Capo 1st fret
Standard tuning
Chords used:
G 320033
Cadd9 032033
Em7 020033
A7sus4 002233
G/C? 200033
D 000232
Cadd9 Em7 A7sus4 G
e-------3-3------3-3-----3-3-3-----3---
B-------3-3------3-3-----3-3-3-----3---
G-------0-0------0-0-----2-2-2-----0---
D-------2-2------0-0-----2-2-2-----0---
A--0-3--3-3---2--2-2-----0-0-0-----2---
E-------0-0------0-0-----0-0-0-----3---
Stranger than your sympathy
This is my apology
I'm killing myself from the inside out
And all my fears have pushed you out
G G/C Em7
I wish for things that I don't need, all I wanted
G G/C Em7
And what I chase won't set me free, all I wanted
G G/C Em7
And I get scared but I'm not crawling on my knees
Cadd9 A7sus4 Cadd9
Oh yeah everything's all wrong yeah
Asus4 Cadd9
Everything's all wrong yeah
Asus4 D (leading into riff)
Where the hell did I think I was
Riff:
e-------3-3-3-------------
B-------3-3-3-------------
G--2s4--------4s2-0-------
D--------------------2-0--
A-------------------------
E-------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/sympathy_crd_ver_3.html ]
(Back to top, do the same thing)
Stranger than your sympathy
I take these things so I don't feel
I'm killing myself from the inside out
Now my head's been filled with doubt
G G/C Em7
It's hard to lead the life you choose, all I wanted
G G/C Em7
When all yourluck's run out on you, all I wanted
G G/C Em7
You can't see when all your dreams are coming true
Cadd9 A7sus4 Cadd9
Oh yeah it's easy to forget yeah
Asus4 Cadd9
You choke on the regrets yeah
Asus4 D (leading into riff)
Who the hell did I think I was
Riff (same as above)
(Same as the top)
Stranger than your sympathy
All these thoughts you stole from me
I'm not sure where I belong
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong
(Bridge)
Em7 G/C
And I wasn't all the things
G Cadd9
I tried to make believe I was
Em7 G/C G
And I wouldn't be the one to kneel
Cadd9
Before the dreams I wanted
Em7 Cadd9
And all the talk and all the lies
Em7 Cadd9 D (leading into riff)
Were all the empty things disguised as me
Riff (same)
(same as top)
Yeah stranger than your sympathy
stranger than your sympathy
mmmmmmmmmmm
*finish on an up-strum of G
