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Superstar CarWash album by the Goo Goo Dolls
(compiled by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
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Fallin Down
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by the Goo Goo Dolls
(solo by John O'shaugnessy)
Intro w/ distortion
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--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--4---7---2----2---4---7-7---2--0---------------------------------------
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--6---9---4---6---2-----2-2-2---4--4------------------------------------
--6---9---4---6---2-----2-2-2---4--4------------------------------------
--4---7---2---4---0-----0-0-0---2--2------------------------------------
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--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--4---7---2----2---4---7-7---2--0---------------------------------------
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--6---9---4---6---------------------------------------------------------
--6---9---4---6---2-----------------------------------------------------
--4---7---2---4---2-----------------------------------------------------
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B5 C#5
Do you know Where you want to go
G#5 A5
I ain't got time for you now
B5 C#5
Do you think That'll ever be
Pre Chorus:
E5 D#5 C#5 B5 A5 ( or some sorta slide like that)
Cuz all I ever want is so far gone
E5 D#5 C#5 B5 A5
And if I had my chance I'd go along
Chorus:
(Just play the intro through the chorus)
You're making me fall down
I'm fallin' down again
I wish you could fall down
Can you catch me darlin
Do you see What you do for me
You make time for me now
Do you think that'll ever be
Pre Chorus
Chorus
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---------4--4h5p4-0-4-5--- ---5-4---7--5--5------------------
--6-6--------------------- ----------------------------------
--6-6---------------------x3 ----------------------------------
--4-4--------------------- ----------------------------------
-------------------------- ----------------------------------
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------9-9-------9-9--------9--9-------9--9-----------------------------
G --11b13-----11b13-----11b13--------11b13-------11b13r11---9-----9\8------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------9--
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------------12---14p12---
B ---------------------------12h14p12---14p12---12----/14------------------
G -8-8-9--11--9--8h999---/13-----------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vib.)
e --14b16r14p12-----------------12----14fb&r(14)p12--------12---12---------
B ----------------14-------/14------------------------14-------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
pre chorus
Chorus
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Lucky Star -- by the Goo Goo Dolls
transcribed by: goo@soong.heinous.net
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro:
C B A G F E G
C B
If I could walk a straight mile
A G
I could write it down in shorthand
F E
I could show you
G
If you want me to
C B
And if I had an hourglass
A G
I'd save the grains of time I spent with you
F E
And that's what I'd do
G
But I remember
F E G
You always said it could be great
And I knew it could be
Well there's a way you look at things
That no one needs to know but you
And you shout em with me
Like every time the leaves would fall
You'd promise me that they'd be back again
And I believed in you
F E G
You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
F E D
Now it seems that I've gone too far
C G
As bright as you are
A# F
Don't get burned by your lucky star
C G
Bright as you are
A# F
Don't get burned by your lucky star
Written down in hard-bound books
The way things used to be (?)
I'd swear they're all for you
(?)
