.
Transcribed by Zach Malm (gnms@halcyon.com)
Standard tuning. /=slide
Chords: E2......x79977 ^=bend
Am......577555
C#m.....x46654
B.......x24442
A.......x02220
E.......x79997
C#......x46664
Intro (no distortion):
E2 Am C#m A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------5------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6--------6---------|--
-----2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|--
---2----2------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|--
---------------|
E Am C#m A
E|-------------------------------|---------------5--|----------------------------
|------------------|
B|------------10/9---------------|------------------|---------------6------------
|--------------2---|
G|--------9----------11---9------|------------------|--------6----------5--------
|--------2---------|
D|-----9----------------------9--|---------7--------|-----6----6-----------------
|-----2----2-------|
A|--7----------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0---
|--0---------------|
E|-------------------------------|--5---------------|----------------------------
|------------------|
Verse:
2x
E2 Am C#m A
E|-------------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|
-----------------|
B|-----------------7-------------|------------------|--------------5------------|
--------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-------|------------------|--------6--------6---------|
-------2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9----|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|
-----2----2------|
A|--7----------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|
--0--------------|
E|-------------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|
"When I was young I knew everything. She a punk or rarely ever took advice
now I'm guilt stricken sobbin......."
4x:
C# B A
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------2--|
G|--------6-----|-------4------|--------2--------|
D|-----6----6---|----4-----4---|-----2----2------|
A|--4-----------|--2-----------|--0--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
In verse two and three, for that part, play the following riff 4 times. Bend the
first note of each phrase
up a bit, and keep the string bent until the next little phrase.
Riff:
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
G|----9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9--11--9--8--9-------|
D|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
After that that part, play this:
E2 Am C#m A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|---------------------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------5------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6--------6---------|--
-----2---------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6----------------|--
---2----2------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-------------------2/0--|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|---------------------------|--
---------------|
"For the life of me, I can not remember....what made us think that we were wise a
nd we never compromise."
E2 Am C# B A
E|-----------------------------|---------------5--|--------------|------------|--
---------------|
B|-----------------7-----------|------------------|--------------|------------|--
------------2--|
G|---------9-------------9-----|------------------|--------6-----|-------4----|--
------2--------|
D|------9------9------9-----9--|---------7--------|-----6----6---|----4----4--|--
---2---2-------|
A|--7--------------------------|------7----7------|--4-----------|--2---------|--
0--------------|
E|-----------------------------|--5---------------|--------------|------------|--
---------------|
"For the life of me, I could not believe we'd ever die, for these sins, we were m
erely freshmen."
After that, in the second verse only, play the riff again:
Riff:
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
G|----9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9--11--9--8--9-------|
D|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------|
Outro:
E2 C#m E C#m E
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--7--|
B|-----------7--|---------5/4--|-----------10/9--|--------5/4--|--9--|
G|--------9-----|--------------|--------9--------|-------------|--9--|
D|-----9--------|-----6--------|-----9-----------|-----6-------|--9--|
A|--7-----------|--4-----------|--7--------------|--4----------|--7--|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--x--|
If you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions, email me at gnms@halcyon.c
om
--Zach Malm www.halcyon.com/gnms/zach/
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:56:41 -0600
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: 'The Freshmen' by 'The Verve Pipe'
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
- CHANGE FONT SIZE (PT. 8) AND USE A FIXED-WIDTH FONT -
Tabbed by: Steve Jang - I also tabbed out "Don't Speak" by No Doubt
I included the lyrics so that it would be easy to denote which riff to
play
and the Guitar 2 Fills. Not everything in the song follows this tab
EXACTLY,
so improvise a little and listen to the song for the very minor parts.
Riff 1.
E A C#m A
E|-----------------|---------5-|-----------------|-----------|
B|---------7-------|-----------|---------5-------|---------2-|
G|-----9-------9---|-----6-----|-----6-------6---|-----2-----|
D|---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---|---6---6---6-----|---2---2---|
A|-7---------------|-----------|-4-------------2-|-0---------|
E|-----------------|-5---------|-----------------|-----------|
Riff 2.
