VERVE PIPE - "The Freshmen" Tablature

Originally From: chris adkins <verge17@hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:56:41 -0600
From: Steve Jang <primetim@ix.netcom.com>
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