Basically royalewocheese's version with some little corrections
capo on 1
Chords:
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G Csus2b5 Em D
E|--3--|-3-|-3--|-3-|--0--|----0-|--2-|
B|--3--|-3-|-3--|-3-|--3--|----3-|--3-|
G|--0--|-0-|-2--|-0-|--0--|----0-|--2-|
D|--2--|-2-|-0--|-0-|--4--|----2-|--0-|
A|--3--|-2-|-0--|-x-|--3--|----2-|--0-|
E|-----|---|----|-3-|-----|----0-|----|
*Sample strumming* This is the recommended strumming for the intro. You only play the
first measure (the first box below) once at the intro and everytime you switch from a
different set of chord changes into the Cadd9 Em7 Asus G chords of the verses. So Play
the second strumming part i wrote out over and over for the verses and the first part
only when
you switch into a verse.
you play this holding the chords that are written out except that you don't really strum
through the whole chord. i wrote out the parts of the chord that i play when i strum.
also, in between almost everytime that you switch from one chord to another chord, you
strum a chord not written out where you ONLY fret the 3rd fret of the E and B strings. That
change is written out in the strum pattern as 0033. This is only a rough guide you can
be a bit sloppy with the actual strings hit as long as your rhythm is good.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
E|-------3-3-----3-3-3-3-3--3---3-3-|-----3-3---3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-|
B|-------3-3-----3-3-3-3-3--3---3-3-|-----3-3---3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-|
G|-------0-0-----0-0-2-2-0--0---0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-0--0--0-0-|
D|-------2-2--2--2-0-0-0-0--0---0-0-|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-|
A|-0-3---3-3--2-------------x---x-x-|-0-3-----2-------------x--x-x-|
E|------------0-------------3---3-3-|-----------------------3--3-3-|
v u u v u u v u v u v v u v u u v u u v u v u v u v
Intro: Cadd9 Em7 Asus G {2x}
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
Stranger than your sympathy.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And this is my apology,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
I'm killing myself from the inside out,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And all my fears have pushed you out.
G Asus Cadd9
And I wished for things that I don't need.
Csus2b5 G
All I wanted...
G Asus Cadd9
And what I chase won't set me free.
Csus2b5 G
It's all I wanted...
G Asus Cadd9 Csus2b5
And I get scared, but I'm not crawling on my knees.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/sympathy_tab_ver_8.html ]
Em Cadd9 Em
Oh yeah, everything's all wrong, and yeah...
Cadd9 Em
Everything's all wrong, and yeah...
Cadd9 Asus
Where the hell did I think I was?
*Pick stroke direction is very important in making this next riff sound right so I
labeled the pick stroke under each of the notes. oh yeah and let the strings you hit in this
riff ring esp the D string:
v = up stroke
u = down stroke
E|--------3-3-3----------|
B|--------3-3-3----------|
G|-0-2/4---------4-3-0---|
D|-0-0-----------0-0-0---|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
u u u u v u v u
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And Stranger than your sympathy,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
I take these things so I don't feel.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
I'm killing myself from the inside out,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And now my head's been filled with doubt.
G Asus Cadd9
And it's hard to lead the life you choose,
Csus2b5 G
All I wanted...
G Asus Cadd9
When all your lucks run out on you.
Csus2b5 G
All I wanted...
G Asus Cadd9 Csus2b5
And you can't see when all your dreams are coming true.
Em Cadd9 Em
Oh yeah, it's easy to forget, and yeah.
Cadd9 Em
And you choke on the regrets, and yeah.
Cadd9 Asus
Who the hell did I think I was?
E|--------3-3-3----------|
B|--------3-3-3----------|
G|-0-2/4---------4-3-0---|
D|-0-0-----------0-0-0---|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
u u u u v u v u
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And Stranger than your sympathy,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And all these thoughts you stole from me.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
And I'm not sure where I belong.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
Nowhere's home and I'm all wrong
Csus2b5 Asus
And I wasn't all the things
G D
I tried to make believe I was.
Csus2b5 Asus
And I wouldn't be the one
G D
To kneel before the dreams I wanted
Csus2b5
And all the talk,
Dsus2
And all the lies
Em7 G Asus
Were all the empty things disguised as me
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
Mmmmm Yeah.
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
Stranger than your sympathy,
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
Stranger than your sympathy,
Ending:
Cadd9 Em7 Asus G