C#m B A
E|---------|---------|-----------|
B|---------|---------|---------2-|
G|-----6---|-----4---|-----2-----|
D|---6---6-|---4---4-|---2---2---|
A|-4-------|-2-------|-0---------|
E|---------|---------|-----------|
Riff 1.
E A C#m A *Not
played 2nd time
E|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
B|---------7-------|-----------------|---------5-------|---------2-|-------|
G|-----9-------9---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----2-----|---2---|
D|---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6-----|---2---2---|-2---2-|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-4-------------2-|-0---------|-------|
E|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
Fills: (Played by Guitar 2)
___________ __________ ______________________________
| 1. | | 2. | | 3. |
E|-----------| E|----------| E|------------------------------|
B|-----------| B|----------| B|------------------------------|
G|-----------| G|----------| G|-9-8-9---9-8-9---9-8-9-9^-8-9-|
D|------9-11-| D|------9-8-| D|------------------------------|
A|-9-11------| A|-9-11-----| A|------------------------------|
E|-----------| E|----------| E|------------------------------|
Intro: (Riff 1. 2X w/ Fill 1. and Fill 2. the 2nd time)
Verse 1: (Riff 1.)
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no
Pre-Chorus: (Riff 2.)
I can't be held responsible, 'cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place
Chorus: (Riff 3.)
For the life of me I can not remember
What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I can not believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen (Fill 1. and Fill
2.)
Verse 2: (Riff 1.)
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says
Pre-Chorus (Riff 2. w/ Fill 3. 4X)
Chorus (Riff 3. w/ Fill 3. 4X at the end)
Verse 3: (Riff 3.)
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Pre-chorus (Riff 2. w/ Fill 3. 4X)
Chorus (2X - Riff 3.)
Outro (Riff 1. 2X w/ Fill 1. and 2. played 2X)
Questions or comments are welcome!
Steve Jang - primetim@ix.netcom.com
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:35:21 PDT
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tab: "the freshman" by verve pipe
-the freshman
-by the verve pipe
-transcribed by chris adkins at verge17@hotmail.com
-intro/verse/chorus- guitar 1
Esus2 A5
||----------------|--------5-----|
||--------7-------|----5---------|
||----9-----9---9-|--------------|
||--9---9-----9---|--7---7-------|
||7---------------|--------------|
||----------------|5-------------|
Dbm B5 A5
|----------------|--------------||
|--------5-------|--------5-----||
|----6-----6-----|--------------||
|--6---6-------4-|----7---------||
|4-----------2---|--7---7-------||
|----------------|5-------------||
-lead riff, played over intro/verse riff on repeat by
guitar 2
Esus2 A5 Dbm B5 A5
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||----9h11/13----|------|----9\8----|------||
||9h11-----------|------|9h11-------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
||---------------|------|-----------|------||
-pre-chorus
||----------------|-------------||
||----------------|--------2----||
||----6-------4---|----2--------||
||--6---6---4---4-|--2---2------||
||4-------2-------|0------------||
||----------------|-------------||
-bridge
||Ab5 A5|E5 B5||
-that other riff
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--5-4-5----5-4-5----|--5-4-5-5/7\5-4-5----||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------|---------------------||
-chord shapes to use-
Ab5 |4-6-6-x-x-x| A5 |5-7-7-x-x-x|
E5 |x-7-9-9-x-x| B5 |7-9-9-x-x-x|
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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 10:30:35 -0500 (EST)
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: "Freshmen" by Verve Pipe
This is the tab for "Freshmen" by Verve Pipe. I believe most of the tab is accur
ate, but any corrections are encouraged.
The entire song is capoed on the 2nd fret, but I will tab it without consideratio
n of the capo. So, -1- is actually -3-. And I didn't do the timing, but it's no
t hard if you've heard the song. Plus, I'm not too sure about the accuracy of th
e chord names, so go easy on me.
