This is precisely the way Johnny plays it, as anyone who saw him on VH1
Storytellers will verify. people have done loadsa messed up versions of this
song, but this is the correct way to play! Enjoy
Tabbed by: Jason!
Email: jason_butler3@hotmail.com
Tuning: EADADD, Capo on 2 (i promise! Johnny uses the same guitar as for
'Here Is Gone' but puts a capo on two, and this is the tuning
for Here Is Gone)
CHORDS
A B C D E F G A2 A3 A4 B2
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---- 5---- 5-----------------------7--------------------------2-------3-|
A|--3---- 2---- 5-----5-----5-----2-----5-------3--------5---------2-------1-|
E|--------------------5-----3-----2-------------3--------5-------------------|
PRE-CHORUS RIFF
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7/9-9-9-9-9---0----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------7------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/ = slide up
ORDER
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/sympathy_crd.html ]
INTRO = A, B, C, D X2
CHORUS:
A B C D A B C D
Stranger than your sympathy, this is my apology.
A B C D A B C D
I'm killin' myself from the inside out, and now my fears have pushed you out.
VERSE:
D E A
And I wished for things that I don't need. All I wanted...
D E A
And what I chase won't set me free. All I wanted...
D E F A
And I get scared but I'm not crawlin' on my knees.
F A F A F
Oh yeah, everything's all wrong and yeah, everything's all wrong, and yeah,
A G
Who the hell did I think I was.
PRE-CHORUS RIFF
CHORUS
VERSE 2
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
F A2 A3 A4
And I wasn't all the things I tried to make believe I was.
F A2 A3 B2
And I wouldn't be the one to kneel before the dreams I wanted.
A4 A A4 A G
All the talking, all the lies, were all the empty things disguised as me.
PRE-CHORUS RIFF
CHORUS
FINISH ON 'G'
