I matched this tab to how they played it AND what they sang on the Conan O’Brien
show. The F-Cs are really fast changes. I put the F-C changes right on the HO/
HEYs, but they are played right after the previous line. Listening to the song
should help it all make sense.
Chords (from low to high strings):
C - X32010
F - XX3211
Am - X02210
G - 32033
Introduction:
F C (x5) (Ho!) (Hey!) (Ho!) (Hey!)
Verse 1:
F C
(Ho!) I've been trying to do it right
F C
(Hey!) I've been living a lonely life
F C
(Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead
F C
(Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed,
Am G C
(Ho!) I've been sleeping in my bed (Hey!)
F C
(Ho!) *note: yes they do 2 ‘ho’s in a row
Verse 2:
F C
(Ho!) So show me family
F C
(Hey!) All the blood that I will bleed
F C
(Ho!) I don’t know where I belong
F C
(Hey!) I don’t know where I went wrong,
Am G C
(Ho!) But I can write a song (Hey!)
Chorus:
Am G C
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
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Am G C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet (Ho!)
F C
(Hey!)
F C
(Ho!)
F C
(Hey!)
Verse 3:
F C
(Ho!) I don't think you're right for him
F C
(Hey!) think of what it might have been
F C
(Ho!) took a bus to Chinatown
F C
(Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal
Am G C
(Ho!) and Bowery (Hey!)
Am G C
(Ho!) and she'd be standing next to me (Hey!)
Chorus:
Am G C
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Am G C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Bridge:
F G C
And love, we need it now
F G
Let's hope for some
F G C
Cause oh, we're bleeding out
Chorus:
Am G C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Am G C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet (Ho!)
F C
(Hey!) (Ho!) (Heeeeeeey!)