* Capo 2nd Fret
Intro Riff
Dsus2 G Bm G
E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------|
B|-----3---------3-|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-|
G|---2---2-----2---|---0---0---|-----4---------4-|-----0-----|
D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4-----4---|---0---0---|
A|-----------------|-----------|-2---------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------|
Verse Riff
Dsus2 G Bm G
E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------|
B|-----3-------3---|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----|
D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---|
A|-----------------|-----------|-2-------------0-|-----------|
E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------|
Pre-Chorus Riff
Bm A G
E|---------|---------|-----------------|
B|---------|---------|---------0-------|
G|-----4---|-----2---|-----0-------0---|
D|---4---4-|---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|
A|-2-------|-0-------|-----------------|
E|---------|---------|-3---------------|
Chorus Riff
Dsus2 G Bm G *Not played 2nd time
E|---------0-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------|------|
B|-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|---------3-------|---------0-|------|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----4-------4---|-----0-----|---0--|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---|-0---0|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------------0-|-----------|------|
E|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------|------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_verve/freshmen_tab.html ]
Fills: (Played by Guitar 2 w/ Distortion - Regular Tuning)
E|------------------|
B|---3s5-----3s2----|
G|--2-------2-------|
D|-0-------0--------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Outro Riff:
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------10-9---------------------10----------------------|
G|------9--------9-9/11--------------------------98---(9)--|
D|-9-11--------9-------------11-------------9-11-----------|
A|------------------------12----12-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Intro: (Intro Riff w/ Fill 1. the 2nd time)
Verse 1: (Verse Riff)
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no
Pre-Chorus: (Pre-Chorus Riff)
I can't be held responsible, 'cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place
Chorus: (Chorus Riff)
For the life of me I can not remember
What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I can not believe
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen (Fill 1.)
Verse 2: (Verse Riff)
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says
Pre-Chorus (Pre-Chorus Riff w/ Fill 2. 4X)
Chorus (Chorus Riff w/ Fill 2. 4X at the end)
Verse 3: (Chorus Riff)
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Pre-chorus (Pre-Chorus Riff w/ Fill 2. 4X)
Chorus 2X (Chorus Riff 2X)
Outro (Intro Riff 2X w/ Fill 1., then Outro Riff)
