Band: Garbage
Song Title: Queer
Tuning: Normal
Intro Riff:
Guitar 1
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Guitar 2
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VERSE 1 & 2
Main Guitar Riff
Play this part for the first verse listen to the song for the cues.
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Hey boy, take a look at me
Let me dirty up your mind
I'll strip away your hard veneer
And see what I can find
Chorus:
G Eb C F Eb C Eb
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G (queer)
The queerest of the queer
Eb (strangest)
The strangest of the strange
C (cool)
The coldest of the cool
F (lame)
The lamest of the lame
Eb (dumb)
The numbest of the dumb
C (here)
I hate to see you here
Eb (smile)
You choke behind a smile
(No Chord for rest of chorus)
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer
Verse 2:
Main Guitar Riff
Play this part for the first verse listen to the song for the cues.
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This is what he pays me for
I'll show you how it's done
You learn to love the pain you feel
Like father like son
Chorus 2:
G (queer)
The queerest of the queer
Eb (head)
The high inside your head
C (blind)
The blindest of the blind
F (dead)
The deadest of the dead
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/garbage/queer_crd.html ]
Eb (starved)
Your hungry cause your starved
C (tears)
While holing back the tears
Eb (smile)
You choke behind a smile
(No Chord for rest of chorus)
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer
For this part here are 2 guitar parts.
Bb Gb F
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Riff A (You Can Touch Me If You Want)
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B-------------------I
G-------------------I
D---8---6---3---6---I
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Bb Gb (good)
I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want)
Bb F (dyin)
I know you're dying to (You can touch me if you want)
Bb Gb (good)
I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want)
Bb F (stop)
But you can't stop
Chorus 3:
G (queer)
The queerest of the queer
Eb (strange)
The strangest of the strange
C (cool)
The coldest of the cool
F (lame)
The lamest of the lame
G (dumb)
The numbest of the dumb
Eb (here)
I hate to see you here
C (smile)
You choke behind a smile
F (fear)
A fake behind the fear
G (queer)
The queerest of the queer
Eb (strange)
The strangest of the strange
C (cool)
The coldest of the cool
F (here)
You're nothing special here
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer
Play The Intro Riff for this part.
Guitar 1
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Guitar 2
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I know what's good for you
I know you're dying to
I know what's good for you
I bet you're dying to
You can touch me if you want
You can touch me if you want
You can touch me
You can touch me
But you can't stop