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"Sober" by Edwin McCain
From the album "Mercy Bound"
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Tabbed by: Aaron Field
Email: edhead@tampabay.rr.com
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
Csus2 G Em7 D Em/D D/F# Am Bm
e|--3----3----3----2----3-----0-----0----2--|
B|--3----3----3----3----3-----3-----1----3--|
G|--0----0----0----2----0-----2-----2----4--|
D|--0----0----2----0----0-----0-----2----4--|
A|--3----x----2----0----2-----0-----0----2--|
E|--x----3----0----x----x-----2-----x----2--|
Verse 1:
Csus2 G
Baby, I'm embarrassed
Csus2 G
I'm still wearing all my clothes
Csus2 Em7
It's my fault, I was careless
D
Now I don't know how this goes
Csus2 G
I'm a little worried nothin's spinnin'
Csus2 G
I can walk a steady line
Csus2 Em7
This unusual condition
D
Wasn't by design
Chorus 1:
Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
D Csus2
In the morning I'll be nursing and cursing
Em/D D/F# G
My clarity hangover
Csus2
I didn't mean to leave you swaying
D Csus2 Em/D
But now that I've stopped seeing double, you know
D/F# G
There's no sense in staying
Am Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
Verse 2:
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Csus2 G
I'm so heavy headed
Csus2 G
I tried one foot off the floor
Csus2 Em7
I know that I'll regret it
D
But I don't want any more
Csus2 G
I wasn't trying to feel this
Csus2 G
When I woke up on the street
Csus2 Em7
With all my weary senses
D
Swept back on my feet
Chorus 2:
Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
D Csus2
In the morning I'll be nursing and cursing
Em/D D/F# G
My clarity hangover
Csus2
I didn't mean to leave you swaying
D Csus2 Em/D
But now that I've stopped seeing double, you know
D/F# G
There's no sense in staying
Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
D
Sorry, I'm a little sober
Solo: Am - Csus2 - G - G/F# - Em7 - D - Csus2
Verse 3:
Csus2 G
The glow and the forgetting
Csus2 G
The blurriness of it
Bm Em7
The thing is, I don't know you
D/F# - D - D/F# - G
I never really did
Chorus 3:
Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
D Csus2
In the morning I'll be nursing and cursing
Em/D D/F# G
My clarity hangover
Csus2
I didn't mean to leave you swaying
D Csus2 Em/D
But now that I've stopped seeing double, you know
D/F# G
There's no sense in staying
Am Csus2
Sorry, I'm a little sober
G G/F# D Csus2 G G/F#
Woooooo
D Csus2 G G/F# D Csus2 G G/F#
Sober
D Csus2 G G/F# D Csus2 G G/F#
Sober
Repeat Chords & Fade: Csus2 - G - G/F# - D
