Testing 123 Chords & Tabs
Testing 1, 2, 3
by Barenaked Ladies
Lyrics & Music by:
Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Tabbed by: Tom Dusome
This was done totally by ear so some might not be totally right. but still sounds
pretty alright.
Chords Used:
E B F# or A
7 2 9
7 2 9
9 3 11
9 9 4 11 7
7 9 4 9 7
7 7 2 9 5
I used the variation on the F# for the Bridge.
Intro
E B F# A
Verse 1
Maybe it would be fun, To get a new opinion, Get a little work done And forget
Verse 2
Maybe it would be cool If I rocked it old school Try to break a gold rule And a sweat
verse 3
Riff # 1
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|9--9----|--3--3--||
|9--9-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-7--|--2--2-5||
Better than the first time
Better than the worst time
Riff # 2
Let Ring
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|9--9----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
|9--9-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|---harm 0n 5-----||
|7--7-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------||
|7--7-7--|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
If I could just reverse time
I'd be set
Chorus
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
E B F# A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
E B F# A
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
verse 4 (just like verse 1)
She got a new apartment It's out on the escarpment
And in her glove compartment Are my songs
verse 5 (just like verse 2)
She hasn't even heard them Since she found out what the words meant
She decided she preferred them All wrong
verse 6 (just like Verse 3)
Riff #1
Kind of like the last time
With a bunch of really fast times
Riff #2
If we're living in the past time
Soon gone
Chorus
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/barenaked_ladies/testing_123_crd_ver_2.html ]
E B F# A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
E B F# A
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
Bridge
F# B A
We recognize the present
F# B A
Is half as pleasant
F# B A
As our nostalgia for
E B
The past'll be presented
E
Recast and reinvented
B
Until it's how we meant it
Chorus
let Ring
on first E
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
E B F# A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
E B F# A
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
He's everything that you need
You wiped out on your ten speed
And either he will succeed
end of Riff #2
Or just suck
Chorus
E F# A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
E B F# A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
E B F# A
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
Begin the...
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
E B F# A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
E B F# A
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear Gee?
Outro
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3
E B F# A
Testing 1,2,3
Outro is the same as Chorus and Intro Chords. Repeat forever really. If you want
too. its really fun to Play.
But End On E anyway,
They Called me Eddie...