Mama said shit I don't know what you'll do
As if it's up to you
You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
Now it seems that I've gone too far
(The rest till the end is C-G-A#-F)
As bright as you are
Don't get burned by your lucky star
Bright as you are
Don't get burned by your lucky star
Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you around
Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you around
Turn you around
Turn you around
Turn you around
Turn you around
F G C
They're gonna turn you around
v
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Cuz You're Gone by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Solo tabbed by Johnny O
E5(VII) - x799xx
F#5(IX) - x9(11)(11)xx
A5(VII) - xx79(10)xx
Intro:
(riff 1)
(Guitar 1)
e ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
B ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
G --6--7-7p6h7p6h7--7--|-9--9-7p6h7p6--|--6--7-7p6h7p6h7p6h7p6------
D --7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--|-7--7-7-7-7-7--|-------------------|---9-7--
A ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
E ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
(Play 4 times)
(Guitar 2, in on third repeat)
F#5-E5(VI)-D5
F#5-D5-A5
(Play 2 times)
(verse)
F#5
You whispered in my mouth
E5(VII)
And I spit your words right back
F#5
How good do you think I'll look
A5(VII) E5(VII)
When the words start to break and crack
(bridge)
e ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
B ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
G -------11-------|------9--------|-----6-7p6---6-7p6---6-7p6---6-
D ----11----------|----9----------|---7-------7-------7-------7---
A --9-------------|--7------------|-5-----------------------------
E ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
F#5(IX) E5(VII)
No I don't know how
(chorus)
(play intro 2 times)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
(verse)
You held your hand so close
And I just can't push you away
I wished you could be my girl
But you're stuck in your a grown-up world
(bridge)
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
No I don't know how
(chorus)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
(solo)
Guitar1:
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------17-17fb&r-17--15-14-15-14-----------14-15-14--------------
G -16p14-14-14--------------------------16-14--16----------16-14--16-14-
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 14-14--16fb&r(16)p14---14------------13--14p13-13--14-13--16-13-14-13-
D --------------------16---16-16--14-14--14-----------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 16---13---14---13----13---14hold\\9hold\2-----------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------9\\\\\\\\\\\\\\(2)------
strike hard & slide
Palm Mute End P.M.
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------14-14-16p14-16p14----
D -----2-2-/4-4-/6-6-/7-7-/9-9-/11-11-/14-14-/16-16---------------------
A -4-4------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 16fb---16fb-----16pb&r(16)p14--------14-------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------16----------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2:
F#5-E5(VII)-D5
F#5-E5(VII)-D5
A5(VII)-E5(VII)-A5
F#5-E5(VII)-D5
(bridge)
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
And I don't know how
(chorus)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
e ---------------------|---------------|----------
B ---------------------|---------------|--10------
G --6h7p6h7p6----------|-9-------------|--9-------
D --7-7-7-7-7----------|-7-------------|--7-------
A ---------------------|---------------|----------
E ---------------------|---------------|----------
Yeah you're gone, and I wish you'd come back
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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
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Don't Worry by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
E5: x799xx
F#5: x9(11)(11)xx
E5/Eb: x699xx
(verse)
B5 E5 F#5
I called you up all night til mornin'
B5 E5 C#5 E5 D#5 C#5 D#5
Left my house by noon today, and I saw you standing there
B5 E5 F#5
No one spoke, but we both listened
B5 E5 C#5 E5 D#5 C#5 D#5
Heard every word you didn't say
(verse)
And the sun shines all around us
Smells like summer's on the way, and I saw you standing there
Tell the story of a lifetime
Tomorrow brings a brand new day
(chorus)
F#5 E5 E5/Eb C#5
Don't worry 'bout today, and the words that you said
F#5 E5 E5/Eb
Don't worry 'bout today, shake the world from your head