Intro 2x:
E#sus2 A C#min
e|---------------0----------------------3---------------------|
B|--------3--------------3--------3----------------------3----|
G|-----2-----2--------2--------0-----0-------------4^¿^¿----------|
D|--0-------------------------------------------4-----4-----4-|
A|-------------------------------------------2----------------|
E|--------------------------3---------------------------------|
B A
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------------4--|
D|-----2--------5-----|
A|--0--------5--------|
E|--------3-----------|
At the beginning of the second time through the intro (the E#sus2), the second gu
itar plays this:
e|--------------------|
B|---------3--h5------|
G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|^¿^¿^¿
Then at the C#min the second guitar plays:
e|--------------------|
B|---------3--\2------|
G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
The verse is the same as the intro. It plays two times then goes into the chorus
:
C#min B A
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--------4-----------2-----------------4-|
D|-----4-----4-----2-----2--------5-------|
A|--2-----------0--------------5-----5----|
E|--------------------------3-------------|
Can't be held responsible...
There is a post-chorus of sorts, but the guitar plays the same thing as the verse
, so I won't bother tabing it out. It's where he sings "For the life of me..."
Now it returns to the verse.
After the second verse and the chorus comes up again, the guitar changes to:
e|---------------------------------0-----------|
B|--3--2--3----3--2--3----3--2--3-----3--2--3--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Can't be held responsible...
Post chorus
Chorus
(No post chorus)
Verse
Chorus
The post chorus changes here from picking to just the chords with some distortion
. I think they are power chords, but I'm not sure.
E#sus2:022xxx
A:322xxx
C#min:x244xx
B:x022xx
A:355xxx
Chorus-Post 2x
The chords continue, softly, to the end of the song. But layed on top of the dis
torted chords is the original line from the second guitar at the beginning and co
ntinues to the end of the song.
e|--------------------| e|--------------------|
B|---------3--\2------| B|---------3--h5------|
G|--2--h4-------------| and^¿^¿^¿ G|--2--h4-------------|
D|--------------------| D|--------------------|
A|--------------------| A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|^¿^¿^¿ E|--------------------|
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe
The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe
Tabbed by Mark Griffith
This is my version of the song. When Guitar World's tab came out this month,
I thought "this is stupid." There were at least 2 guitars playing, and one had
a capo behind the 2nd fret, and the other one played all these little fills.
It was
just really complicated. So I came up with my own version, which I think sounds
as good if not better than the version as heard on the CD. Here it goes, no
capo,
no alternate tunings, no nonsense. Hope you like it!
Standard Tuning
b=bend
Note after the bend in parentheses is created when the bend is released
Intro/Verse (When I was young I knew everything...)
Let each note ring
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------2------------------------------|
G|---------1---------2---------6---6--------------------|
D|-----2-------2---2---2-----6---6---------7---7--------|
A|---2---2---2---0---------4---------2---7---7----------|
E|-0-----------------------------------5----------------|
Pre-Chorus (I won't be held responsible...)
Gtr. 1 (acoustic)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6-------4----------------------------------------|
D|---6---6---4---4-----7---(7)-let-ring-----------------|
A|-4-------2---------7---7------------------------------|
E|-----------------5------------------------------------|
Gtr. 2 (electric)
e|-0------0--0------0--0------0---|
B|-4b-(4)-4b-4b-(4)-4b-4b-(4)-4b--|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Chorus
Emaj Amaj
For the life of me I can not remember
C#5 B5 Amaj
What made us think that we were wise
Amaj Emaj
And we'd never compromise
Emaj Amaj
For the life of me I can not believe we'd
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6--------------4-------------------------------|
D|-------6-----------4-------------------7------7-let-ring-|
A|-----4---------2------------------7--------7-------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------------------------|
ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen
Outro (We were merely freshmen...)
e|------------------0----------|
B|------------------2----------|
G|-----6-------4----2----------|
D|---6---6---4---4--2----------|
A|-4-------2--------0----------|
E|-----------------------------|
End on this chord, strum slowly, arpeggiating each note
e|--0--|
B|--2--|
G|--2--|
D|--2--|
A|--0--|
E|-----|
Hope this works for you like it works for me. If you don't like this version,
you can always try the version in Guitar World, but don't come complaining to me
if you can't figure out how to play 2 guitars at the same time, or you don't
know how
to use a capo. My version was actually written for a solo (1 guitar with vocals)
Until next time!
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-Mark Griffith
"Fear is your only god"
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