I tabbed this after Josh's performance on dl.aol.com.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4h53ofDRMyQ
remember this is the acoustic version tabbed exactly after how he plays it at that performance.
Listen to it and you'll get some timing right if something's wrong here.
Either way, listen to it first! Always adviced ;)
CAPO on 4th fret.
Intro: G - Am - F
G - Am then straight into verse chords F6 - F x2, F - C x2,
F6 - F x2, F - C x2. (listen to the song and you'll get it)
VERSE 1
F6 - F
Let me tell you a little story
F6 - F F - C with thumb on base string, third fret) x2
of how I got my attitude
F6 - F
When I moved to Manhattan,
F6 - F F - C x2
I hadn't even finished school
F6 - F
I was working so hard just to pay
F6 - F F - C x2
those bills and stay there
F6 - F F6 - F F - C x2
I had my own agenda, no one even really cared
CHORUS
G Am F G
Time was running out, I had to make a move
G Am
So I picked up the bass guitar
F6 - F x2
and I played it cool
F - C x2
Yeah I played it cool
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
VERSE 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/josh_rouse/hollywood_bass_player_acoustic_crd.html ]
F6 - F
A couple years later,
F6 - F F - C x2
I'm living in Paris, France
F6 - F
Hanging out with DJs,
F6 - F F - C x2
following the latest fads
F6 - F F6 - F
I was working so hard just to figure out
F - C x2
the clothes and the hair
F6 - F
I tried so hard not to show it,
F6 - F F - C x2
I walked with my nose in the air
CHORUS
G Am
The french didn't want me around,
F G
they didn't like my groove
G Am
So I packed up my bass guitar
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
and moved to Hollywood
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
I moved to Hollywood
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
BRIDGE
Em Am
I had one last chance
Em C F
It was all there waiting for me, honey
G
So Sunny Hollywood
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
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F6 - F x2, F - C x2
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F6 - F x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
F6 - F x2 F - C x2
I'll tell you a little story now
F6 - F x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
F6 - F x2 F - C x2
I'll tell you a little story now
G Am F G
Time was running out, I had to make a move
G Am
So I picked up the bass guitar
F6 - F x2
and I played it cool
G Am
The french didn't want me around,
F G
they didn't like my groove
G Am
So I packed up my bass guitar
F6 - F x2, F - C x2
and moved to Hollywood
F6 - F x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
F6 - F x2 F - C x2
I'll tell you a little secret now
F6 - F x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
F6 - F x2 F - C x2
I'll tell you a little story now