C#5 B5
Least for a while
(verse)
You see, the day keeps getting longer
But my nights seem longer still, and my TV's off the air
Watching repeats on my ceiling
Another hour left to kill
(chorus)
Don't worry 'bout today, and the words that you said
Don't worry 'bout today, shake the world from your head
Least for a while
(solo)
B5-F#5-C#5-E5-D#5-C#5-D#5 (4 times)
F#5-E5-E5/Eb-C#5
F#5-E5-E5/Eb-C#5
End on B5
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free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
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Girl Right Next to Me
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
(with help from Johnny O)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro:
B5(VII)-B5(VII)-B5(VII) <---- (mute the first one)
F#5(IX)-B5(VII) (3x)
Eb5(XI)-B5(VII)-F#5(IX)-C#5(IX)-B5(VII)
Verse:
B5-B5-B5 (mute the first one)
F#5-C#5-B5-C#5-F#5
F#5-C#5-Eb5-B5-F#5-C#5-B5
Chorus:
B5-B5-B5 (mute the first one)
C#5-F#5-C#5
F#5-C#5-B5 (2x)
Solo: F#5(IX)-F#5/F-B5(VII)-C#5(IX)-F#5(IX)
e --11-11-11---11-11-11---11-11--|--11-11-11---11-11-11---11-11-----
B -/11-11-11--/11-11-11--/11-11--|-/11-11-11--/11-11-11--/11-11-----
G -------------------------------|----------------------------------
D -------------------------------|----------------------------------
A -------------------------------|----------------------------------
E -------------------------------|----------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------
G -13p11p9-11---11-13-11--13p11p9-11--13p11h13-
D ---------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -11----------11-----11-------------------------------
D ----13-11-13-----------13-11-13--11h13p11------------
A ------------------------------------------13-11-9----
E -----------------------------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------
G --------------11-------------11--------------
D ------11--13------13--11--13-----------------
A -9/13----------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------14--------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------
G -11----------11--11--11-13-11--13-11-13b---r13--13--11----11-13-11--
D ----13-11-13-------13----------------------------------13-----------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
e ----14p11-------------------------------------------------------
B ------------14p11-----------14p11--------------------------------
G --------------------13p11----------13p11--------13p11------------
D -----------------------------------------13p11-------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B --14p11------------------------14p11-----------------------------
G --------13p11--------13p11-----------13p11-------13p11-----------
D --------------13p11-------------------------13p11----------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G -(13)-13b(14)--(14)----(14)----13fb&r p11------11-13--11-------
D -----------------------------------------13--------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
e -17b(18)-(18)-(18)r17p16p14--14---17b(18)p16p14-14---
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------
e -16-17b(18)p16p14--14p11----------------------
B -------------------------14p11----------------
G -------------------------------13--11---------
D ----------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------
B5(VII): 7-9-9 F#5(IX): 9-11-11
Eb5(XI): 11-11-13 C#5(IX): 9-11-11
F#5: 2-4-4 F#5/F: 8-11-11
B5: 2-4-4 C#5: 4-6-6 Eb5: 6-8-8
(verse)
You changed my face,
I think I like it better now.
It doesn't matter anyhow, cuz that's the way it is.
You said hello,
Well where the hell you been?
I said I feel like I've been off to war, and I may never be the same
again.
(verse)
I made my bed,
But now I can't sleep at night.
I'm tossin and turnin you know, you know it ain't right.
I'd love to beg,
See, but I'm just too proud.
And I don't even know what to say, so I'm thinking out loud.
(chorus)
And when you dream 17,
I ain't there, so I don't care.
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm 23,
And she's the girl right next to me.
See that girl right next to me.
(verse)
I lie in my bed,
You're running through my head.
Going over and over and over, the things that you said.
I'm caught in the trap,
I'll run like hell right back to you.
Cuz it's over with you and you know it means drinking alone.
(chorus)
And when you dream 17,
I ain't there, so I don't care.
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm 23,
And she's the girl right next to me.
See that girl right next to me.
(solo)
(chorus 2x)
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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
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Domino by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
E5(VII): x799xx
Intro:
(r.f. 1)
G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5
(Play 2 times)
(verse, r.f. 1)
If you never had it then
You don't know how bad it is
There is nothing like it, well
Needless talk then, I can tell
(chorus, r.f 2)
G#m B5 F#5
Here comes the day, I sit and wait (Dominoes are falling still)
E5
Always, always something
G#m B5 F#5
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running
E5
Now I'm coming home again (As I know they always will)
G#m B5 F#5 E5
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way
Just sit and wait (Dominoes a test of will)
G#m B5 F#5
Always pondering my fate too late (Dominoes)
E5
And then the day goes
(verse, r.f.1)
I borrowed from you yesterday
Little fuss that you have made
No one minds I can tell
Seems I've hit the ones you shall, but
(chorus)
Here comes the day, I sit and wait (Dominoes are falling still)
Always, always something
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running
Now I'm coming home again (As I know they always will)
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way
Just sit and wait (Dominoes a test of will)
Always pondering my fate too late (Dominoes)
And then the day goes
(solo)
r.F. 1 (4x)
r.F. 2 (2x)
(chorus)
Dominoes are falling still
(Oh every day…)
As I know they always will
(I sit and wait)
Dominoes a test of will
(It's while I'm pondering my fate too late)
Dominoes
(And then the day goes)
G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5
G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5
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We Are The Normal by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
(viola intro by Johnny O)
Tune your b to c (ala So Far Away)
Chords:
Am - x02200 or 577x00
G4/6 - 355400
F7 - 133200
C - x35500
Intro: viola arranged for guitar
(standard tuning)
Note: Apply generous amounts of vibrato and slide into and out of notes
as you hear fit
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G --5---5-5\\4---------------4---5-----6p5----5---6p5----//8---5h6p5-
D --------------7---7--5---7-------7p5-------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B --8--10--10--8-----------------------------------------------------
G ---------------9//10---9h10---9\\7---9----9//10---9---7\\5---7p5---
D -------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/superstar_carwash_tab.html ]
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------6p5----5h6p5---8---6---5h6p5\\-------
G --9\\7\\5----------4---5-------------------------------------7---5-
D ----------7---5-7--------7p5---------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------
G --5p4///7\\5\\4-------------4-----4-------------------
D ---------------------7---5--------------7---5---7-----
A ------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------
(intro - under string intro)
Am-Am-G4/6-F7
(Play 8 times)
(verse)
Am C G4/6 F7
It's a beautiful day I heard everybody say
Am C G4/6 F7
The sun shines down for all of us
Am C G4/6 F7
Just the same you know I like the rain
Am C G4/6 F7
That ain't so obvious
(verse)
It's a beautiful sight I guess everybody's right
This day belongs to all of us
Even still I like with a chill
That ain't so obvious
(chorus)
Am-C G4/6-F7
We are the normal
Am C
We live and we die
G4/6 F7
With no reason why
Am-C G4/6-F7
We are the normal
Am C
We live and we die
G4/6 F7
With no reason why
(verse)
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights
And that ain't for all of us
It's a beautiful sound
When my life comes crashin down
That ain't so obvious
(verse)
It's a beautiful sin and I'm doin' it again
And that ain't for all of us
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights
Ain't that so obvious
(chorus)
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why...
(string break - play intro 6 times)
(chorus)
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
G4/6
With no reason why
F7
There's no reason why...
F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
G4/6-G4/6-G4/6-F7
With no reason why
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Thanks to Rich Krissel
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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
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String of Lies by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
E5(VII) - x799xx
Intro: (riff 1)
e -------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------
B -------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------
G -------|--5------------|--------------|--5-----------|-----------
D ---4-5-|--5-------4-5--|--2-------4-5-|--5-------4-5-|-2---------
A --5----|--3------5-----|--2------5----|--3------5----|-2---------
E -------|---------------|--0-----------|--------------|-0---------
(verse)
E5 G5 D5 E5(VII) C5
I've got no politics, no influential friend or two
E5 G5 D5 E5(VII) C5
I've got ideas, but it's nothing I picked up at school
E5 G5 D5 E5(VII) C5
I might be running, but I'm never running back to you
(bridge - riff 1)
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie
(verse)
I had to wait so long that weeks and months that passed me by
You've got no power and my situation don't apply
You ask me how I am, I lie and say I'm doing fine
(bridge)
And with your sugar-sweetened alibi, there was a truth I never knew
And all the attitude you gave me, it's coming back to you
(chorus)
G D5 E5(VII) C5
String of lies, it's always compromise with you
G D5 E5(VII) C5
String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do
G D5 E5(VII) C5
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you
(bridge)
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie
(solo)
E5-G5-D5-E5(VII)-C5
(4 times)
(chorus)
String of lies, we always compromise for you
String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you
String of lies, we always compromise for you
e -------|---------------------
B -------|---------------------
G -------|--5------------------
D ---4-5-|--5------------------
A --5----|--3------------------
E -------|---------------------
And here's a letter from the real world
(rit.)
e -------|---------------------
B -------|---------------------
G -------|---------------------
D ---4-5-|--2------------------
A --5----|--2------------------
E -------|--0------------------
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Another Second Time Around
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(off Superstar CarWash)
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
G D E7 C(add9)
Happy, smilin', cryin' upwards to my past,
G D E7 C(add9)
I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last.
G D E7 C(add9)
And now I find myself a-tugging at your dress.
G D E7 C(add9)
The funnel holding me down, oh see the cloud, it's never gonna pass.
Break: G-D-E7-C(add9) (2x)
(bass in here, see my bass tab for the cool riff)
G5 D5 E5 C5
Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go,
G5 D5 E5 C5
Gray-like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know.
G5 D5 E5 C5
All our postcards full of things I won't forget.
G D E7 C(add9)
And now it's coming down, that laughing clown is all I ever get.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around, I've been runnin' from ya
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second, one more second time, I waited for ya,
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
D5 C5
Couldn't help myself,
D5 C5 D5
I felt like everything was gonna pass.
C5
It was an awkward time,
D5 C5
I hoped it wouldn't, hoped it couldn't last.
(Solo like only Johnny Rzeznik does...)
G5 D5 E5 C5
And I didn't know exactly what to say,
G5 D5 E5 D5
About the things you saw me do my evil way.
(*** add riff at bottom **)
G5 D5 E5 C5
And I know you're lyin', cryin' in your bed.
G D E7 C(add9)
Well I'm all tired out, so wired out, it's ringing in my head.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around, I've been runnin' from ya
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second, one more second time, I waited for ya,
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
G D E7 C(add9)
Another second time around.
End on G
Riff:
e---3---3---3----2---2---2----3---3---0---3---3---0----
B----3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------3---3-------
G-----0---0--------2---2--------0---0-------0---0------
D-0------------0------------0------------0-------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
Chords:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
E7 - 022033
C(add9) - x32033
G5 - 355xxx
D5 - x577xx
E5 - 022xxx
C5 - x355xx
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Stop The World by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Tune your high e to F# (ala On The Lie)
Chords:
E5(VII) - x799xx
E5/9 - x79(11)xx
B4 - x24400
C# - x46600
E - x79900
(intro - riff 1)
F# ----------------------------|-------------------------
B ----------------------------|-------------------------
G -----4-4h3---3--4-4h3-4h3-4-|----11--11--------11--11-
D -----4-4-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|----9---9---------9---9--
A ----------------------------|----7---7---------7---7--
E -4--------------------------|-0-------------0---------
* - The G# there can be just a bass note
(Play 4 times)
(verse)
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5
You need someone to hold you
E5(VII) B5
You need somethin' that you ain't been getting
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5
Yeah, I could be the one
E5(VII) B5
To tell you what to do, but it don't mean nothing
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5 E5(VII)
And you're holding on forever
F# --------------------------------0-----(0)-----------
B --------------------------------0-----(0)-----------
G ------4--------------------6----------(6)-----------
D ------4--------------------6----------(6)-----------
A ------2--------------------4----------(4)-----------
E ----------------------------------------------------
But that something just ain't true, I'm just like
(bridge - riff 1 starting on the second measure)
You
And I know
It's what I'd do
Here I go
(chorus - riff 2)
F# ------0-------0------0-------0---------
B ----0-------0-------0------------------
G -------------------------3h4-----------
D ---------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------
E --0-----2-------4------4---------------
'Cause I couldn't stop the world, 'cause I loved you
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't
E5(VII) B5
'Cause it ain't - enough
(riff 1 two times)
(verse)
You had another bad day
You let me know that you just can't take it
I've given up on you
You live in truth and I know I can't fake it
'Cause the stars you see are on a dirty sidewalk
And they ain't polished and new
(bridge)
They don't come true
And I know, it's what I'd do
Here I go
(chorus)
'Cause I couldn't stop the world, 'cause I loved you
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't
'Cause it ain't enough
(first measure of riff 1)
(solo)
G#5-E5/9 (4 times)
E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
F#5-G#5
(outro)
B4 C# E
I'm not too young for the world
B4 C# E
I'm not too young for the world
B4 C# E
And I can't change for the world
(simile)
'Cause I don't care for the world
I don't need to stop the world
It don't make sense, the world
(fade out)
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Already There by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Note: Arpeggiate the verse chords for a cool sound
(intro)
e ---------------------------
B -----0h3---0-3---0---------
G -0h2---------------2-0-----
D ---------------------------
A ---------------------------
E ---------------------------
(play 4 times)
(verse)
D5 G5
I look outside my window
B5 A5 D5
Everything was blanketed in white
G5
The neighbors pushing cars out
B5 A5 D5
From snow that fell on us last night
G5
Started thinking 'bout
B5 A5 D5
The things we used to do when we were young
G5
Back when things were simple
B5 A5
And getting up was fun
(chorus)
G5 A5 G5
I couldn't care, 'cause I'm already there
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
I'm already there, and I'm ready there
(verse)
Turn around and face the clock
I'd sit and watch, as time went hoppin' by
I'm still growing up
My friends are growing old before my eyes
Count the stars above
Wonder when the heavens will subside
Knowing our two worlds
Will someday just collide
(chorus)
I couldn't care, 'cause I'm already there.
I'm already there, and I'm ready there
(solo)
e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|----------------------------
A -7---5h7---5h7---5h7--9--|-7---5h7---5h7---5----------
E -------------------------|---------------------5------
e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|-7-------------4-7-4--------
A -7---5h7---5h7---5h7--9--|---9-7-5---5-7-------7-5----
E -------------------------|----------------------------
e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----7-9-9---7-7---6-6--6----
D --7--9--7---7-9--7-------|--9-------------------------
A -------------------------|----------------------------
E -------------------------|----------------------------
e ---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------------------
B --3-3-5-7-8-8-7-8-10-----|-(10)-----10/12\10----------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|----------------------------
A -------------------------|----------------------------
E -------------------------|----------------------------
(verse)
Just a boy who's young at heart
His smile was a bit like yours today
Had a wife, a kid, some strife
Never had to go astray
Happiness evolved
Life was in full swing
At 17, all the things he wanted
Were things he'd never seen
(chorus)
It don't seem fair, cuz I'm already there
I'm already there, and I'm ready there
(ending)
Play intro 4 times
End on D5
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On The Lie by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
(tune your high e to f# - be careful of breakage)
Intro:
(r.f. 1 - guitar 1)
F#-----0------------------|---0---------------------
B -----0------------------|---0---------------------
G --4---------------------|-4-----------------------
D --4--------2------------|-4------2----------------
A --2--------2----------2-|-2------2--------2-------
E -----------0------0-4---|--------0----0-4---------
(riff 1 - guitar 2) w/ r.f.1 (by guitar 1)
F#----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------4------------
F#----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------0------------
(verse)
B5 E5
He burnt down the house one night
B5 G#5 E5
He had a loaded six-pack gun
B5 E5
He said that Jesus Christ was just like a cop
B5 D#5-C#5-B5-C#5*
You know, you never know when they'll come
(* = don't play the root of the chord)
(verse)
She said every day above ground
Was another dream come true
He said I'd hang and swap clichés all night
But I'm not in love with you
(bridge)
F#5 G#m
And I never got serious
B5 E5
'Til everything went black
F#5 G#5
And I ain't so curious
B5 E5
That I'm ever going back
(chorus: Play Intro)
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
(verse)
He said, man, you want to be Elvis
I said I ain't dying face down
He said you've got to die facing up in the world
'Cause there's too many holes around
(verse)
He asked what was wrong with me
He said I looked like a Hollywood girl
I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man
'Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world
(bridge)
And I never got serious
'Til everything went black
And I ain't so curious
That I'm ever going back
(chorus)
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
(break)
(solo)
E5-G#5-F#5 (3x)
E5-G#5
F#5-G#5-E5
(chorus)
On the lie, he was
On the lie
On the lie, she was
On the lie
On the lie, he was
On the lie
G#5 F#5 E5
It's all been a stinkin' lie
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Close Your Eyes by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro (the riff):
G G/C G/B G/A
e ------3---2-0---2-----------
B --3------------------3------
G --0-------------------------
D --0-------------------------
A ----------------------------
E ----------------------------
(Play 6 times)
(verse - play riff)
I wish I had a saxophone
I'd play the blues 'til you came home
D5
With a little sadness in your eye
(verse)
Now that all my time was spent
In the walk that heaven sent
Thinking 'bout all the nights you cried
(bridge)
A5 D5
Had a certain passion
A5 D5
And I had surly dreams
A5 D5
A look of vicious actions
C5
Don't close your eyes to me
(chorus - play riff)
Don't close your eyes to me
Oh don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
(verse)
I wish I had a camera lens
To film the things my mind had said
Before they reached my mouth and got all bad
(verse)
Looking at the skies of blue
All day long I think of you
Even after all the shit we've been through
(bridge)
Had a certain passion
And I had surly dreams
A look of vicious actions
Don't close your eyes to me
(chorus)
Don't close your eyes to me
Please don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Oh don't close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Eyes to me
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So Far Away by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Tune your b to c
Intro (the riff):
e --------------------|-----------------------
C --6---6-------------|-6---6----6------------
G --6-8-6-8--6--4-----|-6-8-6-8--6------------
D ----6---6--4--2-----|---6---6---------------
A --------------------|-----------------------
E --------------------|-----------------------
e --------------------|----------------------------------
C --6---6-------------|------------6-6-6-6---------------
G --6-8-6-8--6--4-----|-6/8--8-8-8-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-4-4---
D ----6---6--4--2-----|-4/6--6-6-6---------6-6-4-4-2-2---
A --------------------|----------------------------------
E --------------------|----------------------------------
(verse - with riff)
Why do you stare me down?
Am I wrong?
Should I turn and kiss the ground?
And I never felt that way
I ain't the one and you know I don't come from such a place
(bridge)
E5
And I didn't get those things
F#
Things that you can't grow
E5
You say that it's all my fault
F#5
And I don't need to know
E5-F#5
(chorus)
e -------------------------|--------------------------
C -------------------------|--------------------------
G -4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4-|-4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4--
D -4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
A -2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--------------------------
E -------------------------|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
Tell me something I don't know
F#5 E5
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me
e -------------------------|--------------------------
C -------------------------|--------------------------
G -4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4-|-4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4--
D -4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
A -2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--------------------------
E -------------------------|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
You said that it's all been said before
F#5 E5
Now I find that there's something I don't know
(verse)
And I hate your attitude
I ain't scared at all
'Cause it don't matter what you do
And I'll turn around to see the truth
You're tearing it down, yeah, you're bringing it down
And it's all on you
(bridge)
And I didn't get those things
Things that you can't grow
You say that it's all my fault
And I don't need to know
(chorus)
Tell me something I don't know
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me
You said that it's all been said before
Now I find that there's something I don't know
(solo)
G#5-B5-F#5-E5 (2x)
E5 F#5
And I know
E5
I don't know
(Rock and roll) F#5
E5 F#5
And I say that
E5
If you break enough glass and there's no one to hear
F#5
And your heart's full of hate
'Cause your mind's full of fear
(riff)
Let it go
(riff)
So far away
So far away
So far away
Oh so far away
So far away
So far away
Outro: (repeat and fade)
e ----------------------------
C --11--11----10--------------
G ----------------11----------
D ----------------------------
A ----------------------------
E ----------------------------
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